New DJI Mavic Air drone teaser



DJI has a new drone teaser – the “Adventure will unfold” on January 23rd. The rumors point to a new DJI Mavic Air, that will be placed between the DJI Spark and the DJI Mavic. Here is the teaser:

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The 2018 BCN camera rankings are out


The 2018 BCN rankings are out (BCN collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores):

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What else is new?

Interesting: Ricoh Japan changed Facebook and Twitter account to “Pentax by Ricoh Imaging”

The Nikon 1 V3 mirrorless camera is now discontinued

Fujifilm X-T3 Rumor Nothing New

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The new Hasselblad H6D-400c medium format camera can create 400MP multi-shot images with sensor-shift tech


Hasselblad announced a new H6D-400c medium format camera that can create 400MP multi-shot images when using the sensor-shift feature. The price of the camera is $47,995. Additional information and full press release:

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Leica releases two more SL mirrorless lenses (75 f/2 and 90 f/2), announce a new SL prime (50mm f/2)


Today Leica officially released two more of their SL mirrorless lenses (APO Summicron-SL 75mm f/2 ASPH and APO Summicron-SL 90mm f/2 ASPH) and announced one new SL lens (Leica APO Summicron-SL 50mm f/2).

Here is the full list of Leica SL lenses (5 primes and 3 zooms):

  • Leica Summicron-SL 35mm f/2 ASPH (coming in late 2018)
  • Leica APO-Summicron-SL 50mm f/2 ASPH (coming in late 2018)
  • Leica APO-Summicron-SL 75mm f/2 ASPH (available for pre-order)
  • Leica APO-Summicron-SL 90mm f/2 ASPH (available for pre-order)
  • Leica Summilux-SL 50mm f/1.4 ASPH (in stock now)
  • Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-90mm f/2.8-4 ASPH (in stock now)
  • Leica APO-Vario-Elmarit-SL 90-280mm f/2.8-4 (in stock now)
  • Leica Super-Vario-Elmar-SL 16-35mm f/3.5-4.5 ASPH (coming in April 2018)

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The story behind the new Kodak cryptocurrency is getting weirder by the day – is it a scam?


The recent announcement from Kodak about a new blockchain initiative and cryptocurrency raised many questions and some legit concerns. I am not an expert on cryptocurrency, but you can take a look at some quotes gathered online to see how weird the whole story behind the new Kodak cryptocurrency is:

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Interview with Panasonic on their latest cameras


Here is the recap of a recent Cinema 5D interview with Yosuke Yamane-san from Panasonic:

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What else is new?


This week’s recap from our blogs:

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The 2018 CES is now over

We had only a few photo-gear related announcement at the 2018 CES (Nikon, Panasonic, Sony and Samyang). The show is now officially over – here are a few pictures courtesy of randorn.com:

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Reminder: a new Fujinon XC 15-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens is coming soon


In case you have missed our posts from over a month ago, Fujifilm will soon introduce a new Fujinon XC 15-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens. There is a Fuji announcement coming in February before the CP+ show (mid-February most likely) but I am not sure yet if this lens will be one of the products that will be introduced. Stay tuned for updates.

Next is some additional information on what is coming next from Fuji:

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