Dpreview awarded the best cameras of the year. What’s noticeable is that there ain’t any DSLR in their list:
Best compact/fixed lens camera: Ricoh GR III
Best consumer stills / video camera: Panasonic Lumix DC-S1
Best entry-level ILC: Canon EOS M200
Best midrange ILC: Canon EOS M6 Mark II
Best high-end ILC: Sony a7R IV
DPReview innovation award: Fujifilm GFX 100
DPReview product of the year, 2019: Sony a7R IV
A couple of lens rumors today!
1) Olympus will launch a new roadmap tomorrow at 14:00 London time. This includes the already known 150-400mm lens, a new 12-45mm f/4.0 lens and new tele lenses.
2) Sony will announce a new fast wide angle GM lens in very early 2020
No info yet about their new cameras. I am pretty sure tough that Sony will give us the A7sIII and A7IV in 2020 and Olympus the new E-M1III.
UPDATE: Announced today! this is the newly announced roadmap:
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Interesting take by Robin Wong:
Camera sales are declining over the years and we are too easy to make smartphones the villain. I am exploring several real reasons why the camera market is shrinking, and how photography is slowly losing interest. This article is made in accompaniment with a blog article here: https://robinwong.blogspot.com/2019/1…
One camera to rule them all? This is what the Fuji X-T4 might will become! According to latest (and yet to be verified) rumors the specs will be:
via Fujirumors
I do own two Mamiya 7 cameras and was therefore super surprised to see a journalist using the very same camera at the Trump impeachment hearings. If you can find out who this guy is I would love to see those photos once he has developed and digitalized them….which means it might take weeks before we see those photos on the web :)
Note: Please resist from the temptation to make any political comments. This isn’t the place.
This week Chris and Jordan compare four popular mid-range APS-C mirrorless cameras: the Canon M6 Mark II, Nikon Z50, Sony a6400 and the Fujifilm X-T30. Which one is right for you?
These images show how the new SL2 gets manufactured in Germany so you reliaze why you spend $6,000 on a FF camera :) And at the very bottom you can see the first unboxing video.
And here is the full reviewe from Richard Wong
