Photo Rumors

Latest CIPA report: small jump in interchangeable lens camera shipments in April

By PR admin | Published: June 1, 2017

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their April report where we see a jump in the total shipment of interchangeable lens digital cameras compared to last year (orange: 2017, black: 2016, blue: 2015, click for larger view).

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Report: Sony holds 50% of image sensor market in value

By PR admin | Published: May 31, 2017

Report from Nikkei – Sony holds 50% of image sensor market in value:

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Nikon announced three new wide angle lenses and a waterproof camera

By PR admin | Published: May 31, 2017

The latest announcements from Nikon:

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New Rokinon lens rebates at Adorama

By PR admin | Published: May 30, 2017

Adorama has new instant rebates on selected Rokinon lenses (valid until June 6th):

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Google abandons the popular Nik Collection

By PR admin | Published: May 30, 2017

Google updated the Nik Collection website with a message indicating that they will not longer support the popular free photo editing software past Adobe Photoshop CC2015:

Update: there is now change.org petition “Save the Nik Collection”.

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New teaser for the upcoming Panasonic compact cinema camera

By PR admin | Published: May 30, 2017

Panasonic published a new video teaser for their upcoming Panasonic compact cinema camera that will be unveiled at the 2017 Cine Gear Expo this Friday, June 2nd, at 4:15 pm PDT: Read More »

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One not-so-good review of the Hasselblad X1D mirrorless medium format camera

By PR admin | Published: May 29, 2017

The Camera Store videos are pretty much the only YouTube reviews I watch lately. A few days ago they published their Hasselblad X1D mirrorless medium format camera hands-on field test and things do not look very good for Hasselblad. After several delays, a new CEO and a possible acquisition by DJI the X1D is not where we would like it to be. I personally had high hopes for this camera, but after I have seen the results from the Fujifilm GFX 50S camera ($6,499.95 for the Fuji vs. $8,995 for the Hasselblad), I am convinced that Fuji does offer the better solution here.

Here is the video:

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Rumored Olympus E-M10 Mark III camera to have 4k video

By PR admin | Published: May 29, 2017

Optyczne reports that the rumored Olympus E-M10 Mark III MFT camera will have 4k video recording capabilities. The official announcement should be this summer.

The camera was already registered with the government communication agencies in Taiwan and Russia and was recently “hinted“ by an “Olympus Visionary“.

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