X-H2 but no X-T5 coming on Spetember 8th
Fujirumors reports that no X-T5 will be announced on September 8th. The one camera that will be announced is the X-H2. There is also a chance that Fuji might announce one or more of these lenses:
Fujirumors reports that no X-T5 will be announced on September 8th. The one camera that will be announced is the X-H2. There is also a chance that Fuji might announce one or more of these lenses:
In China you can buy this paper camera that looks like a Leica. It costs $99 and has the following specs:
via CameraBeta
Japanese Fujifilm Mr. Takashi Ueno released an interview to Map Camera on youtube. And he admitted the X-T1 was the camera that basically saved their camera business. This is the summary via Fujirumors:
Leaker HowToFly shared this info about the new Nikon Z8 and a new Tamron lens. We will see soon if he is right about the new Tamron. And if he will be spot on than I guess the Nikon Z8 rumors could be right too!
On September 8th Fuji will definitely announce new products. Fujirumors writes:
The only thing Fujifilm has announced for September is the high resolution Fujifilm X-H2, which we have already shared the price and some specs of.
What else has Fujifilm on their official roadmap for 2022? Let’s look at it:
Nikkei reports:
NIkkei analyzed the situation:
Camera makers had long competed with one another by increasing the number of pixels and by shrinking the size of their devices. But then smartphones came along, offering apps for editing pictures and allowing photos to be easily shared with family and friends. This changed the way people took photos.
Smartphone makers are racing to offer advanced photography features in their devices. “It’d be a challenge for camera makers to be successful with keeping their compact digital camera businesses,” said analyst Ichiro Michikoshi of research firm BCN.
Compact digital models accounted for 36% of global digital camera shipments in 2021, according to CIPA. The broader camera market will likely shrink even faster with Japanese companies, many of them big players, scaling back operations in compact digital models.
The bright spot is the mirrorless segment, with global shipments jumping 31% on the year to 324.5 billion yen in 2021. Mirrorless single-lens models offer fat margins, and users replacing lenses and other parts will keep contributing to the manufacturers’ bottom lines.
Retailers are focusing on this segment as well. “These days we recommend mirrorless cameras even to novice photographers,” said a salesperson at electronics and appliance retailer Joshin Denki.