CameraBeta leaked this image of the new Laowa 33mm f/0.95 lens. It will go on sale in China for 3,000 Yuan (around $450) on April 26:

In a surprising move Sony announced two small updated version of their current A7rIII and A7rIV cameras. In both cases the cameras get a small “a” suffix.

So what’s new?

1. LCD resolution has changed from 1.44 million dots to 2,359,296 dots
2. They both support USB 3.2.
3. There are also small changes in their battery life

https://www.sony.com/electronics/interchangeable-lens-cameras/ilce-7rm3a

https://www.sony.com/electronics/interchangeable-lens-cameras/ilce-7rm4a

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via Nokishita

The new CIPA data gives hope the camera market steady decline trend has been inverted. In February 2021 Japanese manufacturers shipped the same amount of cameras as in February 2020. I guess the next months it will even outperform the 2020 performance which was extremely bad due the coronavirus outbreak.

There was a time it looked like Panasonic and Olympus would be no more close friends. Well, today they made a joint live stream to strengthen their commitment to the Micro Four Thirds system. And OM Digital clearly said they will not join the L-mount system nor do any other kind of Full Frame camera.

Some more info

OM digital:

• We’ve tried designing an f/1.0 lens, but it’s hard to deal with the autofocus system.
• We are developing a new kind of product family
• There will be a product something worth the wait
• PEN-F didn’t sell well…but a successor isn’t excluded yet
• We will not go into the Full Frame market
• We will not join the L-mount system

Panasonic:

• We are developing both MFT cameras and lenses
• Lenses with 800+ range are being discussed internally

There seems to be no clear winner!

This is so cool! And also soooo first of April alike :)

Canon makes no secret about their intention to push hard on the RF lens development. Here are the latest patents for compact f/2.8 primes and new macro lenses:

12mm f/2.8

• Focal length: 12.35 mm
• F number: 2.88
• Half angle of view: 60.28
• Image height: 21.64 mm
• Lens length: 80.22 mm
• BF 16.54 mm

14mm f/2.8

• Focal length: 14.42 mm
• F number: 2.88
• Half angle of view: 56.32
• Image height: 21.64 mm
• Lens length: 91.61 mm
• BF 17.29 mm

20mm f/2.8

• Focal length: 19.48 mm
• F number: 2.88
• Half angle of view: 48.02
• Image height: 21.65 mm
• Lens length: 90.74 mm
• BF 19.35 mm

100mm 65mm and 36mm macro lenses
Magnigification: -1.00E-06 -0.5 -1.4
Focal length: 100.81 65.87 36.01 mm
Ｆ number: 2.92 4.49 6.64
Image height: 21.64 21.64 21.64 mm
Lens length: 162.37 162.37 162.37 mm
BF: 14.66 14.66 14.66 mm

via CanonWatch