First leaked pictures of the upcoming Olympus E-M10 Mark III camera

By PR admin | Published: August 22, 2017



Rumors about a new Olympus E-M10 Mark III MFT camera have been circulating for a while and we now have the first leaked pictures – the new model will be available in black and silver and the price in Japan will be 87,480 yen including tax (around $800):

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Interview with Dr. Stefan Immes on the Opema Jena Biotar lenses

By PR admin | Published: August 22, 2017

Dr. Stefan Immes, who revived the Meyer Optik brand of German lenses three years ago, has launched a new lens company called Opema Jena, which for its first project is bringing back the Biotar 75/f1.5, a lens originally produced by Carl Zeiss. Oprema launched a Kickstarter campaign for the Biotar last week. We talked to Immes about how this new project came about:

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Sony announces the development of next-generation CineAlta 36x24mm full frame motion picture camera system

By PR admin | Published: August 22, 2017


Today Sony announced the development of their next-generation CineAlta 36x24mm full frame motion picture camera system. Here is the official press release :

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Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III camera to be announced soon

By PR admin | Published: August 22, 2017


A new Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III camera was registered with bluetooth.org:

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New Oprema Jena Biotar 58mm f/2 lens to be announced soon

By PR admin | Published: August 22, 2017


A new Oprema Jena Biotar 58 f/2 lens will be announced soon – see the teaser above. The lens is also already listed as a reward to the existing Biotar 75 Kickstarter project:

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Giveaway: one year of Adobe Creative Cloud Photography membership

By PR admin | Published: August 22, 2017

I have a new giveaway where you can win one year of free Adobe Creative Cloud Photography membership.

This giveaway is valid also for existing Adobe Creative Cloud members (Adobe will give you an extra year on top of your current subscription).

Here is how to win:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The winner will be announced on PhotoRumors.com in the first week of September.

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The latest Canon patents

By PR admin | Published: August 21, 2017


The latest Canon patents:


Canon variable curved sensor (sensor curvature is controlled by a vacuum pump) and a cinema-lock EF mount patents


Canon 135mm f/2 lens with apodization filter patent (2016-218444)



Canon 35mm f/1.8 full frame and APS-C lenses patent

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Interesting: Map Camera’s digital camera sales ranking for July 2017

By PR admin | Published: August 21, 2017


I have mentioned on several occasions in the past that retailer’s sales ranking do not represent any real trends or superiority of one brand over another. I still find the latest data coming from Japan worth sharing here – Map Camera released their digital camera sales ranking for the month of July 2017 – I am actually surprised that there are four Nikon cameras mentioned in the list and only one Fuji and one Canon:

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List of upcoming/rumored photo gear from Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Fuji and Leica

By PR admin | Published: August 20, 2017


Here is a list of some of the upcoming/rumored announcements from Nikon, Canon, Olympus, Fuji and Leica:

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This is the new Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f/1.2 PRO lens

By PR admin | Published: August 20, 2017


The first picture of the upcoming Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f/1.2 PRO lens leaked online. The new lens should be announced together with the rumored OM-D E-M10 III camera.

Olympus already has one 25mm f/1.2 PRO lens and is also expected to announce a third PRO lens: M.Zuiko Digital 45mm f/1.2 PRO.

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