BCNranking published the top 50 of the best selling cameras on the Japanese market for the month of April:

1. Canon EOS R10 RF-S18-150 IS STM Lens Kit (Previous: 4)
2. Canon EOS R50 Double Zoom Kit Black (Previous: 3)
3. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 II Double Zoom Lens Kit Black (Previous: 2)
4. Canon EOS R50 Double Zoom Kit White (Previous: 4)
5. Nikon Z50II Double Zoom Kit (Previous: 6)
6. Nikon Z5II (Previous: 10)
7. Fujifilm X-M5 XC15-45mm Lens Kit Silver (Previous: 13)
8. Nikon Z fc 16-50 VR Lens Kit Silver (Previous: 9)
9. Sony α6400 Double Zoom Lens Kit Black (Previous: 6)
10. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 Power Zoom Lens Kit Black (Previous: 5)
11. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 Double Zoom Lens Kit Black (Previous: 12)
12. Panasonic LUMIX G100D W Kit (Previous: 11)
13. Canon EOS R50 RF-S18-45 IS STM Lens Kit Black (Previous: 18)
14. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 II Power Zoom Lens Kit Black (Previous: 6)
15. Canon EOS R100 Double Zoom Kit (Previous: 19)
16. Sony α6700 High Magnification Zoom Lens Kit (Previous: 7)
17. Canon EOS R50 RF-S18-45 IS STM Lens Kit White (Previous: 20)
18. OM Digital OLYMPUS PEN E-P7 14-42mm EZ Lens Kit Silver (Previous: 21)
19. Sony α7C II Zoom Lens Kit Black (Previous: 28)
20. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 II Double Zoom Lens Kit White (Previous: 16)
21. Nikon Z50II 18-140 VR Lens Kit (Previous: 37)
22. Canon EOS R6 Mark II Body (Previous: 17)
23. Sony α7C II Zoom Lens Kit Silver (Previous: 24)
24. Nikon Z30 Double Zoom Kit (Previous: 8)
25. Sony α6700 Body (Previous: 22)
26. Canon EOS Kiss X10 Double Zoom Kit Black (Previous: 41)
27. Sony α6400 Body Black (Previous: 29)
28. Nikon Z50II (Previous: 24)
29. OM Digital OLYMPUS PEN E-P7 EZ Double Zoom Kit Silver (Previous: 27)
30. Canon EOS R10 RF-S18-45 IS STM Lens Kit (Previous: 40)
31. Panasonic LUMIX G100D K Kit (Previous: 31)
32. Canon EOS RP RF24-105 IS STM Lens Kit (Previous: 38)
33. Sony α7 IV Zoom Lens Kit (Previous: NEW)
34. Fujifilm X-M5 Body Silver (Previous: 34)
35. Sony α6400 Double Zoom Lens Kit Silver (Previous: 20)
36. Fujifilm X-M5 XC15-45mm Lens Kit Black (Previous: 36)
37. Fujifilm X-T50 XC15-45mm Lens Kit Silver (Previous: NEW)
38. Nikon Z5II 24-200 Lens Kit (Previous: NEW)
39. Panasonic LUMIX G99II High Magnification Zoom Kit (Previous: 45)
40. Nikon Z50 Double Zoom Kit (Previous: 39)
41. Nikon Z f 40mm f/2(SE) Lens Kit (Previous: 44)
42. Canon EOS R100 RF-S18-45 IS STM Lens Kit (Previous: 42)
43. OM Digital OLYMPUS OM-D E-M10 Mark IV EZ Double Zoom Kit Silver (Previous: 15)
44. Sony α7C II Body Black (Previous: 36)
45. Canon EOS R6 Mark II RF24-105 IS USM Lens Kit (Previous: NEW)
46. Nikon Z fc 16-50 VR Lens Kit Black (Previous: 31)
47. OM System OM-5 12-45mm F4.0 PRO Lens Kit Black (Previous: NEW)
48. Sony α7 IV (Previous: NEW)
49. Canon EOS R8 Body (Previous: NEW)
50. Nikon Z5 (Previous: 50)

BCN collects actual sales data from over half of Japanese retailers. This gives us a very accurate status of the market:

• 7 MFT camera kits made it into the top 50. Four from OM and three from Lumix

✨ 12 Years of Travel Photography Using Micro Four Thirds Camera

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Handheld Ice Light 3 Offers On-Location Creators Powerful Light (Explora)
FIRST TIME Using Panasonic Leica 9mm f1.7 – Budget Friendly, Large Aperture, Great Image Quality! (Gary W).
Camera Industry is dying (Red35).
Top 10 Photography Spots to Visit This Spring (42West)

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
I kindly invite you all to follow me on Youtube, Instagram, Threads for more broader camera talk.

OM-3 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, OM store USA.

Lizzie Peirce tested the OM-3:

How Image Stabilization Is The Secret Weapon For Micro Four Thirds

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You don’t need talent to be a great street photographer (George Holden).
SanDisk Announces New microSD Express Cards and Portable SSDs (Explora)
Is the DSLR Really Dead? Mirrorless vs DSLR in 2025 (42West)
Bird Photography on the Outer Hebrides, including the hard to see Corncrake (Mike Lane).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
I kindly invite you all to follow me on Youtube, Instagram, Threads for more broader camera talk.

For work I constantly do use external storage for backup and editing. The new thunderbolt 5 standard now allows for super fast transfer of data.

LaCie:

• Rugged SSD Pro5 4TB for $549 at BHphoto and Amazon.
• Rugged SSD Pro5 2TB for $349 at BHphoto and Amazon.

OWC:

• OWC 4TB Envoy Ultra Thunderbolt 5 Portable SSD for $549 at BHphoto and Amazon.
• OWC 2TB Envoy Ultra Thunderbolt 5 Portable SSD for $379 at BHphoto and Amazon.

Sabrent:

• Sabrent Rocket XTRM 5 4TB for $599 at Amazon.

LESS Gear Talk, Take MORE Pictures – POV Landscape Photography Using Micro Four Thirds and Leica

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Birding on Alberta country roads with the LUMIX G9ii (Marlene Hielema)
LUMIX Live: Lab & LUTs
Cine Cameras: Are They Worth It? (42West)
SanDisk Announces New PRO-CINEMA CFexpress Type A Memory Cards (Explora)

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
I kindly invite you all to follow me on Youtube, Instagram, Threads for more broader camera talk.

Save up to 68% on Wandrd products sold by BHphoto, Amazon and Wandrd.

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