→ 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).
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:
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:
Some Zeiss Loxia/Batis lens rumors:
Next week Olympus will release new firmware updates for the OM-D E-M1 und E-M5 Mark II cameras with the following improvements:
Sigma officially announced their 2015 Black Friday deals – up to $300 off selected lenses starting today, November 20 through Cyber Monday, November 30:
This is the first picture of the upcoming Leica X-U Typ 113 waterproof and shockproof camera. Here are the detailed specifications:
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).
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:
