Canon R8

Canon R50/TD>

Canon AI imaging technology

OM System OM5

Canon had announced a few weeks before CP+ two new mirrorless cameras:

The Canon R8 features a 24.2Mp full-frame CMOS sensor, digital stabilization, a very high frame rate of 40fps, an image processor DIGIC X, with Dual Pixel focusing down to -6.5 EV. it is priced at $1500 in a body only (March 2023).

The Canon R50 is a mirrorless camera for content creators with connectivity geared towards sharing creations quickly and easily. It is equipped with a 24.2Mp APS-CCMOS sensor, a DIGIC X image processor, Dual Pixel II type focusing up to -6.5 EV in 4K UHD video mode and HD 120p (UHFR), Wi-Fi and Bluetooth connections, touch screen and swivel Digit Xil processor. It is priced at $800 in the kit lens (March 2023).

In addition, Canon presented at CP+ its AI image processing technology, which aims to achieve realistic photography and covers three areas: noise reduction, color interpolation and aberration diffraction correction (lens blur correction).
This technology is already successfully implemented in smartphones.

The OM-5 is a mirrorless 4/3" sensor camera designed by OM System, formerly Olympus. It is the successor to the OM-D E-M5 Mark III and still features a 20 Mpx sensor.
It is priced at $1200 body-only and $1600 with the 12-45mm F4 PRO lens as a kit (March 2023).

Lenses

Sigma 16mm 30mm 56mm in Z mount

Sony 50mm f1.4 GM

Sigma has officially announced its first three mirrorless lenses for Nikon Z-mount (all APS-C): Sigma 16mm f/1.4 DC DN Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN Sigma 56mm f/1.4 DC DN At the same time, Sigma reported that "it no longer manufactures new Micro Four Thirds lenses due to a significant decrease in demand. The trend is clearly in favor of full frame, alongside APS-C ( which is also in decline)." Nikon now offers 35 Nikkor Z mount lenses, from the Nikkor Z 26mm f/2.8 to the Nikkor Z 600mm f/4 TC VR S super-telephoto lens. The Sony 50mm f1.4 GM for mirrorless cameras with a 24x36 sensor completes the Sony range with a bright, high-end lens that is exceptionally compact. It is priced at $1300 (March 2023).

The limited series

Hasselblad X2 D100C kit

Sean Connery in "Goldfinger" 1964

Leica D-Lux 7 Edition 007

In this niche market, luxury items and limited series have their place.
Hasselblad today announced a new X2D 100C Lightweight Kit priced at $ 1300 (March 2023). The set includes the X2D 100MP camera and two lenses (XCD 4/21 and XCD 4/45P).

The Leica D-Lux pays homage to the famous James Bond film series, featuring the 007 logo and the gun barrel motif on the lens cover. This series will be limited to 1962 copies only  a nod to the year of release of the 1st film in the series.
It is offered at a price of $1995, i.e. $600 difference with the classic version of the camera (March 2023).

Video

Blackmagic 6K pro

Since 2013, Blackmagic Design has been offering Pocket Cinemas, small pocket cameras with advanced features at more than reasonable prices. The new Blackmagic 6K pro has a Canon EF mount and not Micro 4/3 like previous models. Its sensor offers a size of 12.99 x 23.10 mm, or 26.5 mm diagonal for a surface of 300 mm². The range of digital emulsions is ISO 100 up to ISO 25600, with native ISOs at 400 and 3200; the recording can be made according to different definitions: 4096 x 2160 (4K DCI), 3840 x 2160 (Ultra HD) and 1920 x 1080 (HD) for the Pocket 4K, and up to 6144 x 3456 (6K 16:9) with the 6K model, but in RAW only, the ProRes being limited to 4K. The Blackmagic 6K pro is offered at $2535 (March 2023)

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