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2017 EISA photography awards

By PR admin | Published: August 15, 2017

Here are the 2017 EISA photography awards:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: August 13, 2017

This week’s recap from the rumors and addicts blogs:

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June CIPA report: still better than last year

By PR admin | Published: August 2, 2017

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their June report where the uptrend from previous months in the total shipment of interchangeable lens digital cameras continues (orange: 2017, black: 2016, blue: 2015, click for larger view):

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Light L16 camera full resolution images posted online

By PR admin | Published: July 31, 2017

The Light L16 camera is already shipping and the company recently published several full resolution images on their website: “The images are processed using Light’s proprietary software, Lumen, which is powered by Light’s proprietary Polar Fusion engine. The engine computationally fuse the many images captured by the L16 to create one high-quality image.”

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New: Rode VideoMic Pro Plus on-camera shotgun microphone

By PR admin | Published: July 25, 2017

Rode announced the pricing ($299) and expected shipping (mid-August) of their new VideoMic Pro Plus on-camera shotgun microphone (available for pre-order at B&H): Press release:

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Confirmed: Bowens is going out of business

By PR admin | Published: July 20, 2017

An update on my post from last week – it is now official: the lighting manufacturer Bowens is going out of business. In a statement today the parent company Aurelius Group confirmed the news:

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2018 and 2019 Photokina dates announced

By PR admin | Published: July 20, 2017

Until last year, Photokina (the biggest photo show in the world) was taking place every other year in September. Back in May, I reported that Photokina will start taking place annually starting from 2018. We now know the exact dates for the 2018 and 2019 Photokina shows:

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New Emil Busch Glaukar 3.1 portrait lens launched on Kickstarter

By PR admin | Published: July 18, 2017

Last week I reported about a new “Petzval-like” portrait from a German company. Today the Emil Busch Glaukar 3.1 is officially launched on Kickstarter: In 1910, Emil Busch introduced the Glaukar, a fully corrected photographic lens, which besides solving spherical aberration, corrected coma and astigmatism was a “usable” lens. Unlike Rudolph’s Protar, which did not […]

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Bowens going into liquidation?

By PR admin | Published: July 15, 2017

It seems that another brand is going under – Bowens, the manufacturer of photography and video accessories (mainly lighting), reportedly has now gone into liquidation:

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“Petzval-like” portrait lens to be announced next week by a new German company

By PR admin | Published: July 13, 2017

I received this partial image of a new portrait lens that will be officially announced next week. The lens does have some similarities with the Lomography Petzval lens, but I was told that it will be produced by a new German company. The lens body is styled after a vintage brass lens but is actually […]

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