Photo Rumors

Hasselblad announced XPan compact adapter for the X1D camera system

By PR admin | Published: December 20, 2017

Hasselblad announced a new XPan compact adapter for the X1D camera system that allows XPan lenses to be used with the medium format mirrorless camera. The XPan lenses are already discontinued, but they can still be found on eBay (30mm f/5.6, 45mm f/4 and 90mm f/4). The adapter adds 21.4 mm to the length of the Xpan lenses. Aperture and focusing are controlled manually on the lens. The XPAN lenses have no built-in shutter and the camera's electronic shutter must be used. Here are the technical specifications:

Maximum outer diameter: 73mm
Height: 21.4mm
Weight: 112g

Yesterday Hasselblad released also a new X1D firmware update version 1.2.

Hasselblad X1D cameras are now up to $2,000 off.

Full press release and additional pictures:

The last standalone version 6.14 of Adobe Lightroom is now released

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2017

Today Adobe released Lightroom 6.14 - the last standalone version of the software (you can download it from this page).

Information on the latest Lightroom CC update can be found here.

The current Adobe CC plan rates can be found here. You can get a free Lightroom CC trial on this page (no credit card required).

Adobe announced the December update to Lightroom

Via NikonRumors

Posted in Adobe | Tagged Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 6 | 6 Comments

Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 FE lens for Sony E-mount officially announced

By PR admin | Published: December 19, 2017

The Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 FE lens for Sony E-mount is now officially announced. Here are the details:

Suggested retail price in Japan (excluding tax): ¥85,000 or around $750 (official US pricing not yet announced)
Shipping expected to start in February 2018
Sample photos
Lens technical specifications:

Posted in Voigtlander | Tagged Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 FE lens | 9 Comments

Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 FE lens rumored to be announced tomorrow

By PR admin | Published: December 18, 2017

Voigtlander is rumored to launch their new 35mm f/1.4 FE lens for Sony E-mount tomorrow (December 19th). The lens was initially supposed to be announced at the 2018 CP+ show (via Nokishita).

The new Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 FE lens is a re-design of the M-mount version ($599.99) and is optimized for full-frame E-mount cameras.

During the 2017 CP+ show Cosina announced the development of three new full frame Voigtlander lenses for Sony E-mount. The 40mm f/1.2 and 65mm f/2 are already available in stores.

The new Voigtlander FE lenses will have:

Posted in Voigtlander | Tagged Voigtländer E-mount lenses, Voigtlander Nokton Classic 35mm f/1.4 FE lens | 3 Comments

Updated Panasonic GH5s specifications

By PR admin | Published: December 17, 2017

Here is an updated list of Panasonic GH5s camera specifications based on my previous blog post (I am still getting conflicting information on the exact video capabilities)