→ The Topaz Simplify plugin is 30% off (reducing the price to $27.99) for the month of May with coupon code MAYSIMP. More info is available here.
→ Rocky Nook is running a 40% off all eBooks sales this week – use coupon code PHOTOMONTH at checkout.
→ May 31st is also your last chance to enter the Adobe Lightroom CC book giveaway.
Here are few other ongoing deals:
Lomography got a new Petzval 58mm Bokeh Control Art lens for various mounts – read all about it here.
The new Pentax K-3 II DSLR camera is now in stock at B&H. Additional information on the K-3 II can be found here.
Pentax also released a firmware update version 1.21 for the previous K-3 model.
Terry White published a sneak peek video on a new “Dehaze” feature that will come to Adobe Lightroom CC in the future: “The Dehaze tool helps you easily reduce or remove haze, common in many outdoor photos like landscapes“. Here is the video:
Last year I reported a rumor about GoPro working on a consumer drone with HD camera. Here are few updates on this story:
→ Pentax/Ricoh filed a patent for a new AF system where the AF points will cover a wide area of the frame. This is probably linked to one of the rumors that the new Pentax full frame DSLR camera will have a new “groundbreaking AF function“.
→ Tamron filed a patent for a 85mm f/1.8 VC designed for a full fame mirrorless camera. As Egami noted in their post, the patented lens design looks very similar to the new Zeiss Batis Sonnar 85mm f/1.8 lens. Few months ago Tamron and Sony filed a join patent for a 35mm f/2.8 full frame lens.
→ Olympus also filed a patent for a 2-layers RGBCMY sensor.
Here is a detailed specifications comparison between the new Fuji X-T10 and Fuji X-T1 mirrorless cameras:
The first rumors of a new Canon EOS Rebel SL2 DSLR camera surfaced online – the new model is described to be a smaller, more compact version of the 750D:
→ The Mitakon Zhongyi Speedmaster 85mm f/1.2 lens is now available for pre-order at B&H (additional information available here).
→ Rocky Nook is running a 40% off all eBooks sales this week – use coupon code PHOTOMONTH at checkout.
→ First look at the new Google photos app.
→ Toshiba announced new Exceria Protm SD memory cards for 4K video applications.
Zeiss recently published a Q&A session on their new full frame mirrorless Batis lenses (for now only for Sony FE mount) and confirmed that other focal lengths are coming in the future:
Q: Are additional focal lengths planned? If so, what are they?
A: Additional focal lengths will follow. Right now, we do not wish to publish any further details.
Here is another quote from their Facebook page :
Zeiss Touit lenses are currently up to $300 off on B&H and Adorama.
