CIPA released the September camera shipment report. A look at the system camera graph shows a small sign of hope: The camera shipment in September was almost equal to those of the year before. And this despite the negative Kumamoto impact.

I know this is really a very very very small good news. But maybe we reached the bottom of the four-year long fall in system camera sales?

Now let’s imaging you just won $10,000 on the lottery and you can spend them either on the new Fuji GFX or on the Hasselblad X1D….

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I know this is a hard choice. Personally I like the X1D design and leaf shutter. But I acknowledge there are clear advantages for many by having a focal plane shutter and the Fuji switchable EVF.

Dpreview interviewed Nikon managers at Photokina. Here are a couple of info:

1. “For now we’ll keep Nikon 1 as usual.’ The sudden focus on KeyMission doesn’t take away from this“
2. “Some manufacturers have tried to enter the DSLR market with their mirrorless camera or something. Our standpoint is different. Because our product mix covers full-frame and APS-C DSLR and the Nikon 1, these three product categories mean we offer to the full lineup and we receive each customer’s good reactions.“

Nikon makes it sounds as like they don’t need to make an APS-C or FF mirrorless system camera. But we know from past interviews that Nikon always is very “conservative” when it comes to information sharing. So let’s hope this is just an interview that “hides” their real FF mirrorless intentions…