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With CES around the corner and this year being an Olympics year, it’s safe to presume that there will be new gear on offer from the big players.
I don’t get press notices from all the makers, and to be honest, don’t really go looking for them, but both Canon and Nikon hit the inbox today and I thought that it would be worthwhile to look at the announcements.
Read MoreIt's pretty common for writers to do a year in review type of thing, so here we go.
Read MoreNikon announces a replacement to the existing 18-300 DXNikon releases a new short film shot entirely on the D4s Nikon may actually have a replacement shortly for the much loved D300s. It will be called the D9300 and that's all that's known at present Nikon 1 J4 has new sensor, better AF and Wifi Canon has announced a firmware upgrade for the C500 using Intel Iris Pro Graphics Canon announces cine lenses at NAB. 17-120/T2.95 with digital drive handgrip and the HJ18ex7.6B portable HD zoom for broadcast applications Canon has acknowledged an issue with cold weather autofocus problems with the 1Dx and 1Dc Canon acknowledges issue with noisy focus rings on 24-70/2.8 L II USM lenses Canon announces two new compact pro camcorders, the XF205 and XF200 with a 20x optical zoom. Both record in MXF and MP4 and will be available in July Olympus updates firmware on OM-D E-M1 to include anti shock electronic first curtain, to be used at shutter speeds below 1/320 Mockups of the allegedly forthcoming OM-D OM-G are out. Thought this was April Fools but might not be Olympus being sued for $273M by Japanese banks Apple patents a bayonet style lens mount Leica announces a $5K credit towards the Leica S DXOmark says the Sigma 18-200 OS is the best superzoom for your crop sensor Canon Sigma's 50/1.4 ART lens is available and reviews love it best $949 Transcend has announced U3 cards suited for 4K video capture Sony has announced the A7S with 4:2:2 4K video, 12MP great low light, 50MBPS Adobe announces Lightroom Mobile and Lightroom 5.4
This episode I look at the court decision around the ASMP and Google, check in on Leica and refer you to Steve Huff. I'm surprised at the market value of IKEA's cardboard camera and relate a funny story about a stolen iPhone. Then I suggest a couple of web articles, one from Pixiq on hyper-focal distance and one from Petapixel on the photography of Jack Robinson. Next I cover news and rumours from Canon and Nikon, hit the updates from Adobe and close with a joint review of the Gary Fong Lightsphere and the Stroboframe.
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