Word on the street says Sony delayed the A7sIII launch because of high demand of the A7III

I don’t know how reliable that info is. But apprently the unofficial chatter at the Kando 2.0 event in California says that Sony had a huge and unexpected demand for the new Sony A7III. This forced Sony to delay the A7sIII launch.

What’s certain is that at the moment the A7III is still not in Stock in any US store.
Sony A7III in USA at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, BestBuy, FocusCamera, BuyDig.
Sony a7III in Europe at Amazon DE, Calumet Germany, Amazon UK, ParkCameras UK, WexUK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, Amazon ES.

Nikon financial report shows they missed their imaging business forecast

Nikon’s big step into the Full Frame mirrorless camera has still to happen and they better hurry. According to their latest financial report published today things don’t look that good. They missed their forecast for the imaging business due to missed sales volumes in the compact camera segment.

Revenue and profit is expected to keep going down in their 2019 forecast:

via Nikoneye

Tamron releases official statement to say 28-75mm FE preorders were much higher than expected

Preorders: The Tamron lens is now available for preorder at Amazon, BHphoto, BuyDig and Adorama. In Europe at Amazon DE and WexUK.

This morning Tamron Japan issued a statement confirming that preorders on the new 28-75mm FE preorders where much higher than expected. They apologize because this means many will haveto wait much longer than expected to get their lens.

And a good news for Sony: Dpreview declared the Sony A7III as the bext camera you can get for under $2000.

Sony shows their new 400mm f/2.8 GM beast at the Kand trip

Sony organized a very big meeting Kando 2.0 with many Sony Artisans and experts. The event takes place in California an behind the glass they are again showing the new 400mm f/2.8 FE lens. But Sony wasn’t ready yet to unveil the proce which we suspect will be $10,000 :)