Adobe has announced significant updates to its entire Lightroom ecosystem, including the popular Lightroom on desktop, Lightroom Classic, and Adobe Camera Raw applications. Many new features rely upon improved artificial intelligence (AI) technology, which has been a major focus of Adobe's for a few years now, with all its apps receiving more sophisticated AI-powered features seemingly with every major release. The primary new features of Lightroom include expanded Adaptive Presets, new masking tools for Select People,... (read more)

Nikon has fully revealed a new ultra-wide angle zoom lens for APS-C (DX-format) Nikon Z mirrorless cameras. The Nikkor Z 12-28mm f/3.5-5.6 PZ VR lens is the widest DX-format lens in Nikon's Z system, and the company's first power-zoom (PZ) lens since the Nikon 1 Series PD lenses. The Z 12-28mm f/3.5-5.6 lens was first revealed when Nikon added it to its lens roadmap last fall, although, at that time, only the focal length was known. Today, Nikon has unveiled all the details of its newest lens, including release and pricing... (read more)

It's a glorious time for black-and-white photography enthusiasts. Hot on the heels of Ricoh announcing the Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome, Leica has announced a new monochrome camera, the Leica M11 Monochrom. The M11 Monochrom is a digital rangefinder sporting a 60-megapixel full-frame backside-illuminated monochromatic image sensor. This is the same resolution as the standard color Leica M11 camera, and the M11 Monochrom also features the same multi-resolution functionality, allowing users to swap between 18, 36, and... (read more)

Adobe has announced major updates to Premiere Pro, After Effects, and Frame.io, further expanding the performance and usability of its applications and services for videographers, video editors, and photographers. Adobe Premiere Pro adds AI-powered text-based editing Looking first at Premiere Pro, the popular video editing app has long utilized artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up the workflow for its users. The newest version of Premiere Pro takes that even further with Adobe Sensei-powered text-based editing. Adobe... (read more)

Ricoh Imaging has announced the Pentax K-3 Mark III Monochrome. The new DSLR combines many of the features of the company's flagship APS-C DSLR, the K-3 III, with a newly developed monochromatic image sensor, making it the world's only DSLR designed for black and white imagery. "The concept of a monochrome-specific digital SLR camera attracted a great deal of attention and interest from photographers who participated in an online fan event held in November 2021," says Ken Curry, president of Ricoh Imaging Americas. Curry... (read more)

VIEWBUG has announced a social mission and fundraising campaign to raise awareness and money for the Michael J. Fox Foundation, a leading foundation fighting against Parkinson's disease. VIEWBUG is an ecosystem of more than 4 million creators designed to create a personal space for photographers of all skill levels to share their work, grow, get exposure, and get rewarded via daily photo contests. The new fundraising campaign is available to all photographers, even if they don't have a VIEWBUG account (it's free to join, by the... (read more)