Sony to move Europe headquarters to avoid Brexit disruption

Sony is moving its European headquarters from the U.K. to the Netherlands as it seeks to avoid disruptions to shipping and customs procedures following the British exit from the European Union, Nikkei has learned:

The Japanese technology giant will merge England-based Sony Europe, which manages its European electronics business, into a new subsidiary in Amsterdam. The new entity will begin operations in April, after Brexit at the end of March, while the U.K. arm will continue to manage product imports and sales, with no personnel to be relocated.

BBC reports:

In a statement Sony said the move would mean “we can continue our business as usual without disruption once the UK leaves the EU. All our existing European business functions, facilities, departments, sites and location of our people will remain unchanged from today.”

 

Those are the camera market shares for the year 2018 in Japan

The image on top shows the full power of the Canon machinery. With their new M50 and EOS-R cameras they made a +10% jump on the Japanese market. Sony had a small increase of 2% and is no getting closer to the second place.

I bet in 2019 those shares will change dramatically with new Canon Nikon and Sony mirrorless cameras being released one after another.

Below you can find the shares in the fixed lens camera market:

Source: Bcnaward.jp

Sony has released a new firmware update for the 16-35mm GM lens

16-35mm GM owner can download the latest firmware at Sony Support. It has one single fix:

  • Solves a rare issue where some SEL1635GM lenses are not properly initialised when used with ILCE-7M3 or ILCE-7RM3 cameras

Deal reminder on this  lens:

EU readers save quite big on the 16-35mm f/2.8 GM lens sold on Amazon Spain. The price is 350 Euro lower than the best price I found in Germany. As usual all EU citizen can buy from the Amazon Spain store and correct VAT applies too.

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