The horrifying truth about radioactive Camera Lenses
Did you know that some of the old lenses are radioactive? An example is the [shoplink 304676 ebay]Canon 55mm f/1.2 FL lens[/shoplink]. Mathieu Stern tried to check how dangerous such a lens is.
Good news and Bad news on latest June camera shipment report…
CIPA released the June unit shipment report. There is good and bad news:
The Good news is that in June 2017 we sold far more cameras than in 2016. But to be fair 2016 was very bad also because of the Kumamoto earthquake aftermath.
The Bad news is that June 2017 still sold far less than in 2015.
To sum up, there is no more decline in the camera unit sales. But a real recovery is not to be expected.
Digitalkamera reports that Nikon is no more producing the “1” system cameras
The German photography site Digitalkamera reports that Nikon has decided to stop the production of the current Nikon 1 system cameras. It’s unclear if Nikon plans to announce a new Nikon 1 camera or if the whole system is now dead.
For sure Nikon plans to announce a new mirrorless system camera sometimes in 2018.
Olympus will announce two new f/1.2 PRO lenses by end 2017
43rumors reports that Olympus will launch two more f/1.2 PRO lenses this year: The 17mm and 45mm f/1.2 PRO. It’s unclear if both will be announced at the same time of the E-M10III (September) or if we would have to wait a few months more.
$700 off on the Fuji GFX at Amazon
Medium format just got a lot cheaper: You get the Fuji GFX for $5,798 only at Amazon US (Click here).
Two Ricoh news: New THETA V is coming. Overall Ricoh/Pentax camera sales dropping.
Ricoh published their quarterly financial report (PDF file here). As a whole the profits went up 74% compared to last year. But the camera business seems to not do so well. Ricoh doesn’t share exact numbers but they write this note:
“decrease in income and profit in the camera business due to the decreasein amounts of sales of digital cameras.”
One more news: The next camera to be announced by Ricoh will be the new Theta V camera.
Canon reports strong sales of their mirrorless cameras
Canon published their full financial quarterly report. And there is good news to report. For the first time after 5 years camera sales rised. Here is the full part regarding this:
The interchangeable-lens camera market continues to recover from the impact of last year’s earthquake, particularly in developed countries. As such, the pace of market contraction has been gradually slowing on a global basis. Within this business environment, we sold 1.43 million units in the second quarter, as we limited the decline to 5%. And for the half, we secured the same level of unit sales as in the first half of 2016.In this quarter as well, sales remained strong, particularly for mirrorless cameras. Within this trend, we grew sales of the EOS M6, a new mirrorless camera that has been highly rated not only for its high image quality, but also for its compact and lightweight form factor. This camera was designed to capture demand from people who, for example, are considering a step up to a camera with more features and better performance. Including this factor, first half unit sales of mirrorless camera grew more than 70% compared to the same period last year, leading to overall sales growth for interchangeable-lens cameras.As for compact cameras, we continue to alleviate the pent-up demand following the earthquake last year. Under these circumstances, although our second quarter sales declined 8% to 1.07 million units, we significantly expanded unit sales of our G-Series brand of premium models that have been well received by the market for their design and portability, which subsequently contributed to revenue growth.
via CanonWatch
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