There were rumors floating online few month ago about a new M mount camera with CCD sensor by an unknown manufacturer. Prosophos.com just published a few new sketches of this mystery camera:
There were some reports last year about Voigtlander considering to start a new line of digital cameras.
Via LeicaRumors.com
Rocky Nook is now offering 40% off all books (paperback, ebook, and bundles) through Sunday, August 28th. You can take advantage of this offer by using coupon code LEARN at checkout. Here are some of the available photography books:
Fuji warns about another upcoming price revision of photographic papers that will basically lead to another price increase. I think Fuji is the only company that issues a press release every time they increase their prices. They even have a press release to say that they are having a “worldwide price revision”, here it is:
The most interesting new patent is for a Tamron 115mm f/1.4 VC full frame DSLR lens – I already covered it on NikonRumors.
Sigma 14mm f/3.5 or f/4 lens patent for APS-C mirrorless cameras with zero distortion.
Panasonic has a patent for a 24-240mm f/3.6-6.5 MFT lens.
Fujifilm filed an unusual patent for a 100mm f/2 lens designed for cameras with 1.2″ sensor.
Four more Canon patents after the break:
Here is an updated list (see original post here) on what new cameras and lenses are rumored to be announced in the next few weeks before the 2016 Photokina show:
A new picture of the rumored Hasselblad True Zoom camera module for smartphones appeared on the Chinese website Weibo:
On the picture you can spot a dedicated shutter release button, zoom controls and a flash unit. Hasselblad’s actual involvement in this product is still not clear.
Via Ubergizmo
For a limited time you can get an instant savings of $29.96 for a 12 months subscription of the Adobe Creative Cloud Photography Plan when you use promo code CCPHOTOPLAN (the final price is $89.99, reg price: $119.95):
This 12 months subscription can be added also to existing Adobe CC subscriptions and may even work for users outside of the US – for more details see the listing’s Q&A section.
For comparison, see all available CC plans on Adobe’s website.
A new Olympus HLD-9 battery grip was registered at the Korean Radio Research Agency. Official announcements are followed 30-60 days after the registration date (July 20th)
Via Nokishita Camera
Topaz Labs Glow 2 is now officially released and is currently 30% off until September 3rd with coupon code Glow2. More info on Glow 2 can be found here.
OnOne Software has a special pre-sale for the upcoming ON1 Photo RAW.
Macphun Intensify CK + Uplet is now 50% off.
Adobe is currently offering 10 free images with their new Adobe Stock subscription.
