New patent: Sony says they can achieve “leap in image quality” with new organic sensor

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We found a brand new published Sony patent describing a sensor that has two interesting features:

1) It’s a sort of Foveon alike sensor with R-G-B pixels stacked vertically. This allows every pixel to capture the full color information. At the same time the pixels can be larger compared to a classic RGB sensor.

2) The sensor uses organic material.

Classic RGB sensor getting more and more “stressed” by the pixel size reduction. But this kind of patented sensor is one way out to achieve much higher resolution and color fidelity. Within the patent description Sony uses impressive words: (google translated from japanese):

“the inventor succeeds in improving image quality and reliability by leaps and bounds to a surprising thing, and came to complete this technology.”

With patents you never know how much you have to wait to see these kind of sensors on mass produced Sony cameras. Still, what’s unusual with Sony patents is that they actually shared some pics of the sensor:

Those pics may be a sign that Sony’s new sensor may not just be a distant dream…

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Hot deal: $310 off on the Voigtlander 12mm FE lens at Adorama

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That’s a very good deal: Save $310 on the Voigtlander 12mm FE lens sold by Adorama.

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2017 annual CIPA report: Camera market value did increase by 4% compared to 2016

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CIPA released the 2017 camera shipment numbers based on actual Japanese companies data. MirrorlessRumors analysis:

1) For the first time in many years the last year wasn’t worse than the year before. The market sales value increased by exactly 4%. Honestly, I wouldn’t be too much happy about it because in 2016 we had the massive sensor shortage because of the Kumamoto Sony factory damage (caused by the earthquake).

2) DSLR sales decreased by 10% compared to 2016 but Mirrorless sales went up 40%. And I guess that in 2018 with Nikon and Canon going “serious” with mirrorless this marks the beginning of the end for the DSLR market.

So while the numbers are good on paper they are still way underwhelming. Hard to see the camera market going any better in 2018.

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Luminar and Aurora 2018 updates released

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Skylum (former Macphun) released updates for the Luminar 2018 (Click here) and Aurora HDR (Click here) software. If you are going to buy them keep in mind you save additional $10 on checkout using the code “SAR“.

Luminar 2018 1.1.1 version for Windows:
Added shift + scroll hotkey for brush size adjustment
Curves filter improved
Merge layers feature released
Saving cropped image to document issue fixed
Fixed several issues with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom plugins usage
Sidebar UX improvements

Luminar 2018 version 1.1.1 for MAC:
Fixed issues with Photos Extension
RAW Develop support improved, added Leica Monochrome .DNG , HEIC formats, fixed support for Hasselblad and several other cameras.
Fixed several issues with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom plugins usage
Fixed issue with Dodge & Burn mask from documents created on windows

Aurora HDR 2018 1.1.3 version for Windows:
Improved sliders: You can now directly enter values into a slider with the keyboard.
Improved presets: Applying multiple presets is now handled correctly.
Cropping improvements: The cropped state of an image is now correctly captured in the native Aurora HDR file.

Aurora HDR 2018 1.1.3 version for MAC:
Batch process faster: We’ve fine-tuned our bracket-detecting algorithm to speed up batch processing.
Align brackets better: We’ve updated our alignment algorithm to improve hand-held HDR photography.
Adobe plug-in improvements: The plugins for Adobe products have been performance tuned.
Improved cross-platform files: We’ve fixed issue with cropped photos created on Windows.
Improved user experience: We’ve refined the software to make it easier to use based on user feedback and testing.

Again…don’t forget you get $10 off using our code “SAR” when buying Luminar or Aurora 2018.

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