Category Archives: Other

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all PhotoRumors readers! When I started this blog year and a half ago, my main goal was to be informed on the latest photo equipment outside of Nikon and Leica territories (I have separate sites for those). In terms of traffic growth, PhotoRumors is following closely the steps of NikonRumors for which I thank all of you […]

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The “Subjectiv” 65mm 4-in-1 lens kit

Photojojo is now selling the “Subjectiv” 4-in-1 lens kit available for both Nikon and Canon mounts. The kit contains five modules: pinhole, plastic, glass, zone plate, and aperture. The rest of the specs: Combine aperture module with plastic and glass modules to stop down exposures All lenses have a focal length of 65mm Pinhole: f/180, hole diameter […]

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New CMOSIS 12MP/300fps global shutter sensor

CMOSIS and TowerJazz announced a new 12MP CMV12000 sensor with a global shutter and a frame rate of 300 fps: “CMOSIS, a leading independent developer and supplier of high end CMOS image sensors for professional imaging applications, and TowerJazz, the global specialty foundry leader, today announced CMOSIS will add a new member to its CMV […]

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PhotoRumors is moving to a new server

If you can read this post, you have reached the new dedicated PhotoRumors.com server. I do not expect any interruptions during the transfer, since I will leave the old server online for few days until all ISP propagate the DNS changes and update their routers. I have prepared several new posts and will publish them online […]

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Cactus V4 wireless flash trigger replacement coming soon

Cactus (produced by Harvest-One) is expected to release a new version of their V4 wireless flash trigger by the end of the year (2010). The new version will not be compatible with the current Cactus V4 model. Cactus is basically a cheap alternative to PocketWizard. You can see a review of the current Cactus 4 flash […]

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NikonRumors.com is back online

NikonRumors.com is now online. It may take several hours until the server changes propagation is complete and all ISP have updated their routers. If you cannot access NikonRumors.com directly, try http://173.45.162.91. I am not going to discuss again the details of why NR went down, I did that already on Twitter and Facebook. NikonRumors now has […]

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NikonRumors is temporarily down

NikonRumors is temporarily down. I am moving to a new hosting company and a new server. I will be posting Nikon related updates (if any) here and on http://www.nikonrumors.net. You can also get NikonRumors updates on Twitter and Facebook.

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Nik HDR Efex Pro

The previous reported Nik HDR Efex Pro software is now official. You can see all details here. It will cost $159 and will be available on October 13th, 2010. Amazon is currently taking pre-orders. Full press release after the break:

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Testing white background on PhotoRumors.com (please vote)

This is a “sticky post” – I will leave it on top for few days to gather some feedback. Scroll down for the latest PhotoRumors updates. There is a poll embedded in this post – please vote: I will be testing white background on PhotoRumors this weekend. I still have to make some small adjustments. I would […]

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Sneak peek at Nik’s new HDR software

I mentioned that last week – here is the sneak peak video of the new HDR software from NIK: Nik Software HDR Tool Sneak Preview from minus kronor on Vimeo.

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