The new US company Konost (Click here) is raising money to realize a new rangefinder M-mount camera line. They propose to launch different models as early as 2016.
There is already a working FF prototype model and some image samples can be seen on their website. And those are the camera(s) specs:
The German Photoindustrie Verband published and incredibly detailed report about the camera market sales in Germany. Here are some of their key findings:
1) The graph on tops shows how the system camera market is dropping. But the Mirrorless system cameras managed to growth(!) despite the fall of overall sales. The DSLR market is really falling rapidly.
2) Mirrorless system camera unit sales numbers did grow with 17,4% in 2014 compared to 2013. And overall revenue increased by 26,2%.
3) The surprising boom comes via Actioncameras:
4) In 2014 for the first time since many years also lens sales are dropping.
5) More charts show that Photo book sales are increasing while accessory sales are slowing down.
We are really on the verge of a big change in Germany. Wearables, smartphones and action cameras are the markets that are growing while the DSLR and compact camera market is falling. Mirrorless can hold the ground and even manages to have a growth. But still, system cameras will more and more become a niche product compared to the massive growth of the new kind of devices people are using to take pictures and videos.
