Photo Rumors

New Sony a7 trade-in promotion

By PR admin | Published: September 27, 2015

Sony has a new promotion where you can get up to $250 trade-in bonus towards the purchase of a7 series camera or full frame E-mount lens in addition to the value of your trade-in. Check out the details at Adorama and Amazon. This offer is valid from 9/27/2015 – 10/31/2015.

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New book: Photographer’s guide to the Sony DSC-RX100 IV

By PR admin | Published: September 27, 2015

Alexander White published his new guide book for the Sony RX100 IV camera. Additional information on the Photographer’s Guide to the Sony DSC-RX100 IV:

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Olympus has a new 3D stacked 16MP CMOS image sensor with global shutter

By PR admin | Published: September 27, 2015

Back in June Olympus presented a new 3D stacked 16MP CMOS image sensor with global shutter that will most likely be used in the next MFT camera. Here is a comparison of the technical parameters between the new and previous sensor:

Additional information:

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Ricoh published an updated Pentax K-mount lens roadmap

By PR admin | Published: September 26, 2015

Ricoh published an updated Pentax K-mount lens roadmap. Three more new lenses are expected to be announced in the “2015 or later” timeframe:

Posted in Pentax, Ricoh| Tagged Pentax roadmap, Ricoh roadmap, Roadmaps| 75 Comments

Samsung denies rumors of shutting down camera business

By PR admin | Published: September 26, 2015

Samsung issued an official statement denying the rumors that they are going to shut down their camera business:

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Questionable hack: Sony A7s camera recording 4K internally

By PR admin | Published: September 25, 2015

Those two videos show a Sony A7s camera hacked to record 4K video internally:

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Adobe Photoshop Elements 14 and Premiere Elements 14 announced

By PR admin | Published: September 25, 2015

Adobe announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 14 and Premiere Elements 14 with haze and shake removal. The new features are listed on Adobe’s blog. Additional information is available here. Available for purchase now at B&H, Adorama, Amazon and Adobe.com.

Videos on some of the new features introduced in Photoshop Elements 14:

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HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm f/2.8ED SDM WR lens announced (Tamron design?)

By PR admin | Published: September 24, 2015

Ricoh officially announced the previously rumored HD PENTAX-D FA 24-70mm f/2.8ED SDM WR lens. The US price of the lens is $1,299.95 (available for pre-order at B&H and Adorama). As some readers already noticed, the new Pentax lens is completely identical to this Tamron SP 24-70mm f/2.8 Di USD lens and I don’t think this is a coincidence – take a look at this GIF file overlaying both lenses: