This week OpenAi released a demo of Sora (Click here). It’s their text to video generation tool and the samples are impressive! If you are a photographer and/or filmmaker you have to take into account the devastating influence those tools will have on the industry. We have to learn from these tools how they work so that we can adapt are business. Don’t worry, AI is not going to replace the entirety of photography and film making. But if your business is doing stock photography/filmography you might be in trouble :(

You can now preorder the new FJORD 50-C camera backpack on Kickstarter (Click here).

Reminder: Asuizo launched their new Card reader case on Kickstarter (Click here). It stores 4x SD cards, 12x Micro SD cards, 4x Nano SIM cards. It protecst your data against dust and moisture and fall. This is how it works:

Mapcamera released the official sales date for the month of January:

Top 10 camera sales:

1. Sony α7C II body
2. Nikon Z 8
3. Canon EOS R6 Mark II Body
4. Fuji X-T5
5. Sony A9III
6. Nikon ZF
7. OM-1
8. Leica M11-P
9. Leica Q3
10. DJI Osmo 3

My take on that ranking:

• It’s a long time the A7cII is the best selling camera in Japan
• Sony A9III made it into the top 5 but I don’t think it will stay inside the top 10 of the month of February (too much of an expensive niche camera).
• I am surprised to see two expensive Leica camera inside the top 10
• Dji breaks into the top 10 and my guts tell em this si just the beginning for Dji…

Asuizo launched their new Card reader case on Kickstarter (Click here). It stores 4x SD cards, 12x Micro SD cards, 4x Nano SIM cards. It protecst your data against dust and moisture and fall. This is how it works:

More Kickstarter projects:

• Luxceo M8: Smallest Wireless Stereo Mic 2-in-1 Charging Case
• AKASO Seemor: AI Full-Color Night Vision Goggles
• The Universal Super Cable
• iMicro Q3 – A microscope toward the Optical Limit
• RayBit SC1: All-in-one LIVE Streaming Camera

Cosina Japan just announced this new 50mm f/1.0 Full Frame E-mount lens!

There is no info about the pricing but the lens will be available for preorder sometimes in March. I am sure this lens is the same of the already existing Voigtlander lens for Leica M and Canon RF. So expect the price to be $1799.

The 8K Sony Burano will start to ship out on February 27 at BHphoto and Adorama. The upcoming Sony A1 firmware update is rumored to bring the Burano “XAVC H-I SQ 8k/30p” recording feature.

And the Sony 300mm GM will start to ship out next week at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama.

Yesterday I reported that Angelbird officially discontinued their famous 1TB card. Two of my readers contacted Angelbird and got the same answer:

So there is definitely a new model coming. I hope it’s a new 4.0 Type A card that has read speeds of up to 1800 MB/s and write speeds of up to 1650 MB/s. Of course only future new Sony cameras will support these kind of speed as new hardware is required. Nevertheless the 4.0 cards are backwards compatible with 900 MB/s speed.

P.S.: My bet is that the Sony A7sIV will support 4.0 Type A.