Photo Rumors

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000 superzoom camera to be announced in few hours

By PR admin | Published: June 11, 2014

In few hours Panasonic will announce a new Lumix DMC-FZ1000 superzoom camera with 24-400mm f/2.8-4 equivalent zoom lens and 1″ sensor. Here are the detailed specifications:

Posted in Panasonic| 15 Comments

Lytro Illum camera technical specifications released, Android based camera rumored for Fall

By PR admin | Published: June 10, 2014

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:

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The new Panasonic LX8 camera will have 4k video and $900 price tag

By PR admin | Published: June 8, 2014

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.

Posted in Panasonic| Tagged Panasonic LX8| 35 Comments

Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6 coming this summer?

By PR admin | Published: June 3, 2014

Amazon Germany has a listing for an upcoming Photoshop Lightroom 6 book that is going to be released on August 31, 2014:

Posted in Adobe| Tagged Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6, Lightroom CC, Photokina 2014| 44 Comments

Adobe Camera Raw 8.5 and DNG Converter 8.5 release candidates now available

By PR admin | Published: June 3, 2014

Adobe announced Camera Raw 8.5 and DNG Converter 8.5 release candidates. Here are the download links:

Additional information:

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PhaseOne introduces 40-80mm f/4.0-5.6 leaf shutter lens from Schneider Kreuznach

By PR admin | Published: June 2, 2014

Today Phase One announced a new 40-80mm f/4.0-5.6 leaf shutter lens from Schneider Kreuznach:

Posted in Phase One, Schneider Kreuznach| 25 Comments

Deal of the day: $800 off when you buy a pair of Zeiss Touit lenses for Fuji or Sony mount

By PR admin | Published: June 1, 2014

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.

Posted in Deals, Fuji, Sony, Zeiss| 34 Comments

What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 30, 2014

→ 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.

Posted in Lomography, Lytro, Nauticam, Sony| Tagged Lytro Illum| 13 Comments

What’s next in Adobe Creative Cloud to be announced on June 18

By PR admin | Published: May 28, 2014

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:

Posted in Adobe| Tagged Adobe Photoshop CC| 56 Comments

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