Darktable 2.4.3 released

The Open Source RAW editor Darktable 2.4.3 has been released: https://www.darktable.org/

New Features
Support for tags and ratings in the watermark module
Read Xmp.exif.DateTimeOriginal from XMP sidecars
Build and install noise tools
Add a script for converting .dtyle to an .xmp

Bugfixes
Don’t create unneeded folders during export in some cases
When collecting by tags, don’t select subtags
Fix language selection on OSX
Fix a crash while tethering

Camera support, compared to 2.4.2
Fujifilm X-H1 (compressed)
Kodak EOS DCS 3
Olympus E-PL9
Panasonic DC-GX9 (4:3)
Sony DSC-RX1RM2
Sony ILCE-7M3

White Balance Presets
Sony ILCE-7M3
Noise Profiles
Canon PowerShot G1 X Mark III
Nikon D7500
Sony ILCE-7M3

Phase One just announced its first camera with the new Sony back side illuminated 44x33mm 100MP sensor

Today Phase One announced the new iXM UAV and Drone Camera. The news matters because this is the world’s first camera using the new Sony back side illuminated 44x33mm 100MP sensor. This is the same sensor that will be used by the future Fuji GFX-100S and Hasselblad X1D-100c!

I haven’t found image samples shot with this camera yet but here are some facts:

– Dynamic range is 83dB
– ISO range 50-6400
– 3fps

Expect the future Fuji and Hasselblad to have the nearly same specs!

Here is an intorduction video from Phase One:

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Nikon just said in NHK interview that new mirrorless cameras will be on market by Spring 2019

Nikoneye.com just spotted a new Nikon interview streamed by NHK. Adn we finally got an exact timeframe of WHEN the new Nikon mirrorless cameras will be on market.
It might be that Nikon will show the new cameras at this years Photokina. But it seems like we will still have to wait til Spring 2019 before the postman will deliver it to your home.

There is yet no rumor about the possible specs from the Nikon mirrorless. Form what we heard those Z-mount specs going around the web are pretty much wrong. All we can do is some guessing:

  • It will be Full frame
  • It will have a newly designed sensor with PDAF
  • Nikon F mount adapter will be priced very low and deliver nearly “native” autofocus speed
  • At least three lenses will be announced with the camera and probably a roadmap will be disclosed too

Join the new Nikon mirrorless facebook group to discuss your wishlist and possible specs :)