2015年2月28日土曜日
Adobe Belgium "leaks" the HDR Merge video.
If you click over at Adobe Belgium you can see the full video of the new HDR Merge feature. There are also yet non working links to other new features descriptions....but they may go online within the next few hours :)
Adobe will officially release the new Lightroom software next week!
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2015年2月27日金曜日
New Sony FE lenses now listed on eBay.
Some Hong Kong seller already listed the new Sony FE lenses. I don't know if it's bogus or not but Digicameinfo heard the 24-240mm FE lens is definitely going to be announced next week on March 4. Here are the links to the eBay auctions of the new lenses:
Zeiss FE 35mm f/1.4 for $1,729 (Click here to see it).
Sony FE 24-240mm lens for $1,099 (Click here to see it).
Sony FE 28mm f/2.0 lens for $459 (Click here to see it).
Sony 16mm Fisheye Converter for $319 (Click here to see it).
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US deals: Gold Box on Samsung NX cameras. E-M5II in Stock.
Today only you can save $$$ on the three Samsung NX cameras sold by Amazon US (Click here).
And the E-M5II is now in Stock at BHphoto in both Black (Click here) and Silver (Click here) color.
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2015年2月26日木曜日
Konost raises fundings for a new Full Frame Rangefinder camera!
The new US company Konost (Click here) is raising money to realize a new rangefinder M-mount camera line. They propose to launch different models as early as 2016.
There is already a working FF prototype model and some image samples can be seen on their website. And those are the camera(s) specs:
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2015年2月25日水曜日
Big Germany camera sales report: Mirrorless is on raise!
The German Photoindustrie Verband published and incredibly detailed report about the camera market sales in Germany. Here are some of their key findings:
1) The graph on tops shows how the system camera market is dropping. But the Mirrorless system cameras managed to growth(!) despite the fall of overall sales. The DSLR market is really falling rapidly.
2) Mirrorless system camera unit sales numbers did grow with 17,4% in 2014 compared to 2013. And overall revenue increased by 26,2%.
3) The surprising boom comes via Actioncameras:
4) In 2014 for the first time since many years also lens sales are dropping.
5) More charts show that Photo book sales are increasing while accessory sales are slowing down.
We are really on the verge of a big change in Germany. Wearables, smartphones and action cameras are the markets that are growing while the DSLR and compact camera market is falling. Mirrorless can hold the ground and even manages to have a growth. But still, system cameras will more and more become a niche product compared to the massive growth of the new kind of devices people are using to take pictures and videos.
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2015年2月24日火曜日
Some info about the future NX1 firmware update features....
A source just sent me this:
One of the incoming fw for nx1 will have a new algorithm for af tracking of moving subjects. They claim a 100% (or even more) improvement in accuracy with c-af and multi point focus. They told me the camera will easily beat any pro dslr on the market after the update.
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Fuji X-T10 will have smaller EVF and no weather sealing.
Fujirumors reports the Fuji X-T10 camera will have a smaller EVF comapred to the big borther X-T1. And it also will not be weather sealed. No other info are given yet.
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2015年2月23日月曜日
CP+ is just over and Panasonic announces two new lenses already!
Sony entirely skipped the CP+ show and Panasonic even made something more strange. They just announced two new MFT lenses the week AFTER the CP+ show :)
What you see on those two pics are the new Panasonic Lumix G 42,5mm f/1.7 Mega OIS lens and the Panasonic Lumix G 30mm f/2.8 Mega OIS macro. There is no info about price and detailed specs yet. But I guess full Panasonic press release will follow soon...
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2015年2月22日日曜日
Canon thinks “compact” and “full-frame” really don’t belong in the same sentence together.
CanonWatch summed up an IR interview with Canon and it's clear how Canon sees little value yet in offering a Full F rame mirrorless. The main issue they have is that FF mirrorless isn't really compact if you look at the camera+lens size. And certainly if you look at the Sony FE lens offerings you really cannot say they are MUCH smaller than DSLR lenses.
Yoshiyuki Mizoguchi from Canon said:
In terms of how we view the role of mirrorless, first it’s within the EOS framework that we’re talking about. There was obviously the need to pursue smaller products that were more lightweight. So we kind of view the EOS mirrorless cameras from that perspective to begin with. It’s not just looking in terms of solely as a mirrorless product, but within the interchangeable lens camera segment. We kind of view it as playing a role within that … sort of an extended view, as a means of achieving a more compact, lightweight product. There was obviously the question of whether or not, within the regular DSLR format, there was a demand for lighter, smaller products. You know, there are various approaches on that, but this is a means for us to address that issue within sort of the EOS universe.
Well let's see if Canon is just hiding their cards yet...
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2015年2月21日土曜日
Mirrorless news roundup...
Lytro Illum Hands-on Review
Real-world samples: Sony Alpha 7 II in Kauai (Dpreview).
Leica X-E (Typ 102) Review (Photographyblog).
Samsung NX1 vs Full Frame at SLRlounge.
ONLINE: New Fuji Lens Catalogue (Fujirumors).
Sh*t Mirrorless Fanboys Say (Digitalrev).
Using APS-C Lenses on Alpha 7 (SonyAlphaForum)
Samsung NX1 First Impressions Review updated with shooting experience (Dpreview).
Minolta MD and MC Rokkor Lenses (SonyAlphaForum).
Review of Voigtlander VM-E close focus adapter at Fratkinphoto.
Sony a7II IBIS with 28mm lens (Kasson).
Sony A6000 for astrophotography at Myphotojourney.
Sony a7 and Konica Hexanon AR glass (SonyAlphaForum).
Sony Alpha a6000 with 16-70mm f/4 ZA OSS Lens (Part II of II)–A Fujifilm X-E2 Killer? (RonMartBlog).
Samsung's NX1 camera looks like a DSLR, but does it perform like one? (Engadget)
Tamron SP 15-30mm test at DC.fever.
Voigtländer HELIAR 40mm F2.8 test at Yodobashi.
LX100 review by Luminous Landscape.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-CM1 Sample Images (Photographyblog).
New Cotta accessories for the GM5 (DC.watch).
Update on OS Support for Next Version of Lightroom (Adobe Blog).
The Lumix Diaries 1/13/2015 Cheetah Chase (Naturalexposures).
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2015年2月20日金曜日
Sony now leads the mirrorless market in Japan while MFT partners keep loosing terrain.
The full 2014 digital camera sales data in Japan has been published by BCNranking. And the new 2015 king is Sony which now holds 34.3% of the market share. Olympus and Panasonic both lost a bit of terrain. The data doesn't show the rest of companies market shares but if Panasonic keeps falling Fuji and Canon may will kick them out from the top position.
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2015年2月19日木曜日
Double Fuji rumors: X-T10 and X-PRO2 coming in 2015
We have a double rumor about Fuji:
X-PRO2:
Fujirumors reports about info spilled out by Fuji in an interview with the Spanish site DSLRmagazine.
1) HYBRID VIEWFINDER: The XF 35mmF2 looks a lot like the Leica Summicron-M 50mmF2 [admin: let’s just hope it won’t be that expensive!!!… even with the , this lens is worth about 1/3 of my yearly teachers salary!!… though this version costs “just” $2,100 (discounted)]. But back to the XF 35mmF2: the compact size makes it perfect for cameras with Hybrid Viewfinder – ERGO: the X-PRO2 will feature a Hybrid Viewfinder. In the interview, the manager also said that customers demand to keep the X-PRO1 concept. DSLRmagazine thinks that this statement is another hint for an X-PRO2 with Hybrid Viewfinder.
2) MORE COMPACT: After the talk with the manager, DSLRmagazine concludes that the X-PRO2 will have the elegance and great operability of the Leica CL… it won’t be as small as the Leica CL, but smaller than the actual X-PRO1.
3) X-TRANS: It will have an evolution (not revolution) of the X-TRANS sensor.
4) Not X-PRO2 related, but the manager says that the 56 APD version isn’t really selling well. You can find a .
5) The X-M line is dead. Long live the X-A line!
And than we have also rumors about another camera:
X-T10
Fujirumors reports that it will be a downspecced X-T1. There is yet not info about the final specs but it shoudl come within 2015.
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2015年2月18日水曜日
Nikon 1 J5 coming soon and may records 4K too!
An official Nikon 1 design patent
Nikonrumors reports that the Nikon 1 J5 announcement may be coming in few weeks already. And this could be also the first Nikon camera capable of recording 4K video. Although I don't expect Nikon to deliver a high quality 4K video as delivered by Panasonic or Sony.
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Most World Press Photo winners still use DSLR.
There is still a long way to go for mirrorless to grab the Photographers heart. As you can see from the Infographic posted by Quesabesde this years World Photography Award winners mostly use DSLR cameras.
The only mirrorless cameras on the list are from Olympus and Mamiya.
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2015年2月17日火曜日
2015年2月16日月曜日
LensVid Exclusive: What Happened to the Photography Industry in 2014?
Lensvid made the great effort to summarize the photo industry market. And as expected the scenario is quite negative. Only Mirrorless system cameras manage to have no loss during the year. But it also has to be said that the amount of mirrorless cameras sold is still very low compared to DSLR.
Here is also a video from Lensvid which explains the data in detail:
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2015年2月15日日曜日
Mirrorless news roundup...
Capture Professional Looking Portraits with a Sony Alpha Camera and Kit Lens
Working With The Fuji 50-140mm Zoom Lens (Luminous Landscape).
Super tiny macro lens on the A7 (SonyAlphaForum).
Sample Images From the Sigma dp3 Quattro (SigmaRumors).
Samsung NX3000 - Affordable, Stylish, Mirrorless Camera (TheDigitalStory).
NX1 is the camera of the year for Photographyblog.
New NX1 Video-Dedicated Firmware: Review (SamsungCameraRumors).
Samsung S 50-150mm f/2.8 ED OIS Lens Review (ePhotozine).
REVIEW / Sigma dp1 Quattro: Incredible Photos and Sluggish Responsiveness (Digitalversus).
Samsung NX1 review at Admiringlight.
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2015年2月14日土曜日
2015年2月13日金曜日
We love that: Canon shows a new 120 megapixel sensor!
Guys! Be prepared. Soon you will have to buy ton of hardware to handle the 120 megapixel photos that the new Canon sensor will take!
Dpreview reports:
Its surface area is halfway between APS-C and full-frame, and it appears to be mostly directed at video applications, capable of recording at approximately 60x the resolution of Full HD. The frame rate of read-out for this ultra high-resolution is 9.5fps, and is made possible by reading multiple pixels simultaneously at high speeds - a process Canon is calling 'parallel signal processing'. The 120 million pixels - of 2.2 µm pixel pitch - are contained on a sensor 29.2mm x 20.2mm in size, yielding pixel dimensions of 13280x9184.
We love that new crazy Megapixel race! Finally we can take 100+ Megapixel shots of our beloved cats sitting on a sofa :)
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2015年2月12日木曜日
Hands-on pictures from CP+: New Sony FE lenses, Fuji lenses, Olympus titanium camera and more...
The CP+ show in Yokohama started today and here are some pictures of the companies new stuff:
Sony:
images of the new FE lenses at SonyAlphaRumors.com.
Fuji:
16-55mm at DSLRmagazine.
XM-FL at DSLRmagazine.
Sigma:
DP3 Quattro at DC.watch.
Olympus:
Titanium E-M5II and more stuff at 43rumors.com.
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2015年2月11日水曜日
2015年2月10日火曜日
Sigma just announced a DP0 Quattro with 14mm lens
The camera is now listed at BHphoto (Click here) and has the following key specs:
29MP Foveon X3 Quattro CMOS Image Sensor
TRUE III Image Processing Engine
14mm f/4 Lens (35mm Equivalent: 21mm)
3.0" 920k-dot TFT LCD Screen
ISO Range: 100-6400 in 1/3 Steps
RAW Image Capture
Max RAW Resolution of 5424 x 3616
Contrast Detection Autofocus
Manual Focus Ring
P/S/A/M Exposure Control
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2015年2月9日月曜日
Sigma lists the DP3 Quattro with 50mm lens.
Sigma (Click here) now shows the next DP3 Quattro with a 50mm f/2.8 lens. There is yet no other info on the site.
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2015年2月8日日曜日
Mayflower believes it's not the smartphones that almost "Killed" the digital compact camera market..
Mayflower posted a completely different theory that explains why the digital compact camera and the system camera sales are falling dramatically.
They blame the poor usability and lack of customer oriented camera development. In short it's time for the camera manufacturers to develop a sort of iPhone alike friendly camera. Ok that was veeeery simplified from me :)
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2015年2月7日土曜日
Still more stuff to come: New Fuji roadmap and two new Panasonic MFT lenses!
Fujirumors got very reliable info about a new lens roadmap that Fuji will announce next week. The future new XF lenses will be:
- 120mmF2.8 1:1 Macro
- 35mm f/2
- New 1.4x Teleconverter.
- 100-400mm
And according to 43rumors also Panasonic has some lens surprise:
- 30mm f/2.8 macro lens
- a second (fast?) prime lens prototype
And of course we still have Sony left with their new FE lenses...
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2015年2月6日金曜日
Lost in translation....here is the new Samsung NX3300!
Image courtesy: AllAboutSamsung.de
With all those big cool announcements and leaks the new Samsung NX3300 launch got unnoticed on the web :)
The camera is basically a NX3000 with faster processor and minimal optical change. Thanks AllAboutSamsung.de for sharing the pics!
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2015年2月5日木曜日
Olympus E-M5II gets announced!
And here it is the new Olympus E-M5II It got announced today along a long list of accessories.
Preorders:
E-M5II body in Black or Silver at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto
14-150mm II lens at Adorama, BHphoto
FL-LM3 Flash at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto
Olympus ECG-2 External Metal Grip at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto
Olympus HLD-6P Battery Grip at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto
HLD-8g at Amazon, Adorama,
E-P16 eyecup at Amazon, Adorama,
HLD-8G and HLD-6P kit at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto
Full leather case at Amazon, Adorama,
Olympus PT-EP13 Underwater Housing at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-860 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto
Previews and tests: First impression at Dpreview, Hands-on review at ePhotozine, First impressions by ThePhoBlographer, Test by DSLRmagazine (Spanish), First impression by Russian reviewer Dimitri Kroupski (Russian of course), Spanish analysis at Quesabesde, First impression Steve Huff,
Image samples: On Flickr.
Videos: Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II Hands-On Field Test by TheCameraStoreTV:
Olympus OM-D E-M5 MarkII (Youtube), Olympus EM5 Mark 2 versus a DLSR (Youtube), Olympus OM-D E-M5 MarkII The Runner (Youtube), 5-Axis Image Stabilization (Youtube). London Taxi - A short film shot on the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II (Vimeo).
Press text: E-M5II: Dpreview, BHphoto, Photographyblog, SystemKameraForum, DSLRmagazine, Quesabesde, ePhotozine, Focus Numerique, DC.watch, 14-150mm II: Dpreview, Photographyblog, ePhotozine, ThePhoBlographer, DSLRmagazine, DC.watch, E-M1 firmware: Dpreview, Photographyblog, ePhotozine Focus Numerique, 8mm f/1.8 fisheye: Dpreview, Photographyblog, SystemKameraForum, DSLRmagazine, Quesabesde, ePhotozine, Focus Numerique, DC.watch, Olympus launches the Air clip: Dpreview, DC.watch, TG-860 compact: Dpreview, Cool E-M5II accessory range graph at ePhotozine.
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2015年2月4日水曜日
2015年2月3日火曜日
First image of the new Canon EOS-M3!
This is the very first image of the new Canon EOS-M3 that will be announced on Friday. The specs are yet unclear but it's certainly not going to be a 50MP camera like the crazy 5Ds :)
via Digicameinfo.
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Very into the wild of rumors: Fuji double mount camera coming?
The Contax Hybrid Mount Camera with a combination of two bayonets (courtesy of fotocommunity)
Fujirumors posted a set of very wild rumors on upcoming Fuji stuff. It's coming via Chinese sources so keep it with a grain of salt. Particularly that strange dual mount rumor:
1) X-Pro2 will not be launched on first quarter of 2015, but there are 2 SPEC… [FUJIRUMORS: It’s probably correct that the X-PRO2 won’t come in the first quarter. I’m not sure what “but there are 2 SPEC” means. Probably 2 versions (“species”).]
2) XF20 F2.8 (equal = 30MM / pancake) or XF18 F2.8(equal = 27MM / pancake), will be launching soon.
3) XF35 F1.4(II) , better IQ & bokeh & focus speed a bit faster than XF23, price over HK$ 4000 [FUJIRUMORS: there were rumors in 2014 about it. Apparently Fuji tested an APD version of it, but then dismissed it – source Fuji Manager]
4) OCT-DEC will be a big cannon show up (4XX) (*Forum ppl believe is 140 -400mm)
5) DUAL MOUNT PRODUCT may launch in mid of the year [FUJIRUMORS: My comment about this down below]
6) New phase auto focus system (can compete with DSLR), will come out in X-Mount. [FUJIRUMORS: why not? Sony’s bestseller, the A6000, shows the way]
7) High Speed Pro Flash light, synchronize rate improve to pro standard [FUJIRUMORS: New flash coming in spring]
8) Body will back light prevention setting system (2015 mid / year-end)
9) New fix lens camera will launching before March (” X ” 1 – 2 model) [FUJIRUMORS: He could mean the XQ2, since it was shared on the dchome forum before the official announcement of the XQ2]
10) X-M1 successor already develop, just do not know will launch or not
11) Fuji Japan still analyses a program that user by pay some amount of $$ and can upgrade the part (item (5)- (8) ). They hope user can use the model for longer time without refresh model too fast.
12) XF16 1.4 – Hot summer launching
13) google translated: “X-E3 has a row you wait for” [FUJIRUMORS: sounds like Fuji is debating (has a row) regarding the X-E2 successor, which eventually is expected to come in 2016, since, according to joofei… (see Nr.14)
14) X-E3 => 2016
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New VM 15 mm Heliar III gets a pricing: 749 Euro.
Voigtlander announced the price of the new 15mm Heliar III M-mount lens. It will cost 749 Euro. Still no info on the 10,5mm Nokton for MFT lens price. But it's rumored to be around 1200 Euro.
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2015年2月2日月曜日
One new company will join MFT this week. And Tamron may join the Sony FE system.
43rumors spotted a Tweet unveileing that another company will join the Micro Four Thirds system soon.
And Egami spotted a patent showing a new Tamron 28-320mm f/3.5-6.3 Full Frame E-mount lens design. Sounds very likely that Tamron will finally make FE lenses for Sony!
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