Escura’s “InstantSnap” is basically a giant viewfinder with a small camera on it. It is scheduled to be released in May, and is expected to cost around 7,000 yen.

via DC.watch

CIPA shared their camera shipment forecast for 2025.

Shipment forecast for 2025 * () indicates year-on-year change

• Total digital cameras: 8.58 million units (+1.0%)
• Interchangeable lens cameras: 6.66 million units (+0.8%)
• Integrated lens cameras: 1.92 million units (+1.9%)
• Interchangeable lenses: 10.56 million units (+2.4%)

The market will essential remain stable. Let’s see if they are right on this one :)

via DClife

Sigma CEO Yamaki had a talk at the CP+ show. He said Sigma would release many new ART lenses this year. The only specifics he shared was about the updated version of the current 35mm f/1.2 L lens:

• To be released soon
• Be way more compact (similar design to the Sigma 50mm f/1.2)
• Be lighter
• Be optically superior despite the smaller size
• Made for Sony E and Leica L mount cameras

There was an official L-mount alliance press conference at the CP+ show (see video below). Two news are important:

1. L-Mount aims to expand its ecosystem by welcoming more participants, ensuring a diverse and innovative product lineup in the system camera market
2. Many companies have expressed interest in joining the alliance

For me, point one is crucial. We only have Panasonic making “mainstream” and also “affordable” cameras. Leica cameras are too expensive for most and Sigma is going niche with the BF. I would be happy if DJI and other cameras would also produce L-mount system cameras!

DxO announced the new PureRAW5 software (see all new features here). You can now preorder it here.

Press text:

DxO has made some very exciting changes to the best preprocessing and denoising software ion the market. With this version of DxO PureRAW 5 you will get:

DeepPRIME3 now incorporating three processes that improve image quality for discerning photographers. These are:

• Demosaicing
• Denoising and now
• Chomatic Aberration, which fixes residual chromatic shifts at the pixel level, as part of the raw conversion process.

For the first time in PureRaw 5 you get Local Adjustments enabling photographer to target their sharpening and denoising processes this is particularly useful for working with the shadow areas of high ISO images.

Brand New Interface – with a new workflow including new presets to speed up your workflow. The intention with DxO PureRAW is that as it is at the first step of your image workflow it has been designed to be fast.

“PureRaw as it is at the very start of your workflow it should be as fast as possible to bring you immediately to the best starting point” Fabrizio Dei Tos – DxO

Laowa displayed a bunch of new lenses at the Cp+ show

• Ultima 12-120 (Arri PL)
• 35mm f/2.8 Tilt-Shift (E, L, RF, Z, GFX, XCD mount)
• 15mm f/4.5 Wide Angle Macro (E, L, RF, Z mount)
• 8-15mm Fish Eye (E, L, RF, Z, GFX, XCD mount)
• Laowa 10mm f/2.9 ZER-D FF Cine (E, L, RF, Z mount)
• Proteus Zoom (E, L, RF, Z mount)

Schneider Kreuznach is back making lenses! Not alone, they announced a partnership with Samayng to jointly develop lenses in the future. Their first lens is the 14-24mm f/2.8 Full Frame E-mount lens!