There lot of small articles craving our attention, so we decided to put the first ever round-up article here at the new camera website, it becomes necessary when you have a lot of small news / videos.. with very less content.. Since I am not a fan of micro-blogging so a big round-up is better for me…
Sigms CEO interview (in english)
Take a look at the Sigma SEO interview in english
For me Sigma was just a third party lens manufacturer for a while ago, but after the announcement of ART lenses from Sigma.. the game totally changed and even I have purchased a 17-35mm F1.8 Lens for my Canon 70D DSLR. The company ART series lenses are just awesome and Canon and Nikon must learn how to make better and bright aperture based zoom lenses from Sigma.
Take a look at Company philosphy:
“We’re still a private company, not a listed company. Epically we are still family owned. So we don’t need to maximized turnover, sells and profits. Public company have to do that to keep their stock price high. But in our case, our goal is just to continue the business and protect the employees. And that is very important. So we gave up to grow rapidly. We decided to stay in Japan, and to explore what can be done here. And that’s one reason why we change our main business form volume zone to mid-high end product.”
Sigma 35mm Tear down
The Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM finally teared down by lens rentals Roger Cala, take a look.
SIgma 35mm ART lens dismantled,
In the conclusion:
For the most part, there weren’t many surprises in this teardown. We’ve seen how Sigma has remade themselves as a company making only superb optics at very reasonable prices in the last few years. This lens is constructed very well. There isn’t the amazing heavy-duty construction of the Canon 35mm f/1.4. Instead, I’d characterize the construction of the Sigma as very efficient and carefully laid out. There’s a solid metal core with other parts all connecting directly to that core. Little touches like pegs to make sure a part is inserted in the proper rotation and shields over critical parts didn’t add much expense or weight, but show care was taken in the design. There’s nothing in this teardown that looked like a weak point. Read the review and see the many pics of the teardown…
Canon ME20F-SH Sample Video – a camera that can see in dark
A text from B&H Reviewers
The Canon ME20F-SH presents itself as a unique tool for a wide range of applications. Part cinema camera, part surveillance tool, part studio camera, the camera is ready to serve anyone who wants to capture images in extremely dark conditions without having to sacrifice color or resort to infrared lighting and sacrifice nature color reproduction. While it isn’t necessarily meant to be an “A” camera for most productions, I’m sure wildlife and nature documentarians, cave and deep-sea videographers, and astrophotographers in particular, will be champing at the bit to try out the camera. With its ability to capture previously impossible shots, the ME20F-SH could help reinvent the very look and feel of ultra-low-light videography. Exciting times are ahead. Read the review…
Canon 7D Shutter Mechanism
Take a look at how Canon’s new motor-driven mirror mechanism used inside on the Canon EOS 7D Mark II, the new system allow Canon 7D to shoot 10fps burst rate.
Canon announced its quarterly earnings and according to the report the operating profit of the company is down and fallen approx 21% compared to the last year.
The News agency Reuters reports says the big harm is done by the increasing market share of Mirrorless and Compact camera.
Compact camera sales are almost flushed by the high-end mobile devices with lot of image editing apps and easy social share features.
The Recent A7 series also becoming ultra poplar among Canon users since they easily do AF with Canon lenses by the help of Metabones Lens adapter. So Canon users need not to buy extra Sony lenses, Just a Sony Mirrorless camera and a adapter will do the Job.
Take a look at the list of articles below we are publishing one by one continually from the year 2012. The time has arrived that should completely change it’s strategy, otherwise we have seen fall of Kodak camera giant.
We have published earlier that Canon and Nikon sales are down, But according to the Olympus Financial Results Olympus Digital Photography Business is also facing loss in the recently released financial documents:
Olympus is not getting desired sales as they expected…
Net sales in the Imaging Systems Business during the six months ended September 30, 2014 amounted to ¥40,110 million (down 14.7% year on year), while operating loss amounted to ¥4,596 million (compared with an operating loss of ¥2,711 million in the same period of the previous fiscal year).
Mirrorless sale is growing but the Olympus is facing overall loss.
In the digital single-lens camera field, there were positive developments such as sales growth for the OM-D series, in Europe and the U.S., particularly “OM-D E-M10.” Even so, in response to shrinkage in the compact camera market as a whole, we limited the number of units sold in this field. Consequently, there was a decline in sales in the Imaging Systems Business overall.
Operating loss increased in this business reflecting the decrease in sales and investment carried out to develop BtoB operations.
Among other things, their presentation materials include:
Higher operating loss recorded due to failure to meet sales target for mirrorless cameras, an area where strong growth is being targeted”
“Reasons for Failure to Meet Mirrorless Camera Sales Target
Slowdown in Japanese and other Asian markets
Sluggish PEN series sales
Deterioration in cost ratios due to depreciated yen”
We have already published few days ago that Canon profit is going down and yes we don’t the exact reason behind that or maybe it is due to DxOMark Lab test result, No serious Mirrorless system announcement from the company and slow development of products (Canon took 4 years to develop 7D Mark II flagship camera and still its core specification is behind the recently announced Samsung NX1), Now back to Topic Nikon financial results for the first half of the fiscal year ending on March 31, 2015 is out now, the Company is still managed to drag out some profit despite of the low sales volume in the first half year when compared to sales volume of the earlier year in all product category.
Also take a look at the financial estimation for the year ending on March 31, 2015:
“Sales volume forecast of digital cameras – interchangeable lens type is revised by reflecting the first half year results, however, forecasts of sales and operating income stay unchanged. Although the market recovery of digital camera – interchangeable lens type has been slower than predicted, sales shift toward mid/high-end cameras is expected, thus the full-year forecasts for sales and operating income remain unchanged.”
Take a look at the Canon and Nikon global target shipments
Share your thoughts with us that how Nikon can return back to track and start making profit again.
Just few days ago we have published a report that Canon “Canon Profit Down – Lowered its annual sales forecast ” and similarly according to a article published at nikonrumor.com Nikon cuts yearly forecasts after getting reports of lower sales percentage and income in the first quarter of the year.
The big problem – Better & affordable alternatives available , Canikon already lost the compact camera market share after the introduction of high quality camera smartphones, now they are losing the DSLR market share too…
After the announcement of bunch of A7 series and other mirrorless camera photographers got a lot of option against DSLR, yes they lack of high quality lenses like Canon or Nikon…
Affordable & High Quality Alternatives of Cannikon
You can look at the image above, the Sony A7s features low-light sensitivity upto 409600 and 4K video recording option also available (with Full pixel readout)… and for all these features you have to pay 2 time less money than 1DX or D4s.
Canon 5D Mark III, Nikon D810 and Sony A7R are mid range Fullframe DSLRs.. But the Sony A7R provides a excellent option under affordable price point…. BTW Nikon D810 uses same sensor as of Sony A7R
Canon 6D and Nikon D610 are excellent entry level Fullframe camera, but Sony A7 gives you 179 AF point based Hybrid AF system that quickly acquire AF during any type of lighting condition .
APS-C DSLR vs Mirrorless
High-End APS-C DSLRs Buyers got many options now –Sony A6000 features world fastest AF, Olympus OMD E-M5 is a excellent compact M4/3 camera with 5-axis image stabilization system and extensive manual controls, +1 you also got many high quality M4/3 lenses to choose from, Fujifilm X-T1 AF system and image quality both are better than 70D and Nikon D7100.. Panasonic GH4 will give 4K recording option…
Other alternatives of DSLRs
Pentax 645Z
Sony RX1 / R
Fujifilm X100S
Go Medium Format – Pentax 645Z cost is $1 to $2k more than Canon 1DX and Nikon D4s, but you get medium format sensor with Pentax 645Z camera.
No Space for secondary DSLR – High End compacts grabbing the DSLRs sales – the Sony RX1/R fullrame compact, APS-C sensor based Fujifilm X100S, DP2 Quattro and Ricoh GR…. also attracted many professional shooters and grabbed the place of secondary DSLR or as a backup camera in their bag.
According to a latest news published in Japanese business newspaper, Canon will stop making digital cameras with price less than 20,000 yen or less (less than and equal to $195.50).
The sales volume of under $200 camera is less than 20% of total sales of Canon digital Cameras, Compact camera sales are all time down and not generating profit after the arrival of smartphones.
After analyzing the market trend from past few years the well known credenceresearch team created global market revenue and sales volume graph of Global interchangeable and non-interchangeable cameras.
The purpose of this strategic research study titled “Digital Camera Market – Growth, Share, Opportunities, and Competitive Analysis, 2016 – 2023”
According to the latest market report published by the credence Research and seats the digital camera market will fall and the shipments demand will be declined continuously in upcoming years.
Just a decade ago digital cameras was one of the world most popular products in the consumer industry, but after the announcement smartphones the sales of the compact cameras are almost touched ground, the sale of DSLR as well as mirrorless cameras also affected companies like Nikon and Canon profit is going down every year.
Canon Profit going down – from Archives
Take a look at the list of articles below we are publishing one by one continually from the year 2012.
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SIgma 35mm ART lens dismantled,
You can look at the image above, the 
High-End APS-C DSLRs Buyers got many options now – 
Pentax 645Z
Sony RX1 / R
Fujifilm X100S
dp2 Quattro
Ricoh GR
Nikon Coolpix A
