
Cameta Camera interview with Panasonic at the Photo Plus Expo 2018 on the new Panasonic Lumix full frame mirrorless camera (confirmed for Spring 2018 launch):
B&H Photo report on the Panasonic S1 and S1R cameras:

Cameta Camera interview with Panasonic at the Photo Plus Expo 2018 on the new Panasonic Lumix full frame mirrorless camera (confirmed for Spring 2018 launch):
B&H Photo report on the Panasonic S1 and S1R cameras:




Cameta Camera interviewed a Fuji representative at the 2018 PhotoPlus Expo in NYC about the new Fujifilm GFX 100MP medium format camera – here are the details:

Panasonic announced the development of the world’s first 8K organic sensor and 8K camera system. Additional information (see also this related post):

Olympus registered a new digital camera under the code name IM010. In addition to a new Tough TG camera, Olympus already confirmed that a major announcement is expected in May.
Update: the upcoming Olympus digital camera IM010 has passed the FCC certification. The dimensions are: 144.37 mm (width) x 146.765 mm (height) x 75.345 mm (depth). The camera will have Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n/ac) and Bluetooth as well as USB PD support (15 V).


The Swiss company ALPA announced a new camera ALPA 12 PLUS camera that will be available from the end of October/beginning of November 2018 for CHF 6,996 (around USD 7,000).
Additional information:

Venus Optics officially announced their Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 full frame mirrorless manual focus lens. The price of the lens is $849. Pre-orders are now open and the first 50 orders through Venus Optic’s website will get a free 100mm magnetic filter holder system (see the picture at the bottom of this post).
The Canon R and Nikon Z mounts will be released in a few months.

Venus Optics lenses are sold also at Adorama and B&H.
Venus Optics Laowa 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 lens focal length comparison:
Technical specifications, lens design and MTF charts and press release:


Shutterbug published a few new pictures of the 37.4MP Zeiss ZX1 full-frame compact camera from the 2018 PhotoPlus Expo in New York City:

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The B&H Deal Zone has the Sigma 14-24mm f/2.8 DG HSM Art lens at $400 off for the next 24 hours.

Additional information on the Sigma 14-24mm lens can be found here.