News roundup: DxO acquires Nik Collection, Macphun becomes Skylum and new Hasselblad X1D firmware update

Here are three industry news we didn’t report earlier because of all the PhotoPlus announcements:

1) The Adobe competitor Macphun changed its name in Skylum (MacPhun Blog)

2) DxO acquires Nik Collection assets from Google (Nikcollection).

3) Hasselblad X1D Firmware Update 1.19 released. New features:

Touch-pad selection of AF point
New setting: Live view in EVF only
Custom buttons
New setting: Max aperture (Lens bokeh)
Create new folder
Toggle overlay in Video Live View with display button

New Sony a7rIII, 400mm and 24-105mm FE lenses announced!

Sony announced all this stuff today:
A7rIII at SonyAlphaRumors. Sony.com. Dpreview, ThePhoBlographer. CameraLabs. Hugh Brownstone. Imaging Resource.
400mm f/2.8 FE at SonyAlphaRumors. Sony.com. Dpreview (release is summer 2018)
24-105mm f/4.0 FE OSS at SonyAlphaRumors. Dpreview.

Preorders (Preorder start October 26 at 10am NYC time):
A7rIII at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama.
24-105mm at Amazon, Bhphoto, Adorama.

MacPhun announces a new Lightroom competitor for 2018. It will work with the IR Library!

Short preview: new DAM module in Luminar from Macphun Software on Vimeo.

Today Macphun (Click here) announced that it will launch a Lightroom alternative in 2018:

“After recent Adobe news about Lightroom updates, we received a lot of questions about our plans for creating a photo manager, so we’d like to shed some light on this.
At the moment we’re working on the digital asset manager (“DAM”) which will work with both hard drives and cloud storage platforms. It’s going to be a perfect tool for organizing and managing images. Moreover, users will be able to run it along with LR library to compare both DAMs side by side and choose which fits them better.
The new DAM will be added to Luminar in 2018, and will be a free update to everyone who owns Luminar 2018. We’ll be releasing more details soon.
In the meanwhile here’s a short video about the new DAM from Macphun: https://youtu.be/9FCHmJiF894
And several screenshots to take a closer look of what’s coming next: http://bit.ly/macphunDAM”

 

Canon announced the new G1 X Mark III

Canon announced the new G1XIII and it’s available for preorder at BHphoto. Key specs:

  • 24.2MP APS-C CMOS Sensor
  • DIGIC 7 Image Processor
  • 3x Zoom Lens, 24-72mm (35mm Equivalent)
  • Built-In Electronic Viewfinder
  • 3.0″ Vari-Angle Touchscreen LCD
  • Full HD 1080p Video Recording at 60 fps
  • Dual Pixel CMOS AF, Image Stabilizer
  • ISO 25600, 9 fps Continuous Shooting
  • Built-In Wi-Fi with NFC, Bluetooth
  • Dust- and Water-Resistant Construction