Category Archives: Other

From 2018 Photokina will start taking place annually

By PR admin | Published: May 23, 2017

Starting from 2018, the biggest photography show Photokina will start taking place annually:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 21, 2017

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

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Profoto B1X just announced

By PR admin | Published: May 15, 2017

Profoto just announced their new B1X off camera flash (additional information is available here). The Profoto B1X is currently in stock (free shipping). Additionally, all B1X orders are automatically entered in a $500 gift card giveaway from Adorama: Profoto B1X 500 AirTTL TO-Go monolight kit: $2095 Profoto B1X 500 AirTTL location kit $4148 Profoto TTL-S Air remote […]

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The latest CIPA report: camera shipments are up this year

By PR admin | Published: April 28, 2017

CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association in Japan) published their latest report with data from March 2017: in general, the numbers for the first three months of 2017 are better than 2015. For the Interchangeable Lens Digital Still Cameras category, the numbers are even better than 2016 (orange: 2017, black: 2016, blue: 2015 click for larger view):

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The Light L16 camera update (actually 16 cameras in one)

By PR admin | Published: April 15, 2017

The Light L16 project started back in 2015. The L16 camera consists of 16 multi-aperture computational cameras in one small compact package. The preliminary specifications can be found here. Here is the final design of the camera that is expected to start shipping to existing pre-orders in July (the camera will become available for purchase again in late-2017):

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New server and HTTPS for PhotoRumors

By PR admin | Published: April 11, 2017

In the past week I have been busy upgrading PhotoRumors to a new server at HostDuplex. The old server could no longer handle the increased traffic. You also probably already noticed that PhotoRumors is now a “secure” website (HTTPS) which is the industry’s standard. A lot of other changes were also introduced on the back end […]

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STC Optics announced the rumored 6-stop ND clip filter

By PR admin | Published: April 1, 2017

A few days ago I reported that STC Optics will introduce a new in-body ND filter. The STC ND64 IR-Cut clip filter is now officially announced. The price is $80.56, shipping will start in mid-April. Additional information:

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New: in-body clip-on ND filter and light pollution cut filter

By PR admin | Published: March 27, 2017

STC Optics, the company that makes the light pollution clip-on filter for DSLR cameras will soon also introduce a new in-body ND filter that will work on the same principle (clip-on filter directly on the sensor). This could be a cheaper solution for photographers who use ND filters frequently – you can use the clip-on filter with […]

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Camera production graph (1933-2016) compared to smartphones

By PR admin | Published: March 6, 2017

This graph will give you an idea of why smartphones are killing the camera industry (based on CIPA data):

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What else is new? (part 1)

By PR admin | Published: March 4, 2017

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

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