Monthly Archives: December 2017

What’s next?

Here is an updated list of all upcoming/rumored cameras and lenses:

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Adobe announced the December update to Lightroom

Today Adobe announced the December update to Lightroom with added support for: Sony A7R III Leica CL Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III Hasselblad A6D-100c Panasonic LUMIX DC-G9 Lightroom Classic CC now supports tethered capture with the Nikon D850 DSLR camera (additional information available here). A new version of Camera Raw was also released. An update […]

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Lytro could open source their light-field photo sharing platform

A quick update on my post from last week – Lytro is now considering to open source their light-field photo sharing platform:

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Cosina officially discontinues the Zeiss SLR Classic series of lenses

Cosina Japan officially announced that the following Zeiss SLR Classic series lenses have been discontinued: 2.8/15, 3.5/18, 2/25, 2/28, 1.4/35, 2/135. Several of the Zeiss Classic lenses are still available for sale in the US, some with a big discount – for example: the Zeiss 135mm f/2 Apo Sonnar T* lens is now $923 off, while the Zeiss […]

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Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 OS Sport and Sigma 70-200 f/4 OS Contemporary lenses rumored for 2018

Canonrumors reports that new Sigma 70-200mm f/2.8 OS Sport and Sigma 70-200mm f/4 OS Contemporary lenses are rumored to be announced in early 2018. Sigma has been rumored for a while to introduce a new 70-200mm f/2.8 lens that will replace their current 70-200mm f/2.8 EX DG OS HSM version (see also this related patent). Like: Sigma Lens Facebook […]

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What else is new?

CononMark adds studio flash support for Pentax cameras Leica M-P Typ 240 “Canada Edition” now in stock The new Leica Q “Leica Store SF” limited edition camera is now in stock Iridient Developer 3.2.1 Released And On Sale December 14-28 The Fujifilm GFX is Incredibly Durable

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Panasonic will talk about their 8k 60fps organic CMOS sensor with global shutter at ISSCC

At the 2018 ISSCC conference Panasonic will present a paper on their new 8K 60fps organic CMOS sensor with global shutter:

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Is the best camera really the one you have with you? Shooting Hawaii with a mediocre cell phone

Is the best camera really the one you have with you? Shooting Hawaii with a mediocre cell phone I first visited Hawaii in 2008, and I brought every piece of photo gear I had: D300, 17-55DX, 80-200AFS, 30mm 1.4, D40 with kit lens, and a cheap palm-sized 720p video camera. I used it all.  Hawai’i […]

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