Oh Rome, you never cease to amaze me with the stunning sunsets. It’s almost like this bridge was put here just as a romantic viewpoint for people to enjoy. To learn how this image was created, visit fstoppers.com/elialocardi

Ein Beitrag geteilt von Elia Locardi (@elialocardi) am Jan 8, 2016 um 4:02 PST

As reported days ago by Petapixel, Fstoppers and Fujirumors Canon Italy posted an image where the sky part seems to be “stolen” from Fuji photographer Elia Locardi.

Canon Italy finally answered the critic and showed their excelelnt art of self-distruction:

Hi everyone! Thanks so much for your comments on our post and flagging your concerns! We’ve taken this image from a website, https://unsplash.com/ dedicated to copyright-free photography. The image was taken by photographer @gregpaulmiller on a Canon EOS-1D Mark IV, with the following settings: ISO 100, f/6.3, shutter speed 2 seconds according to the website Unsplash.com. We do see the similarity with the image taken by Elia Locardi, though, the images have various identifiable differences including seasonal changes and additional elements like the people walking or sitting on the sides of the banks.
We always try to inspire our community when highlighting user generated content and hope that by posting this photo we have inspired others to take amazing pictures as well.

So Canon completely ignored that it’s the SKY that photographer @gregpaulmiller has probably stolen from Elia Locardi’s image. Canon marketing has surely seen all critics all over the world about that but ignored them and pointed at the difference on the people. This is a total HARAKIRI of Canon’s marketing and it shows they don’t give a damn to photographers copyright issues. They are hiding behind the fact that this image is from @gregpaulmiller.

I understand that shit happens sometimes. But it shows greatness to apologize for that. But Canon went the other way and turned the back on the issue.

The G1X Mark III turned a lot of heads by being the smallest digital camera that combines an APS-C sensor and zoom lens. It just might be the perfect travel camera, so The Camera Store’s Chris Niccolls went to the mountains to see if it lives up to the excitement!

In the bad or in the good Blockchain technology is taking over the photography world too.

Press text via Dpreview:

I didn’t expect this: The GH5s has dual native ISO (great!) and no IBIS (not so great!). But for sure this is a film makers dream camera. Now it’s Sony’s turn to answer this with the A7sIII.

Preorders:
GH5s at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera and Panasonic.

Hands-on and previews:
First impression at Dpreview. Cameras.reviewed. Test by Imaging Resource. GH5 vs A7sII by Dpreview. Review by Photographyblog. Review by Jacob James. Hands-on by CameraJabber. GH5 vs GH5s at CameraJabber. Spanish hands-on by Photolari. GH5 vs GH5 by Mirrorlesscomparison. Hands-on by Cinema5D.

In an interview with Nikkei Canon boss Fujio Mitarai said that it’s time for Canon to think outside the box. And he is very honest when he states this:

Our primary management goal this year is to raise our antennas high toward cutting-edge technology. It is on this point where we lag behind other companies.

I hope this means that the years of boring incremental updates are over.

CIPA released the November camera shipment data. And it’s a highly depressing result. Shipments were far lower than in 2016 which already was a bad year. While mirrorless system camera sales were more or less stable DSLR sales hit a new low.

We need new 200 Megapixel mirrorless cameras to get back some sales! Just joking :(

It took a couple of years but Sony today reminded us all that it still can do lenses for the APS-C E-mount system :)

Preorders (start on Jan 11):
18-135mm lens at BHphoto.
Silver A6300 at BHphoto.