At the end of April 2021 Canon will announce three new telephoto RF lenses (previously reported here):
Canon also has a new unreleased speedlight DS401243 that was registered in Russia:
For almost a decade Olympus has been making official statements that they will not make a full-frame camera (see this post, this post, and this post). Back in 2018 Olympus was invited to join the L-mount Alliance and they refused. A recent Sigma presentation indicated that a new member may join the L-mount Alliance in the near future. Of course, some clickbait websites immediately made up “rumors” that OM Digital will join the L-mount Alliance, which of course is far from the truth.
Tomorrow, April 3rd, is a Four Thirds Day and OM Digital had a special live stream with Panasonic on YouTube where they confirmed again they will not be making a full-frame camera:
Fujifilm rumored to announces a new GFX 645 disposable camera.
Venus Optics is coming with a new super-wide 4mm f/1 FF RL “Zero-Distortion” fool frame lens – see the details at the official online store.
Yongnuo is coming with a specially designed lens rice cooker – pre-orders are now open at Adorama, Amazon, and B&H.
Sigma is coming with a dp mirrorless phone solution.
Leica rumored to reissue “The Decisive Moment” (The Decisive Moment Remastered?)
Nikon demonstrations planned for 2021.
Vanguard announced the launch of the new VEO Cincopod tripod.
After the Kodak One cryptocurrency didn’t go as expected and the $765 million government loan was put on hold, Kodak is rumored to be looking for new sources of executive bonuses by “going back to its roots“, changing its iconic logo, and jumping into the mirrorless market with a new camera system. Kodak’s CEO was reportedly making comments to senior executives: “if Sony can do it, anyone can do it” referring to the recent unexplained Sony market share gain in some of the stores in Japan. Stay tuned for more details!
The Pentax K-3 Mark III DSLR camera is now officially announced – the detailed coverage can be found here. Here are the Реntах К-3 Маrk ІІІ camera kеу fеаturеѕ:
Topaz Labs released Sharpen AI version 3.0 with faster AI Engine and model improvements for large blur. Starting today through April 9, Sharpen AI is on sale for $59.99 ($20 off).
The old Topaz Utility Bundle has been renamed to Image Quality Bundle and is also on sale for $199.99 – more than $150 in savings. The new Image Quality Bundle includes Sharpen, Gigapixel, DeNoise, and JPEGtoRAW:
You can use coupon code SHARPEN15 for an additional 15% discount on all Topaz products (good through April 9).
Adobe is now offering a new Design Mobile Bundle for iPad (available directly from the App Store) that includes Photoshop, Illustrator, Fresco, Spark Post, Creative Cloud app, Adobe Fonts, Behance, Portfolio, and 100 GB storage. The price is $14.99 per month or $149.99 per year (this is a 50% savings if subscribed to the individual products).
Get 15% off on the new Capture One Nordic Style Kit (more info available here).
Get 20% off on all ON1 products with code NIKONRUMORS.
Get $10 off Skylum Luminar with code PHOTORUMORS (more info on the latest Luminar AI update 2 is available here).
