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The 2025 BCN Awards are out

By PR admin | Published: January 20, 2025

The 2025 BCN Awards for the Japanese market are out (BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores):

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 17, 2025

Just for fun: Nikon puzzle book “Lens Logic” (word searches and crossword puzzles) Pentax K-3 Mark III marked as discontinued on the official website Leica SL3-S firmware update version 2.1.0 released with Content Authenticity Credentials F/1.2 Chinese AF Lenses Are Coming Sony Announces Firmware Updates For Alpha 1 II, Alpha 1 & Alpha 9 III […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 15, 2025

The new Voigtlander APO-LANTHAR 35mm f/2 Aspherical II lens for Nikon Z-mount is now available for pre-order New Voigtlander NOKTON 28mm f/1.5 Aspherical lens for Z-mount announced today Nikon Z50II camera body only is now in stock at B&H Photo, Foto Erhardt, and WEX Photo OM SYSTEM rumored to announce a new OM3 digital MFT […]

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The latest data from BCN Retail: December camera sales were up 123.7%, list of best-selling models

By PR admin | Published: January 13, 2025

The latest data from BCN Retail is out:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 13, 2025

Nikon custom camera shop Nikon released the repair manual for the Z50II camera (Nikon Self Service Repair) New: Leica Calonox 2 sight clip-on thermal monocular with a laser rangefinder for hunting priced at $5,299 The Leica 16-18-21mm f/4 Tri Elmar-M Aspherical lens (WATE) is no longer in production Corrupted images captured with EOS R5 Mark II […]

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 9, 2025

At CES 2025, Nikon will showcase thermal blankets designed to protect cameras and lenses from lunar dust and extreme temperature changes November 2024 CIPA numbers Just announced: new ArtraLab SIMILAR 35mm f/1.4 “Steel Rim” full-frame lens for Leica M-mount Leica Store Miami best selling cameras, lenses, and accessories for 2024 No more Visoflex with this […]

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Optical waist-level viewfinder camera accessory

By PR admin | Published: January 7, 2025

You can now buy optical waist-level viewfinders for various camera models on Ebay and Aliexpress. The viewfinders have different frame lines (28mm/35mm/40mm/50mm), so make sure you pick the correct version (two different models are available):

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 4, 2025

Nikon at the 2025 CES show Silver version of the TTArtisan 75mm f/1.5 “Swirly Bokeh” lens for M42 released Third edition released: The Way of the Rangefinder Camera – A Modern Interactive Guide to the Leica M Digital Rangefinder 100 years of Leica: Witness to a century (1925-2025) Godox Cube-C 2-Person Wireless Microphone System Canon […]

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Vote for the worst camera of 2024

By PR admin | Published: January 2, 2025

Vote for the worst camera of 2024 here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/photorumors/posts/2538867059652505 I had to move the poll to Facebook because the company I used in the past (CrowdSignal) is asking way too much money to run a simple poll. If you know of any other free poll solutions, please mention them in the comments section. Here is […]

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The top 10 best-selling cameras and lenses for 2024 according to one of the largest Japanese camera stores Map Camera

By PR admin | Published: January 1, 2025

The top 10 best-selling cameras and lenses for 2024 according to one of the largest Japanese camera stores Map Camera: Best-selling cameras in 2024 Fujifilm X-100VI Fujifilm X-T50 Sony A7cII Nikon Zf Fujifilm X-T5 Nikon Z6III Sony A7IV Canon R6II Canon R5II Nikon Z8 Best-selling lenses in 2024 Nikon 24-120mm f/4 Tamron 28-200mm f/2.8-5.6 III […]

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