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Digital Camera WorldReviewsChatGPT plans to replace your phone's camera app with AI-simulated DSLR-quality following this US$300 million acquisition – will it make a camera, too? OpenAI has acquired Glass Imaging for $300 million, a tool designed to turn a phone into a professional camera

Digital Camera WorldReviewsHas GoPro been saved? After news of merger, GoPro is no longer at risk of being delisted from the stock market GoPro has reversed its stock market warnings, trading above $1 for more than ten consecutive days after announcing plans for a merger

Digital Camera WorldReviewsThe No.1 top-traded zoom lens in Japan is "probably the best 70-200mm zoom in the world. Ever." Recently discontinued, it accounts for the most purchases among zooms reaching up to 200mm in 2026 so far Praised for its extraordinary sharpness, this 70-200mm f/2.8 is topping Minna Camera's trade zoom lens charts in the first half of 2026, with 200mm at the long…

Fotocult (IT)ItalyNikon a Sentiero Film Factory 2026: l’evento dedicato al cinema e al videomaking a Firenze Il prossimo 23 settembre, in collaborazione con Sentiero Film Factory, Nikon invita chi vive professionalmente il linguaggio del cinema e del video – registi, DOP, videomaker, operatori e studenti…

VideomakerVideoGoPro announces merger with Starman Optical GoPro is merging with Starman Optical in a $285 million deal that clears its debt and pushes it into defense and AI optics markets.

L-RumorsRumoursLeica Camera Group 2025/26 financial report: revenue down to €573 million (-3.8%) Here is a recap of the latest Leica Camera Group 2025/26 financial results: Key Financials & Market Challenges Total Revenue: Reached €573 million (approx. $665.8 million).

Streaming MediaVideoProfitability Is Power: NYPR CEO and President Christy Tanner Discusses Free News, FAST Sports, and Transitioning to Public Media In this interview, New York Public Radio (NYPR) president and CEO Christy Tanner discusses her long and varied career in media, from her early days in the pre-digital era working for the Associated…

DroneDJDronesDJI Neo hits record low before tariffs shake drone prices You rarely see a product become more tempting just as the odds of buying it cheaply start shrinking. But that’s exactly what’s happening with the DJI Neo “follow-me” drone. more…

The Verge CamerasTechGoPro says it’s still committed ‘to your collective stoke’ GoPro CEO Nick Woodman said in a letter to customers that making cameras is still his company's "core DNA," after a proposed $285 million acquisition by Starman was announced earlier this week.

Pentax RumorsRumours2025 DSLR camera shipment ranking (Pentax at #3 spot with 10,000 units) Here is the 2025 DSLR camera shipment ranking taken from the latest edition of the Japan Company Handbook Industry Map 2027 Edition Canon: 580,000 units Nikon: 60,000 units Pentax: 10,000 units…

Pentax RumorsRumoursThe Pentax K-1 Mark II camera and HD Pentax-D FA 24-70mm f/2.8 ED SDM WR lens are now officially discontinued Japanese retailers confirm that the Pentax K-1 Mark II camera and HD Pentax-D FA 24-70mm f/2.8 ED SDM WR lens are now officially discontinued (more discontinued Pentax products are listed on this…

Kosmo FotoFilmJapan’s film shooters seem to be shooting less, but film sales are holding steady A new survey of Japanese film photographers has found film usage in Japan is holding steady despite recent price increases – and Fujifilm is losing ground to its famed American rival.

Pentax RumorsRumours2025 digital camera shipment market share: Ricoh at 2.1%, up 1.3% from 2024 Here is the 2025 digital camera shipment market share from the latest Nikkei Industry Report: 2025 Camera Shipment Ranking Canon: 4.5 million units (45.7%, +2.5%) Sony: 2.42 million units (24.6%…

Pentax RumorsRumoursThe Ricoh Pentax WG-90 waterproof shock-resistant camera is discontinued, a new model will be announced at the end of the year I received information that the Ricoh Pentax WG-90 waterproof shock-resistant camera (see previous coverage) is now discontinued and that a new model will be announced at the end of the year.

Pentax RumorsRumoursRicoh Q1 financial report: “Cameras performed well and increased earnings, primarily on strength of Ricoh GR series demand” Ricoh released its FY2026 Q1 financial report. Here is a quote that refers to the camera division (part of the “other” reporting): Other Other segment sales were ¥12.2 billion and increased by 39.5%…

Broadcast BeatVideoEvergent Unveils AI Agents for Streaming Retention at IBC2026 Evergent showcases its Agentic Revenue Orchestration Platform, featuring AI agents that transform subscriber data into real-time revenue intelligence, helping businesses reduce churn and optimize…

Broadcast BeatVideoiWedia Launches Teatro Factory for Streamlined DTV Operations iWedia introduces Teatro Factory, a new software factory designed to help telecom and pay TV operators manage digital TV devices more efficiently, addressing the complexity of modern device…

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The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo