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New Lensbaby 5.8mm f/3.5 circular fisheye lens announced

By PR admin | Published: April 10, 2014

Lensbaby announced a new 5.8mm circular fisheye lens available for Nikon and Canon mount:

Posted in Lensbaby | 16 Comments

The new Pentax 645z medium format camera will shoot 4k video, announcement on April 14th

By PR admin | Published: April 9, 2014

In addition to full HD (1920x1080 @ 60i and 30p in H.264), the upcoming Pentax 645z medium format camera will also have 4k video recording capabilities (3840 x 2160).

Posted in Pentax | Tagged Pentax 645z | 37 Comments

Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens: price and Zeiss Otus comparison

By PR admin | Published: April 9, 2014

Over the past few weeks we saw all kinds of speculations on the price of the new Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens. I received some reliable information that the Australian retail recommended price of the lens will be 1,099 AUD (around 1,030 USD). This low price is still hard to believe, given the positive test result/review and performance of the Sigma 35mm f/1.4 Art lens.

SLRgear has now also tested the Zeiss Otus lens and posted their findings here:

Posted in Sigma | Tagged Sigma 50mm f/1.4 DG HSM Art lens | 50 Comments

What else is new? (NAB 2014 edition)

By PR admin | Published: April 8, 2014

→ New cameras from Blackmagic: URSA - a new modular cinema camera with a swappable sensor (priced from $5,995) and a new 4k Studio Camera (price: $2,995.00).

→ Two new Tokina lenses from their Cinema ATX line: Tokina Cinema ATX 11-16mm T3.0 (price: $1,899.00) and Tokina Cinema ATX 16-28mm T3.0 (price: $4,499.00).

→ The new RED Scarlet Dragon camera can do 6K with 12 fps (price: $16,700.00).

Posted in Blackmagic, Canon, Fuji, JVC, Red, Sony, Tokina | Tagged 4k, NAB 2014 | 6 Comments

Adobe Lightroom for iPad, Camera Raw 8.4 and Lightroom 5.4 released

By PR admin | Published: April 8, 2014

Adobe officially announced the previously rumored Adobe Lightroom mobile version for iPad that lets you:

sync mobile edits, metadata and collection changes back to the Lightroom catalog on a Mac or Windows computer
automatically import images captured on an iPad and sync back to a Lightroom catalog on the desktop
work on images, even when your iPad is offline, for a truly portable experience
sync photos between Lightroom 5 and Lightroom mobile; synced photos can also be viewed from any Web browser

Adobe Lightroom for iPad is included in the Photoshop Photography Program ($9.99 per month) that also includes Lightroom 5, Photoshop CC and Behance. The iPad app will only be available trough a cloud subscription:

Adobe also released Camera Raw 8.4, DNG Converter 8.4 and Lightroom 5.4:

Adobe Lightroom 5.4 download link: Macintosh | Windows
Adobe DNG Converter 8.4 download link: Macintosh | Windows
More info on the Adobe Camera Raw 8.4

Here are few Adobe Lightroom for iPad how-to videos:

Posted in Adobe | Tagged Adobe Lightroom 5, Adobe Lightroom for iPad | 18 Comments

JVC Kenwood joins Micro Four Thirds

By PR admin | Published: April 7, 2014

Micro Four Thirds supporting companies

Today JVC Kenwood joined the Micro Four Thirds System Standard and promised to introduce an "exciting new line of advanced new Micro Four Thirds products" soon. The NAB they are expected to display a 4k camera prototype. Here is the full press release:

Posted in JVC | 17 Comments

Sony α7s 12MP full frame mirrorless camera announced

By PR admin | Published: April 6, 2014

Today Sony announced the previously rumored a7s full frame camera with a 12MP sensor, 4k video recording capabilities (on external media, like the new Atomos Shogun 4k recorder) and high ISO setting of 409,600. The a7s price is not yet announced.