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Metabones announces ‘Speed Booster’ lens adapter for mirrorless cameras

14 Jan

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Specialist accessory manufacturer Metabones and optics company Caldwell Photographics have jointly announced the ‘Speed Booster’, a lens adapter for APS-C and Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras that reduces the focal length by a factor of 0.7x and increases the maximum aperture by 1 stop. The Speed Booster also promises sharper images compared to using the lens with a simple adapter. The first version will allow use of Canon EF lenses on Sony NEX bodies, and will be available this month from Metabones’ web site for US$ 599. Support for additional lens mounts (including Nikon F) and camera systems (including Fujifilm X and Micro Four Thirds) is also planned.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Canon announces 14mm T3.1 and 135mm T2.2 Cinema EOS prime lenses

10 Jan

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Canon has announced two additions to its range of Cinema EOS prime lenses, a 14mm T3.1 and 135mm T2.2. The CN-E14mm T3.1 L F and CN-E135mm T2.2 L F are both designed to be used on movie cameras with image sensors up to 35mm full frame in size, and include a range of features optimized for movie shooting. These include geared focus and aperture rings with markings designed to be read from the side of the camera, 11-bladed circular aperture diaphragms, and all-metal weather-resistant construction. The 14mm T3.1 will be available from April 2013 at an estimated retail price of $ 5,500, while the 135mm T2.2 will appear in May for $ 5,200.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Nikon announces WiFi-enabled 12x Coolpix S6500

08 Jan

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Nikon has announced the Wi-Fi-enabled Coolpix S6500 compact camera. It includes the latest ‘Glamour Retouch’ effects including ‘Reduce Dark Circles’ and ‘Redden Cheeks’. The camera is built around a 16MP BSI-CMOS sensor, 12x 25-300mm (equiv.) optical zoom lens and offers Full HD video recording capabilities. It will available late January for a suggested retail price of $ 219.95 in silver, black, red, and orange.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Samsung announces six Wi-Fi compacts including WB250F and WB800F

08 Jan

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Samsung has announced six Wi-Fi capable compact cameras, including compact superzooms and its latest Dual-View model. The WB250F is an 18x, 24-432mm equiv compact superzoom with a 3.0″ touch screen and the company’s latest Wi-Fi implementation – dubbed ‘Smart 2.0.’ The WB250F uses a 14MP BSI CMOS sensor while its near-twin, the WB200F, uses a 14MP CCD chip. Meanwhile the WB800F uses a 16MP BSI CMOS sensor behind a 21x, 23-483mm equivalent lens. The WB30F uses a 16MP CCD with 24-240mm equivalent lens. The latest DualView model shares the same sensor and a 25-125mm equiv zoom and includes a 1.5″ front LCD. The ST150F is a budget style compact – taking most of the DV150F’s features but without the front screen and costing $ 20 less.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Panasonic announces DMC-ZS30 and DMC-ZS25 cameras

08 Jan

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Panasonic has announced the Lumix DMC-ZS30 (TZ40 in Europe) and ZS25 (TZ35 in Europe) compact superzoom cameras. The higher specified ZS30 features a 20x optical zoom, 1080p60 video and Wi-Fi capability. The biggest new feature on offer, however is Near Field Communication (NFC), a close-proximity radio connection that the ZS30 can use to initiate a Wi-Fi connection with a compatible device simply by tapping the two together. The cameras will be available at the end of March in both black and white color schemes.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Samsung announces NX300 – 3D-capable 20MP mirrorless camera

04 Jan

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Samsung has announced the NX300 – the latest in its NX series of APS-C mirrorless cameras. The NX300 is built around a 20MP sensor that includes phase-detection focus elements to allow a Hybrid AF system for faster focusing. It gains a larger, 3.3″ OLED touch screen with WVGA (800 x 480) equivalent resolution. A faster processor helps the NX300 hit nine frames-per-second for continuous shooting, and allows 1080p movies to be shot at 60fps. Upgrades to the camera’s Wi-Fi should make connectivity simpler than its predecessors.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Carl Zeiss announces 2012 photo competition for users of its lenses

14 Dec

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Carl Zeiss has announced its annual photo contest for images shot with one of its lenses. Any Zeiss lens is considered valid, from Nokia smartphones through Sony compacts, such as the RX100, to the company’s high-end interchangeable lenses. This year’s theme is ‘The moment that knows no limits’ and first prize is one of the company’s manual focus SLR and rangefinder lenses, with a variety of other Zeiss-branded prizes for runners-up. The contest runs on Flickr until January 15th.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Fotodiox announces WonderPana 145 and 66 filter kits for wide-angle lenses

13 Dec

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Adapter and accessory maker Fotodiox has announced two adapters to enable the use of filters with wide-angle lenses that have large convex front elements. The WonderPana Filter systems are based around adapter hoods that allow 145mm circular filters or 6.6″ rectangular filters to be used, via an adapter. Each system comes with a lens cap that mounts on the hood, allowing the lens to be stored and protected without needing to repeatedly remove the adapter hood. A variety of adapter and filter kits are available for a range of Super-wide and Ultra-wide lenses.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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DxO Labs announces v1.1 of its ViewPoint distortion correction software

13 Dec

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DxO Labs has announced version 1.1 of its ViewPoint distortion correction software, promising more accurate tools and faster operation. Viewpoint is designed to correct keystone distortions (converging verticals and horizontals), and restore more natural proportions to objects towards the edge of the frame when using wide-angle lenses. It is available either as a stand-alone tool or as a plugin for Adobe PhotoShop (CS3 or newer) or Lightroom (version 3 or newer), and for both Mac and PC.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Adobe announces updates exclusive to Creative Cloud members

13 Dec

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Adobe has announced CS6 updates that are exclusive to Creative Cloud subscribers. Adobe Photoshop 13.1 offers among other things, the ability to apply Liquify and Lens Blur effects as Smart Objects and use conditional statements when creating Actions. However, these changes are unavailable to those who’ve bought traditional versions of Photoshop CS6, and Adobe has not said when, or even if, ‘perpetual users’ of CS6 will have access to these features. Retina Display support for Mac, also announced today, is available for all users.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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