Update: Download Adobe Creative Suite 2 For Free

Update3: This comes from imaging-resource:

Here’s what Issacs wrote on Adobe’s community forum following the reports.

“On behalf of Adobe Systems Incorporated …

You have heard wrong! Adobe is absolutely not providing free copies of CS2!

What is true is that Adobe is terminating the activation servers for CS2 and that for existing licensed users of CS2 who need to reinstall their software, copies of CS2 that don’t require activation but do require valid serial numbers are available. (Special serial numbers are provided on the page for each product download.) See <http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1114930>.

You are only legally entitled to download and install with that serial number if you have a valid license to the product!”

Update2: the download link appears to be still alive. Just tried it out. Don’t know what is going on.

Update: To good to be true! According to diyphotography, which cites Adobe support forum, the download was never meant to be free. The download page was meant for photographers who bought CS2, but needed to reactivate it. The download link has now been disabled.

Adobe’s CS2 suite can be downloaded for free. Click here to download. Serial numbers are provided with the download links. You have to be registered to Adobe (it’s free) to make the download. Mac (PowerPc) and Windows versions.

[via nachbelichtet.de via 9to5toys via canonwatch]

 

Sigma DP3 Merrill Pics And Specs Leaked

Spanish site dslrmagazine (translated) posted pictures and specifications of the DP3 Merrill, the latest edition of the Merrill that Sigma is going to present at CES 2013.

The DP3 comes with a 50mm f/2.8 lens, and it is the allrounder among the three Merrills. It features an APS-C sized Foveon X3 direct image sensor, has aburst rate of 7fps, A three-inch TFT LCD with a resolution of 920,000 dots. The measures are 121.5 x 66.7 x 80.6 mm for a weight of 400 grams.

[via dslrmagazine]

 

Update – Fujifilm X-100S And X-20 Full Press Release

 

Update: The press release for the X-100S does no longer show up. But you can read the entire text at fujirumors.com.

 

Fuji UK published the press releases for their new Fujifilm X-100S and X-20.

Fujifilm X-100S press release:

Two years ago, FUJIFILM launched the prestigious X100 with a FUJINON 23mm f/2 fixed prime lens and superb image quality, in a beautifully designed compact camera body.  Its unique style and international acclaim has carved out a niche for a new genre of Premium Compact Camera, designed in pursuit of optimum operability. Today, FUJIFILM is proud to announce the launch of the FUJIFILMX100S, the successor to the FUJIFILM X100, inheriting its elegant design and high-performance lens, whilst evolving further to meet customers’ demands with the introduction of a higher-definition Hybrid Viewfinder and a new sensor and processor

… read the press release here (video provided)

Fujifilm X100S Key features list:

  • 16.3 megapixel APS-C X-Trans CMOS II sensor

  • EXR Processor II

  • High Definition Hybrid Viewfinder (OVF / EVF)

  • FUJINON 23mm f/2 lens

  • Intelligent Hybrid AF (with the world’s fastest AF speed of 0.08 secs (*1))

  • Start-up time of 0.5 secs (*4)

  • Shutter time lag of 0.01 secs

  • Shooting interval of 0.5 secs

  • High-contrast and wide viewing-angle 2.8-inch Premium Clear LCD (460K dots)

  • Super Intelligent Flash

  • Burst shooting rate of up to 6 frames per second at full resolution (max. 29 frames)

  • Focus Peak Highlight function

  • Digital Split Image display

  • Artistic filters

  • Full HD movie recording (60fps / 30fps)

Fujifilm X-20 press release:

FUJIFILM is proud to announce the launch of the newFUJIFILM X20 premium compact camera. Following in the footsteps of the highly acclaimed X10, the FUJIFILM X20 inherits its high-precision lens and refined design, whilst featuring substantially improved performance. With an X-Trans CMOS II sensor, EXR Processor II and a newly-developedAdvanced Optical Viewfinder, the X20 is packed full of FUJIFILM’s latest technology. The X20 is available in both all black and two-tone black and silver.

… read the press release here (video provided)

Fujifilm X-20 key features:

  • NEW Advanced Optical Viewfinder with a Digital Trans Panel

  • NEW 12 megapixel 2/3-inch X-Trans CMOS II sensor

  • Intelligent Hybrid AF in 0.06 seconds (*3)

  • Improved EXR Processor II

  • High quality fast f/2.0-2.8 lens

  • 4x FUJINON manual barrel zoom lens

  • 2.8inch High Contrast LCD monitor (460K dots)

  • Pop-up Super Intelligent Flash

  • Fast start-up time of 0.5 seconds (*?), shutter time lag of 0.01 seconds

  • Super Macro mode (1cm)

  • Motion Panorama 360

  • 8 Advanced Filters

  • Q button for frequently used menu items

  • Function (Fn) button

  • NEW GUI showing the focal distance, aperture value and shutter speed in sync with the zoom ring or command dial rotation

  • Advanced SR Auto mode with 64 shooting patterns

  • Full HD video (60fps)

  • Manual focus during video recording

  • Output for Stereo Microphone (sold separately)

  • Focus Peak Highlight function on the LCD screen

  • Available in all black or two-tone black and silver

  • 4 types of shutter sounds – Lens Shutter, Focal Plane Shutter, Mirror Up and Silent Shutter

[via fujirumors]

First images of the new Fuji X100s and X20!

Along Nikon (with the J3 and S1) and Samsung (with the NX300) also Fuji will announce some major new camera (but with fixed lens). The image you see on top shows the new Fuji X100s with 16 Megapixel X Trans sensor. And here on bottom you can see the new X20.

No new camera or lens from the mirrorless and intrechangeable lens X system will be announced for the CES show.

via Digicaminfo.

The NX300…is it enough? Preorders at BHphoto.

The NX300 preorders are now up at Bhphoto (Click here). This is the cameras that sets a new “restart” for Samsung. And the main new feature is the 2D-3D hybrid capability. Is that really going to work out? Samsung should focus on developing some real major unique photographic features. Some examples: 3 layer sensor (Sigma), Hybrid viewfinder tech (Fuji), high quality prime glass (Leica). If they would put all that together in one camera! That is the kind of thing they needs. Something really groundbreaking!

Some NX300 Press release:
Dpreview, Megapixel, Engadget.

Samsung NX300 and 45mm f1.8 3D First Impressions

Image courtesy: The Phoblographer

Samsung unveiled the NX300 MILC and the 45mm f/1.8 3D lens today, and Chris Gampat at The Phoblographer was already able to play around with it. The main caracteristics:

  • 20.3MP sensor
  • ability to shoot 3D and 2D stills
  • video (1920×1080, 1920×810, 1280×720 , 640×480, 320×240), HDMI 1.4a output
  • DRIMe 4 engine
  • contrast and phase detect focusing
  • WiFi connectivity

  • AMOLED touch screen

Chris’ first impression:

The NX300 felt awesome in my hands, though it was a bit bigger than I’d like. The lovely screen is very much a show stealer: and the company seems to be positioning itself for an even more aggressive push in the camera market. In the years passed, Samsung wasn’t always such a big hit. But maybe now they will be. This little camera surely deserves it from what I’ve seen so far.

[via The Phoblographer]

Image courtesy: The Phoblographer
Image courtesy: The Phoblographer
 

 

LIist of new Fuji cameras. X100s and X20 coming.

Olympus, Panasonic and Sony will avoid to make any major mirrorless announcement at the CES show. They will wait til late January instead (CP+ show in Yokohama). At least Fuji will make a more “important” announcement. According to Digicaminfo these are the camera they will announced soon:

  • FUJIFILM X100S

  • FUJIFILM X20

  • FinePix S8200

  • FinePix XP60

  • FinePix T500

  • FinePix JZ700

As previously written on Fujirumors the X100s has the same 16 Megapixel X Trans sensor of the X-E1/X-PRO1.