Engadget reports:

Don’t expect the worldwide chip shortage to end any time soon. Bloomberg and The Washington Post note the US Commerce Department has published a semiconductor supply chain report estimating that the global shortage will last until at least the second half of 2022. “We aren’t even close to being out of the woods” with supply problems, Department Secretary Gina Raimondo said.

Many companies are particularly sensitive to problems, too. The median chip inventory for a client company plunged from 40 days in 2019 to under five days in 2021. Even a relatively short (weeks-long) disruption overseas could shut down an American factory, the Department said.

Officials concluded the government couldn’t directly end the shortage. Private companies were “best positioned” to overcome challenges by increasing production, optimizing their designs and limiting the impact on their supply chains.

Today Sigma laid out the plan to make a Full frame Foveon sensor. But they admitted they are not even sure if that’s a feasible project: “based on the evaluation results, and then make a final decision on whether or not to mass-produce the image sensor.”

In the past years I found some Sony patents about 3 layer sensor, but I wonder if such sensors will ever make it into a Full Frame mirrorless camera…

Best Sony A7S III Picture Profile?

Did I jump the gun buying into the Sony ecosystem? Canon seemed much much much easier (SonyAlphaForum).
Viltrox 50mm F1.8 review at SonyAlpha.blog.
Review: Laowa 45mm 0.95 (Phillip Reeve)
JOBY Releases New Tech for Multimedia Creatives (Explora).
7 Features to Look for in a Compact Digital Camera (42West).
CIPA Data: In 2021 system camera sales were 4% lower than in 2020

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This week there was a rumor going around about a possible hack allowing for Full Frame 4k60p recording on the A7IV. Sadly, it got debunked by Undone and iPhonedo.

Voigtländer 65mm f/2 Macro APO Lanthar – surprising quality? Lens review with samples

Smartphone replaced DSLR for everything except wildlife photography (Reddit).
7 Artisans 25mm F0.95 test at SonyAlphablog.
Sony A7 IV – die hochauflösende Hybridkamera im Praxis-Test (Calumet Germany).
What Is the Best Camera for Sports Photography? (42West).
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The product page can be found here. And this is the press text:

Tokina SZ 8mm F2.8 X FISH-EYE and SZ 8mm F2.8 E FISH-EYE worldwide sales date announcement

Kenko Tokina Co., Ltd. is proud to announce the sales release of the Tokina SZ 8mm F2.8 FISH-EYE lens for Fuji X and Sony E (APS-C) camera mounts. SZ series offering a range of exciting products with specific features and valuable advantages.

Sales will commence on March 15, 2022.

The Tokina SZ 8mm F2.8 FISH-EYE is a compact and lightweight fast, ultra-wide prime, manual focus, full-frame fisheye lens designed exclusively for APS-C sensor mirrorless cameras. The line-up includes models for Fuji X and Sony E APS-C size camera mounts. Emphasized perspective and unique distortion makes this lens attractive for both still photographers and videographers.

Thanks to a compact, lightweight design and manual focus the Tokina SZ 8mm F2.8 FISH-EYE MF can be appealing to young active content creators from the price perspective. The suggested genres are landscape, nightscape, interior, architecture, street snap and pet photography. An ultra wide angle of view, unique perspective effect and a compact design allows this lens to be used for creating viral images for Social Networks such as Instagram as well as Vlogging.

Highlighted Features

• Lightweight (280g) and compact (overall length 52mm) construction.
• Fast f/2.8 lens for compact APS-C sensor mirrorless cameras.
• High quality built and sophisticated exterior design.
• Clickless aperture ring for smooth operation in video shooting.
• Minimum focus distance of 10cm to include close-up objects in front of a wide background.
• Detachable bayonet type hood to use with full-frame mirrorless cameras for achieving circular fisheye effect.