→ Skylum released a new Magic Light AI extension for Luminar Neo – you can now creatively manipulate light sources, add and fine-tune light beams, increase glow, and more. The other Luminar extensions are: Upscale AI, AI Background Removal, HDR Merge, Noiseless AI, Focus Stacking, and Supersharp AI. You can still use code RUMORSNEO for $10 off.
→ Capture One changed their perpetual license.
→ Interview with Jesko von Oenhausen (Leica Camera AG Camera Division Product Management Manager).
→ Did Oskar Barnack build a 35mm camera before the Ur-Leica?
→ The Xiaomi 13 Pro smartphone with a Leica camera is now officially announced:
“The Xiaomi 13 Pro has top-flight camera specs, too. It packs a 50-megapixel (MP) f/1.9 main camera with a Type 1-inch sensor (like other Type 1-inch sensors it’s really only 8.8 x 13.2mm, but still significantly larger than with most smartphones). It also includes a 50MP 3.2 zoom camera (75mm equivalent) with optical image stabilization (OIS) and a floating lens, as pictured above. Finally, it has a 50MP f/2.2 ultra-wide camera (14mm equivalent), and 32MP punch-hole selfie cam.” (Engadget)
→ New Leica store opened in Basel.
→ New Leica store + gallery opened in Melbourne.
