Petapixel got the official confirmation from Fuji that they will not participate at Photokina 2020. Fuji said:

After considering exhibiting from an overall perspective, including the launch timing of several exciting new products next year, our sales promotion plans, and cost effectiveness, we have decided not to take part in photokina 2020. We will continue to engage with our customers through other avenues including hands-on, interactive events, increasing opportunities to demonstrate the outstanding value and capability of our products and services directly to users, and strengthening the digital presence of our products. The number one priority for Fujifilm is and always will be our customers, and we will continue to make decisions based on the best ways to engage with our community.

Here are the full Zeiss ZX1 specs. The camera will be available sometimes in 2020…nearly 2 years after the first presentation :(

The Japanese store Mapcamera shared the TOP 10 sellers from November. I know this doesn’t mean a lot because that’s the data from one single (although quite large) store. Still, I am surprised to see the Sigma FP sell so well :)

These are the current bestseller at Amazon US…but it changes hourly:

Jordan and Chris:

Our 2020 ‘Best and Worst’ episode is here! Will Jordan’s art house movie trivia drive Chris to madness? Can you make martinis with pickled tomatoes? Find out what gear the boys from Calgary liked most – and least – this year, and learn a few things you didn’t know you wanted to know.

You can now preorder the Leica Summilux-M 90mm f/1.5 ASPH. Lens for (small) price of $12,995 at BHphoto.

Leica also announced the M10-P Ghost Edition camera:

Fujirumors reports that Fuji will not be present at the Photokina show which starts on May 27. With Nikon, Olympus and Leica this makes four big player missing! I doubt these companies will be ever come back in any future Photokina :(