Photo Rumors

Canon is suing gray market camera sellers

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2015

Ebay sellers like Get It Digital are known to have some of the lowest prices for Nikon and Canon gray market cameras and lenses. It seems that Canon USA is not happy with that and have filed lawsuits against several retailers to stop selling gray market gear in the US. Photographybay has a detailed report on those lawsuits:

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Alien Skin Exposure X: a new nondestructive editing solution

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2015

Few weeks ago Alien Skin announced a new non-destructive editing software called Exposure X that will not be using a catalog file. The official announcement will be by the end of the year.

Additional information:

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Some Zeiss Loxia/Batis lens rumors

By PR admin | Published: November 21, 2015

Some Zeiss Loxia/Batis lens rumors:

One new Loxia lens expected to be announced next year (2016), probably around/for Photokina (see current Loxia product line). Possible focal length: between 85mm-100mm, aperture: f/2.8 or f/2. One possibility is a re-design of the Zeiss 85mm f/2 Sonnar lens (already discontinued).
Don’t expect any ultra-wide Loxia lenses in the future – they are very hard to design. The Zeiss Loxia 21mm f/2.8 is probably as wide as they will go in that product line.
At least one, but maybe two new Batis lenses in 2016 to fill-up the “holes” in the current lineup (the Batis line currently has only two lenses: 85mm f/1.8 and 25mm f/2).

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New Olympus OM-D E-M1 and E-M5 II firmware updates to be released next week

By PR admin | Published: November 21, 2015

Next week Olympus will release new firmware updates for the OM-D E-M1 und E-M5 Mark II cameras with the following improvements:

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Another nail in the coffin: Samsung will stop selling cameras in the Netherlands

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2015

After Germany, Samsung will now also stop selling cameras in the Netherlands:

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Sigma announces Black Friday deals

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2015

Sigma officially announced their 2015 Black Friday deals – up to $300 off selected lenses starting today, November 20 through Cyber Monday, November 30:

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Leica to announce new waterproof and shockproof camera (Leica X-U Typ 113)

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2015

This is the first picture of the upcoming Leica X-U Typ 113 waterproof and shockproof camera. Here are the detailed specifications:

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New Sony a7 II and a7S II firmware updates released

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2015

Two new firmware updates from Sony:

→ Sony released firmware update for the a7S II camera to fix the sunspots issue (video examples of the issue can be seen here and here).

→ Sony released uncompressed 14-bit RAW firmware update 2.0 for the a7 II camera (see full press release).

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Panasonic Lumix “Post Focus” firmware update announced

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2015

Today Panasonic officially announced the previously rumored firmware update with Post Focus functionality for GX8, G7 and FZ300 cameras:

Available with the latest free firmware download*, Post Focus allows you to take a photo and then choose your focal point later. With Post Focus, you can shoot with confidence knowing that you can always change the focal point if your photo was out of focus.
*Post Focus will be available on DMC-GX8, DMC-G7 and DMC-FZ300 by updating the firmware to version 2.0. Customers can download the upgrade from 26th November (GMT/CET 1:00 a.m. on November 25) at the LUMIX Global Customer Support Site.

here are two new videos demonstrating the Panasonic Lumix Post Focus feature:

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