Olympus E-PL6, E-P5 and VF-4 detailed specifications leaked

By PR admin | Published: May 8, 2013

Olympus-PEN-E-P5-camera

The detailed specifications for the Olympus E-PL6 and E-P5 cameras and the new VF-4 electronic viewfinder have leaked:

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Adobe announces Photoshop CC, available only with monthly subscription

By PR admin | Published: May 6, 2013

Adobe-Photoshop-CC

The Photoshop CS6 will be replaced by the cloud based Photoshop CC, Adobe announced today. You will no longer be able to purchase a CD or download a copy of the photo editing software. Future version will be available only trough the Creative Cloud with a monthly subscription. The different plans and pricing can be found here. The new Photoshop CC will have several new and unique features:

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Rumors: Sony RX200 coming in June with a built-in pop-up viewfinder?

By PR admin | Published: May 5, 2013
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Sony RX100

Rumors posted on xitek.com point to a new Sony RX200 compact camera that will be announced in the first week of June, 2013 as a replacement of the very popular RX100 model. The RX200 will have an improved 28-140mm f/1.4-2.2 lens (compared to the current 29-105mm f/1.8-4.9) and an unique built-in pop-up viewfinder (similar to the pop-up flash). Definitely an interesting development if true.

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 5, 2013

Tamron-lens-rebates

New up to $50 rebates on Tamron super zoom lenses.

Soloshot is a new autonomous tracking camera mount giving photographers and videographers an unique advantage of tracking subjects.

compound-eye-camera

This camera developed by scientists has 180 separate imaging elements and sees the world like an insect.

Nokia-mobile-array-camera

Nokia is investing in mobile array cameras that can achieve effects similar to the Lytro light field camera: "The technology uses multiple lenses that are relatively tiny in terms of how much space they take up in a mobile device, but which work together to capture an image of the same quality as a much larger camera". There is now also an iPhone app that promises to achieve selective focus.

Panasonic patent for removing shadows from flash

Panasonic filed a patent (2013-78112) for removing the shadow of an object caused by a flashlight with image processing.

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Full list of Olympus products that will be announced next week

By PR admin | Published: May 4, 2013

Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 75mm f1.8 lens
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f1.8 lens

In addition to the PEN E-P5 camera, Olympus will also announce the following new products next week:

Via Digicame-info

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Zeiss Touit lenses for Sony NEX and Fujifilm X mounts now available for pre-order

By PR admin | Published: May 2, 2013

Zeiss NEX XF mirrorless system camera lenses

The new Zeiss Touit lenses are now available for pre-order:

Fujifilm X mount

Sony NEX mount

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Adobe working on iOS Lightroom app with RAW support

By PR admin | Published: May 2, 2013

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Adobe is working on a Lightroom app for iOS devices with RAW file support for editing images. The app is still under development, but here is a quick demo from the The Grid with Scott Kelby:

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Sigma 60mm f/2.8 DN lens pricing and availability announced

By PR admin | Published: May 2, 2013

SIGMA-60mm-F2.8-DN-lens

Sigma announced the US pricing and availability for their new 60mm F2.8 DN lens for mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras - shipping will start in mid-May for the street price of $239:

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Top 10 PhotoRumors posts for April 2013

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2013

Ricoh-GR-image-quality-comparison Sigma-18-35mm-f1.8-DC-HSM-lens-3 Panasonic Lumix GF6 camera screen
Fuji X100s Sigma-Photo-logo Adobe-Lightroom-5
Ricoh-GR-compact-camera Ricoh-GR-camera-(3) Adobe-Lightroom-5

Those are the top 10 PhotoRumors posts for April 2013:

  1. Ricoh GR image quality comparison with Fuji X-Pro1, Canon G1x/G15, Sony RX100 and Nikon Coolpix A
  2. Sigma 18-35mm f/1.8 DC HSM lens leaked? *UPDATED*
  3. First images of the upcoming Panasonic Lumix GF6 camera
  4. Fuji X100 vs. X100s: list of all 69 improvements
  5. Sigma rumored to announce 135mm f/1.8 DG OS Art lens
  6. Adobe Lightroom 5 Beta now available for download
  7. Specifications of the new Ricoh Digital GR camera
  8. The new Ricoh Digital GR camera to be announced next week (additional specifications available)
  9. Adobe Lightroom 5 public beta coming soon with some new features
  10. This is the Ricoh GR
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Pentax increases lens prices, reduces camera prices, introduces new instant savings

By PR admin | Published: May 1, 2013
Lens
Old Price
New Price
Increase
DA 14mm f/2.8 $710 $950 $240
FA 35mm f/2 $400 $600 $200
FA 43mm f/1.9 Limited $585 $750 $165
D FA 50mm f/2.8 Macro $450 $600 $150
FA 50mm f/1.4 $360 $450 $90
FA 77mm f/1.8 Limited $800 $1050 $250
DA 10-17mm f/3.5-4.5 $530 $650 $120
DA 12-24mm f/4 $730 $900 $170
DA 17-70mm f/4 $490 $600 $110
DA 55-300mm f/4-5.8 $370 $400 $30

PentaxForums reports about another Pentax lens price increase. It seems that the new prices are already in effect at Adorama, Amazon and B&H will probably update them in the next few hours. Pentax already had price hikes in 2012 and back in 2009.

At the same time Pentax US introduced new instant rebates on those lenses (when purchased with Pentax DSLR):

Pentax US also reduced the price of those cameras:

Here is the full press release:

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