Canon has announced the two new lenses that are now available for preorder at BHphoto (Click here) . I wonder if Sony will ever launch these kind of sub $20,000 Tele primes too!
Competition news: Canon announced two new Tele primes that cost nearly $20,000
Today only: Save on Prograde SD cards and WD Hard Drive
Today you save $67 on the two Prograde SD cards sold by Adorama .
There is also a ton of accessory deals at BHphotos Dealzone :
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CIPA expects camera market to shrink further this year: minus 6.1%

CIPA published their market forecast and it is grim! The camera market is expected to shrink further by 6.1%:
- CIPA announced on the 22nd that the worldwide shipment of digital cameras in 2022 will decrease 6.1% from 2009 to 7.85 million units. It is expected to fall below the previous year’s level for the fifth consecutive year. The shortage of parts such as semiconductors is expected to continue to affect production for 22 years. Compared
Sony Tidbits…
5 Weird Vintage Lens Adapters for Crazy Effects
Lens Selection for Landscape & Architecture ( SonyAlphaForum ).
New Full-Frame 49MP Sensor Can Shoot 8K at 120FPS, 4K at 240FPS ( PetaPixel ).
Brightin Star 55mm F1.8 on Sony A7C ( SonyAlphaBlog ).
Understanding Exposure, Part 1: The Exposure Triangle ( Explora ).
A Complete Guide to Color Grading (In Lightroom and Photoshop) ( 42West ).
Personal photos and tests
Today only: $340 off on the Rokinon 14mm f/2.8 AF FE lens sold by Adorama
You get this lens with huge discount at Adorama (click here) .
There is also a ton of accessory deals at BHphotos Dealzone:
US Commerce Department expects sensor shortage to last til end 2022

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
Triple Brigthin Star review: 50mm F0.95, 55mm F1.8 and 23mm F5.6

Brigthtin Star seems to be a rebranded version of the Mitakon lenses. You can find these lenses on Amazon US , Amazon DE , Amazon UK .
Marc Alhadeff from SonyAlphaBlog reviewed three of them:
The Brightin Star 50mm F0.95 (389$) is a typical F0.95 lens the provide super smooth bokeh, decent sharpness wide open and excellent as of F4 with a very good color, rendition and very good
Competition news: Sigma has tremendous difficulty making a Foveon sensor

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…
