CIPA results for February: Tremendous decline of worldwide camera shipment. DSLR beating mirrorless this month.

The Japanese agency CIPA released the official camera shipment numbers for February. And it’s again a horror news for the industry. We had a 27% decline of camera shipments compared to the previous year.

The only positive takeaway from those results is that this bad result is due the shrinking compact camera market. DSLR sales numbers up 4% while mirrorless sales went down 11%.

Editor’s note: For a couple of hours we made a mistake and switched the DSLR-Mirrorless numbers. Sorry for that!

 

Sony a7 III, The GOOD, the BAD and the MEH! Two week review.

Biscuitsalive:

I have been enjoying my new Sony a7 mk3 for two weeks now, and have come to a few conclusions. Mostly good, a few bad, and some a bit… ‘meh’. There is a lot to love about this camera, but also a few niggles with Sony’s new full frame camera. I focus here on the video functionality of the Sony a73. *I don’t want to cover the stills performance until the RAW files are accessible to Photoshop or Lightroom. To skip to some pretty shots (which are end) click here- 30:19 My previous a7 III vids/tests- (many comparing to GH5, or other Sony models.) Sharpness tests – https://youtu.be/8TxdadiAcEI Dynamic range – https://youtu.be/T_DxD0TCmRk First impressions and high ISO- https://youtu.be/4UZxXmCXRSA Full HD test- https://youtu.be/2jUrB12MTro Sensor glitch problem- https://youtu.be/XUx9Q6Tev9g Slow motion looky – https://youtu.be/M9HRchTW_AU Sony/Panasonic colour – https://youtu.be/nSr8iaZ8geo