New Olympus savings and trade-in options in the US



Olympus introduced new save and trade-in options in the US - see the details at Adorama and B&H Photo:

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Photo Plus manger: “Sony has not committed to a booth presence on the show floor”


A week ago I reported that Sony will not be part of the 2019 Photo Plus show. A few days after my report, a Sony spokesperson told PetaPixel that they will actually be going to the Expo. A reader contacted the Photo Plus office and the response he got yesterday was: "Sony has not committed to a booth presence on the show floor" (click image for bigger view):

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Sony interview: if 1% of smartphone photographers got interested in mirrorless, it would double the market


Newswitch published a new interview with Yasuyuki Nagata (Senior General Manager Sony Imaging Products & Solutions) - here is the recap from SonyAddict:

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Rumors: Canon to announce a new EOS Ra full-frame mirrorless camera for astrophotography *UPDATED*

Canon is rumored to announce a new EOS Ra astrophotography full-frame mirrorless camera: reportedly a listing for a new “Canon EOS Ra” model has appeared on an internal Canon roadmap for 2020.

Canon already had two astrophotography cameras in the past: the EOS 20Da and the EOS 60Da.

Update - CanonNews spotted a leaflet about the rumored EOS Ra model:


Via CanonRumors

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Profoto C1 and C1 Plus smartphone studio lights officially announced



The previously rumored Profoto C1 and C1 Plus smartphone studio lights are now officially announced - see the details here and here:

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What else is new?

The new Lexar, ProGrade and SanDisk CFexpress memory cards are now all available for pre-order

New: Novoflex automatic reverse adapter for Nikon Z (NIKZ-RETRO)

Officially announced: Leica M Monochrom “Signature” limited edition camera by Andy Summers

Leica’s CEO: Leica will build a center for Computational Imaging in Silicon Valley

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Nikon, Leica and Olympus will not be part of Photokina 2020


Nikon, Leica and Olympus will not take part in the next 2020 Photokina show in Germany (translation):

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Coming to Luminar 4: new AI skin and portrait enhancers



After the AI Sky Replacement and AI Structure, Skylum announced today another feature from the upcoming Luminar 4 - new AI skin and portrait enhancers.

Additional information on the new features (Luminar 4 pricing can be found here):

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