Adobe Photoshop is now running on Chrome

By PR admin | Published: November 22, 2014

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Adobe Photoshop is now running on Chrome: Google and Adobe has been working on this project for two years:

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Deal of the day: spend $100 in camera gift cards at Amazon, get an additional $25

By PR admin | Published: November 21, 2014

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Amazon has a new deal on DSLR and compact system cameras: spend $100 in camera gift cards* and get an additional $25 to spend on qualifying digital cameras. You can read all the details here.

* The camera gift card can be used toward the purchase of any product(s) shipped and sold by Amazon.com.

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Fuji X100T and Samsung NX1 cameras are now in stock in the US

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2014

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The Fuji X100T is currently in stock at Amazon. The Samsung NX1 is in stock at Adorama.

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Black Friday deals on photo gear

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2014

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I already started collecting all of the current deals and rebates on photo gear for the upcoming holiday season (including Black Friday and Cyber Monday) into one place - there is now a new tab in the navigation called "Deals":

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Bookmark this page as I will be updating it in the next few weeks.

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Sony a7 II could start shipping worldwide in January 2015

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2014

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The new Sony a7 II is for now officially announced only in Japan and will start shipping on December 5th, 2014. The latest Sony mirrorless camera with with 5 axis in-body stabilization will most likely start shipping worldwide in January, 2015. The European price will be 1,800 EUR.

A new firmware for the Sony  A77 II camera will be released in December, 2014.

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Sony announced the development of two new Vario-Sonnar T* lenses: 24-70mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II and 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2014

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With the introduction of the 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II lens, Sony also announced the development of two new Vario-Sonnar T * models:

  • 24-70mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II
  • 16-35mm f/2.8 ZA SSM II

The new lenses will offer faster AF, better performance and will be dust and water proof. Shipping is expected to start in Spring of 2015.

Here is the updated Sony lens roadmap:

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Sony announced a new 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II lens (SAL70300G2)

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2014

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In addition to the a7 II camera, Sony announced also a new 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 G SSM II lens (SAL70300G2) with a minimum shooting distance of 1.2m and 4 times faster AF tracking performance compared to the current SAL70300G model. Shipping will start on February 28th, 2015. The Japanese price is 132,000 yen (around $1,100).

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Sample photos and lens MTF charts can be found here.

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New Fuji MCEX-11 and MCEX-16 macro extension tubes plus X cameras firmware updates announced

By PR admin | Published: November 20, 2014

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Fujifilm announced two new macro extension tubes: MCEX-11 and MCEX-16 (more information available here).

There are also new firmware updates for the X-E2, X-Pro1, X-E1 and X-T1, X-T1 graphite cameras.

Fuji also has a new HS-V5 for Windows tethered shooting software.

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