Pinhole Pro X 18-36mm pinhole zoom lens now on Kickstarter

By PR admin | Published: August 8, 2019



The Pinhole Pro X 18-36mm pinhole zoom lens is now listed on Kickstarter (see also this post):

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Canon EOS 90D and EOS M6 Mark II cameras to be announced next

By PR admin | Published: August 8, 2019


The next two cameras to be announced from Canon are going to be the EOS 90D and EOS M6 Mark II together with the two new RF lenses:

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Blackmagic Design post-production and camera products announcement tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: August 7, 2019



Tomorrow (August 8) Blackmagic Design will have a post-production and camera products announcement at 12PM PDT. You can watch the livesteeam on YouTube:

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Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM and RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM lenses to be released this month

By PR admin | Published: August 7, 2019



The Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8L IS USM and RF 15-35mm f/2.8L IS USM lenses together with a new EW-88E lens hood will be officially announced in the next 30 days. Additional pictures of the new lenses:

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Sony manager confirms again Sony a7S III camera is still in development

By PR admin | Published: August 6, 2019


Reliable rumors about new Sony cameras are basically non-existent and the only way we get small bits and pieces of information for upcoming producsts is from press interviews with Sony executives. Here is what Sony manager Yosuke Aoki said in a recent interview in China about the Sony a7S III mirrorless camera (Google translated):

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: August 5, 2019

Is this the next Nikon Z APS-C based mirrorless camera?

The Leica APO-Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 Asph lens will be officially released on August 15th

New TTartisans lenses for Leica M-mount: 21mm f/1.5 and 35mm f/1.4 (rumors)

Fujifilm GFX100 Technical Analysis

 

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The CIPA report for June is out: worse than previous years (again)

By PR admin | Published: August 4, 2019


CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their June report and the downturn continues - 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’s down 37% in units, 46% in Yen
  • Mirrorless down 14% in units, up 4% in Yen
  • Point & shoot down 19% in units, 15% in Yen
  • Lenses for smaller than 35mm down 31% in units, 29% in Yen
  • Lenses for 35mm and larger down 11% in units, up 2% in Yen.

Based on the numbers for the first six months, if the second six months is the same, only 7.885 million ILC’s will be shipped. Last year was 10.76 million. Last year, 49% of the units were sold July through December. If that pattern holds only 7.31 million will be shipped. (thanks ZoetMB).

Here are the other two graphs for lenses and compact cameras:

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Olympus 1st quarter FY2020 financial results: mirrorless cameras revenue down 25%, compact cameras revenue down 40%

By PR admin | Published: August 4, 2019


Olympus released their financial results for the 1st quarter of FY2020: mirrorless cameras revenue is down 25%, compact cameras revenue is down 40%. Here are the detailed reports and the 2020 forecast for the imaging division (Panasonic also released their Q1 financial results but it is difficult to extract the numbers for their camera business):

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