The Sony A7rIV Megapixel monster is now available for preorder in the USA too!

You can’t have enough of Megapixel? Than get it now :)

Sony A7rIV and new accessories:
Sony A7rIV in USA/CA at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon, BuyDig, Henrys.
Sony A7rIV in EU at Calumet DE, ParkUK, WexUK, Calumet NL.
Sony A7rIV in Asia at Sony Japan. Sony Australia.
Sony VG-C4EM grip in USA at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BuyDig, ParkUK, WexUK.
ECM-B1M Digital Audio Shotgun Microphone at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, BuyDig, Park UK.
XLR-K3M Mic at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, BuyDig, Park UK.

 

Nikkei expects Canon profit to drop 40% amid a slowing European economy and slumping chip market

No good news from Canon today! Nikkei Asian Review reports:

TOKYO — Canon‘s operating profit is on track to sink 40% this year to slightly over 200 billion yen ($1.85 billion), Nikkei has learned, amid a slowing European economy and slumping chip market.

The Japanese company’s profit for the year ending in December is seen falling roughly 60 billion yen short of its downgraded guidance in April. Sales likely will shrink 6% to a figure above 3.7 trillion yen, off about 100 billion yen from April’s forecast. The full-year projections are expected to be lowered again when Canon presents first-half earnings next week.

Worsening economic conditions in Europe have caused corporate clients to hold off on investments, softening sales of office equipment and other machinery. The depreciation of the euro against the yen also undercut profitability in exports.

This comes on top of a global market downturn for semiconductors used in data centers and smartphones. Semiconductor manufacturers have withheld capital spending on chipmaking equipment, one of Canon’s products, and deliveries have been postponed.

via CanonWatch

Fuji will announce two new lenses tomorrow…

Fujirumors reports that tomorrow we will get these two new lenses. The specs got leaked by Nokishita:

Fujifilm “XF16-80mm F4 R OIS WR”

  • are 12 groups of 16 elements
  • shortest focus disctance 35cm
  • maximum 0.25x
  • filter 72mm,
  • φ 78.3 x 88.9mm
  • weight 440g
  • $ 799.95 (in Japan it costs 102,060 yen which would be converted to 943 USD)

Fujinon GF50mm f/3.5

  • 134,460 yen (converted 1,240 USD)

Sony has announced the new A7rIV but there is more to come soon!

Today Sony has announce the new A7rIV. It’s an incremental update of the previous A7rIII. Better EVF, better sensor, better AF, better sealing and better grip. Intelligent but also a little bit boring :)

But that’s not all, next week Sony will announce something more and than in August something more again ;)

Sony A7rIV preorders:
Sony A7rIV in USA at BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera, Amazon. In EU at ParkUK, WexUK.
Sony VG-C4EM grip in USA at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. In EU at ParkUK, WexUK.

Sony 35mm f/1.8 FE:
In the USA/CA at Adorama, Amazon, FocusCamera, BHphoto and Henrys.
In EUROPE at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, WexUK, Calumet NL.