Photo Geek Weekly Episode 36 – Mirrorless is in, “Vintage” Lenses are Out

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don brings Mike Howard back for a discussion on where the mirrorless market is going for Nikon and Sony, what happens when crowdfunding-as-preordering for vintage lenses doesn’t shape up to be profitable, advancements in storage and advancements in how we perceive the content that we shoot. All this [...]

On this episode of Photo Geek Weekly, Don brings Mike Howard back for a discussion on where the mirrorless market is going for Nikon and Sony, what happens when crowdfunding-as-preordering for vintage lenses doesn’t shape up to be profitable, advancements in storage and advancements in how we perceive the content that we shoot. All this and more!

NOTE: Photo Geek Weekly will return for Episode 37 is the first week of September. The brief hiatus is for family travel to Europe! The next episode will be recorded as soon as we return.

Story 1: Nikon Z6 and Z7 Full-Frame Mirrorless Cameras and 3 Lenses Coming 8/23 (via PetaPixel)

Related: Breaking: Sony Is Now Number One Overall in U.S. Full-Frame Camera Market, Celebrates With New ‘Alpha Female’ Program (via fstoppers)

Story 2: Net SE, parent company for Meyer Optik, others files for bankruptcy (via DPReview)

Story 3: Samsung starts mass producing high-performance 4TB QLC SSDs for consumers (via DPReview)

Story 4: Schedule… with Houdini – the developer version of the upcoming RED Hydrogen smartphone (via H4Vuser.net)

Picks of the Week:

Don: Google Cardboard – easily see stereo 3D with any smartphone for around USD$15

Mike:

KURVD – The Universal Lens Cap

Think Tank Photo Airport Essentials Camera Bag

Think Tank Photo Airport Accelerator Camera Bag

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