Photo Rumors

GoPro Karma drone coming in 2016

By PR admin | Published: December 10, 2015

GoPro published another teaser video of their upcoming Karma drone that will be announced in 2016:

Posted in GoPro| Tagged Drones, GoPro Karma| 2 Comments

Free Adobe Lightroom tethered capture plug-in for Pentax 645z released

By PR admin | Published: December 10, 2015

Ricoh released a free Adobe Lightroom tethered capture plug-in for use with the Pentax 645z medium format camera ($6,996.95):

Posted in Adobe, Pentax, Ricoh| 5 Comments

The Z Camera E1 MFT 4k camera is now shipping

By PR admin | Published: December 9, 2015

The Z Camera E1 was a successful Kickstarter project from earlier this year and is now in stock in the US for $699. The detailed technical specifications and additional information can be found on Z Camera’s official website.

Posted in Other| Tagged Z CAM| 10 Comments

Epson announces mass production of the EVF found in the Leica SL Typ 601 mirrorless camera

By PR admin | Published: December 9, 2015

DC.Watch speculates that the EVF inside the new Leica SL Typ 601 mirrorless camera is made by Epson. This EVF is the best I have ever seen so far (see our Leica SL review) – the current EVFs used by Sony and Fuji are not even close. The good news is that Epson is now starting a mass-production of that EVF and hopefully other companies will be able to use it in their mirrorless future solutions (hear that Nikon and Canon?). Here are the details:

Posted in Epson, Leica| 15 Comments

DSLR cameras are still ruling in the UK

By PR admin | Published: December 9, 2015

Amateurphotographer published some interesting stats for the UK market (data from Futuresource Consulting):

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Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/1.4 lens sample photos

By PR admin | Published: December 9, 2015

Dpreview published a gallery of photos taken with the new Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/1.4 lens (pre-production version):

“The 135mm F1.4 is a massive piece of glass, and in its E-mount flavor, absolutely dwarfs Sony’s a7 bodies. With a 105mm thread, fully manual operation and a weight of over six pounds (about 2.7kg), it can be rather intimidating, and is near impossible to use hand-held. With the proper support in place though it isn’t difficult to use at all, and can reward patient use with dramatic, unique results.”

Here are the lens specifications:

Posted in Mitakon| Tagged Mitakon 135mm f/1.4 lens, Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/1.4 lens| 11 Comments

The new Alien Skin Exposure X nondestructive photo editing solution officially announced

By PR admin | Published: December 9, 2015

Last month I reported on the new non-destructive editing solution called Exposure X from Alien Skin. The software package is now officially announced:

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Deal of the day: Hasselblad H5D-50c camera is now 50% off

By PR admin | Published: December 8, 2015

The Hasselblad H5D-50c Wi-Fi medium format camera body is now $14,500 (almost 50% off, reg. price: $28,500, valid until 12/14). Here are few more B&H deals:

Posted in Deals, Hasselblad| 21 Comments

Adobe Camera Raw 9.3.1 now available

By PR admin | Published: December 8, 2015

Adobe Camera Raw version 9.3.1 is now available for download. This version fixes a bug that resulted in inaccurate tiles, such as black or white squares when not expected, when opening images in Photoshop.

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Konost is till working hard on their full frame digital rangefinder camera project

By PR admin | Published: December 8, 2015

Konost is still working hard on their full frame digital rangefinder camera and they will have some new updates/announcement in the next few weeks – most likely the camera will get a new look and a funding campaign will be introduced (Kickstarter is one of the options mentioned):