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GearUp launches specialized online marketplace for photographers, filmmakers New Products 

GearUp launches specialized online marketplace for photographers, filmmakers

GearUp is a new online marketplace to bring together photographers, filmmakers, and hobbyists with free tools to connect buyers and sellers of new and used equipment. The free app, available for free download on the Apple App Store or Google Play, currently supports a diverse collection of new and used cameras, lenses, drones, and lighting equipment listed by users from across the... Read More
Industry Notes for the week of Sept. 5 New Products News Updates 

Industry Notes for the week of Sept. 5

  Retail news Kenosha’s Rode’s Camera Shop destroyed Rode’s Camera Shop, a downtown Kenosha, Wis,, business for more than 100 years, was completely destroyed in civil unrest Monday, Aug. 31, according to the Kenosha News.  It’s unclear, from the report, whether owners Tom Gram and Paul Willette will reopen the camera store and lab. Pixel Connection named DI Reporter 2020 E-tailer... Read More
Fujifilm debuts FUJINON XF50mmF1.0 R WR Lens for X-series New Products 

Fujifilm debuts FUJINON XF50mmF1.0 R WR Lens for X-series

FUJIFILM North America Corp. launch of the FUJINON XF50mmF1.0 R WR Lens, a lens with a F1.0 minimum aperture for X-series mirrorless digital cameras. The XF50mmF1.0 R WR lens is expected to be available in Fall 2020 at an MSRP of $1,499.95 USD. “We’re really excited about the XF50mmF1.0 R WR,” said Victor Ha, senior director of marketing and product management... Read More
Skylum aims to reinvent traditional photo editing with LuminarAI New Products 

Skylum aims to reinvent traditional photo editing with LuminarAI

Skylum unveiled its new approach to photo editing, LuminarAI, to be released as an application and plug-in this holiday season. LuminarAI will be available as a stand-alone application and plug-in for macOS and Windows. Early-bird pricing is available here and the product includes a 30-day money-back guarantee from the time of shipping. LuminarAI makes complex editing easier than ever before “thanks to... Read More
OWC launches Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-port Hub for creative pros New Products 

OWC launches Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-port Hub for creative pros

OWC introduced the OWC Mercury Elite Pro Dual with 3-Port Hub, offering up to 32TB of storage capacity plus a built-in high-powered USB hub for accessory connectivity and device charging. The compact Mercury Elite Pro Dual is equipped and ready to go to give you its best performance with any USB equipped Mac, PC, or tablet from nearly the last decade. The... Read More
Panasonic debuts full-frame LUMIX S5 New Products 

Panasonic debuts full-frame LUMIX S5

Panasonic Consumer Electronics Co. announced the LUMIX S5, a hybrid full-frame mirrorless camera for serious photographers and videographers. The Lumix S5 will be available at valued channel partners in mid-September for $1,999.99 for the body only and $2299.99 with a 20-60 kit lens. The LUMIX S5 contains a 24.2-megapixel 35mm full-frame CMOS sensor boasting a wide dynamic range and high sensitivity performance. The LUMIX S5... Read More
Canon debuts three PIXMA home printers New Products 

Canon debuts three PIXMA home printers

Canon U.S.A. Inc. announced three new PIXMA printers: the PIXMA TR8620 Wireless Home Office All-in-One Printer, PIXMA TR7020 Wireless All-in-One Printer and the PIXMA TS6420 Wireless All-in-One Printer. “In 2020, we have seen the at-home and small business needs of our customers continue to evolve rapidly and Canon is proudly invested in striving to make sure the wants and needs of... Read More
Samsung unveils Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2 New Products 

Samsung unveils Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2

Samsung Electronics unveiled the third generation of its foldable devices, the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold2, featuring a larger cover screen and main screen and notch-less front camera. “Our journey towards the next generation of mobile devices is full of originality and innovation,” said Dr. TM Roh, president and Head of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics. “With the launch of the Samsung Galaxy Z... Read More
Canon debuts Arizona 2300 series, imagePRESS presses New Products 

Canon debuts Arizona 2300 series, imagePRESS presses

Canon U.S.A., Inc. announced the new Arizona 2300 Series UV curable flatbed printers for the wide-format print market. This series is designed to help customers speed up production, improve operational efficiencies and fuel growth opportunities through its new applications. Featuring a stationary flatbed table structure, this series is built around the new Arizona FLOW technology, a unique vacuum technique supporting a zone-less,... Read More
Venus Optics introduces Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL for full-frame mirrorless New Products 

Venus Optics introduces Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL for full-frame mirrorless

Venus Optics introduced the Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL lens for full-frame mirrorless cameras. The small lens features an ultra-wide 1260-degree AoV and weighs only 254g (8.9 oz.). The new Laowa 11mm f/4.5 FF RL offers an exaggerated and non-fisheye perspective. It has a 62mm filter thread for screw-in filters. For photographers who opt to use slide-in filters, the magnetic... Read More
Vecnos smartphone app creates easily shareable 360-degree images New Products Updates 

Vecnos smartphone app creates easily shareable 360-degree images

Vecnos Inc., the company spun out of Ricoh Company, Ltd., launched IQUISPIN, a smartphone app allowing users to easily create and to share one-of-a-kind short videos with automated motion and effects using images taken with any 360-degree camera. IQUISPIN is available free of charge today for iOS and Android devices. The app converts still 360-degree photos into a several-second MP4... Read More
DJI releases DJI OM 4 Smartphone magnetic stabilizer New Products 

DJI releases DJI OM 4 Smartphone magnetic stabilizer

DJI unveiled the DJI OM 4, a premium smartphone stabilizer. The rebranded sequel to DJI’s Osmo Mobile line, the DJI OM 4, features a highly functional quick-snap magnetic phone attachment system, intuitive operation, upgraded motors, new creative capture modes and a portable folding design, the company says. The DJI OM 4’s folding design makes it portable. On a full charge,... Read More
GoPro launches live-streaming service for GoPro Plus subscribers New Products 

GoPro launches live-streaming service for GoPro Plus subscribers

GoPro, Inc. launched a high-quality live-streaming service, making it simple for GoPro Plus subscribers to live stream from their GoPro camera to GoPro.com. The company also released new firmware for HERO8 Black adding HyperSmooth 2.0 High and Boost to more video settings and includes official webcam support for macOS. Windows support for GoPro Webcam is now in beta and available... Read More
NetGear debuts Meural WiFi Photo Frame New Products 

NetGear debuts Meural WiFi Photo Frame

NetGear debuted the Meural WiFi Photo Frame, a $299 digital frame with a 15.6-inch display and simple photo-sharing features. The anti-glare screen and patented TrueArt technology deliver life-like photos to be enjoyed from any angle and the premium woodgrain-trimmed frame makes it the perfect fit for any home or office setting, the company says. “So many photos are captured on smartphones... Read More
Ricoh announces Silver Edition of PENTAX K-1 Mark II, plus three HD PENTAX-D FA Silver Edition lenses New Products Promotions 

Ricoh announces Silver Edition of PENTAX K-1 Mark II, plus three HD PENTAX-D FA Silver Edition lenses

Ricoh Imaging Americas Corp. announced the PENTAX K-1 Mark II Silver Edition, a limited-edition silver-colored version of its flagship DSLR. Ricoh is also releasing for the first time silver versions of its D FA series lenses with high-grade silver coating. The camera will be available in a limited quantity of 1,000 units worldwide, and the three lenses— HD PENTAX-D FA★... Read More