News from CES 2020

In 2025, the CP+ ''Camera & Photo Imaging Show'' in Yokohama marks a stabilization of the photo market. The current market is a far cry from the 2010s, but has allowed brands to adapt by offering higher quality and more expensive products.

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Nikon at CP 2025

Nikon is not presenting any new camera body at CP+ 2025, the Nikon Z50 markII was released just a few months ago and becomes the first model to offer 'flexible' Picture Control profiles that let you adjust or download additional profiles. The camera comes with 31 but you can add more, and limit which ones appear when you hit the Picture Control button, so that it doesn't become overwhelming.
Nikon now has 40 Z-mount Nikkor lenses in its Z lens catalog, a list to which are added independent opticians: 7Artisans, Iris, Laowa, Sigma, Tamron, Viltrox or now Zeiss.

Nikon has updated its Imaging Cloud site to allow brand's new cameras to transfer photos, download firmware updates or create and save photo editing settings in the service in the form of ''recipes''.

Nikon Z50 markII

Olympus OM-3 and OMsystem OM-3

Sigma BF

Panasonic Lumix DC-S1RII

The OM System OM-3 is inspired by its ancestor the Olympus OM-3, a SLR camera launched in 1983.
It is equipped with the electronics, the TruePic X image processor and the 20.37 MPx stacked 4/3 BSI Live MOS sensor inherited from the OM-1 mark II, It also offers adjustable color and monochrome profiles and, via a front dial like the Pen F, direct access to computational photography features. It is IP53 certified: Dustproof and splashproof, It takes videos in 4K60p.

The OM System OM-3 is available at a price of $ 2,000/£ 1700 body only or $ 2,300 with the ED 12-45 f/4 Pro zoom (February 2025).

While a Sigma camera with a 60 MPix Foveon sensor was expected, Sigma presented the Sigma BF, a radically minimalist 24MP full-frame L-mount mirrorless camera. The body milled from a single block of aluminum has only a rear screen, the shutter and power buttons and three buttons that provide haptic feedback. The Sigma BF has phase detection autofocus, subject recognition, burst mode up to 8 frames per second, an 6K/30p video mode and high resolution L-Log mode and it does not accept a removable card but has 230 GB of internal memory.
It is available in black or silver, silver versions of Sigma's i-series prime lenses will be available in L mount.

The Sigma BF is available, in black or silver, for $ 2,000 without lens (February 2025).

Panasonic presents its high definition hybrid camera, the Panasonic Lumix S1RII which replaces the Lumix S1R, released six years ago.
This camera is more compact, based on the S5 and has a brand new 44.3 Mpix sensor equipped with phase detection. It has stabilization up to 8 speeds, a burst of 10 fps in mechanical shutter and up to 40 fps in electronic shutter, a burst pre-recording of 1.5s before triggering, a 5.76 Mpix OLED viewfinder (1600 x 1200 pixels) and can record videos in 8K30p, in 6.4K open-gate (full sensor at 3/2 ratio) or in 4K120p.

The Panasonic Lumix S1RII is available at a price of 3,599 body only or 4,499 in kit with the Panasonic S 24-105mm f/4.0 Macro O.I.S. zoom (February 2025).

zeiss Otus 85-1.4 and 50-1.4 ML

zoom Nikon Z 28-135 mm f4 PZ

zoom Sony FE 400-800 mm f6.3-8 G 0SS

Zeiss is returning to making lenses for stills cameras, introducing the Otus ML line with new Otus 50mm and 85mm F1.4 lenses for E, RF, and Z mounts. The lenses are manual focus only.

Nikon presents its PZ (Power Zoom) motorized video zoom: the Nikkor Z 28-135 mm f/4 PZ. This parfocal lens, the focusing distance does not change during zooming/unzooming operations, is intended for the new RED cameras, see below. It has 18 elements grouped in 13 groups and weighs 1.2 kg. The lens movement is operated by a fast and silent stepping motor very suitable for video uses with its 11 zoom speeds. The diaphragm is composed of nine blades and the optics are fully protected against dust and bad weather.

The Nikkor Z 28-135 mm f/4 PZ is available at a price of $ 2,799 (April 2025).

Sony presents a zoom for wildlife photography, the Sony FE 400-800 mm f/6.3-8 G OSS which is composed of 27 lenses (including six with very low dispersion) divided into 19 groups and two XD linear motors for focusing.

The Sony FE 400-800 mm f/6.3-8 G OSS weighs 2.475 kg and is available at a price of $ 3,000 (March 2025).

Nikon bridge camera coolpix P1100

Pentax 17

Leica Digilux-8

Canon PowerShot V1

With the photo market now showing better margins, some manufacturers are once again manufacturing expert compacts like Nikon with the Nikon Coolpix P1100, a record-breaking zoom bridge camera, or Ricoh with its atypical half-format film camera, the Pentax 17.

After Leica abandoned the S cameras with 30 x 45 mm sensors and the CL/TL cameras with APS-C sensors, the Leica range is refocusing on the format it created: the 24x36 mm with the legendary M series cameras, the Q compacts and the SL hybrids. The D-Lux cameras (copies of the Panasonic) are the least expensive and the exception with their 4/3 sensor.
The Leica D-Lux 8, made in China, is a minor evolution of the D-Lux 7 (Panasonic LX100 II from 2018) which it replaces.
The design has been revised to take inspiration from the Leica Q3, Leica's best seller. The D-Lux 8 has a magnesium body with leatherette covering, a 21.77 MPx 4/3'' CMOS sensor (17 effective MPx), a Vario-Summilux 10.9-34 f/1.7-2.8 ASPH motorized zoom equivalent to 24-75 mm, a 4K 30p video mode and a new 2.36 MP OLED viewfinder.

The Leica D-Lux 8 is available at a price of $ 1,590 (December 2024).

Canon has announced the Canon PowerShot V1, a large-sensor compact, which competes with the Sony ZV-1 series on the booming vlogging market.
The Canon PowerShot V1 has a 22MP Type 1.4 (18.4 x 12.3mm) Dual Pixel AF CMOS sensor, an equivalent zoom lens16-50mm f2.8-4.5 with 3EV ND filter, full-width 4K up to 30p from 5.7K capture or 4K/60p from a 1.4x crop (1:1 pixel capture), a cooling fan for extended video recording, a wired or wireless video streaming, a fully-articulated rear touchscreen and headphone and mic sockets.

Known for its lenses, TTArtisan has announced its first photo camera, a retro-style foldable instant camera.
No official price but an announced price of around $300 (March 2025).

Red Z V-Raptor camera

Nikon Z lenses PL adaptater

Xiaomi modular optical system

Ray Ban Meta connected glasses

Meta Oakley

future Meta Oakley connected glassesy

In March 2024, Nikon acquired the American company RED Digital Cinema, which offers professional cameras. This acquisition aimed to position Nikon as a key player in professional video, currently dominated by other industries such as Sony, Canon and Panasonic.

In February 2025, the V-RAPTOR [X] and KOMODO-X models now use all Nikkor Z-mount lenses, including the new Nikkor Z 28-135mm f/4 PZ motorized zoom lens.
The RED V-RAPTOR [X] camera is equipped with a large (40.96mm x 21.60mm) CMOS sensor with a 35.4-megapixel global shutter. It offers excellent low-light performance and has a dynamic range of over 17 EV (luminance indices). It offers very advanced recording modes up to 8K 120p in REDCODE® RAW.
The RED KOMODO-X camera is equipped with a 19.9 million pixel global shutter CMOS sensor (27.03 mm x 14.26 mm). It offers excellent low-light performance and displays a capture dynamic range of more than 16 IL. It offers recording modes up to 6K 80p or 4K 120p in REDCODE® RAW.
Nikon also offers a RED Z to PL adapter pack with or without electronic ND filter system.

The RED V-RAPTOR [X] starts at $30,000 (body only) and the RED KOMODO-X starts at $7,000 (February 2025).

The Xiaomi Modular Optical System, presented at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona at the same time as the CP+, takes up the concept of the Sony QX10 and other modules such as Moto Mods from Motorola. This system allows you to attach a real photo lens to the back of a special Xiaomi 15 smartphone using a magnetic mechanism.
The lens is a 35mm f/1.4-11, coupled with a 100 megapixel Micro 4/3 Light Fusion X sensor, developed in collaboration with Leica.
It uses the phone's power and has an optical link to transmit data: The Xiaomi LaserLink 10 Gbps which exchanges information between the sensor and the phone's image processing chip (ISP) via an infrared laser, through a small gap between the metal pins.

At the same Mobile World Congress, another smartphone manufacturer RealMe is offering, in addition to two lenses, a custom Sony type 1 sensor (13.2 x 8.8 mm) integrated into the back of the phone on which you can mount M-mount lenses with manual focus. RealMe is thus taking up the concept of the Xiaomi 12S Ultra.

After the success of Ray-Ban Meta connected glasses, 2 million of which have been sold worldwide according to EssilorLuxottica, Meta will offer, in association with Oakley, connected glasses for athletes.