Photo Rumors

The Godox V1 flash that was announced last year during Photokina is now finally released. The flash is sold at Adorama under the Flashpoint brand. Here are the specifications:

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Zeiss ZX1 camera price rumored to be priced around $4,200

By PR admin | Published: March 6, 2019

I was told that the upcoming Zeiss ZX1 camera will be priced around $4,200 (for sure it will be under $5,000). This makes sense since the upcoming Leica Q2 camera is rumored to be priced around $5,500 (the ZX1 will be 37MP, the Q2 will be 50MP).

Here are the latest Zeiss ZX1 video reports from the CP+ show:

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Olympus could be forced to exit the digital camera market

By PR admin | Published: March 6, 2019

Olympus could be forced to exit the digital camera market by activist shareholders – this report comes from Business Journal Japan. 43addict writes:

“Many Olympus shareholders happen to be foreigners and they are starting to make headway, which could eventually lead to Olympus either discounting their camera sales or going in a fundamentally new direction.”

Posted in Olympus| Tagged Micro Four Thirds is dead, Olympus to close camera division, Olympus to exit camera market rumor| 70 Comments

New Meike 85mm f/1.8 full-frame manual focus lens for Sony E-mount announced

By PR admin | Published: March 6, 2019

Meike announced a new 85mm f/1.8 full-frame manual focus lens for Sony E-mount. The new lens is already listed on Amazon without pricing (the Canon EF version is with AF and it is priced at $189.99). Additional information, including technical specifications:

Update – the lens is listed on Amazon Germany with a price tag of €249.

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The CIPA numbers for January are horrible: DSLR down 21.8%, mirrorless down 14.8%

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2019

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their January report and the numbers do not look good – the total number of shipped digital cameras is lower compared to the same month in previous years (orange: 2019, black: 2018, blue: 2017, click for larger view).

DSLR shipments are down 21.8%, mirrorless is down 14.8%, compacts are down 31.6%, lenses for smaller than 35mm cameras down 26.6%, lenses for 35mm cameras down 4.9%. Hard to believe that mirrorless is down double digits with all the new models that have been released.

Here are the other two graphs:

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CP+ Olympus interview: new E-M5 III camera and PRO lenses coming soon

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2019

Imaging Resource published their CP+ interview with Olympus executives. Here is some interesting information related to upcoming products:

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CFexpress 2.0 specification announced, five companies to start producing CFexpress memory cards

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2019

Last week the CompactFlash Association announced new CFexpress 2.0 specification with up to 4000MB/s maximum theoretical performance. We now also have six companies that will produce CFexpress memory cards: