Summer brings new camera releases from both Nikon and Canon

With summer around the corner, and the dust having settled on the D4s the time is right for a new release, or two. Nikon Rumors are providing confirmation that the replacement of the Nikon D800/E will be announced on June 26th. Not to be outdone Canon Rumors are in turn touting that an unnamed camera is to be unveiled in an August announcement. With major pro dealers in Germany being invited for a special July preview, suggesting to the informed observer that the new camera will be at the minimum “prosumer” in functionality.

18% of US consumers unknowingly buy counterfeit Canon products

Canon battery fakerealCanon have released the results of a survey that reveals in 2013 about 18% of the consumer buying public unknowingly bought counterfeit or fake branded canon products. On top of this Canon reports that 12% of people knowingly bought fake products in 2013 because, according to the research, there is a general perception that fake products are of the same quality as real products. Elaborating further the report states that:

Wall Street Journal Video says DSLRs on way to becoming extinct

Yesterday Sony Alpha Rumors reported Sony had fulfilled one of their long held ambitions and managed to pip past Canon in sales figures, well only in Korea but it’s a start. This could be seen as an validation in the strategic value of mirrorless cameras especially in the fight back against smart phones, and yet as far back as August mirrorless cameras were responsible for gloomy news over at Nikon when the company was forced to cut profit forecasts after under performance by their mirrorless section.