Adobe just officially released Lightroom 4 (as expected). The full version costs $149.00 and is now available for pre-order at B&H. The upgrade version costs $79. For student and teacher edition click here. Instant download options available on adobe.com. Check also Amazon’s pre-order options.
After Samyang confirmed on Facebook their plans for a 24mm tilt-shift lens, I received this image from megapiksel. The aperture range is f/3.5-32. No other information is available at that point.
Zeiss is rumored to announce a new Distagon T* 2,8/15 ZF.2/ZE super wide angle lens on March 16th, 2012. The lens is expected to start shipping in May, 2012. The angle of view will be 110 degrees. The lens will have a 95mm filter thread. The widest Zeiss lens for DLSR cameras is currently the Distagon T* 18mm f/3.5 […]
Here are some images from the ongoing Focus on Imaging 2012 show in Birmingham, UK sent by readers (click here for the Nikon booth):
SLR Magic announced three new lenses: a wide-angle pinhole lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras, a new 11mm f/1.4 Toy Lens for Penatx Q cameras and a Toy Bokehmorphic lens for Sony E mount. All three lenses are currently available for sale on eBay.
Samyang confirmed on Facebook that in addition to a new 8mm T3.8 VDSLR lens (APS-C), the company will also be releasing a new 24mm tilt/shift lens later this year. This is not really a surprise since Samyang/Rokinon has made several inquires about a potential tilt/shift lens in the past.
As previously mentioned, the price of the Canon 5D Mark II dropped to $2,199.00 today ($2,999.00 for the body+lens kit). The new Canon EOS 5D Mark III was announced few days ago with a $3,499.00 price tag for body only. Update: for the next 24 hours Adorama will add those accessories for free when you buy the Canon EOS 5D […]
Hasselblad announced that starting March 12, all of their newly purchased cameras will include a version of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom. My guess is that they are talking about Lightroom 4 which will probably be released on March 6th.
Olympus filed a patent 201237640 in Japan for a new 17mm f/2.8 lens. The current Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f/2.8 pancake lens ($299.99) was announced on June 16, 2009. The newly patented lens will have 7 elements in 5 groups compared to 6 elements in 4 groups in the current model.
A silver Fujifilm X-Pro1 camera was spotted at an event in Taiwan. It is hard to tell from the picture, but it looks like the hood will be silver as well (maybe even the lenses?). This silver X-Pro1 will probably come as a limited edition, similar to the black Fuji X100. The “regular” black Fuji X-Pro1 camera is currently scheduled […]
