Back in 2017 Bowens went out of business after it was acquired by the European investment group Aurelius in 2016. Two days ago Wex Photo Video and Calumet Photographic (both chains merged in 2017) announced the relaunch of the Bowens XMT500 flash head and Bowens XMT500 twin head kit (check also this limited launch offer). The XMT500 head is […]
I received these updates on the Reflex manual film SLR camera project: Reflex 40mm f/1.8 prime lens EF and E-Mount to be released end of May 2019 Reflex seed-funding round launched ahead of Startup Grind selection in San Fransisco Reflex developing in-house shutter, pushing camera production forward: Additional information:
ON1 released Photo RAW 2019.2. This new version features a new AI Quick Mask tool and other improvements: New AI Quick Mask Tool – powered by machine learning, the new AI Quick Mask tool can create high-quality masks with just a few strokes as guidance while understanding color, tone, and textures to identify boundaries and […]
Here is an updated list of registered but not yet officially announced cameras from Canon, Nikon, Olympus, Leica and Ricoh (see this post for an updated list of the latest rumors):
Recently announced cameras and lenses: Sony APS-C mirrorless camera – announced Fujinon GF 100-200mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR lens – announced Olympus E-M1X camera – announced Olympus MFT tele-zoom – announced Olympus special edition camera for their 100th anniversary – announced Here is an updated list of rumored/expected cameras that will be announced in the next few weeks: HD PENTAX-DA ★ 11-18mm f/2.8 […]
Here is the updated Olympus M.Zuiko MFT lens roadmap:
The latest recap on what else is new:
Here is an updated list of rumored/expected cameras that will be announced in the next few weeks: Sony APS-C mirrorless camera announced (the new a6400 is the previously registered WW715296) Fujinon GF 100-200mm f/5.6 R LM OIS WR lens announced Olympus E-M1X camera on January 24th Panasonic Lumix S1/S1R cameras in end of January or February Fuji X-T30 and Fuji FinePix XP140 in […]
Check out the upcoming B&H Depth of Field Conference that will take place on February 5th – 6th, 2019. Registration and live streaming are free (you still need to register):
BCN Ranking published their 2019 market share report for the different camera categories and Fuji is again nowhere to be seen (BCN Ranking collects real sales data from approximately 40% of the Japanese retailers):
