Pictures of the Fuji X100F camera leaked online

By PR admin | Published: December 21, 2016



The first pictures of the upcoming Fuji X100F camera leaked online and confirmed what I already reported here on the blog: the X100F will basically be a small version of the X-Pro2. Here again are the X100F details from my previous post:

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Canon PowerShot G9X Mark II camera coming soon

By PR admin | Published: December 21, 2016
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The current Canon PowerShot G 9 X model

The Japanese site Nokishita reports that Canon will soon announce a new PowerShot G 9 X Mark II compact camera that will be available in black and silver. The official announcement will most likely be in early January 2017 during the CES show in Las Vegas. The current Canon PowerShot G 9 X model was announced in October last year and is currently on sale for $429.

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Venus Optics Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 lens now shipping

By PR admin | Published: December 20, 2016

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The Venus Optics Laowa Zero-D 12mm f/2.8 “distortion-free” lens is now in stock (except for Sony E and Canon mount). The lens was launched on Kickstarted a few months ago. Several sample photos can be found here.

Lens design, MTF charts and tech specifications:

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New Sony HX350 compact 50x super zoom Cybershot camera announced

By PR admin | Published: December 20, 2016

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Another unexpected surprise from Sony: today the company announced a new HX350 compact 50x super zoom Cybershot camera (not available in the US yet):

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TCSTV’s best and worst camera gear of 2016

By PR admin | Published: December 20, 2016

It’s that time of the year again – TCSTV’s best and worst camera gear of 2016 video is already out:

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ON1 Photo RAW photo editor now available

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2016

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The new ON1 Photo RAW 2017 photo editor that was announced a few months ago is now officially released and is available for download. The introductory price is $99.99 (regular price: $119.99). Additional information can be found here.

Press release:

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ZY Optics announced a new compact macro lens with high magnification ratio: Zhongyi Mitakon 20mm f/2.0 4.5X

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2016

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ZY Optics announced a new super macro compact lens with high magnification ratio: Zhongyi Mitakon 20mm f/2.0 4.5X. The lens is available in Canon EF, Nikon F, Sony A, Pentax K, Sony E, Micro Four Thirds and Fuji X mounts. The price is $199 (ZY Optics lenses are available for sale at B&H). Specifications, press release and sample pictures taken with the lens after the break:

Update: the lens is now in stock at eBay and B&H.

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Irix now has a distributor in the USA

By PR admin | Published: December 16, 2016

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Irix now has a US based distributor (www.irixusa.com) and the Irix 15mm f/2.4 lens is now listed directly for sale on Amazon US (Irix lenses have been available for a while on Amazon UK, Amazon DE and Amazon IT). The US prices are:

  • Blackstone: $649.00
  • Firefly: $449.00

Irix lenses are available in Nikon, Canon and Pentax mounts.

Via NikonRumors

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Panasonic GH5 to be released in early January, three new Leica DG f/2.8-4.0 MFT zoom lenses coming in 2017

By PR admin | Published: December 16, 2016

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The Panasonic GH5 camera is rumored to be officially released in early January. For a short period of time today B&H had listed on their website that the GH5 pre-orders will start at 1 pm on January 4th, 2017 (the text is now removed). The GH5 was announced at Photokina, but no additional information was provided. The only specs listed on the product page so far are:

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According to the latest Panasonic roadmap from Photokina, there will also be three new Leica Hybrid f/2.8-4.0 MFT zoom lenses in 2017:

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Macphun Luminar Pluto update now live with batch processing and new filters

By PR admin | Published: December 16, 2016

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The new Macphun Luminar photo editing tool will be updated every couple of months. The first of these updates included Touch Bar support, and now Macphun have announced a second major update to the software introducing batch processing, new Dehaze and Golden Hour filters, an enhanced color temperature filter, and more. To find out more about the update, read this blog post from the COO of Macphun.

Here are a few screenshots from the new version:

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