CIPA has shared data on camera shipments by Japanese manufacturers for May. So far, sales are definitely stronger than last year, and it is clear that the decade-long decline has bottomed out. This should give all manufacturers more confidence and reliability in developing their products.
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The future is mirrorless. Most of the present, too, is actually. Much like many photographers were reluctant to move from analog cameras some decades ago, we still have peers holding on to their DSLRs. thephoblographer.com »
2023-06-06 19:25
CIPA has released their camera sales data for April 2017, and there was a small uptick in 2017 when compared to the same month in 2016. Overall numbers are down compared to 2015, but all signs are pointing to the industry has stabilized and may see some small growth in 2017. It looks like mirrorless may Read more... canonrumors.com »
2017-06-03 16:07
CIPA released the latest November camera shipment data. It shows that the interchangeable camera shipments didn’t decrease compared to 2015. This might be finally a sign that the four-year long fall in camera sales might soon be over. sonyalpharumors.com »
2017-01-14 14:37
A couple of months ago Blazar did announce the first autofocus anamorphic Full Frame lenses. Today Sirui presented its first anamorphic AF lens at the Inter BEE 2024. These are the first images of the lens.
We are now in November and this means that 12 months passed without a Sony Full Frame E-mount camera announcement. The last FF camera Sony announced was the Sony A9III back in November 2023. The past 7 years Sony always did announce at least 1 new FF E-mount camera. 2016 was the exception although they…
I have never seen this before: The Sony A1II reorder page is already being promoted by BHphoto (Click here). They writes: Stay tuned! Sony is announcing their newest flagship mirrorless camera, the a1 II, on Tuesday, November 19, 2024 at 9AM EST.
Silcence Corner just launched their new Mambapod on Kickstarter (Click here). This is a streets photographers tripod that can do 4 things in one: Clamp mode Desktop mode Hook mode Handheld mode This is the official presentation video:
Tokina has discontinued production of the atx-m 85mm F1.8 FE lens. Rumor has it that this lens was actually manufactured by Viltrox. Now that the Chinese company has a good reputation, I think they no longer need the partnership with Tokina. Viltrox already sells its own 85mm lens under its own name.
The new Angelbird cards are now discounted: 9% off: Angelbird 330GB card for $229 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto. 28% off: Angelbird 160GB card for $129 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto. Those are 2. 0 generation cards.
I have two smaller good news on the new Sony A1II that will be announced next week on November 19: 1) Near SAME Sony A1 pricing: I got the Sony A1II pricing info for Europe: It’s 7.499 EUR. Back when the Sony A1 was launched in 2021 the camera had a price tag of 7.299…