→ 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.
Fujifilm will announce a new X-T10 camera in the next 1-2 weeks. Here are the detailed specifications:
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.
Starting May 1st Tamron and Tokina have new lens mail-in rebates (click on above screenshots to download the rebate forms):
Sigma also introduced new instant lens rebates:
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.
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.
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.
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:
→ The Sony a7 full frame mirrorless camera is now $998.
→ This massive NASA Jonel 100 2,540mm f/8 mirror lens just sold on eBay. More info is available here.
→ The new DJI Ronin M is now available for purchase – it weighs in at just 5 pounds (2.3kg) and it’s small enough to fit into a backpack, can support camera setups weighing up to 8 pounds (3.6kg).
→ New Delkin 256GB Elite UHS-I SDXC memory card (class 10/U3) announced.
→ New Datacolor Spyder 5 monitor calibration tools released (currently in stock at B&H).
→ GoPro bought a virtual reality company, maybe they are building a virtual reality camera?
→ Reuters: Canon Q1 profit drops as compact camera demand collapses.
