Canon and Sony lead the camera market in Japan (first 6 months of 2014).

BCN (found via Dicahub) posted the market share data for the camera sales in Japan during the first half of the current year. There is only the info about the market leader of each category (not info yet about the 2nd or 3rd place and so on). Here are the leaders:

fixed lens: canon (25.8%)

dslr: canon (56.9%)

mirrorless: sony (36.4%)

video camera: sony (39.8%)

photo frame: sony (38.2%)

As you know in Japan the Mirrorless market is just as big as the DSLR market. And it’s likely to growth faster than the DSLR market the coming years. So it may will happen one day: Sony surpassing Canon in the system camera world?

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2014年07月21日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました！

from レンズ沼探検隊 ソニー沼担当のつぶやきまとめ@Seesaaブログ

おはようございます。 今週の投稿は、αcafeの写真からスタート！ http://bit.ly/Ueulfb 海の鮮やかなブルーが、涼しさを感じさせてくれます...

おはようございます。

今週の投稿は、αcafeの写真からスタート！

http://bit.ly/Ueulfb



海の鮮やかなブルーが、涼しさを感じさせてくれますね。



撮影：しゅうさん







from Sony (Japan)'s Facebook Wall

First price drops on the A7s (up to $240 off).

I noticed the first price drops on the brand new Sony A7s cameras:

6ave sells the A7s with free extras for around $2,260 only on eBay (Click here).

Third party sellers have the A7s for $2,442 on Amazon US (Click here).

And don’t forget you get up to $375 credit on the A7-A7r and A7s purchase if you trade in your DSLR at Amazon US (Click here to get all info).

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(SR4) First specs of the curved sensor 2/3 inch sensor camera with 20mm f/1.2 lens!

A couple of weeks I told you how Sony developed a 2/3 inch and a Full Frame curved sensor. Both are ready for production. We now got our hands on the specs of the 2/3 inch sensor camera that Sony will launch soon at Photokina. It will be the worlds first curved sensor camera!

The 22 Megapixel curved sensor has a dynamic range of 10.8 stop at ISO 640, SNR of 41.1DB at ISO 400 and the astonishing 20mm (FF equivalent) f/1.2 G lens is only 6mm thick! This could be the smallest and highest quality compact camera ever made. The 2/3 inch curved sensor has the same signal to ratio of the Canon 5dMarkIII !!!

The chances stay very high that Sony will also launch a Full Frame curved sensor camera with a damn compact Zeiss 35mm f/1.8 lens. Will this be the first Full Frame camera that fits in your pocket???

Here are the lens specs of the 2/3 inch camera:

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SR1=probably fake rumor

SR2=rumor from unknown sources

SR3=50% chance it is correct

SR4=rumor from known sources

SR5=almost certainly correct!

via MirrorlessRumors via CNbeta.

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2014年07月20日のつぶやきまとめを更新しました！

from レンズ沼探検隊 ソニー沼担当のつぶやきまとめ@Seesaaブログ

Get up to $375 Toward a Sony a7 Camera or Lens with a Qualifying DSLR Trade-in (Amazon US).

You get up to $375 credit on the A7-A7r and A7s purchase if you trade in your DSLR at Amazon US (Click here to get all info). And as you see from the image on top they kindly invite Nikon shooters to give up their camera

These are the savings in detail:

$255 off the Sony a7 interchangeable-lens camera

$300 off the Sony a7K interchangeable-lens camera

$345 off the Sony a7R interchangeable-lens camera

$375 off the Sony a7s interchangeable-lens camera

$75 off the Sony 28-70mm F3.5-5.6 FE OSS interchangeable standard-zoom lens

$180 off the Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS interchangeable full-frame zoom lens

$150 off the Sony 55mm F1.8 Sonnar T* FE ZA full-frame prime lens

$120 off the Sony 35mm F2.8 Sonnar T* FE ZA full-frame prime lens

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