Photo Rumors

New Skylum Luminar Flex plugin announced

By PR admin | Published: April 3, 2019

Skylum announced a new Luminar Flex plugin that will add Luminar to all major photo editing tools available on the market today (Photoshop, Lightroom and Apple Photos):

Adobe Camera RAW and Lightroom 8.2.1 released with support for the new Panasonic S1/S1R and Canon RP full-frame mirrorless cameras

By PR admin | Published: April 3, 2019

Today Adobe released a new version of Camera RAW and Lightroom Classic version 8.2.1 (April 2019 release) with added support for the following cameras:

Canon EOS RP
Panasonic LUMIX DC-FZ1000M2 (DC-FZ10002)
Panasonic LUMIX DC-S1
Panasonic LUMIX DC-S1R
Panasonic LUMIX DC-ZS80 (DC-TZ95, DC-TZ96, DC-TZ97)

The latest Adobe CC subscription plan rates can be found here (see also this page). You can get a free Lightroom CC trial on this page (no credit card required). More information on the different Lightroom versions is available here and here. The different Adobe Creative Cloud options are described here.

Posted in Adobe, Canon, Panasonic | Tagged Canon EOS RP, Panasonic S1 full-frame mirrorless camera, Panasonic S1R full-frame mirrorless camera | Leave a comment

Sharp joins Micro Four Thirds before the official announcement of their 8k camera

By PR admin | Published: April 3, 2019

Today Sharp officially joined Micro Four Thirds which means the official announcement of the Sharp Micro Four Thirds 8k camera is coming soon (the camera was rumored to be announced at the 2019 NAB show). Here is what we know so far about the new Sharp 8k camera:

8k at 30 fps in H.265 codec (Sharp is working on 60 fps)
Price under $5,000 (update: priced between $2,800 - $3,700)
No sensor info besides Micro Four Thirds format
5" inch touchscreen display (swivel)
1 SD card slot
On sensor stabilization
Ultra-compact BMC design
Looks like the Blackmagic Pocket camera
Not officially announced yet (a prototype was shown at CES)
The official announcement is expected at the 2019 NAB show
The camera will be released this summer
Foxconn and Sharp were considering to invest in RED to develop an affordable 8K camera

Press release:

Posted in Sharp | Tagged 8k video, Sharp Micro Four Thirds 8k camera | 13 Comments

Sigma L-mount mirrorless lenses pricing

By PR admin | Published: April 3, 2019

There is a report about the pricing of upcoming Sigma L-mount mirrorless lenses that were officially announced in February (check Adorama and B&H) - the official announcement should be this week: