Photo Rumors

The latest patents (Olympus full frame mirrorless lens and more)

By PR admin | Published: June 29, 2016

Olympus filed another patent for a full frame mirrorless lens – 28mm f/1.4. Olympus has already filed other full frame mirrorless lenses in the past (28mm f/2, 35mm f/1.4).

Fuji has a new patent for a Fujinon XF 16-55mm f/2.8 OIS lens.

Posted in Canon, Fuji, Olympus| Tagged curved sensor, Olympus full frame mirrorless camera, Panasonic full frame mirrorless camera rumors, Patents| 3 Comments

Fujifilm Instax Share SP-2 printer announced

By PR admin | Published: June 28, 2016

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bp0q1D3dohY&list=TLyBhJIO-fXl0yODA2MjAxNg

The previously rumored Fujifilm Instax Share SP-2 printer is now officially announced. The US price is $199.95. Here are some of the key features of the new SP-2:

Posted in Fuji| 3 Comments

Hasselblad X1D camera Q&A

By PR admin | Published: June 27, 2016

Several websites published Q&A sessions and interviews with Hasselblad’s executives about the new X1D medium format mirrorless camera (see announcement, additional info, pre-orders). Here are few quotes – the first set is from WEX Photographic:

Posted in Hasselblad| Tagged Hasselblad X1D| 34 Comments

Sony announced a shortage of several camera models

By PR admin | Published: June 27, 2016

Just like Nikon and several other companies, Sony was significantly impacted by the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Today the company issued a warning about a potential delay/shortage of the following camera models:

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Sigma is rumored to start its own line of cinema lenses

By PR admin | Published: June 27, 2016

I received some information that Sigma is planning on launching their own line of cinema lenses. I expect the official announcement to be before the Photokina show in September. Stay tuned for more details.

Posted in Sigma| Tagged Sigma cinema lenses| 17 Comments

What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: June 25, 2016

Did you know that Pentax makes a sensor cleaning kit?

One Camera to Rule Them All

Introducing The TECHART PRO

Sony RX1R II ThumbsUp EP-1R2BLK Announced

Metabones Firmware Adds Native AF

Current List of All Sony FE/E Mount Lenses as of June 15th

Posted in Canon, Leica, Nikon, Pentax, Sony| Leave a comment

A new Fujifilm Instax Share SP-2 printer to be announced on Monday

By PR admin | Published: June 25, 2016

On Monday Fuji is rumored to announce a new Instax Share SP-2 printer (pictured above) with the following specs:

Posted in Fuji| 6 Comments

Price of Sigma sd Quattro camera announced

By PR admin | Published: June 24, 2016

Sigma announced today the price of several of their latest products:

Sigma sd Quattro: $799 USD (available in July)
Sigma sd Quattro and Sigma 30mm 1.4 DC HSM Art bundle: $999 USD (available in July)
Sigma EF-630 flash: $379 USD (available in July)
EF-630 dedicated USB Docking station: $79 USD

Press release:

Posted in Sigma| Tagged Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary lens, Sigma sd Quattro| 28 Comments

The latest photo editing software news, updates and deals

By PR admin | Published: June 23, 2016

Topaz Labs released Impression 2 – an updated version of their painterly effect software that has also new features. The update is free to anyone who already owns Impression. For those who don’t own it, Impression 2 is currently on sale (40% off!) with coupon code “2IMPRESS“. Some of the new features are

30+ New effects – Impression 2 now comes with over 140 effects!
Larger Brush Panel – no more squinting to find the brush you need.
Masking – Impression 2 now includes masking in application! Using a brush, color range, luminosity range, or spot masking, the masking panel even includes our color aware tool.
Topaz Community – now you can share your created effects with the other users of Impression 2 with a click of a button. Not seeing an effect you like? Browse the Topaz Community to surf an ocean of custom user made effects.
New brush customization options:
- “Number of strokes” options to change the number of strokes applied to the image.
- “Large Brush Volume” that adjust paint volume in large areas of color to help focus on the details.
- “Stroke “Rotation Variation” to add randomness to your effect strokes.
Highlight and Shadow control in the lighting menu.
Support for High DPI (4k) monitors in Windows 7/8/10

Franzis Cutout 5 is currently 71% off. The software is used to select details or transparent objects:

comprehensive image processing function for perfect compositions
Easy to cut out even the most difficult objects – hair, feathers, fur.
For Mac and Windows
Cutout 5 works as a plug-in to Adobe® Photoshop® and Lightroom®, and as a standalone application.

New ON1 2-for-1 deal: ON1 Photo 10.5 + ON1 Photo RAW (available Fall 2016) and ON1 Photo 10.5 for $49.99.

New Aurora HDR promotion (check out also their new HDR contest page).

Posted in Deals, Macphun, Topaz Labs| Tagged DxO OpticsPro, Franzis, ON1 Photo RAW, Topaz Labs| 1 Comment

Hasselblad X1D size comparison with Sony A7r II, Canon 5DS, Pentax 645D, Leica M and SL cameras

By PR admin | Published: June 23, 2016

Comparing the size of the new Hasselblad X1D (announcement | more info | pre-orders) with the Sony A7r II, Canon 5DS, Pentax 645D and Leica M cameras (update: Leica SL comparison added):