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By PR admin | Published: September 18, 2018

New Leitz Cine lenses announced

Novoflex adapters for Nikon Z mirrorless camera to be introduced in November

New Irix Dragonfly teaser

By PR admin | Published: September 17, 2018

Irix has a new teaser for a "Dragonfly" product that will be announced at Photokina - I guess this is the real surprise I reported about last month (and not the Irix EDGE filters system update). Here is the video teaser: Read More »

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TopazLabs A.I. Gigapixel 1.1 update released

By PR admin | Published: September 17, 2018

TopazLabs released A.I. Gigapixel 1.1 update (you can get a free trial). Here is what's new:

Expanded system compatibility with a CPU mode, which allows more users without a robust GPU to run A.I. Gigapixel on their machine.
6 new Artificial Intelligence models for different scaling (200%, 400%, 600%) across three settings for input image quality:
- None - For high-quality images without noise, results in much better detail retention
- Medium: Improved versions of the included enhancement models
- High: For images with lots of noise and artifacts, produces a smoother artifact free enlargement while retaining and enhancing perceived details in the image.
Resolved issue with not retaining DPI sometimes
Resolved sizing issue with size not passing through correctly sometimes
Bug fixes (see changelog)

TopazLabs A.I. Gigapixel intro videos:

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Irix EDGE filters system update

By PR admin | Published: September 17, 2018

An update on the Irix surprise I reported about two weeks ago - it seems that for Photokina, Irix will update their EDGE filters system:

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If you believe the Internet, Samsung is now also making sensors for Fuji/Pentax/Ricoh

By PR admin | Published: September 16, 2018

Samsung NX prototype mirrorless cameras

In addition to making full frame sensors for Panasonic (?) and coming back with their own new mirrorless camera (?), Samsung is apparently now also making APS-C sensors for... Fujifilm and also Ricoh/Pentax... The source? A random comment made by somebody on a forum. Then another forum referenced the first forum, then another website quoted two sources, then a desperate rumors website quoted 3 sources... and so on, you get the idea.

While there is some evidence that Samsung and Fujifilm/Pentax are/have worked together, I just would like to remind you of some of the fake/made up Samsung/Fuji rumors reported in the past few years: