Laowa 15mm F2 Zero-D lens for Nikon Z

Nikon Z finally has a third party lens for its mount in the 15mm Laowa at $749. It is mainly a lens for shooting wide angle landscapes and astrophotography but it is cheaper than Nikon's Z line of glass and the quality seems to be quite good. Hopefully the Nikon Z mount will see more third parties make lenses for this mount.

Sony Regsiters New Camera, Possible Rx 10 V?

Sony has registered a new Camera and according to its 2.4ghz Wifi range, it doesn't look to be a high end model. This opens up the possibility that the awaited bridge camera, the RX10 V is finally set to come out.

Sony A7SIII early specs and photos and Nikon Z50 pushes up sales rankings in Japan

Photos of the Sony A7SIII where posted on Sony Alpha Rumors showing the new video camera which is said to have 4k@120p, something that few, if any cameras have at this point. This should be a worthy update to the A7SII.

Nikon's Z50 has shot up the sales rank in Japan to #1, proving that people still want Nikon Cameras as long as they target them towards a wide audience. It will take Nikon a while to catch up, especially in the glass field, but the customer base is there.

Canon EOS R Mark II already in testing

Just barely 1 year after Canon's EOS R came out, Canon photographers are already testing out the EOS Mark II. This is a far cry from Canon's usual 4 year product cycle. Why so soon? Mainly because the original EOS R sucked.

Nikon, Olympus, Leica not going to Photokina 2020

Photokina changed from a bi-annual conference to an annual conference and while Canon, Sony, and Panasonic are going to attend, Nikon,Leica, and Olympus have passed up the trade show. Is this the end for trade snows? Has the internet replaced the need for them?

Canon to make a dual EF/RF Mount Hybrid Camera

Since Canon and Nikon are being pummeled by Sony in the Glass for mirrorless cameras, Canon has come up with a solution. They are making a mirrorless camera that has both the RF and the EF mounts ... somehow. I'm not sure how this works, but if they pull it off, they will just have added hundreds of Canon lenses(and 3rd party lenses) to be available to their mirrorless cameras. Nikon should take notice and do this with the F mount and Z mount in one Camera.

Sony Takes #1 in Full Frame Camera Market

Sony has de-throned Canon and has taken #1 in the full-frame market this year. Nikon suffered the worst losses in the full-frame segment, losing 5.1% market share. This is due to the rise of full-frame mirrorless and the decline of full-frame DSLR. Although full-frame only makes up 11% of the overall camera market, it will become an ever more increasingly important market segment.

Olympus selling Camera Business? Nikon discontinuing Sports Optic line?

To please large investors, Olympus says they are putting everything on the table, including selling their Camera business. The imaging department of Olympus makes up only 6% of its sales and is the lowest margin and lowest growth of all of Olympus's businesses. This could be bad for MFT fans. Nikon says that it may discontinue its Sports product lines, which include scopes, lasers, and red dots. Coincidentally, I did not know they had these products at all.

Canon comes out with 2 new EOS M cameras

Canon is making 2 more EOS M Cameras. This surprises me since their EOS R has already come out and I thought for sure they were going to ditch M and concentrate on EOS R for APS-C as well.

Cameras don't need upgrading

When I go to wedding and look at the cameras that wedding photographers are using, rarely is it a new Sony A7R III or A7R IV. The vast majority of the time, it is an old camera like the Nikon D610 or the Canon 5d Mark III. Even when I am out shooting wildlife, my D750 is still one of the newer models I see people use. There are still people shooting with D810s or Original 6D's or 7d Mark II's or Original 7d's. So that brings up the question, are cameras so good now that it takes people a decade before they need to upgrade and what does that mean for the industry as a whole?