Photo Rumors

Cyber Monday deals

By PR admin | Published: December 2, 2019

Cyber Monday deals (see all offers at Adorama, B&H and Amazon):

For the latest Cyber Monday deals, check this page or follow @PhotogDeals on Twitter and Facebook

Posted in Deals| Tagged Cyber Monday| 1 Comment

Olympus lens price increase coming in February 2020

By PR admin | Published: December 1, 2019

Olympus is going to increase the price of selected lenses on February 1, 2020:

The price increase is for Japan, but I believe it will spread to all markets. Olympus mentioned “raw material costs” as a reason for the price increase, but I think the real reason is the poor financial results in the past few years. I am not aware of another lens manufacturer increasing their lens prices because of “raw material costs”. Olympus gear is already expensive compared to other systems and I believe this price increase will further negatively impact the bottom line of the imaging division.

Posted in Olympus| Tagged Micro Four Thirds is dead, Olympus to close camera division, Olympus to exit camera market rumor, price increase| 41 Comments

Panasonic to sell their image sensor business TowerJazz: “Panasonic has turned its focus away from low-margin consumer electronics”

By PR admin | Published: December 1, 2019

Panasonic is going to sell their image sensor business (TowerJazz) to Taiwan’s Nuvoton for $250 million:

Posted in Panasonic| Tagged TowerJazz, TowerJazz Panasonic Semiconductor Company| 22 Comments

Photography Black Friday deals

By PR admin | Published: November 29, 2019

Photography Black Friday deals (see also Adorama, B&H and Amazon):

Posted in Deals| Tagged Black Friday| 1 Comment

Topaz Labs, Skylum, Adobe and Exposure Software Black Friday deals announced

By PR admin | Published: November 27, 2019

Topaz Labs, Skylum, Adobe and Exposure Software announced their Black Friday deals or their photo editing software packages:

Topaz Labs Black Friday bundle now 53% off:

Bundle includes the AI Suite (Adjust AI, DeNoise AI, Gigapixel AI, JPEG to RAW AI, Mask AI, and Sharpen AI) as well as Studio 2 for $299. If you own one or more of the Topaz AI Products or Topaz Studio 2, your bundle price will be even lower.

Skylum has three different offers for Black Friday:

Luminar 4 + 2 bonuses of your choice for $79
Luminar 4 + 5 bonuses of your choice for $99
Luminar 4 + all bonuses for $129

Adobe is offering 40% off on all apps.

20% off all Exposure Software products.

More Black Friday deals can be found here

Posted in Adobe, Deals, Exposure Software, Skylum, Topaz Labs| Tagged Serif Affinity Photo photo editing software, Skylum Luminar 4| 2 Comments

Updated Olympus M.Zuiko Digital lens roadmap released

By PR admin | Published: November 27, 2019

Olympus updated their M.Zuiko Digital lens roadmap:

Posted in Olympus| Tagged Olympus roadmap, Roadmaps| 34 Comments

Yes, the Fujifilm X-H1 camera has been discontinued for a while

By PR admin | Published: November 25, 2019

Several Fujifilm X-H1 camera configurations were already listed as discontinued back in April this year (see B&H listings, still in stock at Adorama). It appears that the X-H1 model had a really short lifespan (the X-H1 was announced in February last year) which probably explains why Fuji may decide to discontinue this product line altogether: Read More »

Posted in Fuji| Tagged Fuji X-H1 camera, Fuji X-H2, To be discontinued...| 8 Comments

New Sony holiday deals launched in the US

By PR admin | Published: November 24, 2019

Today Sony launched their holiday deals in the US – you can see the details at Adorama, B&H Photo and Amazon.

More Black Friday deals can be found here.

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: November 24, 2019

I will be traveling next week for Thanksgiving and will have limited Internet connectivity. Blog posts and email correspondence could be delayed. For the latest Black Friday deals, check this page or follow @PhotogDeals on Twitter and Facebook.

→ Samsung announced a new Samsung 43.7MP mobile image sensor with 0.7μm-pixel size (press release).

→ RED confirms the Komodo will have a 6K global shutter sensor and anamorphic lens support.