First Black Friday deals on Sony, Samsung and Panasonic stuff!
Panasonic GX8:
The GX8 got a $200 off at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic.
Panasonic G7:
The G7 got a $200 off at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic.
Panasonic GM5:
Body for $499 only at Adorama.
Sony A6000:
Body only for $398 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Camera and kit lens for $548 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
The A6000 two lens kit with Sony bag sells now for $699 only at BestBuy.
Sony A7:
Getting a Full Frame camera was never so cheap: The Sony A7 now sell for $999 only at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. And BH also gives you a 4% reward and free stuff for $248 value. The camera plus lens sells for $1,298 again at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
E-mount lenses:
$100 off on the FE 24-240mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
$100 off on the Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Samsung NX1:
$600 off on the NX1 with kit lens at Amazon. $400 off on the sole body at Amazon.
Big Micro Four Thirds firmware week: Post Focus on GX8 and massive upgrade on E-M1 and E-M5II.
Panasonic and Olympus will release some major firmware update next week:
1) On November 26 the E-M1 an E-M5II will get a long list of new features and improvements. You can read the details at GetOlympus.
2) On November 25 the GX8 gets the Post Focus feature (see video below).
First picture of a strange new Leica X-U camera!
rangefinder.com.hk posted that picture of a strange new Leica camera. This could be the new X-U model which has been registered in Asia. It’s a waterproof fixed lens camera.
found via Leicarumors.
Leica announces the new Leica M (Typ 262) “entry-level” version.
Leica just announced the new Leica M (Typ 262). It’s basically an “entry-level” version of the more expensive Typ 240. It has no video and no live view but it gains a quieter shutter. Full specs and image samples can be seen at Leica US and Leica DE.
Samsung makes it official: Camera business is done in Germany.
The German Fotomagazine.de got an official answer from Samsung saying they will no more sell cameras on the German market. Here is the original German text:
„19. November 2015
In Deutschland beobachten wir seit längerer Zeit einen allmählichen Rückgang der Nachfrage nach Digitalkameras, Camcordern und entsprechendem Zubehör. Wir müssen uns den Anforderungen des Marktes anpassen und haben uns daher entschlossen, Verkauf und Marketing dieser Produkte schrittweise auslaufen zu lassen. Hierbei handelt es sich um eine Entscheidung, die nur den deutschen Markt betrifft.“
For now they say this applies on the German territory only. But I am pretty sure Samsung will soon announce they will quit the camera sales worldwide.
Leica will announce a new entry level M-mount camera within hours!
I just got solid info about a new sort of entry level M-mount camera. It will be announced within the next few hours!