A reader just sent me the first pictures of the rumored Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera that will be officially announced tomorrow. The US price of the camera will be $8995. Two new lenses will also be announced – XCD 45mm f/3.5 lens ($2,295) and XCD 90mm f/3.2 ($2,695).
Update: cashed version of the Hasselblad X1D gallery is now also available. Copy of the images can be found on imgur (thanks Mike).
More pictures available after the break:
Today Adobe released a new Photoshop CC 2015.5 upgrade with content-aware crop, face-aware liquify, selection and masking space and other new features and bug fixes (see this blog post for the full list and demo of all new features). Additional information is available here.
Adobe also introduced the Adobe Stock Premium Collection.
Another update on the rumored M-mount camera with CCD sensor in case you are not following LeicaRumors: prosophos.com published new sketches of the camera with some additional information:
Sony Japan confirmed in a statement that any third party hacks performed on their cameras will automatically void the warranty (Google translation):
Here is a quick recap on what new cameras and lenses to expect in the next few days and months before the 2016 Photokina show:
Hasselblad mirrorless medium format camera (announcement on June 22nd).
Fuji X-T2 camera (announcement on July 7th).
Olympus E-PL8 camera (no release date yet – the official announcement got delayed because of the recent Kumamoto earthquake). A new Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II camera is also expected with 4k video, handheld high resolution mode, 20MP sensor, improved AF and EVF. At least two new MFT lenses are also expected/rumored.
The new Panasonic GH5 camera could also be announced with 6k or 8k video recording capabilities. A Panasonic LX100 camera successor is also expected.
Hasselblad released a second teaser for the upcoming Hasselblad mirrorless medium format camera. Here is the first teaser from few days ago:
Here are some of the latest Canon lens patents filed in Japan:
→ Canon EF 11mm f/4L USM lens
→ Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 DO lens
Next week (June 22nd at 14:00 CET) Hasselblad will announce a new mirrorless medium format camera that will have the same 50MP sensor/platform as the CFV-50C digital back. The new camera will be compatible with the existing Hasselblad medium format lenses.
