Adobe announced Camera Raw 8.5 and DNG Converter 8.5 release candidates. Here are the download links:
- Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 8.5 for CS6 Release Candidate
- Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 8.5 for CC Release Candidate
Additional information:
Adobe announced Camera Raw 8.5 and DNG Converter 8.5 release candidates. Here are the download links:
Additional information:

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:
Via Egami

In addition to the 24mm f/1.4, Sigma is also rumored to announce a new 85mm f/1.4 DG lens as a part of their Art series. With the success of the their 35mm and 50mm Art lenses, it should not be a surprise to anyone that Sigma will concentrate on that product line and the 24 and 85 focal lengths are the next logical step.



The Sony a77 II camera that was announced few weeks ago is now shipping in the EU – the first units already arrived at Foto Hans Keuzekamp in the Netherlands. The camera is expected to start shipping in the US on June 10th. Today DxOMark released their a7II test results – the overall score is better than the Pentax K-3 but not as good as the Nikon D7100:

I received few more pages from the Olympus PEN E-PL7 manual that leaked online few weeks ago. Two of the pages include a more detailed set of specifications from what I published few weeks ago: