There is the Megapixel race, the High ISO race and in those days the talk is all about frames per second race. The Sony A9 killed the headlines with the amazing 20fps shooting without blackout.

But just for fun…did you ever wonder what’s the fastest camera on earth? Well here it is:

A research group at Lund University in Sweden has developed a camera that can film at a rate equivalent to five trillion images per second, or events as short as 0.2 trillionths of a second. This is faster than has previously been possible.

Yi Halo 360 camera

This year NAB show made the impossible possible. It was even more boring the last years show :)

Anyway, let’s have a look of some minor (and still interesting) stuff:

YI 4K+ 4K 60fps camera (Personal View)
Power Vision Submarine and Egg Drones, NAB 2017 (Personal View).
SLR Magic Anamorphic Lens Rig, NAB 2017 (Personal View).
Lanparte Gimbal for 360 cameras, NAB 2017 (Personal View).
Nick Driftwood’s 12k 360 Rig using 6x Lumix GX80 cameras (Photogearnews)
Lanparte monitor QR and arm Personal View
NAB 2017 Highlights (ALC).

Canon revised their forecats and there is good and bad news:

1. in Q1 profit was higher than expected (270 billion Yen instead of 255 billion Yen)
2. But the company’s outlook on 2017 camera unit sales are gloomier, with ILC unit sales dropping 7% and compacts down 13%, working out to -9% overall.

About time for Canon to think how cool it would be if they would make a FF mirrorless system camera like the one designed by David Riesenberg? :)

via Dpreview.

CIPA (PDF file here) published the full March camera shipment report. And the good news continues as it seems that in 2017 camera sales will not fall below the 2016 year. If the trend continues 2017 will be the first year after 2011 (if I remember it right) without a market drop.