Monthly Archives: April 2015

PCMag published article about Adobe Lightroom CC

Update: the Lightroom is now officially announced. PCMag published their article about Adobe Lightroom CC hours before the official announcement:

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The latest patents from Sigma, Sony, Canon, Apple and Ricoh

→ Sigma filed a patent for a 400mm f/2.8 DG OS HSM lens. → Another Sigma patent: 24-105mm f/2.8-4 DG OS HSM Art lens.    → Sony patented a tiltable attachment for lens style cameras. → Another curved sensor patent from Sony. → Sony patented a curved surface (multi-layer sensor) that corrects the angle in which light falls […]

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Adobe Lightroom CC to be announced tomorrow

Update: the Lightroom is now officially announced. A quick update: the new version of LR will be called Lightroom CC and I am now 100% that it will be announced tomorrow morning (EST). Some of the new features are HDR, fusion panoramas, face recognition and CC integration.

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Adobe Lightroom 6 coming next week?

Update: the Lightroom is now officially announced. There have been multiple reports in the past about a potential/rumored release date for the upcoming Adobe Lightroom 6. Here is another one, this time from Scott Kelby who is promoting a big double secret event on Tuesday, April 21st: For an overview of Adobe Lightroom 6, see […]

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Wikileaks leaks Sony’s plans: 3 new cameras coming in the next 2 months

Wikileaks published many leaked/hacked Sony documents online. There are some interesting finds that relate to the company’s camera division. The product roadmap for Q1 of 2015 for example lists new A7, A6000 and RX models (announcement expected between now and June):

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Olympus E-PL6 Micro Four Thirds camera finally released in the US

The Olympus E-PL6 was already announced in Japan (2013) and Europe (2014) and after a two years delay the camera is also finally introduced in the US. The US price is $299 and B&H is currently taking pre-orders. Here are the basic specs:

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Canon EOS M3 mirrorless camera now shipping in Europe and Asia

The Canon EOS M3 mirrorless camera is now shipping in Europe and Asia. For now Canon has no plans to bring the camera to the US market. Check pricing and availability at Jessops, WEX, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany and Amazon Japan. US readers can purchase the Canon M3 from DigitalRev (they ship internationally) or on eBay. A quick M3 hands-on is available at d-pixx.de. […]

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