Firmware 1.17.0 for Hasselblad X1D-50c
Hasselblad released the Firmware 1.17.0 for the X1D-50c. Release notes: static.hasselblad.com/2014/11/Release-Notes-X1D-1_17_0.pdf
Leica TL2 officially announced and available for preorder at Bhphoto
Leica today announced the new Leica TL2. Preorders are open at Bhphoto.
RED announces the Hydrogen One smartphone with holographic 5.7 inch screen
RED announced the development of the HYdrogen One. It’s a smartphone with holographic screen. This is the press text:
May camera shipment report: Far better than the previous year!
According to the latest May CIPA report camera unit shipments from Japanese manufacturers where 34% higher than the previous year. This is good news although we are still far away from the 2015 results.
Still, system camera sales which do have a higher profit margin than most fixed lens cameras are not far off the 2015 results:
I think the market has stabilized but I bet we will never see a real growth on camera sales anymore.
Chinese company “7Artisans” launches lenses for Sony E, MFT, Fuji X and Leica M mount cameras
All the lenses are now liosted on Amazon.com, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, and [shoplink 304522 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
Those are all manual focusing lenses. I am not sure but it looks liek those are maybe rebranded version of other existing lenses….
