Topaz just released the new Photo Ai 2.4 version (Click here).

Here is the list of improvements and new features:

Demand for the new Fuji X100VI is so strong that you would have to pay almost DOUBLE the price to get it NOW on eBay (Click here).

Photorend spoke with with Mitsuteru Hino , Head of UX Planning, Imaging Business Unit at Nikon Corp. Here are the most interesting parts:

1. Selling products at higher prices, both cameras and lenses, has helped increase revenues and profits at Nikon’s Imaging division.
2. Nikon is therefore the only manufacturer to produce its lenses from the glass stage. The glass company [Hikari Glass, Editor’s note] is part of the Nikon group, which allows us to have a constant exchange and to specify our needs in terms of lenses. This represents a significant advantage for Nikon, it’s a capability that other manufacturers do not have
3. About future products: We would like to surprise you, so please be patient for that.
4. we are putting more emphasis on firmware updates
5. The reason some of our cameras do not accept third-party batteries is security. That’s why we prefer that you use official Nikon batteries.

Duade Paton writes:

I design my dream camera using the best bits from Canon, Nikon, Sony and OM System after using each system in the field. Would you buy the DP1? What is your perfect camera? Cheers, Duade

The German company Spinn is known for launching many successful products. today they announced the new magnetic Swift-lock on Kickstarter (Click here). This is how it works:

SG-IMAGE announced this new 25mm f/1.8. The specs are:

• 7 elements in 5 groups
• 7 aperture blades
• stepped aperture
• minimum focusing distance of 0.25m
• 43mm filter interface
• all-metal lens body
• weighs about 185 grams
• Sony E, Nikon Z, Fuji X, Canon R, Canon M, M43, L mount.

No info on pricing yet. And honestly I never heard of that company before…