The Taiwan agency NCC registered a new and yet unanounced Leica Q Type 116 camera. There is yet no other info about the specs of the camera.

via Digicameinfo.

The new US company Konost (Click here) is raising money to realize a new rangefinder M-mount camera line. They propose to launch different models as early as 2016.

There is already a working FF prototype model and some image samples can be seen on their website. And those are the camera(s) specs:

The German Photoindustrie Verband published and incredibly detailed report about the camera market sales in Germany. Here are some of their key findings:

1) The graph on tops shows how the system camera market is dropping. But the Mirrorless system cameras managed to growth(!) despite the fall of overall sales. The DSLR market is really falling rapidly.

2) Mirrorless system camera unit sales numbers did grow with 17,4% in 2014 compared to 2013. And overall revenue increased by 26,2%.

3) The surprising boom comes via Actioncameras:

4) In 2014 for the first time since many years also lens sales are dropping.

5) More charts show that Photo book sales are increasing while accessory sales are slowing down.

We are really on the verge of a big change in Germany. Wearables, smartphones and action cameras are the markets that are growing while the DSLR and compact camera market is falling. Mirrorless can hold the ground and even manages to have a growth. But still, system cameras will more and more become a niche product compared to the massive growth of the new kind of devices people are using to take pictures and videos.

Sony entirely skipped the CP+ show and Panasonic even made something more strange. They just announced two new MFT lenses the week AFTER the CP+ show :)

What you see on those two pics are the new Panasonic Lumix G 42,5mm f/1.7 Mega OIS lens and the Panasonic Lumix G 30mm f/2.8 Mega OIS macro. Both lenses will cost 399 Euro and ship in May. More info at 43rumors.com.

UPDATE: Lenses are on preorder in USA now:
Panasonic LUMIX G 42.5mm f/1.7 ASPH. POWER O.I.S. Lens at BHphoto (Click here).
Panasonic LUMIX G MACRO 30mm f/2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. Lens at BHphoto (Click here).

CanonWatch summed up an IR interview with Canon and it’s clear how Canon sees little value yet in offering a Full F rame mirrorless. The main issue they have is that FF mirrorless isn’t really compact if you look at the camera+lens size. And certainly if you look at the Sony FE lens offerings you really cannot say they are MUCH smaller than DSLR lenses.

Yoshiyuki Mizoguchi from Canon said:

In terms of how we view the role of mirrorless, first it’s within the EOS framework that we’re talking about. There was obviously the need to pursue smaller products that were more lightweight. So we kind of view the EOS mirrorless cameras from that perspective to begin with. It’s not just looking in terms of solely as a mirrorless product, but within the interchangeable lens camera segment. We kind of view it as playing a role within that … sort of an extended view, as a means of achieving a more compact, lightweight product. There was obviously the question of whether or not, within the regular DSLR format, there was a demand for lighter, smaller products. You know, there are various approaches on that, but this is a means for us to address that issue within sort of the EOS universe.

Well let’s see if Canon is just hiding their cards yet…

Lytro Illum Hands-on Review

Real-world samples: Sony Alpha 7 II in Kauai (Dpreview).
Leica X-E (Typ 102) Review (Photographyblog).
Samsung NX1 vs Full Frame at SLRlounge.
ONLINE: New Fuji Lens Catalogue (Fujirumors).
Sh*t Mirrorless Fanboys Say (Digitalrev).
Using APS-C Lenses on Alpha 7 (SonyAlphaForum)
Samsung NX1 First Impressions Review updated with shooting experience (Dpreview).
Minolta MD and MC Rokkor Lenses (SonyAlphaForum).
Review of Voigtlander VM-E close focus adapter at Fratkinphoto.
Sony a7II IBIS with 28mm lens (Kasson).
Sony A6000 for astrophotography at Myphotojourney.
Sony a7 and Konica Hexanon AR glass (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony Alpha a6000 with 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS Lens (Part II of II)–A Fujifilm X-E2 Killer? (RonMartBlog).
Samsung’s NX1 camera looks like a DSLR, but does it perform like one? (Engadget)
Tamron SP 15-30mm test at DC.fever.
Voigtländer HELIAR 40mm F2.8 test at Yodobashi.
LX100 review by Luminous Landscape.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-CM1 Sample Images (Photographyblog).
New Cotta accessories for the GM5 (DC.watch).
Update on OS Support for Next Version of Lightroom (Adobe Blog).
The Lumix Diaries 1/13/2015 Cheetah Chase (Naturalexposures).

The full 2014 digital camera sales data in Japan has been published by BCNranking. And the new 2015 king is Sony which now holds 34.3% of the market share. Olympus and Panasonic both lost a bit of terrain. The data doesn’t show the rest of companies market shares but if Panasonic keeps falling Fuji and Canon may will kick them out from the top position.