CIPA has shared data on camera shipments by Japanese manufacturers for May. So far, sales are definitely stronger than last year, and it is clear that the decade-long decline has bottomed out. This should give all manufacturers more confidence and reliability in developing their products.
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DC.watch shared a cool set of images of this combo: Voigtlander 50mm f/1.0 lens on the Sony A7cII. What impresses me is that this f/1.0 lens looks pretty good on the smaller A7c series cameras. It is by no means too big or too heavy. I own the lens and plan to post a review sometime this summer. But so far I can say that the image quality and character are impressive. The only downside is that the focus has to be set manually. But I am a dinosaur… I like to manual focus!
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Leica D-Lux 8 Marks Return of Compact Camera Line (Explora).
10 Cameras that Changed Photography FOREVER (Northrup).
Tamron 50-300mm test at Mobile01
56mm Showdown: Viltrox vs TTArtisan | Best Bang for Your Buck? (Dustin Abbott).
DJI Launches RS4 Stabilizer with Next-Gen Native Vertical Shooting & Improved Stabilization (42West).
Thypoch Enters Mirrorless Market with Simera 28mm & 35mm f/1.4 Lenses (Explora).
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The newly announced Nikon Z6III is the world’s first camera using a “partially” stacked CMOS sensor. The goal of this design was to offer some of the benefits of a stacked sensor without all the expense. But this appears to come to quite a great cost in Image Quality:
Bill Claff from PhotonsToPhotos posted the Nikon Z6III dynamic range test results and up to ISO 800 the Nikon lags clearly behind the Sony. At least 1 stop less performance and at average ISO even 1.5 stops less! Looking at this perspective, Sony has no reason to rush the launch of the Sony A7V. Now, I am realistic enough to claim that a camera is more than just Dynamic Range and the Nikon has certainly many other cool features people can like. But the dynamic range performance is so inferior to that of the Sony that I think this may be a knockout criterion for some possible buyers. What do you think?
