Sigma’s CEO Kazuto Yamaki has been interviewed by Imaging Resource. He said that there is a new delay in the Foveon sensor development caused by the worldwide chip shortage,. Their partner for the Foveon sensor development has to first focus on fixing their production limitations. There is also one more good news. When asked about the Foveon sensor having PDAF he answered:

In terms of the autofocus performance, the phase detection is the best solution. So I personally believe we need to implement phase detection AF, but we haven’t made a decision.

CIPA released the September shipment data. And the good news is that the market finally really seems to have bottomed out. In September we had a shipment increase of 34,5% in units and 67.8% on a value basis.

via Digicameinfo

You can preorder it ASAP at BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.

Xiaomi showed off this 12S Ultra prototype with M-mount! It looks nice but I also think it’s pointless. First off all it has an 1 inch and not a full…Full Frame sensor. Which makes the use of M-mount lenses totally meaningless as you loose most of the image anyway. And than there is also a question of usability with such an unbalanced combo!

You can already preorder the X-T5 on Amazon (Click here).

Today Canon and Nikon announced their new products:

• Canon R6II (specs and preorders at BHphoto).
• Canon 135mm L (specs and preorders at BHphoto).
• Nikon 600mm f/4.0 (specs and preorders at BHphoto).