Ricoh GRII and Canon G3X officially announced!
Two new fixed lens cameras got announced today. Pricing and specs can be seen at BHphoto:
Canon PowerShot G3 X (Click here).
Ricoh GR II Digital (Click here).
Firmware day! A6000, A7s, A7r, A7, E-M5II and E-M1 got an update!
Sony:
Sony updated the A7, A7r, A7s FE cameras The start up time is now faster. But the big update is for the A6000 which now gets XAVC-S recording!
Enter your model name and download the software on Sony sites like Sony US, Sony Germany, Sony UK, Sony France, Sony Italy, Sony Spain, Sony Holland, Sony Belgium, Sony CH, Sony Austria, Sony Portugal, Sony Sweden, Sony Norway, Sony Finland.
Olympus:
E-M1 firmware info:
- The “Underwater” function was added to Picture Mode.
- *We recommend setting Custom Menu G/
+ WB to OFF.
- *We recommend setting Custom Menu G/
- The “Live View Boost 2” function was added.
E-M5II firmware info:
The “Underwater” function was added to Picture Mode.
- * We recommend setting Custom Menu G/
+ WB to OFF.
Leica Q Executive Video Interview (by LL).
Luminous Landscape posted that interview with Leica to discuss the new Leica Q camera (preorder here at BH).
Full Zeiss Batis lens specs released.
To learn every single detail and MTF graph about the new Batis lenses. check out the newly posted PDF files from Zeiss:
Leaflet: zeiss.de/content/dam/Photography/new/pdf/brochures/batis/batis_leaflet_en.pdf
Batis 85mm Technical Specifications: zeiss.com/content/dam/Photography/new/pdf/en/downloadcenter/datasheets_batis/batis_1885.pdf
Batis 25mm Technical Specifications: zeiss.de/content/dam/Photography/new/pdf/en/downloadcenter/datasheets_batis/batis_225.pdf
Sony digital camera history on Infographic!
Sony is the crazy horse of the camera industry. They keep turning things up side down to succeed in the digital camera market. Unlike Nikon and Canon they at least bring to us some excitement at almost every camera release :) Check out these two BH articles that sum up the Sony camera history:
1) Infographic: Inventive Camera Designs from Sony (Click here).
2) Innovative Journey in Camera Design and Technology (Click here).
Sigma Dp0 Quattro will ship in July for $999.
The Sigma Dp0 Quattro with the 21mm f/4.0 lens will cost $999 and ship in July.
found via Sigma Rumors.
Sony says that despite the digital camera market crisis they are still selling more and more premium cameras!
The digital camera market is shrinking dramatically but Sony seems to have found the way out of the crisis. Their focus is on premium mirrorless system cameras and premium fixed lens cameras.
On a press conference in New York Imaging Resource shared this picture of a Sony slide showing how Sony’s digital camera sales are growing!
Of course Sony doesn’t show their “cheap” entry level compact fixed lens cameras sales. They are basically down to zero :)