Sony published those new graphs with their new sensors on sale for third party companies. The probably most important news is that indeed the new Fuji X-T3 seems to use the IMX571 Sony sensor.
We got two compact camera news:
The German website Photoscala reported the bad news: The company Net SE is now officially bankrupt. The company has many Kickstarter projects branded as Meyer Optik Görlitz, C. P. Goerz und Oprema Jena. And if you had one of these lenses on preorder well you will surely NOT get your money back :(
Dpreview published their Sigma CEO interview. And there is a lot of interesting info but I am only reporting two of them here:
This is what he said about the mirrorless future:
Within three or four years I expect our mirrorless mount lens sales to be much bigger than for DSLR. Maybe 70% to 30%.
This is what he said about the Canon EOS-R
The 50mm F1.2 and 28-70mm F2. Very impressed – and a little jealous! They’re possible due to the wide diameter and short flange back. Otherwise such lenses would be very difficult or impossible. Having the larger elements at the rear of the optical system makes it easier to achieve good performance at large apertures.
He confirmed indirectly what Leica manager said about the E-mount…it’s really not optimal for lens design.
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Skylum pre-announced the new Sky Enhancer feature (full announcement blog post here). It’s going to be released as a free Luminar update on November 1. If you plan to buy Luminar use our code “MIRROR” to get a $10 discount.
About AI Sky Enhancer:
This filter was created for photographers who would rather focus on creating photos, and have neither the time or inclination to spend hours correcting their images.
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Offer Availability:
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The EOS-M50 was the best selling camera in September according to BCNranking.
And Cipa released the August sales report and there is not meaningful change of course with sales being on par with last year.
