Digital Camera News, Reviews and Tips
The recently announced Sony cameras are all now available for pre-order. The 42MP Sony A7R II is expected to ship in late July, while the Sony RX100 IV and RX10 II will ship in early to mid-July. You can get in line for the pre-orders at B&H Photo via the links below.
Canon has just announced its new PowerShot G3 X, which we previously saw teased as an “in development” product. Now, we know the camera features a 20.2MP 1″ CMOS sensor and Canon’s DIGIC 6 image processor.
The lens covers a 25x optical zoom range equivalent to 24-600mm (35mm format) with a variable f/2.8-5.6 aperture. Of course, optical image stabilization is present as well. [Read more…]
Ricoh has just announced its new GR II camera, which features a 16.2MP APS-C CMOS sensor with no optical low-pass filter. It has a fixed 18.3mm f/2.8 lens (28mm full frame equivalent) and built-in Wi-Fi and NFC connectivity. [Read more…]
Think Tank Photo has introduced its new Trifecta backpack series, which are specifically designed for your camera and three workhorse lenses – ultra-wide, mid-range and telephoto zooms. [Read more…]
Lightroom’s Dehaze feature has looked slick in the demos we have seen from Adobe, but how does it work in a ridiculously hazy image?
Amazingly well, actually. Check out the video above for a demo of the new feature that consists of exactly one slider.
[via Resource Mag]
Along with the new Lightroom CC, Adobe has updated Photoshop CC to its major 2015 release and added several improvements to the software. [Read more…]
Adobe has issued a big update for Creative Cloud today with new features for both Lightroom CC and Photoshop CC. Lightroom CC gets a new Dehaze feature; however, for the first time, Lightroom CC and Lightroom 6 are on diverging upgrade paths. [Read more…]
This week, Photography Bay has teamed up with Adorama to give away a Flashpoint Glow ParaPop 28″ Softbox.
The Glow ParaPop 28 brings the ease and quality of the very successful Glow HexaPop line to Flashpoint studio and large portable strobes, featuring flattering, soft and rich color lighting with all the great advantages of the softbox/umbrella blend. The unique 12-sided shape and parabolic profile 28 inch diameter by 19.5 inch depth, provides a big 105-degree light spread in a light, space saving package.
Adorama will ship an appropriate speedring with the Glow ParaPop 28 kit based on the light you own. We’ll clear that detail up when we contact the winner.
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Earlier this year, Red Giant updated several plugins in the Magic Bullet Suite for its version 12 update. There is also a new film simulation tool in the suite, aptly called Magic Bullet Film. The updated apps include:
In addition to the updated products, Magic Bullet Suite 12 also features Denoiser II and LUT Buddy. [Read more…]
Online backup service Backblaze continues to post an enormous amount of data concerning its experience with over 40,000 hard drives from all the major manufacturers. This data is unique in that it demonstrates the real world failure rates from hard drives that are being pushed on a daily basis. That’s something I can’t do in a review of a single hard drive. [Read more…]