Monthly Archives: June 2016

Watch the livestream of the Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera announcement

You can watch the livestream of the Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera announcement here – refresh this post for my live coverage: Live coverage: 50MP CMOS sensor (44x33mm) Weight: 725 gr. Touchscreen with shortcuts ISO range: 100 – 25,600 14 stops dynamic range EVF Dual SD card slots USB3 Full HD at 25fps New […]

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Hasselblad mirrorless medium format camera to be announced in less than an hour

Hasselblad will announce their first mirrorless medium format camera in one hour. Stay tuned for a detail coverage. Here is the promo email sent from Hasselblad Germany for today’s event (thanks Mistral75):

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The new Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera leaked online

A reader just sent me the first pictures of the rumored Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera that will be officially announced tomorrow. The US price of the camera will be $8995. Two new lenses will also be announced – XCD 45mm f/3.5 lens ($2,295) and XCD 90mm f/3.2 ($2,695). Update: cashed version of the Hasselblad X1D gallery is […]

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Adobe released major Photoshop CC update

Today Adobe released a new Photoshop CC 2015.5 upgrade with content-aware crop, face-aware liquify, selection and masking space and other new features and bug fixes (see this blog post for the full list and demo of all new features). Additional information is available here. Adobe also introduced the Adobe Stock Premium Collection.

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Update on the rumored M-mount camera with CCD sensor

Another update on the rumored M-mount camera with CCD sensor in case you are not following LeicaRumors: prosophos.com published new sketches of the camera with some additional information:

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Sony’s warning on third-party firmware hacks

Sony Japan confirmed in a statement that any third party hacks performed on their cameras will automatically void the warranty (Google translation):

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List of upcoming announcements/rumored cameras and lenses

Here is a quick recap on what new cameras and lenses to expect in the next few days and months before the 2016 Photokina show: Hasselblad mirrorless medium format camera (announcement on June 22nd). Fuji X-T2 camera (announcement on July 7th). Olympus E-PL8 camera (no release date yet – the official announcement got delayed because of the recent […]

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New Meyer-Optik titanium and gold plated limited edition Trioplan f2.8/100 lenses

Meyer-Optik announced a new limited editions of the Trioplan f2.8/100 lens to commemorate their 100 year anniversary.  Only 100 titanium and 10 gold plated lenses will be available:

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