Category Archives: Other

The 2020 Worst Camera of the Year Award goes to…

By PR admin | Published: January 30, 2021

Here are the results of the 2020 Worst Camera of the Year Award poll – the winner is the $6,000 Zeiss ZX1 fixed lens camera with integrated Adobe Photoshop Lightroom (see previous ZX1 coverage):

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Just announced: Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 lens for Leica M-mount

By PR admin | Published: January 25, 2021

Today ZY Optics released a new Leica M-mount version of the popular Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 50mm f/0.95 lens. Pre-orders are now open at B&H (price: $799). Aperture Range: f/0.95 to f/16 Two Extra-Low Dispersion Elements One Ultra High Refraction Element Stepless, Silent Aperture Control Manual Focus Design Support Rangefinder Coupling 9 rounded blade Aperture Compatible […]

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What else is new? (Pentax edition)

By PR admin | Published: January 23, 2021

The Ricoh GR III camera is now $100 off (coupon code included) Autofocusing Pentax, Rokinon, Helios, Yashica, and Takumar lenses on the Nikon Z6 II camera with the Megadap adapter New Pentax K-3 Mark III product story: exposure control function Ricoh at the 2021 CP+ online show

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 20, 2021

The Leica M10-P “Reporter” limited-edition camera with Kevlar armor is rumored to be released tomorrow Fujifilm UK Consolidates Photography Operations Into New Imaging Solutions Business Division Fujifilm GFX100 Pixel Shift 407MP Demo – See The Details of Dust…

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List of 20 companies that will take part of the 2021 CP+ online show

By PR admin | Published: January 19, 2021

CP+ released the list of 20 companies that have registered so far to be part of the 2021 CP+ online show (from Thursday, February 25 to Sunday, February 28, 2021):

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The 2020 BCN Ranking Japanese camera market share report is out

By PR admin | Published: January 18, 2021

BCN Ranking published their 2020 Japanese camera market share report for the different camera categories. BCN Ranking collects real sales data from approximately 40% of the Japanese retailers – this is not a worldwide report as some websites reported. Here are the numbers compared to the 2019 BCN ranking that can be found here:

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What else is new? (Fujifilm edition)

By PR admin | Published: January 16, 2021

SmallRig Cage for Fujifilm X-S10 Now Available New Fujifilm X100V Square Hood Design

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2020 Worst Camera of the Year Award: vote now!

By PR admin | Published: January 8, 2021

This year we are continuing with our not so popular Worst Camera of the Year Award – here are the nominees, please vote and share this poll: https://poll.fm/10707976 Previous winners can be found here.

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: January 7, 2021

New: MS Optics Hipolion 19mm f/8 lens for Leica M-mount Coming soon: Skyllaney & 35MMC collaboration pancake lens for Leica M-mount Pentax K-3 Mark III additional information

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November CIPA numbers are out

By PR admin | Published: January 6, 2021

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their camera production data for November 2020 (orange: 2020, black: 2019, blue: 2018, click for larger view):

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