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Olympus Imaging’s cumulative operating losses significantly bigger than originally reported

We already knew that Olympus Imaging’s cumulative operating losses during the last twelve years totaled ¥103bn. That’s $1.2bn. Last week Olympus published their consolidated financial results for the second quarter of FY2021 (July – September 2020). Included in this reporting is the forecast of the FY2021 loss from the soon to be divested Imaging Business, now considered […]

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Leica Q2 Monochrom camera additional coverage (hands-on reports, reviews, and more) macOS Big Sur Warning! UPDATED Iridient Developer 3.5 Now With Support For Apple Silicon

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Venus Optics released Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO lens for Pentax K and Canon EF-mounts

Venus Optics released new variants of their Laowa 100mm f/2.8 2x Ultra Macro APO lens for Pentax K-mount (previously reported here) and Canon EF-mount (with manual aperture). Pre-orders are now open at the Laowa official online store (with international shipping). US retailers (Adorama, B&H) will open their pre-orders in a week or two. Additional information, including technical […]

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New pictures of the Pentax K-3 Mark III flagship APS-C DSLR camera

New pictures of the upcoming Pentax K-3 Mark III flagship APS-C DSLR camera have been published online by a certification agency:

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Updated 2021 Canon RF lens roadmap

Here is an updated 2021 Canon RF lens roadmap:

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The new Voigtlander SUPER NOKTON 29mm f/0.8 Aspherical lens for Micro Four Thirds will be announced next week

The rumored Voigtlander SUPER NOKTON 29mm f/0.8 Aspherical lens for Micro Four Thirds will be announced next week. The price in Japan will be 228,000 yen including tax (around $2,200). The planned release date is December 10, 2020. (via Nokishita)

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Topaz Labs Sharpen AI 2.2 released, new Luminar AI tool: Composition AI, getting started with Exposure software

Topaz Labs released a new version 2.2 of Sharpen AI that includes (download here): New comparison view to compare all three processing modes at once New “Extra Noise Suppression” toggle for new noise reduction models New option in “Preferences” to move controls to the left side New tutorials and demos to help you get the […]

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Fuji X100F camera to be discontinued soon

The Fuji X100F camera is now listed as “CLOSEOUT” at Adorama which could indicate that this model will be discontinued soon. The Fujifilm X100F was announced in January 2017 and was replaced by the Fujifilm X100V a few months ago:

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Coming soon: Voigtlander SUPER NOKTON 29mm f/0.8 Aspherical lens for Micro Four Thirds

Nokishita reports that Cosina will soon announce a new Voigtlander SUPER NOKTON 29mm f/0.8 Aspherical lens for Micro Four Thirds. No additional information was provided. Voigtlander already has several lenses for Micro Four Thirds:

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Sony FX6 cinema camera coming on November 17

Sony released a new teaser for the Sony FX6 cinema camera and the official announcement will be on November 17th, 2020 at 10:00 am EST:

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