Award-winning Aurora HDR, co-developed with Trey Ratcliff, brings major updates that will be available for both Mac OS and Windows users.

San Diego, CA – August 15, 2017 — Macphun, the California-based developer known for making complex photo editing software simple and fun, today announced the release of Aurora HDR 2018, the one-stop solution for HDR photography. To sign up for pre-order announcements and more, please visit aurorahdr.com/2018.

Aurora HDR, co-developed with the renowned HDR photographer Trey Ratcliff, made the complex task of HDR editing effortless and unintimidating. Aurora HDR became the industry standard for HDR photo editing on Mac and reached 1.7 million downloads since its launch in November 2015.

In less than 2 years over 100 million photos have been edited in Aurora HDR and 72% of current users have made Aurora HDR their primary HDR photo editor, switching from other software. Today, Aurora HDR is the go-to editing software for such well-known photographers as Trey Ratcliff, Serge Ramelli, Captain Kimo and many others.

“Since the launch of Aurora HDR, Macphun has released more than 10 updates containing tons of new features and improved performance,” commented Trey Ratcliff. “Today, I’m very excited to announce the launch of Aurora HDR 2018. It’s completely new, significantly faster and has even more powerful tools. Plus the BIG news is that it’s now available for Microsoft Windows as well. It’s truly the best HDR software for both Mac and PCs”, concluded Ratcliff.

Aurora HDR is not just a tool for merging brackets: it brings countless options to create perfect HDR photos – from one-click presets and advanced tone-mapping, to layers, noise reduction and powerful luminosity masking controls.

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We know about the 4 lenses that Canon is going to announce soon (we’re not sure on the exact date yet), and along with those lenses, we’ll be seeing the replacement to the Canon EOS M10 being announced. We’re not sure if it’s going to be called “EOS M20” or not. Expect specifications that are similar to the EOS M6/SL2 in a small form factor.

Nokishita has confirmed the EH31-FJ face jackets for the EOS M10 successor are on their way. It looks like you’re going to get 9 color options.

There has been no mention of any new EF-M lenses coming alongside the new EOS M camera, but there’s a chance that could change.

We haven’t heard anything definitive about a new prosumer PowerShot camera(s) coming.

We have received a few more bits of information in regards to the soon-to-be-announced EF 85mm f/1.4L IS.

Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS Specifications: (New information in bold / weight and dimensions are approximates).

• Minimum focusing distance : 85cm / 2.78′
  • EF 85mm f/1.2L II minimum focusing distance is 95cm / 3.12′
• Weight: 950g / 33.5oz
  • EF 85mm f/1.2L II weighs 1025g / 36.16oz
• Filter size: 77mm
  • EF 85mm f/1.2L II filter thread is 72mm
• Max diameter 88.6mm / 3.48″
  • EF 85mm f/1.2L II is 91.4mm / 3.6″ 
• Length: 105.4mm / 4.15″
  • EF 85mm f/1.2L II is 83.8mm / 3.3″
• 4 stop image stabilization
• Flourine coating
• 1 moulded aspherical element
• 9 aperture blades

We’re still waiting to confirm USD pricing as well as the exact announcement date and availability.

We’ve received a bit more information about the upcoming Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS.

Canon EF 85mm f/1.4L IS Known Specifications:

• 4 stop image stabilization (previously mentioned)
• Flourine coating
• 1 moulded aspherical element
• 9 aperture blades

We currently do not know the weight, dimensions, announcement date or how much this hotly anticipated lens is going to be.

We’re also going to put a [CR3] onto the tilt-shift lenses we’ve been reporting about.

The-Digital-Picture has completed their review of the Canon EOS 6D Mark II, and came away pretty impressed overall. While it’s not a perfect camera body, the image quality is great as far as noise and color go, but we’re all disappointed we didn’t get a dynamic range performance bump.

From TDP:

The 6D Mark II did not impress me with its AI Servo AF capabilities, its dynamic range is only adequate and I’m not a fan of the 8-way multi-controller. But, the image quality benefits, especially color and noise levels, of Canon’s full frame CMOS sensors are big, while the footprint of the 6D II remains small – as does, probably most importantly, the relative impact on your wallet. Expectations were that the 6D Mark II would deliver very impressive image quality and rapidly hit the most-popular list. It has delivered on expectations. Read the full review

I still haven’t used the EOS 6D Mark II enough to give my final verdict to folks, but I do like the camera so far.