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Mapcamera shared the list of the most sold 20 cameras during their fiscal year 2023 (April 1 2023 to March 31 2024):

1. Nikon Z8
2. Nikon Z f
3. Sony α7C II
4. Canon EOS R6 Mark II
5. Sony α7RV
6. Sony α7IV
7. Fujifilm X-T5
8. Ricoh GR IIIx
9. Sony α6700
10. Canon EOS R8
11. OM system OM-1
12. Fujifilm X-H2
13. Fujifilm X-T30 II
14. Ricoh GR III
15. Nikon Z fc
16. Fujifilm X-S10
17. Sony ZV-E10
18. Leica Q3
19. Canon EOS R10
20. Sony ZV-E1

With six camera Sony has the most products that made it into the top 20. Followed by Fujifilm with four and Canon and Nikon with three each. Ricoh has two cameras and Leica and OM one only.

Pergear (Click here) just shared this teaser image of the upcoming 7 new  Autofocus E-mount lenses from Viltrox. The first two lenses, the 35 and 50mm f/1.2 are APS-C. I did upscale and increase the luminosity of the images to see a bit more of the lens:

Personally I am really looking forward to the 85mm f/1.2 prime and you?

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Chris from ThePhoBlographer reports about a short discussion with Sony he had on one of the past Kando trips:

Engineers asked me about the RX1R and what I’d want to see in a camera like that.

This was Chris answer:

• The camera would need a new lens because Sony and Zeiss don’t work so closely together anymore
• It would need a new battery to keep up with Sony’s current processors and sensors
• The camera definitely would need weather resistance that’s as good as the A1 and A9 III
• It would also need things that completely separate it from the other cameras in the lineup that make it unique.

He also said:

I hope that Sony looks at the market and realizes that they’d need to make something unique.

In my dreams the Sony RX1rIII should have those unique features:

• B&W switch like on the Nikon ZF
• Kodak filmstyles. I know this is NOT going to happen :)
• Curved sensor

What’s on your wishlist?

Just recentlz I told zou that Topaz has completely redone the website for their AI software. Chekc out the new pages at Photo Ai, Video AI, GigaPixel AI. And now we got updates:

Photo Ai Full changelog since version 3.0.0:

• Multiple exporting and batch optimizations, improving performance and significantly reducing memory usage with large batches of images
• Fixed an issue where external editors did not work with RAW or DNG files
• Fixed an issue where flipping the aspect ratio shrunk the selection in the crop tool
• Added a camera profile for the Sony ILCE-9M3
• Fixed an issue where the feathering slider did not appear
• Removed old carousel images to reduce application size
• Updated multiple components, tooltips, and icons to match Wonder UI
• Fixed typos, sentence casing and icons in multiple locations
• Automatic Lensfun update

GigaPixel AI Full changelog for version 7.1.2:

• Gigapixel’s EULA 14 was updated for commercial usage
• Add camera profile for the Sony ILCE-9M3
• Updated components and icons to bring them in-line with Wonder UI
• Disabled zoom shortcuts when the Recovery mode is active
• Disabled the tooltip for comparison in recovery
• Fixed an issue with Photoshop sometimes returning 1 for the PPI
• Fixed an issue with some TGA files not being able to open due to mismatching format
• Fixed an issue where clicking preview caused re-rendering
• Fixed an issue with scale resetting after rotation in crop
• Fixed an issue where certain DNGs would cause the app to crash
• Fixed an issue where deselected faces were not showing
• Fixed an issue with status sticking while blending faces in Face Recovery
• Fixed an issue that caused the cache to exceed normal memory usage limits
• Fixed an issue where flipping the aspect ratio in the crop tool shrunk the selection
• Fixed an issue where no scale was selected on custom width and height
• Fixed an issue with the plugin not closing if no images are loaded
• Fixed an output size misalignment issue in the open file view
• Fixed zoom levels being reversed in recovery for small images
• Fixed multiple text and icon misalignment issues
• Fixed some dialogs overlapping the title bar on windows

Just recently Sony officially discontinued the RX1rII. And now they have no camera that can compete against the hot selling Leica Q3 and Fujifilm X100VI. And it looks like the first company that could enter the booming market is Panasonic. They are rumored to announce a new fixed lens Full Frame camera this month!

Hopefully Sony will hurry up and undertsand they have to make a new compact FF too!