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Fujifilm Pivoting to Healthcare, But Claims it Won’t Abandon Photography

Fujifilm as a company is most widely associated with photography, but the pandemic and the weakening photo industry overall has changed that. Imaging solutions now makes up just 13% of the company’s revenue, and the new CEO is investing heavily in pharmaceuticals as the brand continues to pivot. The company’s former CEO Shigetaka Komori is credited with saving the company in the mid-2000s…
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Canon brings C-Log 3, dual-card recording to R6 and 1D X Mark III cameras via firmware updates

Canon has released new firmware updates for its EOS 1D X Mark III DSLR and EOS R6 mirrorless camera systems. The substantial updates bring, amongst other bug fixes and improvements, the ability to record video in Canon Log 3 and record to two memory cards simultaneously. Canon EOS R6 First up is firmware update 1.4.0 for the Canon EOS R6. This updates adds Canon Log 3 as a new setting in the…
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Canon EOS R3 Expected in September, Nikon Z9 in November

After two development announcements from Canon for the R3 and one from Nikon for the Z9 early in 2021, many expected to see both cameras make a splash at the Olympics in Japan this summer. If two recent reports are correct, however, neither camera will be officially announced until this fall. Nikon has been extremely quiet since it revealed the Z9 in a development announcement in March. Outside…
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Panasonic launches Leica DG Vario-Summilux 25-50mm F1.7 ASPH

Panasonic has announced the Leica DG Vario-Summilux 25-50mm F1.7 ASPH, a fast short-telephoto zoom for the Micro Four Thirds system. The 25-50mm is designed to work alongside the existing 10-25mm F1.7 zoom, adding fast-aperture coverage to a 50-100mm equivalent range. The dimensions of the lens and the position of its control rings match those of the 10-25mm. As with the 10-25mm, Panasonic appears…
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