The State of the Industry and New Gear at OPTIC 2017

B&H Photography Podcast

Jill Waterman

Podcast, Photography, Arts, Visual Arts, Bh, Photo

4.6 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2017

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

At this year’s OPTIC Photography Conference, we sat down with representatives from camera and gear manufacturers to talk about their latest products, and question them on their company philosophies and the general state of the camera industry. We present here a compilation of conversations with four of our guests: Rudy Winston from Canon, Marc Farb from Sigma, Thomas Curley from Panasonic and Rod Clark, founder and CEO of Wine Country Camera.

Within this informative episode, we speak about Canon’s response to the rise of the smartphone, the success of entry-level DSLRs, possible mirrorless offerings and this year’s new releases. With Sigma, we discuss the latest Art series lenses and just who is buying the Foveon-sensor cameras and, with Panasonic, there is much talk about the GH5, but also about new lenses and the company’s Lumix point-and-shoots. Finally, we chat with Wine Country, which is producing beautiful filter systems for high-end users, and how this small company is making a go of it in the tricky business of camera and lens accessories.

Guests: Rudy Winston, Marc Farb, Thomas Curley, Rod Clark

Canon: 02:05

Sigma: 34:40

Panasonic: 47:15

Wine Country Camera: 58:30

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0:00.0	You're listening to the B&H Photography Podcast.
0:04.0	For over 40 years, B&H has been the professional source for photography, video, audio, and
0:08.9	more.
0:09.9	For your favorite gear, news, and reviews, visit us at bnh.com or download the B&H app to
0:15.4	your iPhone or Android device.
0:17.6	Now here's your host, Alan White.
0:20.4	Greetings and welcome to the B&H Photography Gearcast.
0:23.9	We originally spent a couple of very intense days at the third annual Optic Photography
0:28.7	conference, which is an incredible multi-day event consisting of lectures by world-renowned
0:33.8	travel and adventure photographers, photo walks, and after hours dinner reception, and an
0:39.3	evening cruise around the island of Manhattan.
0:42.0	Optic is sponsored by B&H and it's totally free.
0:44.6	Ain't that something?
0:46.2	At Optic 2017, we are fortunate enough to talk with a whole slew of incredible photographers,
0:52.6	including Brooks Jensen, Allison Wright, Sam Simon, and Jill Enkiler from our Wild
0:58.1	Abandon.
0:59.1	Our interviews with these amazing photographers and others will be airing over the next few
1:02.7	weeks, but today we're going to switch into a gear cast mode and play a few of the interviews
1:07.3	we conducted with representatives of some of the better known and some of the lesser known
1:11.4	manufacturers of some very cool photo gear.
1:14.4	We spoke with Rudy Winston of Canon and talked about some of the new products that come
1:18.0	out with new technologies and some of the things he sees coming over the horizon.
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