Confirmed: Sony 16-25mm f/2.8 G lens is coming soon and three more Sony E-mount lenses before early Summer!

According to trusted sources we should get four new Sony E-mount lenses between now and early Summer:

But there will be any more E-mount lenses coming from third party manufacturers too! One of them will be very exciting and I hope to be able to post this rumor soon!

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OFFICIAL: Nikon buys RED and goes after the Sony Cine camera market

This is a surprising news! Nikon did acquire 100% of RED to compete directly with Sony in the Cine camera market . Full press text and additional info can be read at Nikoneye.com .

Quick considerations about the possible benefits for Nikon and RED:

For Nikon:

  • Maybe some Nikon cameras will get the REDCODE RAW recording feature
  • Access to some amazing sensor tech

For RED:

  • Maybe future RED camera will have Z-mount instead of the current Canon RF mount
  • Red could have access to Nikon glass

What do you


Sony Tidbits…


Anti theft protection: JJC just announced a new Metal Thumb Up Grip with built-in AirTag compartment for the A7cII/A7cR cameras


Surprise results from the CineD Lab test: The Sony A9III is the best Sony Alpha camera to date in video mode in terms of dynamic range!

CineD put the Sony A9III to rigorous testing and the conclusion is quite a surprise:

The Sony Alpha 9 III displays fantastic results in our lab test. Rolling shutter by the very nature of the global shutter design is non-existent (effectively 0ms) – the best we have and will ever see for full-frame sensors. It cannot get better from here.

Dynamic range using our Xyla21 chart and IMATEST analysis is average when compared to other full-frame consumer cameras. But as is so


New image of the upcoming Viltrox 135mm f/1.8 LAB and 40mm f/2.5 Full Frame E-mount autofocus lenses

There is a new image of two of the upcoming new Viltrox lenses:

  • 135mm f/1.8 FE autofocus lens (this will be viltrox first High Quality lens of the new “LAB” series)
  • 40mm f/2.5 FE autofocus lens

No info yet about pricing and release date…

Reminder: Save 8% using our checkout code “RUMOR” on the international Viltrox store (Click here) .

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Just announced: new DxO PureRAW 4

Today DxO released the new DxO PureRAW 4 software (Click here) . Below you can read the full press text and a couple of youtube reviews:

Press text:

DxO PureRAW 4 introduces a new generation of its breakthrough denoising AI and sets new industry standard for RAW image quality enhancement
With numerous workflow enhancements, DxO PureRAW 4 asserts its position as the indispensable first step in any photographer’s RAW processing workflow.

Paris (France): With a heritage spanning over two decades, DxO Labs continues to lead in optical corrections


Sony will soon announce a world’s first: The Sony 24-70mm f/2.0 lens Full Frame E-mount lens!

According to two trusted sources Sony will soon announce a new 24-70mm f/2.0 lens . No one in the history of photography has ever made such a lens!
The closest lens is the current Canon 28-70mm f/2.0 . But having 4 mm more at the wide end makes this lens much more attractive to a variety of photographers. You can shoot landscapes and take beautiful portraits–a real jack-of-all-trades!
From what I


Just announced: New Topaz Photo AI 2.4

Topaz just released the new Photo Ai 2.4 version (Click here) .

Here is the list of improvements and new features:

In the last few months we gathered feedback on Topaz Photo AI through our support channels, forums, and numerous user interviews. Thanks to all of you who have graciously shared your time to participate. We identified many areas for improvement and set four goals to improve the application:

  1. Make it easier to use
  2. Increase user control over processing
  3. Improve speed of processing and editing
  4. Create room for new tools
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Sigma Japan apologizes for possible shipment delays of the 500mm lens because of “high demand”