Today, Lomography officially announced the previously reported Petzval Art lenses (check for pre-order options at Adorama):
Five new Petzval lenses were on display at the 2025 CP+ show (not officially announced yet)
Additional information on the new lenses:
Insta360 will soon announce their new Antigravity drone (previously reported here) – many of the social media accounts are already created:
A new “Insta360 Sphere” accessory also leaked online – you will be able to attach a 360 camera to the new Antigravity drone:
Insta360 already has a patent for the Antigravity drone:
After the initial suggestion for a 25% tariff, the Trump administration reached a new deal today that includes a 15% tariff on all products coming from Japan. The effective US tariff rate on Japanese imports before the announcement was approximately 2%, according to World Bank data. Please note that tariffs are not calculated based on the final selling price in the US, but rather on the import invoice/declared value price. Here is a list of some of the cameras and lenses currently made in Japan:
It seems that Leica is not the only company recently targeted in elaborate online scams that involved multiple fake websites and significant social media advertising campaigns (all on Meta’s apps like Facebook and Instagram – both known for being a preferred social platform for scammers worldwide). I recently noticed the first fake Hasselblad website online – I will not link to the actual domain name, but you can see the URL in the screenshots below – I am sure there are more similar sites out there (click for larger view):
Here is a screenshot of the entire front page of the fake Hasselblad website:
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The previously rumored Sony Z300 camcorder is now officially announced (I was wrong about the mode name, but the rest of the details were correct):
Godox announced a new iT20/iT22 ultra-compact flash:
New Godox iT20/iT22 ultra-compact flash for Nikon cameras announced
The new Zeiss Otus ML 50mm f/1.4 lens for Sony E, Nikon Z, and Canon RF is now in stock at B&H Photo.
The second Zeiss Otus ML 85mm f/1.4 lens (E/Z/RF) was just opened for pre-order:
As I already reported online about the RX1R III being announced without any previous rumors or leaks and with a ridiculously high price for the camera and accessories:
The reason there were no leaks is becuase this time Sony did not let anyone know in advance of the existence of the RX1R III. Now they know how to stop the leaks if they want to, but I seriously doubt they will.
Jared Polin was the only influencer who actually had the guts to say something about all of this – “Sony, you are not Leica“:
