Canonwatch reports:

User u/mirajoba on Reddit made the Canon EOS R1 mock-up you can see on top. Looks pretty futuristic, doesn’t it?

The CP+ organization announced it has canceled the vent due the COVID risk. Online events will still take place.Here is the press text:

CP ⁺ 2022 Pacifico Yokohama Venue Event Cancellation

The Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA: Chairman Shigeki Ishizuka), a CP that was scheduled to be held for four days from February 24th.⁺2022 Pacifico Yokohama Venue Event has been canceled and it has been decided to hold it online alone.

CP⁺2022 is an event to be held in the Corona disaster, with “safety and security of visitors and exhibitors” as the most important matter, and on the premise of taking thorough safety measures, we aimed to hold a hybrid between the Pacifico Yokohama venue and online. We have been preparing.
However, due to the rapid expansion of Omicron strains since the beginning of the year, the number of infected people and close contacts is increasing rapidly, and the supply of antigen test kits is tight, which is hindering safe event management. In addition, looking at the current infection situation, it is unlikely that the number of infected people will decrease significantly by the end of February, and it will be unlikely that the event will be held safely and securely. The psychological anxiety of the people is in a situation where they cannot be wiped out.
As the organizer, I have always kept an eye on the corona infection situation and took all possible measures, but I give top priority to the safety and security of visitors, exhibitor staff, and all other people involved in the event. As a result, CP in this situation⁺We decided that 2022 should not be held in real time, so we decided to cancel the Pacifico Yokohama venue event and hold it online alone.

We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to many customers who have been looking forward to the event at Pacifico Yokohama for the first time in three years, but we appreciate your understanding.
We also sincerely apologize for the announcement of the cancellation just before the event.

You can continue to enjoy online events with your registered ID and password.
We look forward to your participation in the online event.

February 7, 2022 Camera & Imaging Products Association (CIPA)
Contact: CP⁺2022 Secretariat Email: info@cpplus.jp

Online event will be held as scheduled

As you know back in 2011 Epson developed a new R-D1s (successor of the R-D1) but than decided to not bring it on market. Epson now gave an original R-D1s prototype to a contest winner. He unboxed the camera and here you see it:

The R-D1s still looks better than 99% of the mirrorless cameras we have today. Sony, Canon Nikon and others should copy the concept!

He also took some images you can see here:

via Weibo

The 2021 full year report has been published and Japanese camera manufacturers shipped 4% less camera units than in 2020. We can assume the camera market has now reached the bottom of a 10 year long shrinking tendency.

Ted Forbes writes:

Well here we are in 2022. We’ve probably seen the last of the DSLR releases. No matter what you think of Sony, they have literally forced the hand of every camera manufacturer in the mirrorless world. But is this the future?

It is really a pity they didn’t do this camera for real 10 years ago! The development of this camera started in 2010 but Epson saw that the market was already shrinking and that’s why they decided to not produce it.

via DC.watch

BCNranking collects about 40% of the sales info from Japanese stores. And in 2021 Sony has lead the mirrorless market with 32% of the share with Canon following with 28%. Here are the detailed results:

• Fixed lens cameras (* The share in parentheses is last year’s share)
  1st place Canon: Share 34.01% (39.08%)
  2nd place Sony: Share 23.1% (19.65%)
  3rd place Fujifilm: Share 11.6% (11.41%)
• DSLR
  1st place Canon: Share 59.8% (51.91%)
  2nd place Nikon: Share 33.9% (44.78%)
  3rd place Ricoh Imaging: Share 5.8% (3%)
• Mirrorless
  1st place Sony: Share 32% (27.44%)
  2nd place Canon: Share 28.2% (23.78%)
  3rd place OM Digital Solutions: Share 12.7% (23.37%)
• Digital video camera category
  1st place Panasonic: Share 43.6% (32.17%)
  2nd place Sony: Share 26.3% (37.27%)
  3rd place DJI: Share 11.2% (-)
• Action camera category
  1st place GoPro: Share 70.4% (70%)
  2nd place Sony: Share 7.3% (7.49%)
  3rd place DJI: Share 5.3% (-)
• Lenses
  1st place Canon: Share 17.6% (18.29%)
  2nd place Sony: Share 17.2% (15.87%)
  3rd place Sigma: Share 12.6% (14.89%)
• Tripod / Monopod category
  1st place Hakuba Photo Industry: Share 29.1% (30.91%)
  2nd place Vitec Group: Share 15.5% (17.45%)
  3rd place Slick: Share 12.6% (10.74%)
• Camera case / bag category
  1st place Hakuba Photo Industry: Share 33.3% (33.13%)
  2nd place ELECOM: Share 18.8% (16.68%)
  3rd place Vitec Group: Share 5.8% (5.92%)

via Digicameinfo