Leica has announced the APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH. The company is making grand claims for its latest standard-focal-length prime, which uses specially developed glass to create an apochromatic design to minimize chromatic aberrations. The lens was designed to match the specifications of the existing 50mm f/2 lens – a 1979 design that is the oldest in the company’s current lineup. The APO version of the lens will be available from late July 2012 at a cost of around $7,195. . . . → Read More: Leica announces APO-Summicron-M 50mm f/2 ASPH normal prime
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Verbatim has just launched its new Store ‘n’ Go V3 USB 3.0 Drive. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Verbatim Store ‘n’ Go V3 USB 3.0 Drive Nikon has issued an important announcement regarding the EN-EL15 battery used in the Nikon D7000, D800, D800E and Nikon 1 V1 cameras. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Nikon Recalls Some EN-EL15 Batteries The World Photography Organisation (WPO) has announced the Open and Youth category winners in the 2012 Sony World Photography Awards. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Sony World Photography Awards 2012 Open & Youth Category Winners Announced Kenro has announced the UK launch of the Nissin MG8000 Extreme flash. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Nissin MG8000 Extreme Sony has launched four GPS-enabled 18MP CMOS zoom compacts, ranging from the 16x DSC-HX10V all the way up to the 30x DSC-HX200V. The DSS-HX20V adds a 20x zoom to the 10V’s specs and the HX30V gains WiFi on top of that. All four CMOS cameras offer nine creative processing filters and latest fast AF which the company says will focus in as little as 0.1sec and 0.2sec in low light, they also have high-res 920,000 dot LCDs. There’s also a less-expensive 16MP CCD 16X zoom model, the DSC-H90. All of the cameras feature at least 27mm equivalent wide-angle lenses. . . . → Read More: Sony launches five zoom compacts, including HX30V 20x WiFi compact superzoom For Dummies have just announced a brand extension in their line of books and products – the new For Dummies eLearning Center and eLearning Kits. The latest publication in the eLearning series is Digital SLR Photography eLearning Kit For Dummies. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Digital SLR Photography eLearning Kit For Dummies Manfrotto School of Xcellence will be present at the Focus On Imaging trade show, offering inspiring and informative talks and the chance to meet some of the UK’s top photographers. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Manfrotto School of Xcellence at Focus On Imaging Colour Confidence today announced the UK launch of a new line-up of camera bags from Booq. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: New Range of Booq Bags Launched in the UK Nikon has updated its photographer-friendly P series with the Coolpix P510 and P310. The P510 gains GPS and an extended zoom, now reaching from 24-1000mm equivalent. This 42x range is likely to be quite a challenge for its VR image stabilization system, so we’ll be interested to see how it performs. The P310 is a more subtle upgrade of the P300. Like the P510 it gains a 920k dot LCD and moves to using a 16MP back-lit CMOS sensor, with all the high-speed, multi-shot image processing modes it enables. More than any of the technology changes, we’re most interested to see the addition of a ‘Fn’ button on the front – if this can be set to control useful functions, it may improve the handling of an already pleasant-to-use camera. . . . → Read More: Nikon replaces high-end Coolpix ‘P’ series with P510 and P310 Paul Thomas from Danescour has scooped up the Autosport International Amateur Photographer 2012 award. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Paul Thomas Wins Autosport International Amateur Photographer 2012 Conurus and Metabones have released a so-called Smart Adapter that allows Canon EF mount lenses to be mounted on Sony NEX camera bodies. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Metabones Smart Adapter Allows Mounting of EF Lenses on NEX Bodies Iridient Digital has released RAW Developer 1.9.4 for MacOS X. Read more and comment . . . → Read More: Iridient RAW Developer 1.9.4 for Mac Unified Color has announced second-generation versions of its HDR Expose software and its 32Float HDR plugin for Photoshop. The latest versions add color dodge and burn tools, and tone curve adjustment, all the while using the company’s 32-bit colorspace that separates color and luminance information to avoid color shifts when changing brightness. The latest version also includes presets, which can be created and modified, to speed up the blending process. Version 2 also gains the ability to batch merge images, using one of these presets. A free 30 day trial of both the 32 Float v2 plugin and standalone HDR Expose 2 software is available. . . . → Read More: Unified Color launches HDR Expose 2 and 32Float v2 Nikon has taken the unusual step of updating the firmware of its discontinued CoolPix P7000 enthusiast compact. Firmware v1.2 offers a broad selection of improvements and bug fixes, ranging from improved AF targeting to the correction of an error that meant the color temperature scale was reversed when correcting White Balance during in-camera Raw processing. The updated firmware can be downloaded from Nikon’s websites. . . . → Read More: Nikon updates firmware for discontinued CoolPix P7000 The Coolpix AW100 is Nikon’s first all-action compact camera, designed to handle life’s hard knocks, and thanks to its GPS features, able to plot your journey’s too. The 16 megapixel Nikon AW100 also has a 5x zoom lens, 3 inch screen and can record full 1080p video. Can this new pretender take the weatherproof crown? Read our Nikon Coolpix AW100 review to find out… Read the review . . . → Read More: Nikon Coolpix AW100 Review We’ve published a gallery of 32 JPEG images shot with the 12MP Fujifilm X10. The X10 is Fujifilm’s first foray into the luxury end of the enthusiast compact camera market, and takes many of its styling cues from the APS-C format X100. Key features include a 28-112mm (equivalent) f/2-2.8 zoom lens and Fujifilm’s unique ‘EXR’ sensor technology. Our samples were taken in a range of different environments and in a range of different modes, including the 6MP noise and dynamic-range optimized ‘SN’ and ‘DR’ EXR modes. . . . → Read More: Fujifilm X10 Preview Samples Gallery Alongside the EOS C300, Canon has launched seven EF Cinema lens series, all of which carry a new ‘CN-E’ designation. Two zooms, a 14.5-60mm T2.6 L and 30-300mm T2.95-3. 7 L, will each be available in EF and PL mounts and be compatible with both Super 35mm-equivalent and APS-C cameras. Meanwhile the 24mm T1.5L, 50mm T1.3L and 85mm T1.3L primes will come in EF mount and be compatible with all sensor sizes up to 35mm full frame. All of the lenses feature manual focus and aperture control, and include an 11-blade aperture diaphragm for attractive defocus effects. . . . → Read More: Canon announces seven EF Cinema lenses We’ve recently introduced a few small but, we hope, welcome improvements for dpreview members. You may have stumbled across them whilst browsing, but we thought it would make sense to bring them to everyone’s attention. In brief: you can now edit comments you’ve made on news stories, articles and previews, we’ve introduced a ‘Gear List’ to your profile, and you can now feature your articles in your chosen forum(s). To find out more check out the full story after the link. . . . → Read More: Site updates: Gear List, forum articles and more Fujifilm’s FinePix HS20 EXR is a 16 Megapixel super-zoom camera with a 30x optical range and 3in articulated screen. These specifications sound comparable to many of its super-zoom rivals, but the HS20 EXR boasts a number of features which make it unique. First, the lens employs a mechanical zoom ring, like a DSLR lens. Secondly it takes AA batteries. Third and arguably most important, the sensor can reconfigure itself to become optimised for resolution, lower noise or higher dynamic range. Throw in 1080p video and RAW capabilities and you have a powerful feature-set which will delight enthusiasts. Find out how it compares – and crucially if the clever sensor really works – in our Fujifilm HS20 EXR review. . . . → Read More: Fujifilm HS20 EXR review |
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