
The HEIPI tripod (the lightest and most compact 3-in-1 travel tripod) raised almost half a million dollars on Kickstarter. The Maven color-coded magnetic filters raised almost 300k on Kickstarter (campaign ending soon).

→ Olympus CEO Yasuo Takeuchi on why Olympus sold off its decades-old camera and microscope business to focus on medical tech: “We had to move before it became too late” (Fortune magazine). → Another quote from a recent interview with OM Digital Solutions management team: “So our middle- and higher-end products, their situation is better […]

The Fujifilm Summit Tokyo 2022 will take place next week and we can expect the official announcement of the Fujifilm X-T5 camera. The new X-T5 should be very similar to the Fujifilm X-H2 but without the PSAM dial and it might come without some of the video features while adding some photography-centric ones. Here are […]

The previously rumored TTArtisan AF 27mm f/2.8 XF lens (41mm equivalent) for Fuji X-mount is now officially announced and available for pre-order for $149 at: TTartisan (international shipping available) Pergear (international shipping available) B&H Photo Amazon US Amazon UK Amazon CA Amazon DE Amazon FR Amazon ES Amazon IT The new 27mm f/2.8 XF lens […]

ON1 announced their new 2023 Professional Plugins Bundle (new versions of ON1 Effects, NoNoise AI, Resize AI, Portrait AI, and HDR). The ON1 Professional Plugins focus on speeding up and enhancing photographer workflows with features and technologies that provide faster and better results than what’s available in existing workflows. ON1’s latest editing technologies (found in […]

Funleader is expected to announce a new 18mm f/8.0 cap lens (pictured above) that will feature a focus dial with a focusing distance range from 0.3m to infinity. The lens will be available for Sony E-mount and Fujifilm X-mount. Also: you can get 10% off on all Funleader products (including the Contax G45 converted lens for M-mount and […]