Monthly Archives: May 2014

What else is new?

→ Lomography started a another Kickstarter project for a new instant camera. → Memory card sale: Lexar card sale at Adorama and new SanDisk savings at Adorama and B&H. → Canon EOS M camera removed form Canon USA website, still available for sale online. → Pentax K-30 firmware is being hacked. Read more about it here and here. → The Samsung […]

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What’s next in Adobe Creative Cloud to be announced on June 18

Adobe is planning to announce “what’s next in Creative Cloud” on June 18th. The company has setup a new dedicated website where you can signed up to receive more information. This announcement could be related to the upcoming touch-based Photoshop CC version for tablets or maybe even the recent CC outage. Photoshop CC + Lightroom 5 + […]

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The latest Tamron lens patents

Those are the latest Tamron patents filed in Japan: Via Egami

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Rumors: Sigma 85mm f/1.4 DG Art lens coming in August

In addition to the 24mm f/1.4, Sigma is also rumored to announce a new 85mm f/1.4 DG lens as a part of their Art series. With the success of the their 35mm and 50mm Art lenses, it should not be a surprise to anyone that Sigma will concentrate on that product line and the 24 and […]

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Sony a77 II camera now shipping, tested at DxOMark

  The Sony a77 II camera that was announced few weeks ago is now shipping in the EU – the first units already arrived at Foto Hans Keuzekamp in the Netherlands. The camera is expected to start shipping in the US on June 10th. Today DxOMark released their a7II test results – the overall score […]

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More Olympus PEN E-PL7 details

I received few more pages from the Olympus PEN E-PL7 manual that leaked online few weeks ago. Two of the pages include a more detailed set of specifications from what I published few weeks ago:

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Rumors: Panasonic LX8 compact camera to be announced on July 16th

I received some rumors that a new Panasonic LX8 compact camera will be announced on July 16th. The new model will feature a build-in EVF and a larger sensor. I have no other information at that point.  The previous LX7 version was announced on July 18, 2012 and that product line has been on a two years […]

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Pentax 645z medium format camera to start shipping on June 27th

The new Pentax 645z medium format camera (announcement | sample images | pre-order) will start shipping on June 27th according to Ricoh Imaging Japan. There is still no US release date for the 13 Pentax 645 medium format FA lenses (they were not available for sale in the US before).

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