Viltrox announced three new Fe lenses that will be available in December:
They also announced the 33mm and 56mm f/1.4 APS-C E-mount lenses you can preorder on their store (Click here).
The new Laowa 10mm F2.0 C&D-Dreamer lens will be announced soon with price rumored to be around 300 Euro/Dollars.
Thanks YEN!
The best software deals will end today. So be sure ot grab them in time:
Save 30% on Capture One and Capture One (use code “BLACKFRIDAY30“). The deal runs on the current C20 version but you will get the soon to be released C21 for free!
From November 26 to 30, 2020 the entire shop will be on discount of up to -50%.
You save 68% on the complete Topaz Suite (Click here). If you already own some of the plugins you save even more!
Current Aurora or Luminar 4 owners get a $20 Loyalty Discount on Luminar AI (Click here).
You now have a bunch of new Cyber Monday deals on those pages at Amazon.com, Adorama and BHphoto. List of some of the new deals:
The Big software deals:
This news will not surprise anyone: Photokina 2021 has been suspended. And I suspect Photokina might not come back at all.
Press release:
We can join the imaging industry in looking back upon a successful, colourful and innovative era: 70 years of photokina in Cologne. Since 1950, for generations it has been the top address for photography, video and imaging. It indisputably ranks among the most positive and emotionally charged brands in the global trade fair world.
This is precisely why it is an extremely difficult step for us to have to suspend implementation of photokina at the location in Cologne for the time being, in light of the continuing steep decline in the markets for imaging products and the increasingly heterogeneous needs of the different market segments.
Even before the coronavirus pandemic began, the imaging market was already subject to strong upheaval, with annual percentage declines in the double digits. The momentum in this direction intensified massively in 2020, most recently reporting a decline in the 50-percent range. Within photokina, these market shifts grew very noticeable in the recent past. Conceptual changes, too, such as the inclusion of the smartphone and new imaging technologies, along with a change of cycle and a schedule change, were not enough to compensate for the downturn in the numbers and marketing budgets of exhibitors owing to consolidation of the classic market.
The overall situation at the moment is not compatible with the quality standards of a photokina as a globally renowned leading trade fair and brand representing the highest quality and professionalism in the international imaging market.
After decades of shared history, this deep cut is a painful one indeed. Nonetheless, we must face the situation and the trend in the industry and take a clear, honest decision against continuing this event – a decision to which, unfortunately, we have no alternative.
We would like to thank you very much indeed, for our time together, for your longstanding loyalty to photokina and for the enthusiasm that this has involved. It is the memories of unforgettable snapshots that we will cherish – such as when the gates of photokina opened and we were privileged to welcome you to the trade fair grounds in Cologne, to spend several days diving into the world of images together. Nothing short of Imaging Unlimited!
Thank you for 70 years together!
Your photokina team
