Photo Rumors

Coming soon: Light Lens Lab Cooke Speed Panchro 50mm f/2 SP2 lens for Leica M/LTM, Canon EF, and PL mounts

By PR admin | Published: May 13, 2022

The Chinese company Light Lens Lab will soon release a new Cooke Speed Panchro 50mm f/2 SP2 lens for Leica M-mount – a recreation of the original Cooke Speed Panchro from the 1920s but with improved full-frame sensor coverage (originally was Super 35) and improved coatings. Price is still TBA, but it will be lower than the LLL ELCAN lens since no lead/lanthanide is needed for the production of the elements. The lens will come in several different versions:

Cinema housing in LTM/M and M mount
Rigid Summicron versions in LTM/M and M mount
Collapsible Summicron V1 versions in LTM/M and M mount
EF mount for Canon Movie shooters
Optical block/Full-fledged cinema housing and in PL mount

Update: PopFlash is now the official distributor of LLL (Light Lens Lab) lenses in the US – check out the LLL lenses listed at their eBay store.

A few videos of the new lens can be found on the PhotoRumors Instagram account:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 13, 2022

You can make a pinhole camera from this Leica M3 tin

New Leitz Phone 2/Leitz LUX smartphone coming soon?

Leica’s new SL2-S firmware update introduces 12-bit RAW video output and brings multiple improvements to the SL-System

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More info on the upcoming Venus Optics Laowa FF II 90mm f/2.8 CA-Dreamer 2X lens (for Sony E, Canon RF, Nikon Z, and Leica L mounts)

By PR admin | Published: May 13, 2022

Some additional pictures and specifications for the upcoming Laowa FF II 90mm f/2.8 CA-Dreamer 2X lens from Venus Optics:

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Coming soon from Venus Optics: Laowa 90mm f/2.8 macro and Laowa Nanomorph 1.5X anamorphic lenses

By PR admin | Published: May 12, 2022

Venus Optics will launch several new lenses in the next 2 weeks:

Laowa FF II 90mm f/2.8 CA-Dreamer 2X lens to be announced on May 23rd.

Laowa NANOMORPH 27, 35, and 50mm 1.5X anamorphic cinema lenses will launch on Indiegogo on May 17th:

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The latest Adobe releases

By PR admin | Published: May 11, 2022

The latest Adobe releases are out:

Adobe Photoshop May release (list of all new features introduced)
New features added to Photoshop for iPad (content aware fill, background removal)

The latest Adobe CC subscription plan rates can be found here (see also this page). A free Lightroom CC trial is available on this page (no credit card required). More information on the different Lightroom versions is available here and here. The different Adobe Creative Cloud options are described here.

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Fujifilm, Sony, and Panasonic latest financial results are out

By PR admin | Published: May 11, 2022

Fujifilm, Sony, and Panasonic released their latest financial results:

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Also coming soon: black TTartisan 28mm f/5.6 lens for Leica M-mount

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2022

In addition to the previously reported brass version, the Chinese company TTartisan will also release a new 28mm f/5.6 plain black version of their lens for Leica M-mount (currently the lens is available only in silver). Here are some more pictures of the new lens:

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Canon EOS R7 and R10 cameras, RF-S 18-45mm and 18-150mm lenses to be announced on May 24, 2022 (all APS-C)

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2022

Canon is rumored to have a big APS-C mirrorless announcement on May 24, 2022 – this is probably also the end of the EOS M line. Here is the full list of new products: