Confirmed: Sony ZV-E10II is coming in Spring time!

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Through trusted sources, I can now confirm with certainty that we will get the new ZV-E10II before the summer. I have not yet received an exact announcement date… but I suspect we’ll see the new camera sometime between February and April.

The sources haven’t revealed any details yet, so we can only speculate on the specs. My best guess:

Curiosity: The current ZV-E10 is still the best selling mirrorless camera at Amazon US.

To recap: We should get a new E-mount cine camera first, followed by the new ZV-E10II vlogger camera. But just like last year, we expect more interesting Alpha bodies to be announced after the ZV announcement. See this screenshot of the 2023 announcement from Dpreview:

I don’t have anything solid yet about those Alpha bodies but my guess is that the A7sIV is coming next…some times after the ZV-E10II announcement.

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Best selling compact camera at Yodobashi: Ricoh rules, Leica Q3 is hot and old Sony RX100VII still sells!

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Yodobashi shared the best seller list for the compact camera segment based on their sales the last 2 weeks of December:

  1. Ricoh GR IIIx
  2. OM SYSTEM Tough TG-7
  3. Canon PowerShot SX740 HS
  4. Canon IXY 650
  5. Sony ZV-1 II
  6. Ricoh GR III
  7. Leica Q3
  8. Kodak PIXPRO WPZ2
  9. Ricoh GR IIIx Urban Edition
  10. Sony Cybershot RX100 VII

A couple of personal remarks

  1. Ricoh is having quite a success with their compact model
  2. Still surprised to see the nearly five year old Sony RX100VII selling well
  3. Considering the price the Leica Q3 is selling hot! Sony needs to bring on a new RX1 model!
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Just announced: New Godox V1 Pro

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Godox announce the new V1 PRO that you can buy now at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama (branded as “Flashpoint”). Full press text can be read at Explora.

Key Features:
  • Output: 76Ws
  • Auto Zoom Control, Zoom Range: 28-105mm
  • 2.4 GHz X Wireless Radio System
  • Built-In LED Modeling Lamp
  • Tilts -7 to 120°, Rotates 330°
  • Round Head, Optional Magnetic Modifiers
  • 1.5 sec Recycle Time, HSS Support
  • Includes Detachable Sub-Flash
  • Includes Battery, USB-C Cable & Bag
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Lots of new Amazon Europe accessory deals

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Today new deals on accessories at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, Amazon Italy, Amazon France.

 

Reminder: Coupon codes on Sony Alpha gear sold by European Amazon stores (Click here and scroll the pages to find all deals with the green marking). The usual reminder: Only buy from products sold DIRECTLY by Amazon!

Some hot deals at Amazon Germany:

Hot deals at Amazon UK:

Hot deals at Amazon Italy:

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Still hot: Ritz Camera 256GB fast SD card for $129 (lowest price of any v90 card)

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The 256Gb V90 fast SD card sells for $129 only at Amazon US (Click here). It’s the lowest price you can get now on fast V90 cards.

If you need a faster CFexpress Type A card:
You save 15% on the fast and most affordable Pergear Type A card sold by Amazon US (Click here and click on the coupon button).
You save 20% on the same card sold in Europe by Amazon DE, Amazon UK.

Save 30% on the LExar Type A card
The Lexar 320GB Type A card from Lexar is now 30% off at Amazon (Click here).

DJI:
New DJI Mic 2 now in Stock at Amazon US&EU, BHphoto, Adorama.
$100 off on the DJI Osmo 4 sold by Amazon and BHphoto.

Maven:
The extremely popular Maven filters are now available on Kickstarter (Click here).

It’s back!!!
Sony A7II with kit lens for $998 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.

Spinn products:
Til Februay 7 you can use our checkout code SD15-QUMN97 to get a 15% discount on all their products (Click here).

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Quick thoughts on the new FX6/FX3/FX30 firmware announcement

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BI collected a couple of youtubers reaction on the new Sony FX6/FX3/FX30 firmware announcement (original article here). And now I am going to share my own key thoughts:

  1. Getting the FX30/FX3 firmware update in September can only mean one thing: Sony felt the pressure from the community to develop consistent new firmware updates. But they were unprepared to react in time and therefore they are “teasing” us that they are working on it.
  2. It now sounds unlikely that Sony will announce a new FX3II this year. But maybe that’s just a wrong impression and the FX3II will be so much more advanced that the FX3 firmware will not change the appeal of the new FX3II
  3. I am 100% certain a new FX camera is coming in the next months. But from what I heard this might be a completely different model…(stay tuned!)

Overall we can all agree that Sony got our complains and they are working to bring software updates on some if not all the modern E-mount cameras. So thanks to you folks for your constructive criticism and thanks for Sony for acknowledging the problem.

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