Venus Optics announced today that they are adding the Nikon Z and Canon RF variants to three of their popular lenses:
Lens specifications:
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.
Panasonic is going to sell their image sensor business (TowerJazz) to Taiwan's Nuvoton for $250 million:
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:
Skylum has three different offers for Black Friday:
Adobe is offering 40% off on all apps.
20% off all Exposure Software products.
More Black Friday deals can be found here
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