Leica’s “Tank Man” Photo Wasn’t Shot With A Leica But With A Nikon

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You might have heard about the outcry that a Leica promotional video caused in China.

The short flick published by Leica (see below) shows a news photographer covering the protests around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989. The promotional video shows the photographer hiding and running from policemen and then taking the iconic picture of “Tank Man”. At the end the Leica logo in shown. But it seems there was no Leica camera involved.

As renowned German newspaper Der Spiegel reports, none of the photographers covering the protests and the crackdown were using a Leica. Jeff Widener (AP), Charlie Cole (Newsweek), Stuart Franklin (Magnum) and Arthur Tsang (Reuters) have confirmed to Der Spiegel that they used Nikon cameras and not Leicas.

And here is the Leica promotional video:

All this mess caused the term “Leica” to get banned in China, which is weird since Leica partners with Huawei. Reuters reports that people searching for the term “Leica” in China receive warnings that they are violating laws.

Btw, Der Spiegel‘s article about the Leica video is titled “Real Photographers use Nikon” :-)

Camera Market In Loss, CIPA March Report Suggests

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The CIPA March 2019 report doesn’t draw a good picture of the camera market.

It’s in loss, as various execs in the industry have already stated, with the notable exception of Fujifilm (guess they are the only company with good reasons to be optimistic).

In their reports about the Q1 Financials, Canon sees smartphones as the major reason for the shrinking camera market. More and more people switch to a smartphone for their photography, and with phones having a sensor and the optical performance of the Huawei P30 Pro it’s understandable. The future is in computational photography, a domain where smartphone will have an advantage in the foreseeable future.

These Are The Best Memory Cards For Your Canon EOS RP

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Alik Griffin put memory cards under test to see how they perform with the new Canon EOS RP.

Alik found that the top five best performing memory cards on the EOS RP are:

Alik tested a lot more memory cards, and published all results, and gives advices for storage requirements for 4K video.

Canon EOS RP:

America: B&H Photo, Adorama, Amazon USA, Amazon Canada, Canon Canada, Canon USA
Europe & UK: Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon IT, Canon IT, WEX Photographic, Canon FR, Canon UK, Canon DE

Save On Canon DSLRs and MILCs With National Photo Month Specials at B&H Photo

National Photo Month
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B&H Photo has specials offers in occasion of National Photo Month.

You can browse all discounted items here. Canon gear with discounts is listed below.

  • Canon EOS 5D Mark IV with Battery Grip and $433 worth of accessories, on sale at $2,799 (total savings >$733 for memory card, spare battery, bag, etc)
  • Canon EOS 6D Mark II with Battery Grip and $295 worth in bonus items, on sale at $1,299 (total savings $595 for memory card, spare battery, bag, etc)
  • Canon EOS R with Mount Adapter, on sale at $1,999 (total savings $399)
  • Canon EOS RP with 24-105mm Lens and Mount Adapter, on sale at $2,199 (total savings $299)
  • Canon EOS M50 (Body Only, Black) on sale at $579 (instant saving $100)
  • Canon EOS Rebel T6i (Body Only) on sale at $549 (instant savings $200)

Deal: Canon EOS R – $1849 (reg. $2299, import model)

Canon Eos R With Aps-c
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Canon EOS R at a glance:

Seller einfinityshop4 on eBay (99.7% positive ratings) has the Canon EOS R on sale at $1,849. Compare at $2,299.

Please note: this is an import model, 1 year US seller warranty applies. Import models are legally imported from another country through channels other than the maker’s official distribution system.

More selected and exclusive deals:

More hand-picked deals are listed here.

Authorised Canon retailer B&H Photo has discounted EOS 5D Mark IV and EOS 6D Mark II bundles on offer for the holidays.

We offer 10% discount to subscriptions to Pixpa all-in-one platform for photographers.

Today’s Gold Box and one day only deals at Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, B&H Photo, eBay, Adorama.

Canon Europe stores have a cash back promotions going on:

Refurbished lenses and DSLRs at Canon Store (best deals to be found here)

Save $10 on Luminar 4 and/or Aurora HDR 2019 using our code “WATCH” at checkout.