Good news from the August CIPA report: System camera shipments increased by 26,5% compared to last year

The latest CIPA report confirms the stabilizing trend of the market. Actually in August Japanese companies shipped 26,5% more cameras compared to last year. In terms of value the increase was 71%. This confirms that it’s the higher end market that still sells well. Luckily for us Sony will soon unveil the A7rV (Oct 26). And this camera might boost sales further!

Sony Tidbits…


Tamron 50-400mm F4.5-6.3 VC VXD Quick Review: Mister Versatility

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The Cheapest New 50mm Lens for FF Sony (Artur R).
Kenko Tokina announced this new ultra-compact toy digital camera (MirrorlessRumors).
Brightin Star 10mm F5.6 review at SonyAlphaBlog.
Lens Compression | What is it and How Does it Affect Your Photography? (42West).
Steadicam Steadimate-RS Gimbal Yoke and Counterweight System Now Updated (Explora).
Test Samyang AF 50mm F1.4 FE II : renouvellement réussi pour la focale fixe très lumineuse (Les Numeriques).

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After Sony, also Qualcomm believes the smartphones Image Quality will soon surpass the classic system cameras

Back in May Nikkei reported the following statement from Mr Terushi Shimizu:

“We expect that still images will exceed the image quality of single-lens reflex cameras within the next few years.”

This was quite a big and controversial statement. But now also Judd Heape (vice-president of product management for cameras at Qualcomm) made a similar claim in an interview released by Android Authority:

In terms of getting towards the image quality of a DSLR, yes. I think the image sensor is there, I think the amount of innovation that’s going into mobile image sensors is probably faster and more advanced than what’s happening in the rest of the industry.
The processing in Snapdragon is 10 times better than what you can find on the biggest and baddest Nikon and Canon cameras. And that’s why we’re able to really push the barrier on image quality. Because even though we have a small lens and small image sensor, we’re doing many, many times more processing than what’s even capable in a DSLR.

I am not so sure about that. Any pic taken with a 100MP Samsung is literally not the same thing as a 100MP image taken from a medium format camera. You cannot cheat on pixel size physics…

found via Dpreview

Sony Tidbits…


Shooting Football 4K Video with Sony a1 & Sony 400GM, and the still frame grabs that are possible

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Lens Compression | What is it and How Does it Affect Your Photography? (42West).
Sigma 16-28mm F2.8 DG DN Review (Photographyblog).
Yongnuo YN 16mm f/1.8 DA DSM lens review with samples (Christopher Frost).
Viltrox 13mm AF f1.4 Wide Angle Lens for Sony APSC Cameras (David Oastler).
Techart LM-EA9 re view by SonyAlphaBlog.
Lensbaby Universal Expansion Pack with Reflectors Expands the OMNI System (Explora).

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