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15 years of data shows camera sales might not be as bad as we think

Feb 13, 2023 by John Aldred 2 Comments
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It’s no surprise that camera sales are nowhere near where they were 20 years ago. Or even a decade ago. While sales had already started to slump by 2013, they were still significantly higher than they are today. But out of those cameras being sold, what is it that people are actually buying? And how has the pandemic affected camera sales in the last few years? Turns out, CIPA gives us an easy way to find out.

Iddo at LensVid took a deep dive into the numbers, covering from 2007 until 2022 to see just how camera buying trends have changed over the last 15 years. But the total number of cameras isn’t necessarily what we need to focus on – if you’ll pardon the expression. There are definitely things in the data that come as no surprise whatsoever, but there are one or two things that actually might raise an eyebrow.

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The Sony A7 IV’s hidden “divider frame” is a fantastic feature for timelapse and macro shooters

Feb 8, 2022 by John Aldred 6 Comments
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I’m not sure if this is a new feature that’s been added in a recent firmware update or if it’s just remained a well kept hidden secret, but the Sony A7 IV has a pretty cool feature that will be very valuable for anybody who shoots timelapses, macro or landscape stacks, or anything else that requires you to shoot a bunch of images at a time in sequence.

It was spotted by the folks at LensVid and it’s called the Divider Frame”. Essentially, it places a new image on your memory card that is simply a black frame with a big bright arrow on it. Its purpose is as the name sounds, to act as a visual divider between one set of images and another – very handy when you need to quickly and easily split different sequences of images once they’re all on the computer.

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Fixing the base of the Manfrotto RC2 tripod quick release system with 3D printing

Jul 4, 2019 by John Aldred Leave a Comment
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The Manfrotto RC2 quick release system is one of the most popular in the world for photographers. Its only real competition for tripod mounting supremacy is the Arca-Swiss system. But while very useful, the Manfrotto RC2 base (otherwise known as the Manfrotto 323) onto which your plate mounts has a fatal flaw. The underside of it is not flat.

So, if you want to mount it to a cage, or stack it on top of a plate for a different tripod system, you may face something of a challenge. Fortunately, one enterprising user by the name of Eric Hasso over on Thingiverse designed a solution that can be 3D printed. The folks at LensVid are quite partial to the Manfrotto 323, so they decided to check it out.

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Hack yourself a DIY Loupedeck stand from an IKEA laptop stand

May 1, 2019 by John Aldred 1 Comment
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The Loupedeck+ is a fantastic piece of kit. As soon as it was released, it was already a nice little upgrade over the original Loupedeck with a more solid design, better buttons and knobs, and the promise of future software support. Now it supports a growing array of software with more still to come.

But the Loupedeck+ still has one issue for some people. It sits too flat on the table. With most computer keyboards, we get little feet that allow us to raise up the back end to make it a little more ergonomic. No such luck with the Loupedeck+. The folks at Lensvid, though, have taken things into their own hands by chopping up an IKEA BRÄDA laptop stand to use with the Loupedeck+.

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For the first time in years, camera and lens production actually increased in 2017

Feb 13, 2018 by John Aldred 1 Comment
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Well, this is a pleasant surprise. For the first time in a long time, camera and lens production and sales has gone up! Seeing an overall 8% increase in cameras and 2% lenses. Sure, not massive amounts, but compared to a 33% drop from 2015 to 2016, that’s mighty impressive. Of course, there have been a whole lot of new amazing cameras come out in the past year, so lots of people are updating their kit.

Our friends at Lensvid took a look at the numbers over the last year, as they have been doing each year for the last several years. And what’s interesting, if not all that surprising, is that while camera sales are up, DSLR sales are down. It seems the world is going mirrorless. At least it’s looking better than last year!

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John Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

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