Topaz released the new Gigapixel AI (more info here). You save 15% on it using our checkout code “RUMOR“. P.S.: Til April 15 you save $30 on Topaz Denoise (Click here) if you add our checkout code “RUMOR“.

Here are the new features and fixes:

Special Update Instructions

• This version of Gigapixel AI requires MacOS 10.14 or Windows 10 (or higher). It is not supported on MacOS 10.13 or Windows 7/8.
• If you use Gigapixel AI as a plugin to Photoshop or Lightroom Classic on Mac, once you install this update, please do the following:

1. Quit Photoshop and/or Lightroom Classic completely
2. Gigapixel AI should open by itself after installing the update. Your plugin configurations should now be reset. Follow any prompts displayed relating to installing plugins.

Major Changes

• Native Apple M1 support
• Drag and drop DMG installer for mac
• Updated visual theme
• Batch model downloading option

Improvements

• Reduced Very compressed model pixel shift
• Reduced GPU memory usage when face refinement enabled
• Reduced installer size
• Allowed expanding file list to show >3 files
• Cleaner edges on transparent images

Fixes

• Fixed preserve source format using TIFF for some JPEGs
• Fixed black lines in output at certain sizes
• Fixed crashes on some hardware combinations
• Fixed incorrect backend selection on Windows 11
• Fixed face refinement not working on machines with old GPUs
• Fixed process failing silently if face detection model not present
• Improved wording of various dialogs and tooltips
• Fixed long file names overlapping other text
• Fixed time measurement displayed in file list
• Fixed batch processing handling images out of order
• Fixed custom crop tool aspect ratio ignored
• Fixed “Save As” file suffixes not matching batch mode
• Fixed certain JPEGs showing 0x0 dimensions
• Stopped model downloads cancelling each other
• Require model downloads (fixes many hardware compatibility issues)
• Fixed photoshop plugin crashing on mac
• Fixed auto parameter calculation in plugin mode
• Fixed some cases of exiting without output when used as plugin
• Prompt for plugin installation when photoshop detected

Known Issues

• Crash reporter shows up after closing app
• White flashes when resizing window

Yodobashi shared their top 10 best selling cameras in March:

1st place OM SYSTEM OM-1 Body
2nd place Sony α7 IV Body
3rd place Canon EOS R6 Body
4th place Panasonic LUMIX GH6 Body
5th place Canon EOS R5 Body
No. 6 Sony FX3 Body
No. 7 Canon EOS RP / RF24-105 IS STM Lens Kit
No. 8 Panasonic LUMIX GH6 Standard Zoom Lens Kit
No. 9 OM SYSTEM OM-1 12-100mm F4.0 PRO Kit
No. 10 Canon α7 III Lens Kit

OM-1 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. GetOlympus.
OM-1 in EU at Calumet DE. Fotokoch DE. FotoErhardt DE. Wex UK. Olympus DE, Olympus UK, Olympus FR, Olympus IT, Olympus ES. Olympus NL. Olympus BE. Olympus AT. Olympus CH.

via Digicameinfo

50mmf /1.2 GM: a complete review of the real BEAST!

Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT.
Holographic Camera Instantly Peeks around Obstacles (Scientific American).
High-Res-Shot-Funktion der OM System OM-1 getestet (Digitalkamera.de).
Best Photo Editing Apps for Mobile Devices in 2022 (42West).
Zoom Unveils F8n Pro Multitrack Field Recorder with 32-bit Float Recording (Explora).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.

Johan sent me this message:

There are so many discussions about whether m43 gear is capable or not, so I figured I send you this message. I don’t know if you’re interested in this, but a photo of mine taken with m43 gear was last Saturday awarded a bronze medal in one of the biggest Nature Photography competitions in Europe.

My photo was awarded bronze medal in the Nordic Nature Photo Contest, using a m43 setup (see attached file). You can see the photo here, the urban wildlife photo in third place, of a young rat staring out at a busy Stockholm street.
https://www.nnpc.no/no/vinnere/228-2022/arets-nordiske-pattedyrbilde
The photo was taken with the Olympus EM1 III and the fisheye 8mm f/1.8. The camera was remote controlled via wifi and I used a diffused LED light on the rat.
If you’d like to put this m43 news on your site, I’d appreciate if you included my insta link https://www.instagram.com/jlindphoto

Story of the photo:
This is a young rat, looking out at Torkel Knutssongatan here in Stockholm, one block away from where we live. It was a young rat in a family of four rats that lived in this flower bed next to Bysis torg during the last winter. In mid January the city council put out poisoned rat bait in the flower bed. A few days later the family disappeared. Urban life has its risks.

Who am I? I’m Johan Lind, from Stockholm, Sweden, an award winning nature photographer and elected member and former chair of the Swedish Association for Nature Photographers.

Cheers
/Johan

Shoten announced the new MFT to Sony E-mount adapter. This ins’t the first adapter of this kind. Fotodiox already has such an adapter on sale at BHphoto.