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The 2022 BCN awards are out (camera market share in Japanese retail stores)

By PR admin | Published: January 23, 2022

The 2022 BCN awards for the Japanese market are out (BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores). Here are the details (click for larger view):

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The 2022 CP+ show will take place next month

By PR admin | Published: January 20, 2022

The 2022 CP+ show will take place next month (February 22-27) and the first scheduled presentations are already listed on their website. As you can imagine, all Japanese companies will be present and we will probably see several new product announcements:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 19, 2022

Leica Q3 or Leica QL or a new Leica X? Leica M11 camera first impressions Fujifilm is Celebrating 5 Years of GFX – The Game Has Changed Samyang AF 12mm f/2 IBIS Bug Found

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 15, 2022

Leica is Catching up as Fujifilm Loses its Way The Leica M11 and Leica M10-R are the same price (plus M11 vs. M10-R specs comparison) The new Leica M11 has live view built-in image stabilization What is Pentax SATOBI?

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The CIPA November numbers are out

By PR admin | Published: January 12, 2022

The CIPA camera production data for November 2021 is out (orange: 2021, black: 2020, blue: 2019):

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There were hardly any cameras on display at the 2022 CES show in Las Vegas

By PR admin | Published: January 11, 2022

There were hardly any cameras on display at the 2022 CES show in Las Vegas. From all the major camera brands only Sony, Panasonic, and Canon were part of the show and they all had empty boring booths – here is our regular photo report from randorn.com:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 9, 2022

Updated Leica M11 camera pricing The new Leica M11 will not have IBIS, but the LCD screen and EVF will have a separate built-in image stabilization New Leica Noctilux-M 50mm f/1 lens leaked online with the Leica M11 camera New NiSi V7 Filter Holder System and True Color Filter Announced

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 6, 2022

The Pentax 645Z camera is now $2000 off The new Voigtlander NOKTON 50mm f/1.0 Aspherical VM lens for Leica M-mount will be released on January 26th, shortages expected Nine Voigtlander rangefinder lenses are now on sale in the US New Steelsring EF/GFX PRO Edition Photons to Photos: Fujifilm X-E4 Results Published Another Leica IIIf camera […]

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Nokishita is gone and will be missed

By PR admin | Published: December 31, 2021

The Nokishita Twitter account is gone and will be missed: Nokishita, you will be missed https://t.co/KxWBS7zf0s pic.twitter.com/9AH604IdFl — Photo Rumors (@photorumors) January 1, 2022

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The latest BCN Ranking data for November

By PR admin | Published: December 25, 2021

BCN Ranking published their latest sales data for November from the Japanese market and Canon is the #1 manufacturer since July 2021 in terms of market share (I think BCN labeled the graph wrong – Canon should be in blue and Sony should be in orange).

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