Consumers Switching To Smartphones Cut Canon’s Sale Forecast By 2.1 Percent

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Bloomberg reports that Canon lowered its full-year sales forecast because of low demand by consumers, caused by users switching to smartphones for their photographic needs. Sales are a projected 3.78 trillion yen ($37 billion) for the current fiscal year, that’s 2.1% less than the the previous forecast.

Says Makoto Kikuchi, chief executive officer at Myojo Asset Management Co.:

“Demand for compact cameras declined sharply because of smartphones […] Canon was too aggressive with their SLR sales forecast. People who want them have already bought them.”

Canon sales of SLR cameras dropped from 2.1 million units to 1.7 million units in the 2nd quarter 2014, the sale of compact cameras decreased by 36%.

[Bloomberg via The New Camera]

Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L Listed Again On Canon Germany’s Website

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This morning I reported that the Canon EF 50mm f/1.2L lens was no longer listed on Canon Germany’s website.

Now it is listed again. I’ve speculated that the fact the lens was no longer listed could mean that a replacement could be come in the next time. This made sense since rumors suggest we will see many new Canon lenses at Photokina 2014. But since it is listed again it was probably nothing more than a mistake.

 

Adobe Lightroom 5.6 and Camera RAW 8.6 Released

Adobe Lightroom 5.6

Adobe released Lightroom 5.6 (Mac | Win) and Camera RAW 8.6 and DNG C0nverter 8.6 (Mac | Win)

Support for the following Canon lenses or third party lenses for Canon mount has been added:

  • Canon EF-S 10-18mm f/4.5-5.6 IS STM
  • Canon EF 16-35mm f/4L IS USM
  • Tamron 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di VC
  • Tamron 18-200 f/3.5-6.3 DiIII VC

For more information (bug fixes etc):