Photo Rumors

Panasonic Lumix G9 camera officially registered with Wi-Fi Alliance

By PR admin | Published: October 31, 2017

The upcoming Panasonic Lumix G9 camera is already officially registered at the Wi-Fi Alliance.

The rumored Panasonic G9 specs can be found here. Expect the official announcement in the next few weeks.

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It is a good idea to download the latest standalone versions of Lightroom now

By PR admin | Published: October 31, 2017

When Adobe released the latest Lightroom 6.13 last week, they indicated that there will be one more final standalone release that will be out by the end of the year.

At that point, it is probably a good idea to download a copy of the latest Lightroom standalone version from this page and keep it for your records as a backup because I am pretty sure that Adobe will remove the download from their website at some point. They have already been trying to “hide” the download link for a while now. The latest Lightroom Classic CC 7.0.1 also just automatically removes your local LR installation – see this page for more info on how to bring it back.

The current Adobe CC plan rates can be found here. You can get a free Lightroom CC trial on this page (no credit card required.).

If you haven’t realized it yet, the future belongs to the Cloud:

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The Reflex manual film SLR camera coming to Kickstarter on November 7th

By PR admin | Published: October 31, 2017

The Reflex manual film SLR camera I reported about a few weeks ago will be officially launched on Kickstarter on November 7th (the Kickstarter price will be £399):

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What’s next?

By PR admin | Published: October 31, 2017

Here is the updated list of all upcoming/rumored cameras and lenses – several of the rumored products could be announced at the Photo Plus show in NYC next week (October 26-28):

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Sony and Fuji announced financial results

By PR admin | Published: October 31, 2017

Fuji and Sony released their latest financial results – Fuji had strong photo-related sales in Europe and in the US with their Instax and GFX lines, while the only Sony division to lose money this quarter was Mobile:

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What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: October 31, 2017

Lexar will continue producing XQD memory cards and will fulfill B&H’s inventory in a few weeks

Big Leica announcement coming on November 22nd (new Leica CL mirrorless camera with EVF and L-mount?)

Steelsring Canon EF to Fujifilm GFX/C645-GFX Smart Adapter Frimware 1.2b/1.1b Update

SHOTEN LM – FX M (S) Silver, LM – FX M (B) Black released

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The latest Canon rumors

By PR admin | Published: October 31, 2017

Canon is rumored to announce three new PowerShot compact cameras for the 2018 CES show in January. One of them could be the already rumored G5 X Mark II. The second camera could be a new G3 X Mark II (replacement for the current PowerShot G3 X model).

Canon is also rumored to announce a new Cinema EOS C400 camera.

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Film news and updates

By PR admin | Published: October 30, 2017

After Fujifilm discontinued some more photographic film packages last week, the company launched the previously rumored Instax SHARE SP-3 smartphone-compatible printer capable of printing square format photos (see pricing and availability).

The new Instax Wide Monochrome film is now in stock.

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New Panasonic Lumix G9 camera to be announced by the end of the year

By PR admin | Published: October 29, 2017

I received some information that a new Panasonic LUMIX G9 camera is going to be announced by the end of this year:

It will have the same photo quality and photo functions like the GH5. It will not have the same video options. It will have a second display on the top like DSLR cameras. I don’t know whether the top display will be LCD or OLED. The new camera is rumored to cost around €1,200 (around $1,400).

Coincidentally, a new post appeared on Fredmiranda forum with a screenshot from a photographer’s Facebook post who claimed that he is testing the new Panasonic Lumix G9 camera (Ken Duncan is a Panasonic brand ambassador):

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The latest deals and rebates

By PR admin | Published: October 29, 2017

There are only a few hours left for the B&H PhotoPlus Expo specials (see the camera section & lens section – some may require promo code PPEBH17). The two deals shown above are: