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This is Sony’s new curved sensor

By PR admin | Published: June 15, 2014

IEEE published a picture of Sony’s first curved sensor. Sony has filed several different patents in the past for curved sensors and lenses. Here is a quick description of the benefits from a curved sensor from IEEE:

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Sigma announced the pricing and availability of the DP2 Quattro camera

By PR admin | Published: June 12, 2014

Sigma announced the pricing and availability of their latest DP2 Quattro compact camera: $999 (pre-orders: Adorama | B&H), shipping will start in early August. Sample images taken with the DP2 can be found here.

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Photoshop CC sneak peek: new Focus Masks feature

By PR admin | Published: June 12, 2014

Adobe published a new Photoshop CC sneak peek video of Focus Masks. This is most likely one of the new features that will be announced on June 18th. Here is the video:

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000 camera with 4K video and 1″ sensor announced

By PR admin | Published: June 12, 2014

Panasonic announced the new Lumix DMC-FZ1000 camera with 4k video and 1″ sensor. The price is $897.99 (available for pre-order). Shipping is expected to start on July 31st. Here are the main camera features: 20.1MP 1″ High Sensitivity MOS Sensor Leica DC Vario-Elmarit 16x Zoom Lens 25-400mm f/2.8-4 (35mm Equivalent) 4K QFHD Video Recording at […]

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000 superzoom camera to be announced in few hours

By PR admin | Published: June 11, 2014

In few hours Panasonic will announce a new Lumix DMC-FZ1000 superzoom camera with 24-400mm f/2.8-4 equivalent zoom lens and 1″ sensor. Here are the detailed specifications:

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Lytro Illum camera technical specifications released, Android based camera rumored for Fall

By PR admin | Published: June 10, 2014

Lytro revealed the technical specifications for their latest Illum camera ($1,499): CMOS sensor with 40 “megaray” resolution, 8x zoom, 1/4000 sec maximum shutter speed and a 30 – 250mm f/2 lens. Lytro is also rumored to be working on a new Android based camera that will be released this Fall. Here are the detailed Lytro Illum technical specifications:

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The new Panasonic LX8 camera will have 4k video and $900 price tag

By PR admin | Published: June 8, 2014

Few weeks ago PhotoRumors broke the story about the upcoming LX8 model. The new camera will have 4k video recording capabilities and the US price will be $899. As previously reported, the LX8 will have a build-in EVF and a larger sensor. The official announcement should be on June 16th.

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Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6 coming this summer?

By PR admin | Published: June 3, 2014

Amazon Germany has a listing for an upcoming Photoshop Lightroom 6 book that is going to be released on August 31, 2014:

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Adobe Camera Raw 8.5 and DNG Converter 8.5 release candidates now available

By PR admin | Published: June 3, 2014

Adobe announced Camera Raw 8.5 and DNG Converter 8.5 release candidates. Here are the download links: Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 8.5 for CS6 Release Candidate Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 8.5 for CC Release Candidate Additional information:

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