OM Digital officially teases the 150-600mm f/5.0-6.3 lens launch
OM digital did just send out their latest Newsletter teasing the launch of the new 150-600mm f/5.0-6.3 lens.
2023 market share in Japan: OM Digital holds on the third place!
BCNranking collected the 2023 sales data from nearly half of all Japanese stores. And this gives us a pretty accurate idea how companies are doing. In 2023 OM Digital did still manage to keep Nikon at bay and hold on the third place in the mirrorless world.
Here are the detailed of the rankings:
Mirrorless cameras:
1st Sony: 34% share (29.4%)
2nd place Canon: 28.3% share (31.7%)
3rd place OM Digital Solutions: 12.5% share (14.3%)
DSLR cameras:
1st place Canon: 77.1% share (76.8%)
2nd place Nikon: 17.1% share (17.2%)
3rd place Ricoh Imaging: 5.8% share (5.7%)
Fixed lens cameras:
1st place Canon: 22.6% share (18.0%)
2nd place KODAK: 20.7% share (-)
3rd place Fujifilm: 18.1% share (17.1%)
Video cameras:
1st place in the digital video camera category Sony: 38.7% share (34.7%)
2nd place Panasonic: 36.4% share (42.4%)
3rd place DJI: 19.6% share (9.4%)
Action cameras:
1st place in action camera category GoPro: 53.7% share (57.7%)
2nd place Insta360: 18.1% share (7.9%)
3rd place DJI: 15.9% share (20.5%)
Interchangeable Lenses:
1st place Sigma: 17% share (14.5%)
2nd place Tamron: 15.4% share (-)
3rd place Sony: 15.2% share (16.4%)
Tripod/monopod:
1st place Hakuba Photo Industry: 29.6% share (30.9%)
2nd place Videndum Media Solutions/Manfrotto: 14.2% share (15.1%)
3rd place Slick: 14.2% share (14.4%)
Case/bag:
1st place in camera category Hakuba Photo Industry: 45.8% share (41.0%)
2nd place ELECOM: 16.5% share (17.5%)
3rd place Etsumi: 7% share (5.9%)
Om Digital big announcement on January 30: New OM-1II, 9-18mm mark II and 150-600mm lens coming!
TRUSTED sources CONFIRMED that on January 30 at 6am London time OM Digital will announce those three new products:
- OM-1II
- 9-18mm II
- 150-600mm f/5.0-6.3
Let’s get into the details of this starting from a disappointment: The OM-1II will use the same OM-1 sensor and processing engine. The real changes will be:
- Rebranded as OM SYSTEMS (as you know the OM-1 still has the Olympus name on it).
- Double the internal buffer memory
- 14bit raw for High resolution mode
- human AI recognition
- better focusing system
The OM-1II should be priced at 2400 Euro (a bit more than $2,000 in the US).
I got no detail on the 9-18mm II so I guess it’s just a re-branded version of the current 9-18mm lens.
The most exciting news is the announcement of the 150-600mm 5f/.0-6.3:
- Not a PRO lens
- But I have been told it has very high image quality
- 2699 Euro is the price (around $2,500 in the USA)
I actually SAW the lens but I cannot share images yet. If you have images I can share please send me those using the anonymous contact box or by writing me at 43rumors@gmail.com.
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Something exciting will be posted soon….
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