Photo Rumors

Lytro promising “breakthrough” products in 2014

By PR admin | Published: August 12, 2013

In interview with SFgate, Lytro’s CEO Jason Rosenthal promised a series of new “breakthrough” products in 2014:

“We’re working on what we think will be our Model S” (referring to the latest Tesla model that earned a nearly perfect score from Consumer Reports) “We have a packed product roadmap for next year, we’ll introduce multiple what I think are just breakthrough products. I’m super excited and the world will be as well.”

Lytro added several new features to their first light-field camera (priced $399-$499), but many (including myself) are not convinced that this is the camera of the future. Let’s see what they will announce in 2014.

Via The Verge

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Deal of the day: Adobe Lightroom $99 for limited time only

By PR admin | Published: August 11, 2013

Adorama has an exclusive deal where you can purchase the latest Adobe Lightroom 5 software (for Windows and Mac OS) for $99 (reg price $149.99). Use coupon code S987654321 during checkout.

Posted in Adobe, Deals| Tagged Adobe Lightroom 5| 5 Comments

What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: August 10, 2013

ReStyle is a new product from Topaz Labs. Here’s a quick look at a couple of the features:

Breakthrough Mapping Technology- Topaz ReStyle features cutting-edge technology that maps the color and tone statistics from a selected style to your image, in order to create high-quality transformations. Users can even create custom styles from their own images.
Over 1000 Styles/Presets- Topaz ReStyle allows you search these styles by overall style, individual colors, and keywords. For added convenience, styles are categorized by types of photography.

The new Topaz Labs ReStyle is currently offered at half price.

Harrods Olympus Pen Art Edition camera by Suzko comes with matching Vespa and photographic training session. The price? £16,000 (almost $25,000).

Canon could be looking into medium format cameras (just rumors at that point).

Posted in Canon, Olympus, Topaz Labs| 11 Comments

Another set of Olympus E-M1 specifications

By PR admin | Published: August 8, 2013

Here is another set of rumored Olympus E-M1 specifications:

New DSLR type grip
16MP sensor
81 AF target points
10 fps
Built-in Wi-Fi
Flash sync speed: 1/320s
ISO range: 200-25600
Shutter speed: 1/8000s-60s
3″ tiltable TFT LCD touch screen
EVF with 2,360,000 pixels
Micro Four Thirds mount only (not a hybrid mount)
Weight: 430g | 0.9Ib
Dimensions (WxHxD): 122mm × 68mm × 37mm | 4.8″ × 2.7″ × 1.5″

Posted in Olympus| Tagged Olympus E-M1| 52 Comments

New Leica C type 112 camera to be announced soon

By PR admin | Published: August 8, 2013

In case you are not reading LeicaRumors: a recent entry at the Taiwan National Communications Commission (NCC) reveals a new Leica C type 112 camera with built-in Wi-Fi capabilities. The official announcement will most likely be this fall (confirmed in this interview with Leica’s chairman).

Via Digicame-info

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New Olympus savings

By PR admin | Published: August 6, 2013

With the upcoming Olympus EM-1 camera, several new savings on the E-P5, E-M5 and M. Zuiko Digital lenses were introduced (those savings expire on Aug 17, 2013):

Olympus E-P5 PEN camera now $50 off + free shipping + 4% in rewards

Olympus OM-D E-M5 with 12-50mm lens now $150 off + free shipping + 4% in rewards

Olympus OM-D E-M5 with 14-420mm lens now $100 off + free shipping + 4% in rewards

Olympus OM-D E-M5 body only now $100 off + free shipping + 4% in rewards

Olympus M. Zuiko Digital lenses now $50 off + free shipping + 4% in rewards

Posted in Deals, Olympus| Tagged Olympus OM-D, Rebates| 3 Comments

The high-end Zeiss 1,4/55 lens scheduled to be released at the end of the year

By PR admin | Published: August 6, 2013

Zeiss published a blog post on the development process behind the 55mm f/1.4 lens which is specially designed for high resolution, full frame DSLR cameras (with resolution more than 30MP). The shipping should start at the end of 2013:

Posted in Zeiss| Tagged Carl Zeiss Distagon T* 55mm f/1.4 lens| 53 Comments

Tamron to announce a new 16-300mm lens by the end of the year

By PR admin | Published: August 6, 2013

Tamron is rumored to announce a new 16-300mm lens for APS-C based DSLR cameras by the end of the year. This is a logical step after Nikon announced their Nikkor AF-S 18-300mm f/3.5-5.6G DX last year. Tamron currently has a 18-270mm f/3.5-6.3 lens in their lineup.

Posted in Tamron| 16 Comments