Panasonic to reduce their product lines to G, GX and GH

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If you are confused with the Panasonic camera naming conventions, you are probably not the only one:

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Panasonic is going to change all of that - the company is planning to kill the GM and GF lines and concentrate on the G, GX and GH lines by grouping future releases by "form factor":

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The latest deals on photo gear

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The latest deals on photo gear:

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Pictures of the upcoming Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR camera leaked online

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Northlight Images posted several blurry pictures of the upcoming Canon EOS 5D Mark IV DSLR camera. CanonRumors reports that the official announcement date could be August 25, 2016. A new Canon EF 24-105mm f/4L IS II lens could also be announced as a kit lens for the new 5D camera.

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Adobe Camera Raw 9.6.1 now available with support for the Fujifilm XT-2 camera

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Adobe released Camera Raw 9.6.1 with support for the Fuji X-T2 camera:

DNG Converter Links: Win | Mac

Here are the bugs fixed in this version:

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First Rokinon autofocus (AF) lens to be available next month

Rokinon autofocus (AF) AF 50mm f:1.4 full frame lens for Sony E-mount
A reader sent me this banner for the first Rokinon autofocus (AF) full frame lens that will be available in August: AF 50mm f/1.4 for Sony E-mount. The US price will be 699$. The Samyang version was announced back in May.

The Samyang/Rokinon AF lenses have been in development for a while - I reported the first rumors back in 2014.

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New Yasuhara Momo soft focus lens

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Yasuhara announced "MOMO" - a new soft focus lens for DSLR and mirrorless cameras:

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Phase One announced first Schneider Kreuznach zoom lenses with blue ring

Phase One announced first Schneider Kreuznach zoom lenses with blue ring
Phase One announced the first two Schneider Kreuznach medium format zoom lenses with blue ring (built to tighter tolerances):

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The latest lens patents from Tamron, Canon and Panasonic

The latest lens patent applications recently filed in Japan:

Tamron SP 60mm f:2.8 Di VC USD lens patent
→ Tamron SP 60mm f/2.8 Di VC USD lens

Tamron SP 100-400mm f:4.5-6.3 VC lens patent
→ Tamron SP 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 VC lens

Canon 15-75mm f:2-5.6 lens patent
→ Canon 15-75mm f/2-5.6 lens (APS-C)

Canon EF-M 16-50mm f:3.5-5.6 IS STM lens patent
→ Canon EF-M 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 IS STM lens (EF-M)

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