Around February 14 Sony will have a product announcement event. We are likely to get two G zooms and a new firmware update!

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Zeiss posted this teaser on Instagram. Sadly, we will no more see new lenses for pure photographers :(

Finally we got the detailed CIPA camera and lens shipment data for the whole year 2023. It contains a lot of interesting data:

• Shipment of cameras (fixed and interchangeable) did drop by 3,6% in terms of numbers and increased by 4.9% in terms of value.
• Shipment of mirrorless cameras increased by 18,6% in terms of numbers and increased by 10,9% in terms of value.
• Shipment of DSLR cameras did drop by 36% in terms of numbers and increased by 28,9% in terms of value.
• Shipment of fixed lens cameras did drop by 17,4% in terms of numbers and increased by 8,9% in terms of value.
• Shipment of interchangeable lenses did drop by 0,9% in terms of numbers and increased by 6,7% in terms of value.

What does this tell us? The decade long decline stopped. In terms of value both mirrorless and lens sames increased quite a bit. So overall we can look forward to a 2024 that should have a similar pace like 2023 had. And this is good as manufacturer now don’t have to fear the market will shrink further.

The new lens is now available for preorder at Amazon US&CA&EU (Click here).

Fujirumors reports abotu a rumor that will make many “filmstyle” lovers happy: The Fujifilm X100VI will be Fujifilm’s first APS-C camera to feature the new REALA ACE film simulation.

• ❤️ Fujifilm Film Simulation Group (100% Fuji Colors Power)

Preorders:
OM-1II at Amazon US&CA&EU, BHphoto, Adorama, Om Digital,
FotoErhardt, WexUK. OM Germany, OM UK, OM, Italy, OM France.
150-600mm at Amazon US&CA&EU, BHphoto, Adorama, Om Digital,
FotoErhardt, WexUK. OM Germany, OM UK, OM, Italy, OM France.
9-18mm at Amazon US&CA&EU, BHphoto, Adorama, Om Digital,
FotoErhardt, WexUK. OM Germany, OM UK, OM, Italy, OM France.

So this is a very underwhelming announcement from OM Digital:

The OM-1II is an OM-1 with software update
The 150-600mm lens is a Sigma clone with an extra $1,000 on top
The 9-18mm II is the old lens with new OM branding

If that is the philosophy of the new company we can only hope Panasonic keeps being serious about MFT like they luckily showed us with the new G9II.

A chinese Weibo account shared an alleged spec list of the upcoming Z6III:

Nikon ℤ 6 Ⅲ (N2214)
Accelerated FX 24.5 Megapixels BSI CMOS Sensor
EXPEED 7 processor
Body inherited from ℤ 8 style
Easy-to-use multi-angle LCD screen, bright EVF
Optimized body feel
Level 7 IBIS, but more optimized video stabilization than ℤ f
Pixel-shifted high-resolution photography
Dual data stream AF system, updated focus algorithm and process, stronger than ℤ f and ℤ 8
FX format electronic shutter continuous shooting up to 40fps and DX format electronic shutter continuous shooting up to 120fps
6K/60p & 4K/120p 12Bit N-RAW recording
4K H.265 10Bit MOV video can be oversampled to 6K, 4K FX frame, or up to 120p DX frame.
4K ProRes 422 HQ 10-bit MOV video, up to 4K/60p
Detailed shutter angle options, project frame rate and shooting frame rate split
Two card slots, support CFexpress B, SD UHS-II
Support WiFi 2.4/5 GHz, Bluetooth LE connection
USB-C fast charging & HDMI Type-A connectionCollapse