Photo Rumors

What to expect in early 2016?

By PR admin | Published: December 15, 2015

Here is what to expect from the major camera/lens manufacturer in early 2016. Most of those announcements will be made during the CES (January) and CP+ (February) shows:

Posted in Canon, Fuji, Leica, Nikon, Olympus, Panasonic, Pentax, Ricoh, Samsung, Sony| Tagged 2016 CP+ show, CES 2016| 8 Comments

New Olympus PEN-F digital camera to be announced next

By PR admin | Published: December 15, 2015

Olympus will play the retro card again – the company registered a new PEN-F camera at Taiwan’s certification authority NCC (National Communications Commission). This will basically be a digital version of the original PEN-F. Expect the official announcement in 30-60 days (based on previous NCC filings). Here are the certificates:

Posted in Olympus| Tagged Olympus PEN-F| 18 Comments

Amazon giveaway: Sony a6000 camera with 16-50mm lens

By PR admin | Published: December 14, 2015

Amazon is currently giving away a Sony Alpha a6000 mirrorless camera with 16-50mm lens. You just need to click on the Amazon box on this page in order to see if you are the winner,

Posted in Sony| Tagged Sony α6000 camera| 4 Comments

Another price drop on Hasselblad cameras

By PR admin | Published: December 14, 2015

The price of many Hasselblad cameras lenses went down even more today:

Lunar: $5,796 off (was $5,550 off before)
Stellar: $1,546 off
HV: $8,700 off (was $8,000 off before)

See all details here. The 50% off deal on the Hasselblad H5D-50c Wi-Fi medium format camera body is supposed to end today (reg. price: $28,500).

Posted in Deals, Hasselblad| 7 Comments

Adobe is making huge profit by switching customers to the cloud

By PR admin | Published: December 14, 2015

Adobe is making huge profit by switching customers to their cloud subscription.

Theregister.co.uk says it all with the title – “Adobe: We locked our customers in the cloud and out poured money“:

Posted in Adobe| Tagged Adobe Photoshop CC, Adobe reports record revenue| 27 Comments

Sigma’s patent for a 11-22mm f/4.5-5.6 DG HSM FLD Art lens

By PR admin | Published: December 14, 2015

Sigma filed a patent in Japan for a 11-22mm f/4.5-5.6 DG HSM FLD Art full frame lens. This will be a nice addition to the current Sigma Art product line. Here are the details:

Posted in Sigma| Tagged Patents| 16 Comments

Mystery digital camera deal on Amazon #AmazonMysteryDeal

By PR admin | Published: December 14, 2015

Amazon currently has a mystery lightning deal on an unknown digital camera. You can look for hints on social media with the hashtag #AmazonMysteryDeal.

Posted in Deals| Tagged #AmazonMysteryDeal| 13 Comments

More leaked Nikon D5 pictures and specs

By PR admin | Published: December 14, 2015

There are few new leaked pictures of the upcoming Nikon D5 flagship DSLR camera. The updated list of rumored specifications are:

Posted in Nikon| 7 Comments

What else is new?

By PR admin | Published: December 12, 2015

→ The Pentax K-3 II DSLR camera is now $729.

→ Check out this new (?) and cheap Zonlai 25mm f/1.8 lens available for Sony E, MFT and Fuji X mounts (see also this lens review and sample photos on flickr).

→ Samsung patent describes interchangeable lens camera for smartphones (via Galaxyclub).

Posted in Pentax, Red, Samsung, Zonlai| 4 Comments

Nikon D5 leaked online, new Leica SL firmware coming on Monday…

By PR admin | Published: December 12, 2015

I will soon have a poll to determine if the majority of PhotoRumors.com readers are also visiting NikonRumors and LeicaRumors. I need this information in order to know if I should cover more of those brands here on this blog. I do not want to repeat the same posts for readers who visit all three of my websites, but I also do not want to miss any major news for visitors who only frequent PhotoRumors. What do you think? Should I cover here on PhotoRumors the major Nikon and Leica related stories?

So, for those of you not reading NikonRumors, here are the first pictures of the upcoming D5 flagship DSLR camera. You can see the rumored D5 specifications here.