Photo Rumors

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:

Posted in Other | Tagged CIPA reports | 69 Comments

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:

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:

Posted in Other | Tagged CFexpress, CompactFlash Association, Nikon D500, Nikon D850, Nikon Z6, Nikon Z7, Panasonic S1 full-frame mirrorless camera, Panasonic S1R full-frame mirrorless camera | 4 Comments

The Fuji Fujinon XF 33mm f/1 R WR lens to be priced at around $3,000?

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2019

The Fujifilm Fujinon XF 33mm f/1 R WR lens is now listed at the Czech retailer Oehling with a price tag of approximately $3,100:

Posted in Fuji | Tagged Fuji XF 33mm f/1 R WR | 8 Comments

First “real” native Sigma L-mount mirrorless lenses expected later in 2019

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2019

The new L-mount lenses recently announced by Sigma are basically the original DSLR lenses with a built-in L-mount adapter. At the CP+ show Sigma confirmed in an interview that the first "real" native Sigma L-mount mirrorless lenses are expected in late 2019:

Posted in Sigma | Tagged L-Forum, L-mount, L-Mount Alliance, Shoten L-mount adapters, Sigma L-mount lens roadmap, Sigma prime mirrorless lenses for the L-mount | 5 Comments

Canon to announce a new RF 14-21mm f/1.4L USM mirrorless lens in 2020

By PR admin | Published: March 5, 2019

The current Canon RF mirrorless lenses

CanonRumors reports that a new Canon RF 14-21mm f/1.4L USM mirrorless lens will be announced next year (2020). Last year CanonNews already reported that a patent for a Canon RF 14-21mm f/1.4 lens already exists (US patent application 20180314060):