Lytro revealed the technical specifications for their latest Illum camera ($1,499): CMOS sensor with 40 “megaray” resolution, 8x zoom, 1/4000 sec maximum shutter speed and a 30 – 250mm f/2 lens.
Lytro is also rumored to be working on a new Android based camera that will be released this Fall.
Here are the detailed Lytro Illum technical specifications:
Few weeks ago PhotoRumors broke the story about the upcoming LX8 model. The new camera will have 4k video recording capabilities and the US price will be $899. As previously reported, the LX8 will have a build-in EVF and a larger sensor. The official announcement should be on June 16th.
Amazon Germany has a listing for an upcoming Photoshop Lightroom 6 book that is going to be released on August 31, 2014:
Adobe announced Camera Raw 8.5 and DNG Converter 8.5 release candidates. Here are the download links:
Additional information:
Today Phase One announced a new 40-80mm f/4.0-5.6 leaf shutter lens from Schneider Kreuznach:
Update: B&H now has the lenses back in stock.
Starting today Zeiss is offering $800 off when you buy both the 32mm f/1.8 and 12mm f/2.8 Zeiss Touit lenses for Fujifilm X-mount or Sony E-mount. This is basically buy one, get one free deal. Adorama currently has the same offer. The individual lenses are also $200 off.
→ Lomography started a another Kickstarter project for a new instant camera.
→ Memory card sale: Lexar card sale at Adorama and new SanDisk savings at Adorama and B&H.
→ Canon EOS M camera removed form Canon USA website, still available for sale online.
→ Pentax K-30 firmware is being hacked. Read more about it here and here.
→ The Samsung NX300 camera has also been hacked.
→Lytro Illum camera hands on video.
Adobe is planning to announce “what’s next in Creative Cloud” on June 18th. The company has setup a new dedicated website where you can signed up to receive more information. This announcement could be related to the upcoming touch-based Photoshop CC version for tablets or maybe even the recent CC outage.
Photoshop CC + Lightroom 5 + Adobe Be + 20 GB of storage is still on sale for $9.99 per month:
Those are the latest Tamron patents filed in Japan:
Tamron 400mm f/6.7 VC reflex lens patent designed for 1″ sensor
Tamron 670mm f/6.7 reflex lens patent designed for APS-C sensor
Tamron 30mm f/2.8 VC macro lens patent designed for APS-C based mirrorless camera
Via Egami
