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- X-Rite Adobe CC offer
X-Rite Adobe CC offer - X-Rite are offering a free one year Adobe CC photography plan with certain product purchases (X-Rite i1Display Pro, i1Photographer Kit, ColorMunki Photographer Kit or i1Studio). - Meike 6-11mm zoom fisheye announced
Meike have announced a 6-11mm F3.5 zoom fisheye lens. In EF and F mounts for Canon and Nikon full frame cameras, giving a 180º field of view. - Three new Hasselblad XCD lenses
Three new XCD lenses and 1.7x converter launched for the Hasselblad X1D-50c camera. XCD 80mm F1.9, the XCD 65mm F2.8 and XCD 135mm F2.8 - Novoflex lens adapters for EOS R and Nikon Z
Novoflex announce a range of new lens adapters for manual lenses with Canon EOS R and Nikon Z mirrorless cameras. - Irix 150mm F2.8 Macro lens
Irix have announced a 150mm f/2.8 Macro 1:1 lens, designed for full frame cameras with the Nikon F, Canon EF, and Pentax K mount.
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- Review: Kaiser R60 LED Ring Light
Review of the Kaiser R60 LED Ring Light with 60 daylight LEDs from Fotospeed. Battery operated LED lighting giving up to 2300 lux at 30cm working distance - BenQ SW240 monitor hood SH240
Fitting the SH240 Monitor hood for the 24" BenQ SW240 wide gamut hardware calibrated monitor. Fits the monitor in landscape or portrait orientation. - Book Review: Mastering Macro Photography
Book Review: Mastering Macro Photography by David Taylor. Equipment, lighting and technique for photographing small things - Topaz AI Gigapixel V2
Topaz AI Gigapixel software is updated to V2. Improves GPU performance for image resizing and enlargement. 30 day trial available - Install Canon camera software without CD
Installing Canon camera software without the CD. What to do if you've lost your original CD and need to re-install software - Yes, I welcome EOS R
Why the Canon EOS R system will change my photography, but not just yet. How the RF lens mount and new lenses are what may make me change. How do you decide when to jump? - Peli 1535 Air Case review
Review of the Peli 1535 Air Case. A tough air carry on sized hard case for camera equipment. Tested with the TrekPak reconfigurable interior divider system - Book Review: Mastering Exposure
Book Review: Mastering Exposure by David Taylor. Looking at the basic principles of photographic exposure, shutter, aperture and ISO. A great starting point for moving away from camera auto modes. - Canon camera mounts and change
Canon camera mounts and change. Canon FD, EF, EF-S, EF-M and RF. How does it affect your photography and does it really matter. What does the RF mount mean for APS-C cameras - does anyone really keep their old 18-55 lenses?
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- Samyang AF 14mm F2.8EF
Samyang have announced their first (autofocus) AF lens with the EF mount, the AF 14mm F2.8EF - DxO to revive the Nik plugins
DxO have confirmed that they are going to to revive the Nik plugins with new versions in 2018 - Yongnuo YN 14mm f/2.8 Ultra-wide Angle Prime Lens
Yongnuo YN 14mm f/2.8 Ultra-wide angle prime lens with autofocus announced. Canon EF mount option shown - Luminar 2018 update
Luminar update V1.0.1 for Mac and Windows versions. Various fixes and improvements, including D850 RAW support - Canon imagePROGRAF TX-2000
Canon have announced the imagePROGRAF TX-2000 and TX-3000 printers. 24" and 44" pigment inkjet printers for CAD/GIS and poster reproduction. Dual roll media support. - Affinity Photo V1.6
Affinity Photo V1.6 update released. Boosts performance and functionality - limited time offer for free extras. - Luminar 2018 aims at Lightroom Luminar 2018 - image editing update for Mac and Windows. Adds new filters and RAW processing. Faster software and an expansion of editing flexibility
- Macphun becomes Skylum
Macphun is renaming the company as Skylum - Part of this signifies the move of their photography software to the Windows platform as well as the Apple Mac - X-Rite i1Studio launched
X-Rite announce i1Studio package for monitor calibration, scanner and printer profiling (colour and black & white). Updated software / functionality for the ColorMunki spectrophotometer - BenQ SW271 27 inch HDR 4k monitor
BenQ have announced the SW271 27 inch HDR 4k monitor. With HDR10 support. SW271 features 99% Adobe RGB, 100% sRGB and Rec. 709. and DCI-P3 colour spaces. - Irix Edge 100 filter system
The Irix Edge 100 filter system is announced for wide angle lenses - fitting directly to the Irix 15mm f/4 lens. The filter holder is to host a collection of 100mm and 100mm x 150mm filters - FoCal AF calibration software updated to V2.5
FoCal AF calibration software is updated to V2.5 - Software lets you tune and adjust camera autofocus performance. Adds 6D2 and D7500 support
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