Photo Rumors

Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens now in stock and shipping

By PR admin | Published: November 24, 2015

The Sigma 20mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens for Nikon and Canon mounts is now in stock at B&H and Adorama.

Additional information on the lens can be found here.

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This Technical Farm lens flare adapter is all about light leaks

By PR admin | Published: November 23, 2015

At the 2015 Interbee show the Japanese company Technical Farm had on display a new “lens flare adapter” prototype that intentionally leaks light in order to create flare effects. Pricing and shipping dates were not announced. The flare adapter will be available in PL to E-mount, EF to E-mount and EF to EF versions. Additional information:

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Pre-Black Friday deals from Canon, Sony, Samsung, Fuji, Panasonic and Rokinon

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2015

Canon M3: $250 off
Canon M10: up to $170 off
Canon G7 X: $150 off
Canon G9 X: $80 off
Canon Rebel SL1 bundle: $400 off

Sony a7: $700 off
Sony a600 body only: $150 off
Sony a6000 two lens kit: $453.99 off
Sony FE 24-240mm f/3.5-6.3 OSS lens: $100 off
Sony Carl Zeiss 24mm f/1.8 lens: $100 off
See all Sony rebates

Samsung NX1 body: $402 off
Samsung NX1 lens kit: $602 off
See all Samsung rebates

Fuji X-Pro1 lens kit: $900 off
Fuji X-T1: $300 off
See all Fuji rebates

Panasonic G 25mm f/1.7 ASPH lens: $150 off
Panasonic GX8: $200 off
Panasonic G7 lens kit: $200 off
Panasonic GM5: $430 off
See all Panasonic rebates

See all Olympus rebates

Rokinon 12mm f/2.8 ED AS IF NCS UMC Fisheye lens (all mounts): $150 off

SanDisk memory cards sale

All Nikon deals

More Black Friday deals

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Black Friday deal alert: 85% off Macphun Creative Kit + extras

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2015

For Black Friday Macphun offers 85% off their Creative Kit 2016 – plus some extra bonuses: over $600 worth of software for $89.99. Here is what you will get:

Creative Kit 2016 – our latest and greatest bundle of 6 incredible photo apps for Mac photographers, perfect for correcting and enhancing all kinds of images ($384 if purchased separately)
“Shoot to Share” – over 3 hours of professional training, including all of the RAW files (value: $100)
Aurora HDR Gift Card – worth $10 on the purchase of our new Aurora HDR software, co-developed with Trey Ratcliff (value: $10)
ViewBug Premium Membership – the world’s best contest platform to show off your photos and win prizes (value: $84)
Watermark Plus – complete all-in-one app for making Watermarks for your photos; includes batch processing (value: $30)
Picture Collage Maker – app that helps create eye-catching photo collages (value: $30)
VeprIT Resize Sense – batch processing app for resizing, cropping, renaming images and more (value: $20)
Presets & Textures Pack – to use with Tonality CK and Intensify CK (value: $30)

This deal is valid from November 21st till December 1st. Additional information is available here.

More Black Friday deals can be found here.

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2015

→ New Rollei film available for sale in Japan: Superpan 200, Retro 80s and Retro 400s.

→ The new Aurora HDR software developed by Macphun and Trey Ratcliff is now available for download.

→ Canon commemorates production of 80 millionth EOS-series interchangeable-lens camera.

→ New Metz Mecablitz 44 AF-2 flash announced (replacement for the current AF-1 model).

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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).