The goal of this release is to provide additional camera raw support, lens profile support and address bugs that were introduced in previous releases of Lightroom.

Today, we also released versions of Lr for iOS and Android that provide updated camera support.   Check them out here.

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photokina 2018: the world’s leading trade fair for photo, video and imaging is repositioning itself

photokina will take place annually as of 2018. It will in future thus optimally reflect the fast-paced nature and the ever briefer innovation cycles of an increasingly digitalised industry. As of 2019 the trade fair will also have a new date in May. In addition to innovations from the core areas of the imaging workflow, the entire range of products, applications and services of relevance for imaging shall in future be presented in Cologne. With these changes, the transformation process begun in 2016 shall be consistently continued: under the umbrella of “Imaging Unlimited”, photokina last year inspired both exhibitors and visitors and accessed new target groups for the industry.

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Bryan at The-Digital-Picture has completed his review of the brand new Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art and came away as impressed as most other reviewers.

From TDP

While zoom lenses typically win the popularity contests, fixed focal length models generally have some strong advantages and the Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DG HSM Art Lens is a “prime” example. Exceptional image quality, including impressive sharpness and negligible distortion, is right at the top of this lens’ advantages. Having the f/1.8 aperture at a telephoto focal length can be a game-changer and there is a special wow factor in the background blur this combination creates.

The 135 Art lens brings more than just great image quality – it is the full package. Great looks, quality design … perhaps the only missing feature is optical stabilization. Read the full review

Sigma 135mm f/1.8 DF HSM Art at B&H Photo

Forum regular rrcphoto has done some dirty work and found a bunch of Canon USA patents you may be interested in. Since the demise of Egami, these have been harder to come by.

Stacked sensor patents

• http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?docid=09659872
• http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=09654715

Stacked sensor patents for mobile phone use:

• http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=09635291
• http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=09621830

Microlens patent, likely for mirrorless cameras.

• http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=09601534

An SLT patent?

• http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=09599879

Continuous liveview in EVF

• http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?PageNum=0&docid=09369633

Linear USM patent.

• http://pdfpiw.uspto.gov/.piw?Docid=09660556

If you speak patentese and can better explain what these are, please sound off in the forum.

We reported back in February that we’ll be seeing an EOS Rebel SL2 some time in 2017. We’re now being told to expect the camera to come in September of this year.

The new king of small DSLRs will apparently be slightly smaller and a bit lighter than the EOS Rebel SL1, which at the time of its launch was the smallest DSLR in the world.

We’re also told to expect a specifications list that is relatively similar to the Canon EOS 77D.

The next DSLR to be announced by Canon will be the EOS 6D Mark II some time in July.

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