Sony Sensor Plant Halts Production After Japan Earthquake
Industry News·1mo ago
via Amateur Photographer
Daily Digest
Friday, July 31, 2026
A quake halts Sony's sensor plant, plus new macro glass and a flying gimbal
Earthquake fallout and fresh glass
From the Editor
Sony has confirmed manufacturing-line damage at its Kumamoto sensor plant after the July 28 earthquake, with no restart timeline given and Fujifilm and TSMC also affected nearby. Elsewhere, Fujifilm has delisted the X-T5 in Japan, Venus Optics unveiled two ultra-macro parfocal zooms, and a photojournalist's six-week detention while covering an ICE story adds a press-freedom note to the day.
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1 A 2016 quake at the same facility took months to fully resolve production.
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