Adobe is currently offering $20 off the full version of Lightroom 5.
Currently Adobe also offer 50% savings on Creative Cloud single-app (offer ends August 31st).
Adobe is currently offering $20 off the full version of Lightroom 5.
Currently Adobe also offer 50% savings on Creative Cloud single-app (offer ends August 31st).
Last year I reported that Samsung will release a new version of their 30mm f/2 NX pancake lens with i-Fn functionality. A German retailer now has the new lens listed on their website with a price of 299 EUR (around 400 USD). Expect the official announcement in the next few weeks. The current 30mm f/2.0 lens is listed as backordered at some retailers and currently has a $100 instant rebate - clear indications that a replacement is imminent.
For photographers and videographers looking to add versatility and range to their lens collection, the new EF-S 55–250mm f/4–5.6 IS STM telephoto zoom lens is a dream come true. Compact and lightweight with Optical Image Stabilizer for up to 3.5* equivalent stops of shake correction, it extends the camera’s reach significantly, capturing sharp images of far away objects, even when handheld. It features Canon’s amazing STM stepping motor and a newly designed high-speed CPU, rear focus mechanism and improved AF algorithm for high-speed performance, supporting Canon’s Movie Servo AF for smooth, quiet and continuous focus adjustments. The EF-S 55–250mm f/4–5.6 IS STM lens features one UD lens element that reduces chromatic aberration, helping to achieve excellent image quality with high resolution and contrast. The front element does not rotate, ensuring easy compatibility with accessories like polarizing filters, and full-time manual focus is available even while in AF mode. Enhanced coatings on the lens elements deliver excellent color balance and minimize ghosting and flare, and a 7-blade circular aperture delivers beautiful, soft backgrounds. The EF-S 55–250mm f/4–5.6 IS STM lens has a compact design thanks to a new six-group zoom system that provides a maximum magnification of 0.29x at the telephoto end and a minimum focusing distance of 2.79 ft./0.85m throughout the zoom range.
* Based on CIPA (Camera & Imaging Products Association) standards. Testing performed using the EOS 7D digital SLR camera at a focal length of 250mm (400mm in 35mm equivalence).
Specifications | |
Focal Length & Maximum Aperture | 55–250mm 1:4–5.6 |
Lens Construction | 15 elements in 12 groups |
Diagonal Angle of View | 27°50' – 6°15' |
Focus Adjustment | Rear focus system |
Closest Focusing Distance | 2.79 ft. / 0.85m |
Filter Size | 58mm diameter |
Max Diameter x Length, Weight | 2.8 x 4.4 inches, approx. 13.2 oz./ 70.0 x 111.2mm, approx. 375g |
MTF charts:
With performance and creative expression approaching that of an SLR camera, the new PowerShot G16 camera makes unlimited imaging not just portable, but now wireless, too! Built-in Wi-Fi® offers easy set-up and powerful capabilities: upload stills and video to Facebook®, Twitter®, YouTube™ and Flickr®; send to email; share to tablets and smartphones; print wirelessly; and transfer to PCs. You’ll be eager to share the spectacular images you create with the 12.1 Megapixel High-Sensitivity CMOS Sensor and DIGIC 6 Image Processor. Together they create the Canon HS SYSTEM for significantly improved resolution in an expanded ISO range of 80–12800. Stunning 1080p/60p Full HD video is possible thanks to the DIGIC 6 Image Processor: vividly realistic and incredibly smooth. A 5x Optical Zoom offers excellent shooting versatility, and the bright f/1.8 lens performs brilliantly in low light. Continuous shooting with full resolution has been boosted up to EOS-caliber speeds, and High Speed AF puts images in focus almost the moment the camera is aimed, so you can freeze that perfect shot. Intelligent IS counteracts camera shake for clear shots in any situation. Shoot HDR photos without a tripod, and add dynamic new finishing effects. You can also capture breathtaking images of the nighttime sky with new star shooting modes. Enjoy pro-like advantages such as Multi aspect RAW, which lets you take control over the editing process, and compatibility with Canon Speedlite flashes and a variety of EOS System accessories ensures you a world of photographic discovery.
Canon PowerShot G16 features:
# One-time registration is required on CANON iMAGE GATEWAY online photo album.
* Compatible with iOS version 6.0/6.1 or later and Android devices version 2.3/4.0/4.1/4.2 or later. Data charges may apply.
** This software enables you to upload images to social network sites. Before uploading images, please be aware that image files may contain privacy related information such as people and places. If necessary, please delete such information. Canon does not obtain, collect or use such images or any information included in such images through this software.
*** The first six shots are shot at a rate of 12.2 fps. From the sixth shot onward, it becomes approximately 9.3 fps. The PowerShot G16 can continuously shoot up to 522 shots at approximately 9.3 fps when using an SDHC/SDXC UHS-I card based on Canon’s standard test method.
Canon PowerShot G16 sample images:
The rest of the new PowerShots cameras:
Canon is planning to announce the following compact cameras, including a new PowerShot G16 model (specifications):
Canon PowerShot S120 specifications:
Sony will announce the following new products by the end of the month:
Via Digicame-info
Tokina filed a patent for a 70-200mm f/4 full frame lens. This is most likely the AT-X 70-200mm f/4 PRO FX VCM-S lens that was displayed during the 2013 Photokina show but was never officially released.
Olympus filed patents for two M.Zuiko macro lenses for Micro Four Thirds: 70mm f/2.8 (left) and 100mm f/4.5 (right).
Olympus also filed patents for 15mm f/2, 17mm f/1.8 and 17mm f/2.8 pancake lenses.
This is the first leaked image of the entry level Fuji X-A1 camera that will be announced in the next few weeks. The new model will not have a X-Trans APS-C sensor and it will be sold at major retail stores at a low price. On the outside, the X-A1 looks identical to the X-M1.
The Sigma 35mm f/1.4 DG HSM A1 ART lens is currently $120 off on eBay with free shipping (via 47th. Street Photo). The regular price of the lens is $899 and this is a new, not a refurbished product. Canon version is also available for the same price.
Sigma recently announced 4 years warranty on all of their products.
Update: they changed the price back to normal (cheap eBay trick).