W/E Sunday Mar 3rd

[Kym]

Adobe release candidates for ACR and Lightroom

http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/cameraraw7-4/
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/lightroom4-4/

[Kym]

Pentax drop the K-01 http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2013/02/pentax-k-01-marked-discontinued-by-pentax-japan.html

[Rattus79]

Pentax drop the K-01 http://www.1001noisycameras.com/2013/02/pentax-k-01-marked-discontinued-by-pentax-japan.html

Like that's a big shock! :D

[Kym]

http://www.photographyblog.com/news/rambus_binary_pixel_technology_improves_dynamic_range/


Rambus has unveiled a new “binary pixel technology” that promises to “dramatically improve” the quality of photos taken with mobile devices, in terms of dynamic range and signal-to-noise ratio. “Today’s compact mainstream sensors are only able to capture a fraction of what the human eye can see,” said Dr. Martin Scott, chief technology officer at Rambus. “Our breakthrough binary pixel technology enables a tremendous performance improvement for compact imagers capable of ultra high-quality photos and videos from mobile devices.”

[Kym]

http://www.digitalcamerainfo.com/Features/The-S-Is-for-Subtle-The-Pentax-K-5-II-and-K-5-IIs-Head-to-Head.htm


In our review of the Pentax K-5 II, we briefly touched on the camera’s sister model, the K-5 IIs. The IIs is identical to the K-5 II except that its anti-aliasing filter has been removed. In practice, this should increase sharpness, with the possible side-effect of aliasing, moiré, and other image artifacts. We’ve seen this elsewhere recently, most notably with the Nikon D800 and D800E siblings. But the K-5 II is the first APS-C DSLR available in filtered and unfiltered variants.

In the lab, we found that the filterless K-5 IIs produced an 8% increase in sharpness. We were eager to see how our findings held up in the real world—and if it would spawn any image-quality side effects. So we loaded up the two cameras with some high-quality glass, packed a tripod, and went for a stroll.