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- Black Friday Special Deals: Part 2 – B&H and CVP
CineD (Friday, 25 November, 2022) - Black Friday weekend is on and there’s no better time of the year to grow your camera, lighting, or audio kit. We have meticulously picked up the best offers from our trusted partners at B&H and CVP to help you save you time (and money!). In case you missed it,... - Panasonic claims 4.4% of the digital camera market share in 2021
43Rumors (Friday, 25 November, 2022) - The Nihon Keizai Shimbun has updated all data on 70 items of global market share, revealing the global market share of digital cameras and CMOS sensors in 2021: Digital camera 2021 global market share *Techno System Research research Canon … 45.8% (-2.1%) Sony … 27.0% (+4.9%) Nikon … 11.3% (-2.4%) Fujifilm... - RUMOR: Panasonic and DJI jointly testing a new LIDAR based focusing method? 43Rumors (Thursday, 24 November, 2022) - CameraBeta reports: It looks like Panasonic and DJI are jointly testing a new focusing method. The new system is said to utilize the LiDAR focus technology released with the Ronin 4D. If this technology can be introduced to Panasonic’s mirrorless camera, we can expect a significant improvement in video shooting. It is currently...
- Sony claims 27.0% of the digital camera market share in 2021
SonyAlphaRumors (Thursday, 24 November, 2022) - The Nihon Keizai Shimbun has updated all data on 70 items of global market share, revealing the global market share of digital cameras and CMOS sensors in 2021: Digital camera 2021 global market share *Techno System Research research Canon … 45.8% (-2.1%) Sony … 27.0% (+4.9%) Nikon … 11.3% (-2.4%) Fujifilm... - Explora: Top Mirrorless Cameras of 2022 43Rumors (Wednesday, 23 November, 2022) - Explora mentioned the top Mirrorless Cameras of 2022: Fuji X-H2S & X-H2 Sony A7rV Hasselblad X2D 100C Leica M11 Panasonic GH6 Canon R6 OM-1 Canon R7 Nikon Z30 What do you think about that ranking?...
- The latest digital camera global market share (2021)
Nikonrumors (Wednesday, 23 November, 2022) - The Japanese Techno System Research published their latest digital camera global market share (the orange circle shows the Japanese companies at 94.4% based on 8.49 million units shipped): Canon: 45.8% (-2.1%) Sony: 27% (+4.9%) Nikon: 11.3% (-2.4%) Fujifilm: 5.9% (+0.3%) Panasonic: 4.4% (unchanged) My understanding is that this global... - Now it’s official: Leica 200mm f/2.8 discontinued. Also the GF10/GF90 and Silver Lumix 15mm f/1.7 are gone forever. 43Rumors (Tuesday, 22 November, 2022) - Today Panasonic Japan made it official and discontinued the superb Leica 200mm f/2.8 MFT lens. You should get it on BHphoto or Amazon US&EU before it’s sold out. Japanese stores discontinued the Silver lens. You can still find some in Stock at Amazon US&EU if you absolutely want one before...
- Bad surprise: Panasonic seems to have discontinued the 200mm lens and the DMW-TC20 teleconverter in Japan? 43Rumors (Monday, 21 November, 2022) - This is really a surprise: Asobinet reports that the Leica 200mm lens and the TC20 2x teleconverter have been marked as discontinued on Japanese stores like Kitamura. The lens is currently regularly in Stock in Amazon US&EU stores, therefore I don’t know if that’s just a temporary issue or if...
- Weekly Nikon news flash #703 Nikonrumors (Sunday, 20 November, 2022) - → The latest Black Friday deals by brand (Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fuji, Olympus, Panasonic, Tamron, Sigma, Voigtlander, Zeiss, Rokinon, Tokina, SLRMagic, Laowa, Godox). More Black Friday deals can be found here. I will make a separate post on the latest Nikon offers (still gathering all the details). There will not...
- ALL Black Friday on Olympus/Lumix gear and third party lenses! 43Rumors (Sunday, 20 November, 2022) - Black Friday deals: Save big on Olympus gear at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. Save big on Panasonic gear at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama. And the OM-1 is now $240 off at Amazon US (Click here). Save $478 on the entire Topaz Photo AI+Video AI app collection (Click here). You can also get...
- Panasonic Group Q2 FY2023 Financial Results 43Rumors (Saturday, 19 November, 2022) - Panasonic published the Q3 financial results here: news.panasonic.com/global/stories/13531. The company is doing well but there is no info about how the camera business is performing. But it’s clear the camera business is important: New Switch published an article in which Akira Toyoshima, President of Panasonic Entertainment & Communication, defined five...
- New Panasonic PTZ Camera has phase detection: What this means for the future GH7… 43Rumors (Thursday, 17 November, 2022) - Back in October Panasonic announced the new AW-UE160 PTX camera. Specifically for that model Panasonic “developed phase detection autofocus (PDAF)” (as stated in the press release). Obviously this once more created the discussion if Panasonic will use that “newly developed PDAF” on future MFT cameras too. Here are two videos...
- Robin Wong: 5 Times Micro 4/3 Products Were PUSHING BOUNDARIES 43Rumors (Wednesday, 9 November, 2022) - Robin Wong: Micro Four Thirds was probably the most daring and innovative when it comes to pushing the imaging boundaries of camera making. Over the years Panasonic and Olympus have released unique products that challenged the norm of camera stereotypes. I am exploring some of these products in this video....
- Atomos 8K Sensor Development Completed – “Sapphire F8”, Full Frame, 8K60, Global Shutter CineD (Tuesday, 8 November, 2022) - Atomos Sapphire F8 is a new full-frame global shutter image sensor developed by the Australian company that can record up to 8K 60fps, 4K 240fps, or 2K 360fps. The sensor is also supposed to have a good power efficiency with only 2W power draw in 8K capture mode. Atomos is...
- Panasonic interview with Chinese outlet: “We tried to make the GH6 without a fan” 43Rumors (Monday, 7 November, 2022) - Fengniao had a chat with a bunch of Panasonic managers. An interesting story is this one: At first, we also simulated the GH6 without a fan, and found that for the GH6 to be cooled by natural air as before, it needs to have a larger surface area for heat...
