Shigeki Ishizuka was former Vice Chairman of Sony Imaging. He wrote a book that is now listed at Amazon Japan were he shares allee the insights about the Sony camera business. He has been interviewed by Nikkei and in my video I share what he said!

With a $50 discount you can now get the new updated Topaz Video AI (click here). This is how it works:

And this is the full list of improvements:

You can now preorder the new Viltrox 16mm f/1.8 FE lens at PerGear. Preorders should be available very soon on Amazon too.

On May 22 Zhongyi will announce those new lenses:

Zhongyi Optical 20mm F0.95 APS-C:

• 13 lenses in 8 groups, 1 piece of ultra-low dispersion glass, 4 pieces of ultra-high refractive index Glass, 1 piece of aspherical glass,
• 9 aperture blades
• closest focusing distance is 30cm
• size is 76*93mm
• filter size is 72mm
• weight is about 600g
• Sony E, Canon R, Nikon Z, Fuji FX.
• The price is 2680 yuan (nearly $400)
• Listed at 20:00 on May 22, 2023.

Firefly series 20mm/35mm/50mm T1.0 APS-C cine lenses:

• ultra-long focus travel is 270°
• aperture travel is 60°, which is almost “zero breathing”.
• The weight is 730g/640g/820g respectively.
• Sony E, Canon R, Nikon Z, Fuji FX.
• The price of 20mm T1.0 is 3580 yuan The price of 35mm T1.0 is 3180 yuan The price of 50mm T1.0 is 3380 yuan The 20/35/50mm T1.0 set is priced at 8880 Yuan (each lens about $450)
  
• will be available at 20:00 on May 22, 2023.