The Sigma DP2 Quattro just got a new firmware update you can download here: http://www.sigma-global.com/en/download/cameras/firmware/. It brings the following fixes:

1) It has corrected the phenomenon that details of subjects that have both similar color tones and contrast difference will be lost when images are recorded in JPEG format.

2) It has reduced the longitudinal noise that appears occasionally when changing each adjustment value in the image correction process substantially during the development of RAW files in SIGMA Photo Pro Ver.6. – See more at: http://sigma-rumors.com/#sthash.cvNBEOGu.dpuf

In the meantime the E-Pl7 and V-LUx Type 114 cameras got officially registered as Wifi capable devices in Taiwan.
 

Pentax officially announced the QS-1. Specs and price info can be read at Adorama (Click here). In short these are the highlights of the new camera:

Pentax QS-1 Features

1/1.7 inch, back-illuminated CMOS image sensor
Q-Mount Compatible with system of lenses
Customized Quick Dial
Smart Effects Modes & Creative User Modes
In-body Sensor-Shift Shake Reduction (SR) Mechanism
High-speed continuous shooting at 5 FPS and shutter speeds from 1/2000 to 30 seconds
Large 3-inch LCD Monitor with advanced anti-reflection coating
Bokeh Control
ISO Sensitivity up to 12800
Traditional DSLR Modes
In-body RAW development
HDR Capture
Full 1080p h.264 HD video recording
HDMI Port
Built-In Pop-up Flash
SD, SDHC, SDXC, Eye-Fi card compatibility
Optional External Viewfinder Available

Image on top on courtesy of Personal View (Click here).

The Japanese agency Cipa (Click here) published the camera worldwide shipments data for the month of June. And Personal View (Click here) ordered the data in many nice graphs. There are a couple of interesting trends:

1) Mirrorless camera shipment from Japanese companies are growing (+9% over the previous month)
2) DSLR shipments are falling (-11% compared with to May).
3) Mirrorless shipments increased in the “not-so-mirrorless-friendly”  US (+18%) and European market (+10%).

In short: In these time of crisis the DSLR market is falling dramatically while the Mirrorless market is slowly growing.

Fuji issued the new lens roadmap and includes the lenses that have been already “rumored” before. The 16mm f/1.4 and 90mm f/2.0.

The mentioned super telezoom will be a 120-400mm lens according to Fujirumors.

And here is the official Fuji press text about the new roadmap:

“FUJIFILM Corporation (President: Shigehiro Nakajima) is pleased to release an updated road map for X mount interchangeable lenses.

A large-diameter medium telephoto lens (the XF90mmF2 R) features for the first time on the development road map for end 2015. The next available lens will be the XF50-140mm F2.8 R LM OIS WR. Following on from the XF18-135mm lens, this will be Fujifilm’s second weather resistant lens designed to partner its X-T1 camera.

Other updates to the road map include the previously announced “Ultra-wide angle lens” being confirmed as the “XF16mmF1.4 R” with a guide launch date of mid 2015. And the planned launch of the XF16-55mmF2.8 R WR lens moving to Spring 2015 and the Super Tele-Photo Zoom lens to Winter 2015.

Highly regarded for their outstanding image quality, resolution and well-built bodies, the unique X mount lens range now includes super-wide angle to super-telephoto range lenses and a large-diameter lens with rich bokeh and high resolution.”

Icinsights posted a forecast about the camera market till 2017. And the market is expected to shrink:

Worldwide DSC shipments are expected to fall by a CAGR of -10% between 2012 and 2017 compared to an annual average growth rate of just 1% in the 2007-2012 period and nearly 31% per year in the 2002-2007 timeframe.

But there are two positive news: The System Camera Market is expected to growth further. And that’s also the most profitable business for the camera producers. And the “non-conventional” camera market for Tablet-smartphones-medical-car-surveillance is expected to grow too!