Photo Rumors

What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: May 11, 2021

New Ricoh Theta Z1 51GB camera officially announced

Pentax Q mirrorless camera: “hope is almost completely gone, unless a miracle happens, it will never be revived”

Is the new Leica Vario-Elmarit-SL 24-70mm f/2.8 ASPH lens for L-mount produced by Sigma?

Rumors: Sharp to announce a new AQUOS R6 smartphone with Leica cameras

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There is no Panasonic GH6 coming soon, just an updated GH5 Mark II with the same old sensor UPDATED

By PR admin | Published: May 10, 2021

The previously rumored Panasonic GH6 camera will actually be an updated version of the current GH5 model (Panasonic LUMIX DC-GH5 Mark II) – this of course means that Panasonic will use the same old 20MP sensor:

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Crazy story: a few years ago somebody stole Samyang’s trade secrets and established a new lens company…

By PR admin | Published: May 9, 2021

This is an update on my blog post “Is Samyang behind the Irix lens brand?” based on a recent comment by a reader:

“In 2015, six employees of Samyang bribed into handing over secret information and production technic to a Polish man for 33 million dollars. The police said there were tens of thousands of confidential data stolen. Many interchangeable lens manufacturing drawings, new product development, customer and manufacturing factory information etc. These six employees were placed under arrest, but the Polish man who established a company named T…. has vanished from Korea.”

Here is a quote from a 2015 Korean news article on this topic (translated):

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DJI Mavic 3 Pro drone rumors

By PR admin | Published: May 9, 2021

Some fresh DJI Mavic 3 Pro drone rumors:

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New PIXII APS-C connected digital rangefinder camera with Leica M-mount on the horizon

By PR admin | Published: May 9, 2021

PIXII is working on a new version of their current APS-C connected digital rangefinder camera with Leica M-mount and one of the expected upgrades will be a new IP2 processor.

PIXII is also working on a new, wider ISO range: starting with a pulled ISO 80, from a new base sensitivity of ISO 160 and up to ISO 15,200 – this will be available soon as a free upgrade for current PIXII camera owners.

Via LeicaRumors

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Fujifilm X-Pro2 camera is (almost) discontinued

By PR admin | Published: May 8, 2021

It seems that the Fujifilm X-Pro2 camera, that was announced back in January 2016, (my favorite Fuji camera) is going to be discontinued soon – store listings are already out of stock, back-ordered, or “no longer available” at Adorama and B&H Photo (Amazon still has some limited stock):

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What else is new? (Fujifilm edition)

By PR admin | Published: May 8, 2021

The latest Fujifilm news from FujiAddict:

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What else is new? (Pentax K-3 Mark III edition)

By PR admin | Published: May 8, 2021

The latest Pentax K-3 Mark III news:

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Sony a7R V rumored specifications

By PR admin | Published: May 7, 2021

SonyAddict found some new/rumored Sony a7RV camera specifications online, but as DIYphotography pointed out – they are hard to believe:

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The Topaz Labs sale is ending tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: May 6, 2021

The $20 off discount on the latest Topaz Labs Gigapixel AI is ending tomorrow (see the new and updated Topaz Labs pricing). Additional information on the new version can be found here.