Hollyland just announced the new Lark Wireless MIC you can preorder at Amazon and BHphoto.

First youtubers reviews:

Here are the results of the DPreview readers awards. The top 3 best products are:

1. Nikon Z6III
2. Canon R5II
3. Sony 28-70mm GM

My take on the single products:

1) The Nikon Z6III (Amazon, B&H Photo, Adorama) has the speed to beat the Sony A7IV, but the latter has better image quality (more resolution, a much wider dynamic range) and world-class autofocus. The soon the be announced Sony A7V needs to catch up in speed to beat the Nikon.

2) The Canon R5II (Amazon, B&H Photo, Adorama) is a hit. I like it and I think Sony should be worried about this camera model. It’s the one reason why I think Sony might anticipate the A7rVI launch to end 2025 (instead of 2026).

3) The Sony 28-70mm GM (Amazon, B&H Photo, Adorama)  is a stunner. It proves once again that Sony is a leader in optical design technology. It is a pound lighter than the Canon and still optically superior. What more can you ask for? Ah yes… now I want a 70-150mm f/2.0 GM :)

Overall I would have put the Canon in first place and the Sony lens just behind. In third place I would not have chosen the Nikon…. but the FujiFilm X-M5. I know I am an anomaly here :)

What would have been your top three?

BCNranking published the top 50 of the best selling cameras on the Japanese market for the month of December. I marked in bold the Sony cameras in this list:

1. Canon EOS R10 RF-S18-150 IS STM Lens Kit
2. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 II Double Zoom Lens Kit (Black)
3. Canon EOS R50 Double Zoom Kit (Black)
4. Fujifilm X-M5 XC15-45mm Lens Kit (Silver)
5. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 Power Zoom Lens Kit (Black)
6. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 II Power Zoom Lens Kit (Black)
7. Canon EOS R50 Double Zoom Kit (White)
8. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 Double Zoom Lens Kit (Black)
9. Nikon Z50 II Double Zoom Kit
10. Sony Alpha 6400 Double Zoom Lens Kit (Black)
11. Fujifilm X-M5 XC15-45mm Lens Kit (Black)
12. Panasonic LUMIX G100D W Kit
13. Nikon Z fc 16-50 VR Lens Kit (Silver)
14. Sony Alpha 6700 High Zoom Lens Kit
15. Canon EOS R50 RF-S18-45 IS STM Lens Kit Black
16. Canon EOS Kiss X10 EF-S18-55 IS STM Lens Kit Black
17. Canon EOS R50 RF-S18-45 IS STM Lens Kit White
18. OLYMPUS OM-D E-M10 Mark IV EZ Double Zoom Kit
19. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 II Power Zoom Lens Kit White
20. Canon EOS Kiss X10 Double Zoom Kit Black
21. OLYMPUS PEN E-P7 EZ Double Zoom Kit Silver
22. Canon EOS R100 Double Zoom Kit
23. Nikon Z 30 Double Zoom Kit
24. Sony A6700 body
25. Lumix G100D kit
26. Nikon Z50II
27. Canon EOS RP/RF24-105 IS STM Lens Kit
28. Sony A7cII body
29. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 II Double Zoom Lens Kit White
30. Nikon Z fc 16-50mm kit
31. Sony A6400 double zoom lens kit
32. White Sony ZV-E10 with powerzoom lens
33. Nikon Z30 16-50mm kit
34. Sony A7cII with zoom lens kit
35. Sony A7cII with zoom lens kit SILVER
36. Fujifilm X-T50 silver
37. Nikon Z 50 Double Zoom Kit
38. Canon EOS R6 Mark II Body
39. Canon EOS R10 18-145 Lens Kit
40. Nikon D7500
41. White Sony ZV-E10 with double lens kit
42. OM-5 with kit lens
43. OM-5 with kit lens Silver
44. Nikon Z f with 40mm lens
45. OLYMPUS OM-D E-M10 Mark IV EZ Double Zoom Kit Silver
46. Canon X90 with kit lens
47. Canon EOS R5II Body
48. Sony A7IV with kit lens
49. Nikon Z fc with 28mm lens
50. Olympus E-P7 with kit lens

A couple of things you learn from that ranking:

• Brands ranking: Sony (16 camera kits) Canon (13) Nikon (10) Om Digital (6) FujiFilm (3)  Panasonic (1)
• Of the 15 Sony cameras listed 8 are ZV-E10/II kits

This camera was announced in 2021 and the only “improvement” over the A7rIII was the addition of a new, higher-resolution LCD screen (2.36 million dots). And now it has been officially discontinued according to BHphoto. If we are lucky, there will be a new A7rVI at the end of 2025 and the older A7rV and A7rIV cameras will continue to fall in price. This could mean the end of the A7r

I never saw them before…but a company named Jintu is selling a bunch of super cheap and manual focusing E-mount lenses on this Amazon Page (click here). The list includes this super weird 420-800mm f/8.3 APS-C E-mount lens :)

I don’t expect much in terms of optical performance from such lenses…but the user reviews on Amazon actually are not that bad!

Back in October I reported about the FPGA-powered open source full-frame E-mount digital camera named the “Sitina 1“. You can find the full repository and some image samples on Gitlab (Click here).

The author now released an updated version of his project and in tis video he highlights the changes:

There is near zero percent chance that Sony will announce a new Alpha camera or lens. But don’t worry, I am sure something exciting will be announced within 1-2 months. Probably a new camera (A7v?) and certainly at least one new lens! More about that on SAR soon…stay tuned!

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