Photo Rumors

Another picture from a Sony ILCE-7RM2 camera appeared on flickr

By PR admin | Published: May 6, 2015

Another picture from a Sony ILCE-7RM2 camera appeared on flickr. The maximum resolution is 9440 x 6300. Last week a picture with a similar resolution was publish by Zeiss. Those images could be upscaled, but as you can see from the screenshot above, somebody was able to find the following string in the jpg file:

Posted in Sony| Tagged Sony 7RM2| 22 Comments

What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 5, 2015

→ Adorama now sells Kipon Adapters.

→ Jury orders Motorola to pay $10M for Fujifilm patent claims.

→ Metz: “future is assured” (the company filed for insolvency last year).

→ The new Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM Art lens is rumored to start shipping by the end of this month.

→ Leica now offers 12% off on almost all of their products.

Posted in Fuji, Kipon, Metz, Sigma, Sony| Tagged Sigma 24-105mm f/4 DG OS HSM lens| 17 Comments

Fuji X-T10 camera to be announced soon, detailed specs leaked online

By PR admin | Published: May 5, 2015

Fujifilm will announce a new X-T10 camera in the next 1-2 weeks. Here are the detailed specifications:

Posted in Fuji| Tagged Fuji X-T10| 35 Comments

How to convert Adobe Lightroom CC trial to Lightroom 6

By PR admin | Published: May 4, 2015

Adobe published an article on how to convert Adobe Lightroom CC trial to Lightroom 6. All Lightroom trials come with a CC license, so you will need to complete those steps if you want to switch to a standalone version of LR.

If you still want to go with CC, B&H currently offers $20 off for a full year of the Adobe CC subscription that includes Photoshop CC and Lightroom CC – just use coupon code BHOPTIC15 during checkout:

Check out also the latest Adobe Lightroom CC book giveaway.

Posted in Adobe| Tagged Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6, Lightroom CC| 3 Comments

New Tamron, Tokina and Sigma lens rebates

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2015

Starting May 1st Tamron and Tokina have new lens mail-in rebates (click on above screenshots to download the rebate forms):

Tamron 16-300mm f/3.5-6.3 lens: $100 off
Tamron 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3: $100 off
Tamron 24-70mm f/2.8: $100 off
Tamron 70-200mm f/2.8: $100 off
Tamron 70-300mm f/4-5.6: $100 off
Tokina 16-28mm f/2.8: $40 off
Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8: $30 off

Sigma also introduced new instant lens rebates:

Posted in Deals, Tamron, Tokina| 1 Comment

New patents: Canon 35mm f/1.4 and Sony FE 55mm f/1.8 lenses

By PR admin | Published: April 30, 2015

Two new patents from Canon and Sony:

→ New Canon 35mm f/1.4 lens patent was filed in Japan.

→ Sony filed a patent for a FE 55mm f/1.8 full frame mirrorless lens.

Posted in Canon, Sony| Tagged Patents| 12 Comments

Leica Camera announced a new M Monochrom (Typ 246) digital rangefinder

By PR admin | Published: April 30, 2015

Today Leica Camera announced a new M Monochrom (Typ 246) digital rangefinder with a 24MP black and white CMOS sensor. Get all the details at LeicaRumors.com.

Posted in Leica| 3 Comments

Fire sale: the Hasselblad Lunar mirrorless camera is now $5,500 off

By PR admin | Published: April 29, 2015

The Hasselblad Lunar mirrorless camera is now $5,500 off, or $1,495.00 at B&H:

The Hasselblad Lunar (limited edition) was voted the worst camera of 2014. The Lunar is based on the Sony NEX-7 model that currently sells for $498. More Lunar coverage is available here.

Posted in Deals, Hasselblad| Tagged Lunar| 19 Comments

Pictures from a 56MP Sony camera appear on Flickr

By PR admin | Published: April 29, 2015

Carl Zeiss uploaded few sample images from their new Batis lenses and some of them are taken with an unknown 56MP Sony camera – the pixel size is 8910×6300 (see also this link). Here is the actual image:

Posted in Sony, Zeiss| Tagged Sony 7RM2| 26 Comments

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