Monthly Archives: April 2013

Panasonic GF6 and G6 to be announced on April 9th

Panasonic is rumored to announce two new Micro Four Thirds cameras on April 9th: Panasonic GF6 and Panasonic G6. Both models will use the same 16 MP sensor from the GX1 and will have improved AF, faster processor and an articulated screen for the GF6.

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Adobe Lightroom 4.4, Camera Raw 7.4 released

Adobe released Lightroom 4.4, Camera Raw 7.4 and DNG Converter 7.4 with support for several new cameras and lenses including demosaic algorithms for Fujifilm cameras with X-Trans sensor. Download links: Lightroom 4.4: Windows | Mac DNG Converter 7.4: Windows | Mac

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Fujifilm price increase on photographic film coming to the US on July 1st

Fujifilm North America officially announced that the previously reported 20% worldwide price increase on photographic film will take effect in the US on July 1st, 2013:

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Pentax K-30 now available in 15 new colors and finishes

Pentax Ricoh Imaging Americas corporation announced 15 new colors and finishes for their K-30 DSLR camera:

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What else is new?

The world’s smallest night vision camera. New Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon full frame primes cinema lenses launched. Leica to increase the prices on several M, S lenses and accessories. Zeiss publish another article on how they designed their new 1.4/55 high-end SLR lens. New Kickstarter project for a Travelwide ultralight low-cost 4×5 film camera:

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The latest patents from Sony, Canon, Olympus and Konica Minolta

Sony filed a patent 2013-54164 for 16-135mm f/3.5-5.6 and 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 APS-C lenses. Sony also patented (2013-50630) a half mirror that will not “black out” during exposure. Canon filed a patent (2013-57802) for a 50mm f/1.4 lens. The patent contains also calculations for a 50mm f/1.2 lens.

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Top 10 PhotoRumors posts for March 2013

         Those are the top 10 PhotoRumors posts for March 2013: Pentax rumored to announce several new DSLRs and a new compact APS-C camera Canon announcement on March 22 (EOS 70D?) Pentax K-3 24MP full frame camera announcement on March 27th? New Canon EOS DSLR camera specifications leaked on BestBuy’s website Canon rumored to announce […]

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