Canon is in talks with third-party lens manufacturers about commercializing and opening the RF mount: “There are no restrictions”

By PR admin | Published: February 25, 2024


The Japanese publication Mynavi posted online an interview where Tsuyoshi Tokura (Senior Managing Executive Officer in charge of the Canon Imaging Group) confirmed that Canon is in talks with third-party lens manufacturers about commercializing and opening the RF mount – here is the recap by digicame-info:

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CIPA 2024 camera shipment outlook

By PR admin | Published: February 24, 2024

CIPA published their 2024 camera shipment outlook:

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The Leica SL3 camera will be announced on March 7th

By PR admin | Published: February 24, 2024


The Leica SL3 camera will be announced on March 7th:

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The Sigma full-frame camera with Foveon sensor is not coming anytime soon, Sigma’s President: “not much progress has been made”

By PR admin | Published: February 24, 2024


The Japanese publication Mynavi posted online an interview where Sigma’s President Kazuto Yamaki explained the difficulties the company is facing with the development of the Foveon sensor – here is the recap by digicame-info:

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Leica increased sale revenues for the third time in succession, reports record-breaking results

By PR admin | Published: February 24, 2024


The Leica Camera Group was able to increase its sales revenues in the past financial year 2022/2023 (1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023) once again and achieved new record-breaking results (see previous financial reports here). Sales revenues rose to 485 million euros in comparison with the previous year’s figure (444 million euros) and, with a significant increase of 9 percent, achieved a new record high. This is the third record year in succession for the Leica Camera Group, and reflects the outstanding success of Leica products and a disproportionately high increase in the operating result. The international, premium manufacturer of cameras and sports optics products can therefore look back on a positive conclusion of the past financial year and forecasts promising future development.

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List of lenses Fujifilm is considering / working on

By PR admin | Published: February 23, 2024


Here is a list of lenses Fujifilm is considering/working on:

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Viltrox AF 27mm f/1.2 Pro lens for Nikon Z/Sony E mount officially announced, available for pre-order

By PR admin | Published: February 23, 2024


The previously reported Viltrox AF 27mm f/1.2 Pro APS-C lens for Nikon Z/Sony E mount is now officially announced and available for order:

Additional information:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: February 23, 2024

The Leica T internal memory storage is just a micro SD card and it can be easily upgraded

New: IDS foldable thumb grips (thumb rest) for Leica M10 + M11 cameras

Xiaomi and Leica unveil Xiaomi x Leica Optical Institute

New minor Nikon Z8 firmware update coming soon

Better Look at Viltrox AF 135mm f/1.8 LAB

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New Kase 200mm f/5.6 MC full-frame manual focus reflex mirror lens announced

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2024



Kase, a company known for manufacturing filters, announced their first lens – the Kase 200mm f/5.6 MC full-frame manual focus reflex mirror lens. Additional information:

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After the OM-1 Mark II announcement, OM System will bring some of the autofocus improvements to the older OM-1 Mark I model

By PR admin | Published: February 22, 2024


The online consensus is that the majority of the new OM System OM-1 Mark II camera improvements could have been simply a firmware upgrade. Some reports even indicated that in fact, a planned firmware update was scratched in favor of releasing a new camera (you can sell a new camera for $2,399, but you cannot sell a firmware update):

Rumors: OM-1 firmware update version 2.0 deliberately shelved by OM System in favor of a new Mark II camera

After much scrutiny online, OM System announced yesterday that they will release a new firmware update for the OM-1 Mark I camera that will bring some of the autofocus improvements:

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