After the initial delay warning. Sony has moved up the US embargo date on the new Sony A7 IV camera to December 23rd. The new A7 IV model should be in stores in the US on December 22nd and customers can get them on December 23rd now instead of the original December 30th:
Check Sony A7 IV camera pricing and availability at:
Yongnuo is rumored to announce their first full-frame mirrorless autofocus lens for Nikon Z-mount – the 50mm f/1.8 Z DF DSM.
In the US, Yongnuo lenses are sold at Adorama, B&H, and Amazon.
Viltrox was the first to sell full-frame mirrorless autofocus lenses for Nikon Z-mount.
Yongnuo recently announced a new 50mm f/1.8S DF DSM full-frame lens for Sony E-mount – I think the new Z-mount version will be based on that lens:
Sony announced the development of the world’s first stacked CMOS image sensor technology with 2-layer transistor pixel that widens the dynamic range and reduces noise by approximately doubling saturation signal level. The new technology seems to be designed for smartphone cameras. The full press release can be found here.
Panasonic just issued a notice that the GH6 MFT mirrorless camera that was officially announced in May 2021 will be delayed as already expected/reported:
A new Canon APS-C RF-mount camera is expected later in 2022:
“The long-rumored APS-C RF mount camera from Canon is starting to appear more and more likely. I have been told by an solid source that Canon is “definitely” releasing an APS-C RF mount camera in 2022.”
Previous Canon APS-C mirrorless cameras rumors can be found here:
Several Atomos Ninja V+ Switch & Stream kits and other Atomos bundles are now at their lowest price ever – up to $948 off at Adorama and B&H Photo (sone are available also at Amazon):
Tamron Announced Plans For 3 Additional Lenses For X-Mount in Fujifilm X Talk
Pentax 645 and Q lenses added to official PENTAX hashtag list
Coming soon: new Pentax K-3 III camera kit with DA 20-40mm f/2.8-4 ED Limited DC WR lens
The Leica Q2 Monochrom “Reporter” camera with Kevlar armoring is coming in March 2022
The latest Viltrox lenses for Sony E-mount and Nikon Z-mount are now available for pre-order:
Rollei is now also selling Viltrox lenses in Germany.
Here are the latest Adobe releases for December:
Adobe announced Creative Cloud Express – an entry-level platform to the Creative Cloud (similar to Photoshop Express):
Nikon announced two new mirrorless lenses:
Pre-orders:
The Nikkor Z 800mm f/6.3 VR S lens is also already listed at B&H Photo but there is no pricing yet.
Here is the updated Nikkor Z roadmap:
