About those rumors: I have no idea who sent them and 90% of the times they turn out to be wrong. But, it happened in the past that a couple of those were right. So I will post them today, and we all together can eventually keep track of this. If one of the sources turns out to be right than we will know we can trust it a bit more!
Source 1:
I have it on good authority that Sony is planning for an RX10 V to
DPReview TV:
Between first party and third party offerings, Sony’s E-Mount has the most extensive lens lineup of any mirrorless camera system. With so many option to choose from, what are our favorites? Find out now.
Buy a Sony A7 series camera at Foto Erhardt Germany and use code “SONY-SET-25” to get a long list of extras for 25€ only (market value 479€).
Also check out today deals at FotoErhardt DE , FotoKoch DE .
Less than 3 days left to get the world’s first adhesive camera gear wrap on Kickstarter (Click here). it’s made by the well known German company Spinn:
In orthopedics, similar materials have been around for a long time. Spinn has translated this principle together with a well-reputed manufacturer into a soft, firm and protective material. If you like it preorder it now on Kickstarter (Click here).
Nikkei has talked to most camera manufacturers to see if the compact camera and entry level camera market still has a future. That’s what they write about Sony:
Sony Group has not offered any new compact models under its Cyber-shot brand since 2019, although a spokesperson said that “it’s not that we’ll stop developing new products.” Casio Computer halted production of Exilim cameras in 2018.
And this is what Nikkei reports about the other companies:
The Lexar 160GB card at Amazon , BHphoto and Adorama . In EU at Amazon DE , Amazon UK .
The Lexar Professional Dual-Slot USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-C Card Reader at Amazon , BHphoto and Adorama . In EU at Amazon DE , Amazon UK .
PetaPixel tested those cards and wrote:
To get a sense of how fast read and write speeds performed at peak individually, the Lexar CFexpress Type A card was run through Blackmagic Disk Speed test, which returned 719 MB/
The new adapter has been announced and is available at techartpro.com/?product=lmea9 . Moreover I have an exclusive cool giveaway for SAR readers: Like and Comment on my Instagram page (doedn’t matter what you write) and on August 15th I will draw a winner that will get the LM-EA9 adapter for free!
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Techart Launches the 2nd Generation of Leica M to Sony E Autofocus Adapter for Manual Lenses (LM-EA9)
After 7 years of research
A couple of weeks ago Feiyu launched the world’s first 4 in 1 gimbal on Kickstarter (Click here) . Here are four new reivews to learn how it works:
Ahead of my three day hiking tour I made this short video to recap what’s next.
Disclosure: In the video I forgot to mention the Tokina 11-18mm f/2.8 autofocus E-mount lens I leaked a couple of weeks ago. This lens will be on market in September:
Tamron is doing incredibly well , with both sales and profits far exceeding the original forecast. And they made it clear that we will get a total of five new lenses in 2022. Two of them have been already announced: 17-70mm for the X-mount and the 50-400mm FE lens (now listed here at BHphoto) . Therefore expect three more lenses to be announced within the next six months!