The A9III USA shipment start has been anticipated from Feb 21 to Feb 8 at BHphoto. Amazon (date will change soon). Adorama.
Reminder: A9III is in Stock in EU and Australia now:
Germany: Calumet Fotokoch. FotoErhardt.
UK: WexUK. ParkCameras. Jessops.
Italy: IlFotoamatore.
France: Digitphoto. Bastille.
Belgium: FotoGrobet.
Australia: CameraPro.
One source just told me that the Sony A1 firmware update will be released o February 10. I wasn’t able to double check this via trusted sources but to me it’s sounds likely to be true. I don’t know if also the Sony A7sIII will get the firmware on the same day (I guess so).
Like I told you previously expect to get a TON of new features…much more than anticipated by Sony ;)
I also hope that Sony will soon pre-announce firmware updates for other popular cameras like the Sony A7rV (which I do own), Sony A7IV and Sony A6700.
BCNranking collected the 2023 sales data from nearly half of all Japanese stores. And this gives us a pretty accurate idea how companies are doing.
In 2023 Sony managed to increase their market share in the mirrorless segment from 29,4% up to 34%. Keep in mind Japan is quite unique when it comes to the taste of cameras. OM Digital for example is on third place ahead of Nikon!
Here are the detailed of the rankings:
Mirrorless cameras:
1st Sony: 34% share (29.4%)
2nd place Canon: 28.3% share (31.7%)
3rd place OM Digital Solutions: 12.5% share (14.3%)
DSLR cameras:
1st place Canon: 77.1% share (76.8%)
2nd place Nikon: 17.1% share (17.2%)
3rd place Ricoh Imaging: 5.8% share (5.7%)
Fixed lens cameras:
1st place Canon: 22.6% share (18.0%)
2nd place KODAK: 20.7% share (-)
3rd place Fujifilm: 18.1% share (17.1%)
Video cameras:
1st place in the digital video camera category Sony: 38.7% share (34.7%)
2nd place Panasonic: 36.4% share (42.4%)
3rd place DJI: 19.6% share (9.4%)
Action cameras:
1st place in action camera category GoPro: 53.7% share (57.7%)
2nd place Insta360: 18.1% share (7.9%)
3rd place DJI: 15.9% share (20.5%)
Interchangeable Lenses:
1st place Sigma: 17% share (14.5%)
2nd place Tamron: 15.4% share (-)
3rd place Sony: 15.2% share (16.4%)
Tripod/monopod:
1st place Hakuba Photo Industry: 29.6% share (30.9%)
2nd place Videndum Media Solutions/Manfrotto: 14.2% share (15.1%)
3rd place Slick: 14.2% share (14.4%)
Case/bag:
1st place in camera category Hakuba Photo Industry: 45.8% share (41.0%)
2nd place ELECOM: 16.5% share (17.5%)
3rd place Etsumi: 7% share (5.9%)
A couple of private thoughts:
You can preorder the lens at Meike Global and soon at Amazon US&EU. The lens will ship out end of February for $159 only. Below you can see a review of the Z-mount version:
Right now a readers sent me a “leak” of two new lenses that are coming soon…possibly even in the next 48 hours:
I already have leaked the 24-50mm f/2.8 G lens back in December (see image on top). I still have no image of the 16-25mm G lens. If you have details and leaks to share use this anonymous contact form or contact me at sonyalpharumors@gmail.com
To protect the source I cannot share the “leak” I got today. But I can share a HUGE teaser!
Two week ago a NEW source sent me info about these two f/2.8 G zooms but also an additional info about a CRAZY WOW product. I didn’t post this on SAR because obviously I don’t like to post those kind of SUPER WOW rumors without at least some shred of rational hope. But if these two lenses will be indeed announced that it’s reasonable enough to believe there is a fair chance that crazy part will become true too! So here is the deal, if these lenses will be announced (possibly this week) than a couple of days after I will share that crazy part of the rumor. And yes, this is a kind of rumor that will make you talk about it the whole year…even A LOT more exciting than the Sony A9III buzz :)
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The new cards are now available for preorder at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. Press text can be read here: progradedigital.com.
Reminder: For the first time you get this card with a big $120 discount at Amazon US (Click here). This is the largest capacity CFexpress Type A card and it now has the lowest price ever. If you need a BIG reliable workhorse storage this is the one to get.
If you need a larger capacity CFexpress Type A card:
You save 15% on the fast and most affordable Pergear Type A card sold by Amazon US (Click here and click on the coupon button).
You save 20% on the same card sold in Europe by Amazon DE, Amazon UK.
The 256Gb V90 fast SD card sells for $129 only at Amazon US (Click here). It’s the lowest price you can get now on fast V90 cards.
Topaz just released the new Gigapixel 7 (Click here). I personally use it ALL the time to upscale my old images or images taken with my smartphone. Sometimes I even do upscale cropped images taken with my Sony A7rV camera.
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