Olympus exits camera business in Korea


Several news outlets report that Olympus is exiting the camera business in Korea:

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First pictures of the new Sony ZV-1 vlogger camera leaked online

After the leaked specifications, here are the first pictures of the Sony ZV-1 vlogger camera that will be announced on May 26th:

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Adobe released several updates today (Creative Cloud, GPU acceleration, ProRes RAW, Photoshop for iPad)



Adobe released several updates today (see this blog post and this blog post for more details):

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RED Komodo 6k camera price: $6,000 ($7,000 for colored)


Some additional information on the RED Komodo camera:

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Sony ZV-1 vlog camera specifications leaked online


Here are the leaked details on the upcoming Sony ZV-1 (ZV1) vlog camera:

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SD Express delivers new gigabyte speeds for SD memory cards (up to 4 gigabytes per second)



Today the SD Association announced SD 8.0 specification for SD Express memory cards that will get up to 4 gigabytes per second (GB/s) data transfer rate by using PCI Express (PCIe) 4.0 specification:

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Canon has a new wireless file transmitter for the EOS R5 camera


Canon has registered a new wireless file transmitter for the upcoming EOS R5 mirrorless camera under the name “DS58622 1/2/3/4/5” with the Taiwan NCC agency. The new wireless transmitter will be compatible with Wi-Fi (IEEE802.11a/b/g/n/ac).

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Panasonic Lumix S 20-60mm f/3.5-5.6 lens leaked online


Here are the first leaked pictures of upcoming Panasonic Lumix S 20-60mm f/3.5-5.6 lens:

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New Sony Vlog camera teaser (Sony ZV1?)





Sony China, Sony Japan and Sony UK published a teaser for a new compact camera for vlogging (Sony ZV1?). The official announcement will be on May 26th. Stay tuned for details.

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More scary graphs of the state of the camera industry


The latest BCN sales data graph for April is out – the sales of mirrorless cameras in April were 26.1% compared to the same month last year. Last month (March) the comparison with last year was at 49.5%, and this month it was further reduced by another 50%… a shocking figure. Here is the number of units sold by manufacturers (all decreasing significantly):

  • Canon: 20.4%
  • Sony: 24.5%
  • Olympus: 25.8%

Here is another BCN graph on the camera sales volume growth rate (year-on-year comparison):

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