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BCN published Full Frame mirrorless market share data for April. Nikon has taken the lead thanks to great sales of the Nikon Z5II. BCN writes that the main reason for the Z5II’s success is the price.
BCNranking published the top 50 of the best selling cameras on the Japanese market for the month of April:
BCN collects actual sales data from over half of Japanese retailers. This gives us a very accurate status of the market:
On 20 May, the Chinese company SongRaw will introduce this new 85mm f/1.2 full-frame autofocus lens for the Sony E-, Nikon Z- and Leica L-mount system cameras. Above you can see the first image of the E-mount version. A pretty big lens!
Dji announced the new Mavic 4 PRO. Proerders are open at BHphoto, Amazon US&EU, Adorama, FotoKoch, FotoErhardt, WexUK.
Curious note: the new Mavic was not supposed to be available for pre-order in the USA, but a last-minute agreement between the USA and China made it possible for pre-orders to be placed in the USA as well!
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