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Leaked video review of the Fujifilm X Half camera

21 mai 2025 à 19:18

Here is a leaked video review of the upcoming Fujifilm X Half camera:

Here are the final specs from FujiAddict:

  • $849
  • 13 film simulations
  • 12 filters
  • Video Light
  • Two touch screens for operation
  • NP-W126S battery
  • Weight: 243g
  • 10.8mm lens – (6 elements in 5 groups, includes 3 aspherical elements)
  • 10cm minimum focus distance
  • Size: 105mm x 64.3mm x 30mm
  • 1″ inch 20 MP sensor, effective 17 MP for 3:4 aspect ratio
  • built-in LED light
  • Diptych Modes
  • “Wind” Lever
  • Optical viewer finder
  • New X Half App
  • Instax printers support
  • JPEG only
  • Cold shoe
  • Shipping June

The video will be removed soon, but you can find the screenshots here:

First Fujifilm X-Half Frame Video Leaked!

Another FujiFilm half-frame digital compact camera teaser and another leak

More leaked pictures of the upcoming Fujifilm X-Half digital compact camera

New FujiFilm X half-frame digital camera teaser for the diptychs feature

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Reçu hier — 20 mai 2025

Skylum Luminar Photo Editor now available on Android and ChromeOS

20 mai 2025 à 20:23

Skylum has teamed up with Google to unveil Luminar Photo Editor, now available for Android and ChromeOS:

Skylum Partners with Google to Expand Luminar Photo Editing to Android and ChromeOS

This launch brings Luminar’s powerful, intelligent editing capabilities to mobile and Chromebook users, offering a fresh, intuitive, and playful experience designed especially for creative photographers of any level. The interface has been carefully adapted for a wide variety of devices, including phones, tablets, Chromebooks, and foldable devices. Luminar dynamically adjusts to different screen sizes and aspect ratios, providing a consistent and comfortable workflow whether on a single-screen smartphone or a dual-screen foldable. This level of UX refinement ensures a seamless, device-aware editing experience that stands out across platforms.

Luminar stands out with its AI-powered tools that deliver professional-looking results in just a few taps, without the need for advanced photo editing skills or a desktop setup. Whether retouching a portrait, replacing a sky, or preparing Instagram-ready visuals, Luminar helps users edit with confidence, ease, and speed. With just a few clicks, users can enhance their photos and bring their creative vision to life — right from the convenience of their phone, tablet, or Chromebook. 

“By bringing Luminar to Android, we’re showcasing our greatest strengths: professional‑grade imaging technology powered by an intuitive, engaging interface. It’s this unique fusion that sparks the urge to create, giving every photographer, on any device, the confidence and excitement to push boundaries and tell new visual stories.”— Ivan Kutanin, CEO, Skylum

"We're excited to collaborate with Skylum to bring its powerful AI-driven photo editing tools to the Android and ChromeOS ecosystems. This partnership showcases the potential of AI to enhance creativity and simplify complex tasks for users across different devices."— Maria Schmidt, Strategic Partnership Manager, Google

“Partnering with Google accelerates our product innovation and reinforces our position as a market leader. Together, we're committed to delivering exceptional user experiences that surpass expectations by bringing the power of Luminar to Android users worldwide.”— Kostiantyn Tymoschuk, VP of Growth, Skylum

With this release, Skylum and Google deliver a seamless, cross-platform creative experience that empowers users to focus on their artistry, not the technicalities.

Luminar Key Features:

AI-Powered Tools:

  • Enhance AI — A single slider intelligently adjusts up to a dozen essential settings - including shadows, highlights, contrast, tone, saturation, exposure, and detail - to improve the overall image quality instantly.
  • Structure AI — Brings out detail and clarity while preserving a natural look. Enhances only the necessary areas of an image without over-sharpening or introducing noise where it's not needed.
  • Relight AI — Gives full control over the lighting in a photo, ideal for creatively enhancing mood or correcting backlit scenes. The tool analyzes the image in three dimensions to realistically adjust foreground lighting without affecting the rest of the composition.
  • Atmosphere AI — Adds realistic fog, mist or haze, using content-aware and depth-based masking. The effect is applied with precision to enhance mood without covering key subjects, ensuring a natural, realistic look.
  • Sky AI — Automatically detects the sky in the image and replaces it seamlessly with a new one, factoring in realistic lighting and reflections, specifically on water and other reflective surfaces.
  • Skin AI   Smooths skin and removes blemishes with a single tap, helping portraits look polished while preserving natural texture.
  • Body AI   Allows subtle adjustment of the torso shape - either reducing or enhancing the volume - for a more balanced appearance. AI precisely maps key body features, ensuring natural-looking edits without distorting the background.

Core Editing Tools:

  • Develop: Adjust exposure, temperature, tint, smart contrast, highlights, shadows, blacks, whites, saturation, vibrance, vignette, and more.
  • Essential Tools: Crop, Details, Erase, Landscape Enhancer (Foliage Enhancer, Golden Hour, Dehaze), and Monochrome.

Filter collection: Robust color correction, film-inspired looks, and nostalgic tones loved by many in the photography world.

For more information and to download the app, please visit the link.

New Luminar Mobile app for iPhone is now available (20% off coupon code included)

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Sony FY2024 financial results

20 mai 2025 à 19:49



Sony released its FY2024 financial results. As usual, there is little information provided for the camera business, which is part of the Entertainment, Technology & Services Segment (ET&S Segment):

  • Despite the impact of the decrease in sales and the recording of additional restructuring charges in the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2025, operating income increased 2% year-on-year to 190.9 billion yen, primarily due to a reduction in operational expenses.
  • The interchangeable lens camera market performed well in FY24 Q4, mainly in the Chinese market which benefited from subsidies, and grew approximately 9% year-on-year on a unit basis.
  • During this fiscal year, we plan to operate our business conservatively, prioritizing risk mitigation, because we anticipate disruptions to markets and supply chains due to the recently adopted U.S. tariffs.

Source

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Sony is teasing a new camera for June 2nd

20 mai 2025 à 16:04


Sony has a teaser for a new camera announcement on June 2nd. I am pretty sure the short video will be removed any moment becuase it actually has a picture of a Canon camera - this is what happens when you rely on AI to do the work for you:

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Panasonic now offers 5-year extended warranty in select countries

20 mai 2025 à 03:49




Panasonic now offers a 5-year extended warranty on Lumix full-frame cameras and lenses in select countries - here are a few examples:

Check your country for additional information.

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Significant Sony price increase coming on May 19th

15 mai 2025 à 16:07


Here is the official price increase due to the Trump tariffs for all Sony products manufactured in China that will be effective this coming Monday, May 19, 2025 (previously reported here) - check the current Sony pricing and availability at B&H:

Category CFM name

Current Price

New Price

Change

Digital Still Camera DSCRX100M7/B $1,499.99 $1,699.99 13.3%
Digital Still Camera DSCRX0M2/B $899.99 $999.99 11.1%
Digital Still Camera CCBWD1/B $699.99 $999.99 42.9%
Creative Pro GPVR100 $1,500.00 $1,800.00 20.0%
Creative Pro CIBPCM1 $119.99 $149.00 24.2%
Lens SEL11F18 $549.99 $699.99 27.3%
Lens SEL35F18 $474.99 $599.99 26.3%
Lens SEL70350G $999.99 $1,199.99 20.0%
Lens SELP1020G $749.99 $949.99 26.7%
Lens SELP18105G $649.99 $849.99 30.8%
Lens SEL40F25G $599.99 $799.99 33.3%
Lens SEL70300G $1,274.99 $1,499.99 17.6%
Lens SEL15F14G $749.99 $949.99 26.7%
Lens SEL70200G2 $1,699.99 $1,999.99 17.6%
Lens SEL24F28G $599.99 $799.99 33.3%
Lens SEL50F18/B $349.99 $449.99 28.6%
Lens SEL50F18/S $349.99 $449.99 28.6%
Lens SEL24240 $1,049.99 $1,349.99 28.6%
Lens SEL18135 $649.99 $799.99 23.1%
Lens SEL1224G $1,774.99 $2,299.99 29.6%
Lens SEL30M35 $299.99 $399.99 33.3%
Lens SELP18110G $3,649.99 $4,299.99 17.8%
Lens SEL1655G $1,399.99 $1,699.99 21.4%
Lens SEL50M28 $549.99 $699.99 27.3%
Lens SEL400800G $2,899.99 $3,299.99 13.8%
Lens SEL50F25G $599.99 $699.99 16.7%
Lens SELP28135G $2,499.99 $2,999.99 20.0%
Peripherals ACCTRDCX $59.99 $71.99 20.0%
Peripherals ACPW20 $139.99 $159.99 14.3%
Peripherals ACVQV10 $179.99 $219.99 22.2%
Peripherals AGR2 $14.99 $17.99 20.0%
Peripherals ALCF95S $18.99 $23.99 26.3%
Peripherals ALCR55 $3.99 $4.99 25.1%
Peripherals ALCSH113 $25.99 $32.99 26.9%
Peripherals ALCSH125 $25.99 $32.99 26.9%
Peripherals ALCSH144 $32.99 $39.99 21.2%
Peripherals ALCSH148 $59.99 $74.99 25.0%
Peripherals ALCSH165 $34.99 $42.99 22.9%
Peripherals ALCSH166 $34.99 $42.99 22.9%
Peripherals ALCSH169 $39.99 $50.99 27.5%
Peripherals ALCSH170 $34.99 $44.99 28.6%
Peripherals BCQZ1 $99.99 $126.99 27.0%
Peripherals BCTRV $59.99 $69.99 16.7%
Peripherals BCTRW $59.99 $79.99 33.3%
Peripherals BCU1A/C $190.00 $239.99 26.3%
Peripherals BCU2A/C $360.00 $448.00 24.4%
Peripherals BCVM10 $69.99 $84.99 21.4%
Peripherals ECMAW4 $229.99 $279.99 21.7%
Peripherals ECMGZ1M $99.99 $119.99 20.0%
Peripherals ECMLV1 $29.99 $36.99 23.3%
Peripherals ECMW2BT $229.99 $279.99 21.7%
Peripherals ECMW3 $469.99 $569.99 21.3%
Peripherals ECMXYST1M $159.99 $199.99 25.0%
Peripherals FAEBA1 $249.99 $299.99 20.0%
Peripherals FASHC1M $6.99 $8.99 28.6%
Peripherals FAWRR1 $199.99 $249.99 25.0%
Peripherals GPX1EMB $149.99 $179.99 20.0%
Peripherals HVLF46RMA $449.99 $549.99 22.2%
Peripherals HVLF60RM2 $549.99 $699.99 27.3%
Peripherals LCJRXK/B $84.99 $99.99 17.6%
Peripherals LCSAMB/B $49.99 $57.99 16.0%
Peripherals LCSBP3 $159.99 $189.99 18.8%
Peripherals LCSCSJ $19.99 $22.99 15.0%
Peripherals LCSEBE/B $54.99 $66.99 21.8%
Peripherals LCSRXG/B $119.99 $145.99 21.7%
Peripherals LCSSC21 $99.99 $119.99 20.0%
Peripherals LCSSC8 $54.99 $64.99 18.2%
Peripherals LCSU11 $19.99 $22.99 15.0%
Peripherals LCSU21 $29.99 $34.99 16.7%
Peripherals LCSU30 $39.99 $45.99 15.0%
Peripherals LCSU5 $14.99 $17.99 20.0%
Peripherals MPKURX100A $329.99 $399.99 21.2%
Peripherals NPAMQZ1K $399.99 $499.99 25.0%
Peripherals NPBNPR $49.99 $59.99 20.0%
Peripherals NPBX1/M8 $49.99 $59.99 20.0%
Peripherals NPFV100A $179.99 $219.99 22.2%
Peripherals NPFV70A $99.99 $114.99 15.0%
Peripherals NPFV50A $59.99 $69.99 16.7%
Peripherals NPFW50 $79.99 $94.99 18.8%
Peripherals PCKLG1 $29.99 $37.99 26.7%
Peripherals PCKLG2 $29.99 $35.99 20.0%
Peripherals PCKLG3 $29.99 $35.99 20.0%
Peripherals RMSPR1 $24.99 $29.99 20.0%
Peripherals RMVPR1 $69.99 $84.99 21.4%
Peripherals VMCAVM1 $24.99 $30.99 24.0%
Peripherals VMCUAM2 $19.99 $24.99 25.0%

  
  

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New FujiFilm X half-frame digital camera teaser for the diptychs feature

15 mai 2025 à 14:41

FujiFilm released a new teaser video “Half the Size, Twice the Story” for their upcoming X half-frame digital compact camera, demonstrating the new diptychs feature:

"A diptych is an artwork, often a painting or photograph, consisting of two related panels, usually joined together by a hinge. The panels can be closed like a book and, in the past, were often used to protect the interior paintings. Diptychs can be used to create a visual dialogue between the two images, capture a single moment in time, or explore a theme over time."

More leaked pictures of the upcoming Fujifilm X-Half digital compact camera

  
  

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New Voigtlander PORTRAIT HELIAR 75mm f/1.8 lens with various bokeh effects announced

15 mai 2025 à 14:15


Cosina officially released the Voigtlander PORTRAIT HELIAR 75mm f/1.8 lens with various bokeh effects for Sony E-mount (previously reported here):

Various bokeh effects using the control ring: by operating the control ring for undercorrection and overcorrection, you can enjoy bokeh depictions with an unprecedented range.



The suggested retail price is ¥165,000  - around $1,100 (check for pre-order options).

Additional informtion:


Cosina releases the PORTRAIT HELIAR 75mm F1.8, a special replacement lens compatible with full-size mirrorless cameras using the Sony E-mount from the Focto Render brand.

The PORTRAIT HELIAR 75mm F1.8 is a large caliber manual focus medium telephoto lens dedicated to the Sony E-mount, equipped with the first spherical harvest control mechanism as a replacement lens for full size foctrender. Covering a full-size image circle, the optical design optimizes the image sensor for Sony mirrorless cameras.

This lens creates a wide variety of bokeh expressions by paying attention to the relationship between spherical harvestment and bokeh, allowing arbitrarily control over the state of insufficiency (undercollection) and overcompensation (overcollection).
The lens configuration uses a Heliar type of 3 groups of 6 sheets, while the open aperture is achieved a large caliber of F1.8. Changes in spherical harvestment can occur even with the aperture opening and closing, but by manipulating the new mechanism's control ring, you can enjoy the portrayal of bokeh with unseen width.

In the image with insufficient correction, the pint's tendon is obscured (soft focus) and the highlight flare occurs. The lag makes for a soft depiction. On the other hand, in the over-corrected image, the pinto scale remains, and the lag becomes hard (bubble blur). These trends have been regarded as glitches that need to be fixed from an ideal optical design perspective, but they are planned and designed to connect their characteristics to unique photographic expressions.

Variable spherical harvestment can cause optical principle to shift the pint position, but we are responding to this challenge by incorporating a mechanism that can offset the slip by changing the spacing between the lens group in conjunction with the control ring. When you operate the control ring, the finger point has a small protrusion to give you an approximate sense of correction.
This lens has an electronic contact point, which reflects the usage of the lens in the Exif information of the photography data, but does not depend on the functionality of electronic lens optical correction in the camera, but it is designed to capture the performance of the lens itself as an image. Also, since it has a built-in distance encoder, it is also suitable for models with a 5-axis body internal hand break compensation function that uses distance information to the subject for shift blur correction. You can also expand the viewfinder by using the focus ring. The shortest shooting distance is 0.7m, and the pint is dedicated to manual focus.

The metal focus ring uses a diamond pattern with excellent grip strength. One of the features is the silky operation sensation that is greased by a high precision metal helicoid that can withstand the sheer hint of the squeeze and open. The aperture is a mechanical control directly connected to the operating ring. It adjusts on the lens side rather than the camera side command dial. The number of apertures is nine, depicting the out-focus part of the dim light source, etc. in an arranged form.

The product page can be found here.

Voigtlander to announce 5 new lenses at the 2025 CP+ show

  
  

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DJI Mavic 4 Pro drone officially announced (available for purchase in the US)

13 mai 2025 à 16:12

The previously rumored DJI Mavic 4 Pro drone is now officially announced, and it is available for purchase in the US:

Тhе DЈІ Маvіс 4 Рrо dеlіvеrѕ аdvаnсеd аеrіаl іmаgіng wіth іtѕ trірlе-саmеrа ѕуѕtеm fеаturіng а 100МР Наѕѕеlblаd рrіmаrу саmеrа fоr uр tо 6К НDR vіdео аt 60fрѕ. Іtѕ іnnоvаtіvе Іnfіnіtу Gіmbаl рrоvіdеѕ 360° rоtаtіоn fоr dуnаmіс ѕhоtѕ, whіlе 0.1-Luх оmnіdіrесtіоnаl ѕеnѕоrѕ еnѕurе рrесіѕе nаvіgаtіоn іn lоw-lіght. Wіth а 51-mіnutе flіght tіmе аnd 30km vіdео trаnѕmіѕѕіоn rаngе, іt'ѕ dеѕіgnеd fоr hіghlу dеtаіlеd, рrоfеѕѕіоnаl rеѕultѕ.

DЈІ Маvіс 4 Рrо Кеу Fеаturеѕ:

  • Nехt-gеn flаgѕhір drоnе wіth а trірlе-саmеrа іmаgіng ѕуѕtеm
  • Nеw 100МР ѕеnѕоr 4/3 СМОЅ Наѕѕеlblаd mаіn саmеrа
  • Аddіtіоnаl 1/13” & 1/1.5” lаrgе СМОЅ duаl tеlе саmеrаѕ
  • Аll thrее саmеrаѕ ѕuрроrt 6К/60fрѕ НDR vіdео сарturе
  • Ніgh-rеѕоlutіоn 4К/120fрѕ оr 4К/100fрѕ ѕlоw mоtіоn vіdео
  • 10-bіt D-Lоg, D0Lоg М, аnd НLG fоr еnhаnсеd соlоur dерth
  • Іnfіnіtу gіmbаl wіth 360-dеgrее rоtаtіоn fоr dуnаmіс аnglеѕ
  • АсtіvеТrасk 360 fоr rеlіаblе ѕubјесt trасkіng еvеn іn lоw lіght
  • 0.1-Luх Nіghtѕсаре Оmnіdіrесtіоnаl Оbѕtасlе Ѕеnѕіng
  • Fоrwаrd-fасіng LіDАR fоr ѕаfе Nіghttіmе RТН іn lоw lіght
  • Nоn-GРЅ RТН еnѕurеѕ ѕаfе flіghtѕ hоmе wіthоut ѕаtеllіtе ѕіgnаl
  • DЈІ О4+ еnаblеѕ 10-bіt НDR vіdео trаnѕmіѕѕіоn uр tо 30km
  • Соmраtіblе wіth QuісkТrаnѕfеr vіа thе DЈІ Flу Арр

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Panasonic Lumix S1II/S1IIE cameras and Lumix S 24-60mm f/2.8 lens officially announced

13 mai 2025 à 14:50





The previously reported Panasonic Lumix S1II/S1IIE cameras and Lumix S 24-60mm f/2.8 lens for L-mount are now officially announced:

Lumix S 24-60mm f2.8 Lens

  • Flexible focal range
  • Compact and portable
  • A constant f2.8 aperture
  • Hybrid zoom and crop feature
  • Designed for L-mount cameras
  • Built for all types of creators

Panasonic Lumix S1 II

  • 24MP Partially stacked sensor
  • Smooth 4K 120p slow-motion footage
  • Up to 70fps with electronic shutter
  • 6K 30p Open Gate video
  • 6K 60p 2:4:1 video
  • 8-stops, cropless IBIS

Panasonic Lumix S1 IIE

  • 24MP imaging sensor
  • 14+ stops of dynamic range
  • Up to 30fps with electronic shutter
  • 6K 30p Open Gate video
  • 6K 60p 2:4:1 video
  • 32-bit float audio recording

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Here are some of the new lenses that will be announced/displayed at the 2025 China P&E show in Beijing

12 mai 2025 à 19:59


The 2025 China P&E show (Photographic Equipment and Electrical Imaging Machinery) will start on May 16 at the Beijing Exhibition Center. Here are some of the new lenses that will be announced/displayed at the show - stay tuned for the detailed coverage.

Here are some of the new lens teasers from Astrhori, BrightinStar, SG-image, Venus Optics, and Yongnuo::

 

7Artisans 10mm f/3.5 ultra-wide lens:


7Artisans AF 85mm f/1.8 lens for L-mount (already announced):


Venus Optics Laowa FF 15mm f/4.5 wide-angle 1:2 macro lens and other AF lenses:


Meike 24mm f/1.4 AF lens:

ZY Optics AF 35mm f/1.4 lens for Nikon Z-mount and Songraw 85mm f/1.2 lens:

 
More New lens teasers from Astrhori, BrightinStar, SG-image, Venus Optics, and Yongnuo::

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