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I bet you didn’t expect to see a new review of this forgotten Nikon mirrorless :)

It’s official, folks! Panasonic has registered a new camera in China. This means that they are planning to officially launch a new camera within 3-4 months. All we can learn from this registration is that the camera supports 2.4GHz and 5.1GHz Wi-Fi. So this is definitely a mid to high end model.

At the moment, my guess is that it’s the new S1rII (a Lumix pendant of the Leica SL3). But there is still the possibility that it is the S1hII. Hopefully trustworthy sources can tell me more about it soon!

via Weibo

Caye Technology announced a new 200mm F3.5 lens. Key specs:

• Full Frame
• fixed F3.5 large aperture
• manual focus
• uses a set of two optical structures
• minimum focusing distance of 1.8 meters
• The lens body is about 32cm long
• 14cm in diameter
• weighs about 550g
• Sony E, Canon RF, Canon EF, Canon EF-M, Nikon Z, Nikon F, Fuji X and M43 mounts

Something must have gone lost in translation because the pricing has been said to be 159 Yuan  which is $21 only! Probably there is a missing “0” and price might be 1590 Yuan and $210.

Source: Weibo

Kitamura has published its bestseller ranking for the month of July.

Top 10 cameras:

1. Nikon Z30 double lens kit
2. Canon R5II
3. Olympus E-M10IV dual lens kit
4. FujiFilm X-S20 with kit lens
5. Sony ZV-E10 dual lens kit
6. Sony A6700 with kit lens
7. Sony A7III
8. Sony A7IV with kit lens
9. Sony A6700 body only
10. Sigma FP with 45mm lens kit

Top 10 lenses:

1. Sigma 56mm f/1.4 for Fuji X
2. Tamron 28-200mm for Sony E
3. Sigma 18-50mm for Fuji X
4. Fujifilm 35mm f/2.0
5. Canon 50mm f/1.8 STM
6. Tamron 18-300mm for Sony E
7. Sigma 30mm f/1.4 for Sony E
8. Tamron 90mm macro for Sony E
9. Sony 70-350mm E
10. Tamron 70-180mm for Sony E

A couple of notes:

• OM System is alive in Japan :)
• I am surprised to NOT find the new ZV-E10II among the top sellers
• While Sony places 5 camera into the top 10 none is really leading the pack on the very top.
• 6 out of the top 10 lenses are for E-mount but Tamron is really the winner here as there is only one Sony lens in the top 10.
• Sigma is selling a good amount of X-mount lenses!

Sony A1II at  BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy, FotoErhardt, FotoKoch, Calumet, WexUK, Clifton, CameraPro. Sony Australia.
Sony 28-70mm f/2.0 GM at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, BestBuy, FotoErhardt, Fotokoch, Calumet, WexUK, Clifton, CameraPro. Sony Australia.

The Sony A1II has been announced and the full presentation page can be seen on that BHphoto page (Click here).

The first reaction from Sony Alpha shooters is that this isn’t a great update. Obviously there are some cool minor changes like the new body and new AI chip. But they were expecting to get “MORE” new features. Well, there is a good news fro them: The Sony A1II forced a $1,000 price drop on the original A1 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, WexUK. This now makes it a very attractive option!

Sigma released four APS-C RF mount lenses (here at BHphoto). I wonder if Sigma will be allowed by Canon to also release some of their big Full Frame lenses!