New Fuji USA camera and lens rebates

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Fuji announced new camera and lens rebates on the US - see the details at B&H and Adorama:

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Sony to lower their investment on CMOS image sensor equipment as worldwide camera shipments continue to sink

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Digitimes reports that Sony will lower their investment on CMOS image sensor equipment in fiscal 2016:

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What else is new?

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Weekly recap from both the rumor and addict blogs:

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Casio announed a new 180° EX-FR200 rugged/action camera

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Casio announced a new 180° EX-FR200 rugged action camera. The full specs are available here. Two EX-FR200 cameras can be attached together to record 360° video (similar to the Nikon KeyMission 360):

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Topaz Labs Glow 2 to be released next week

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Next Tuesday (8/16/16) Topaz Labs will release an updated version 2 of their electric lighting and glow effect software Glow. The update will be free to anyone who already owns Glow. Here is the list of new features in Glow 2:

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Is the Sony A-mount dead? Will there be a Sony a99 camera successor?

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Every few months I receive a tip about the end of the Sony A-mount. At the same time rumors about a mystical successor of the Sony a99 camera are being reported by questionable sources/websites. Is the Sony A-mount dead? I think so. Many Sony fans will disagree and I understand this. Yes, Sony did announce the a68 last year (camera body still not available in the US), but with its plastic mount it was more of a joke than a serious piece of photo equipment. Maybe Sony still needs to sell their A-mont lenses before they can officially discontinue it and this is why they have been re-confirming that the A-mount is alive (there's also an adapter for all hardcore A-mount fans).

This is the email I received recently from a reader that confirms my theory:

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Eye-Fi to release utility that will extend the life of their X2 memory cards

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Eye-Fi sent this email regarding their previous decision to stop supporting the X2 line of Wi-Fi SD memory cards - the company will release a new software utility that will allow X2 cards to continue to operate:

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That “leaked” picture of the Canon 5D Mark IV camera was fake

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I can confirm that the picture of the Canon 5D Mark IV camera that circulated the Web few days ago was fake. How do I know? I talked to the person who photoshopped it. The camera and specs are still real and the official announcement should be coming soon (at the end of August).

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