ON1 Resize AI


ON1 Resize AI
ON1, creators of ON1 Photo RAW & a line of professional photo editing software for photographers, announce a new application for increasing image resolution, ON1 Resize AI, coming this April. Its predecessor ON1 Resize (formerly Genuine Fractals), has been the industry standard for photo enlargements for over 20 years.

ON1 Resize AI, the next-generation photo enlargement software, promises to give photographers even better results and the highest quality photo enlargements using state-of-the-art AI technology. This all-new super-resolution technology will allow customers and any photographer to enlarge photos while quickly maintaining and recovering an incredible amount of detail and sharpness.

“It’s simply amazing. We’ve been working on this project for quite a while, and everyone will be flat out amazed at how big they can make their photos. I’m still in awe of the results I can get using ON1 Resize AI,” says Dan Harlacher, VP of Product.

Existing methods of photo enlargement, or interpolation, make up new pixels or resolution by copying those around them, which often leads to enlarged photos with less detail, soft edges, and more noise. ON1 Resize AI uses deep machine learning to study different details we see in the world, whether natural textures like tree bark, animal fur, feathers, grass, leaves, rock, and skin to man-made textures like concrete, fabric, or brick. Studying millions of examples of the everyday world will allow the software to upscale photos and their textures to virtually any size, leaving photographers with ultra-high resolution images.

Price and Availability
ON1 Resize AI is available today to pre-order as an individual plugin and standalone application for $99.99. ON1 Resize AI will also be part of the ON1 Professional Plugin Bundle, which includes five of ON1’s professional plugins that work with photo editing applications like Lightroom, Photoshop, Capture One, and more for $149.99. Resize AI will also be available inside ON1 Photo RAW 2022 in a future update.

The official release date of ON1 Resize AI will be announced in the coming weeks, and the ON1 team expects it to be released in April. Owners of ON1 Photo RAW 2022 will get the fully integrated ON1 Resize AI in the next free update for Photo RAW soon after the release of Resize AI. Anyone who owns the individual product, ON1 Resize 2022, will also receive ON1 Resize AI as a free update. Finally, subscribers to ON1 Photo RAW will also receive the fully integrated Resize AI in Photo RAW AND the plugin for free as part of their plans.

Key Features

  • Crisp Details — ON1 Resize AI upscales your photo to the desired size and sharpens the final details incredibly well. Great examples are seen in photos with tiny hairs or feathers.
  • Creating Large Prints — At its core, making stunning poster-sized prints is where ON1 Resize AI excels. Easily crop to the paper size, AI-resize the photo with the ultimate detail, and then print it directly or save the file to send to a photo lab.
  • Ultra-Resolution — Crop a portion of your photo and still have amazing quality and detail. It can equate to having a longer lens without the expense or weight.
  • Breathe New Life into Old Photos — With older files and photos, the size and quality do not compare to what is available today. ON1 Resize AI allows for remastering old images and making them larger, sharper, and cleaner than ever before.
  • Reduce JPG Artifacts — Whether over-compressed and even small photos, ON1 Resize AI can reduce the JPG compression artifacts while creating new details, leading to an increase in resolution and higher quality upscaled images.
  • Upscale Video Stills — Use Resize AI on a still frame captured from your video editor to create high-quality prints.
  • Create Gallery Wraps — ON1 Resize AI’s unique gallery wrap feature can add reflected or stretched wings to the edge of your photo so you can make a gallery wrap without losing any image area.
  • Tiling — Divide the photo into tiles or strips to make it easier to print a mural. You control the size of the tiles and how much they overlap for trimming.
  • Batch Processing – The powerful batch-processing engine in ON1 Resize AI lets you enlarge a group of photos and control how they are named, what file type they are, where to save them, their metadata, and add watermarks.
  • Fill the Page — Your camera’s size or aspect ratio often doesn’t fit your printer. In these cases, recomposing or cropping the photo is necessary to fill the page. Other apps make this more difficult as you need to consider the size of paper and resolution so you can crop and resize simultaneously. ON1 Resize AI combines these functions, making it easy to fill the page in a single step.
  • Easier Printing — When it comes to preparing your photo to print, knowing the proper resolution for your printer and the correct amount of sharpening for your paper choice can be daunting. ON1 Resize AI’s built-in presets make this a breeze. Pick the kind of printer, the type of paper, and the size.
  • Softproofing— View a simulation of how your image will look when printed based on specific printer and paper profiles.
  • Works as a Plugin — ON1 Resize AI works as a standalone application and plugin from many popular photography apps like Lightroom, Photoshop, Capture One, Affinity Photo, Apple Photos, and Corel Paintshop Pro.
  • Powerful Workflow Integration — Resize AI goes beyond the average plugins. In CaptureOne and Lightroom you can batch process easily with powerful new resizing options. And in Adobe Photoshop it can handle layered files with masks, alpha channels, text, and adjustment layers in RGB as well as CMYK, Grayscale and LAB. This makes it perfect for not just photographers, but also graphic artists and print agencies.
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Tamron 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD Firmware 2 Released


Tamron 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD:
B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama

Tamron released firmware v2 for the Tamron 18-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXD the other day and the details and download link can be found below:

ModelProductMountLatest VersionLast Update Date
B06118-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di III-A VC VXDFUJIFILM XVer.22022.4.4
Ver.2The operability of the focus ring during manual focus has been improved.Download Page

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Fujiguys: TASCAM CA-XLR2d-F Setup

TASCAM CA-XLR2d-F: B&H Photo

The Fujiguys released their TASCAM CA-XLR2d-F setup video after several firmware updates were released last week to add support for the XLR audio accessory. The TASCAM CA-XLR2d-F allows you to record professional quality digital audio in-camera to complement your video. If your camera doesn’t have a smart hot-shoe adapter then you will be limited to recording 2 tracks when using a cold-shoe mount and battery.

Steps

  1. Make sure you are running the latest firmware
  2. Connect the TASCAM CA-XLR2d-F and an orange light should power on
  3. Connect your professional-quality microphone using XLR or TRS
  4. Adjust the XLR microphone settings and these will vary based on which mic you use
  5. Adjust the audio settings in the camera under the audio menu

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Fujinon 28mm f/1.0, 32mm f/1.0, and 35mm f/1.0 Patents Found


Example 1 (35mm F1.0)
Focal length: 34.686
F number: 1.03
Angle of view: 45.4


Example 4 (28mm F1.0)
Focal length: 29.079
F number: 1.03
Angle of view: 53.2


Example 9 (32mm F1.0)
Focal length: 32.022
F number: 1.03
Angle of view: 49.8

Patent holder: FUJIFILM Corporation
Patent: 7048521
Publication number: P2020122941
Application number: P 2019016232
Registration date: 2022-03-28
Publication date: 2022-04-05 Title
of invention: Imaging lens and imaging device

In recent years, there has been a demand for a lens system having an F number smaller than the F number of the lens system described in Patent Documents 1 to 4.

The Gauss type has a problem that the sagittal coma aberration becomes large when the angle of view is wide, but there is a lens system that can acquire a high-quality image by correcting the aberration well even though it has a small F number. It has been demanded.

Further, a lens system having a small F-number has a problem that the weight of the group that moves at the time of focusing becomes heavy, which is disadvantageous in speeding up the autofocus. Therefore, it is desired to reduce the weight of the focus group.

The present disclosure has been made in view of the above circumstances, and is an image pickup lens having a small F-number, a weight reduction of the focus group, well-corrected aberrations, and high optical performance, and an image pickup thereof. It is an object of the present invention to provide an image pickup apparatus provided with a lens.

Just because there are patents found doesn’t mean Fujifilm will make these lenses, but it could be interesting for Fujifilm to launch a f/1 collection of lenses ranging from 28mm to 50mm. The Fujinon XF50mm f/1 R LM WR has been well received and It is possible Fujifilm could go f/1 since full-frame camera companies have been working on a lot of f/1.2 lenses.

Fujinon XF50mm f/1 R LM WR:
B&H Photo / Amazon / Moment / Adorama
Fujinon XF56mm f/1.2 R:
B&H Photo / Amazon / Moment / Adorama
Fujinon XF56mm f/1.2 R APD:
B&H Photo / Amazon / Moment / Adorama
Fujinon XF35mm f/1.4 R:
B&H Photo / Amazon / Moment / Adorama

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Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 Coming Late April

The Viltrox 13mm f/1.4 will be available in late April according to Photorumors. The lens was supposed to ship already and has already seen a firmware update released for it, but it is not shipping globally yet.

Viltrox 13mm f/1.4: B&H Photo / Amazon

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Laowa 0.7X Focal Reducers For Probe Lens PL and EF Mount Announced


24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe: B&H Photo / Amazon / Venus Optics

Anhui China, 4 April, 2022 – Venus Optics, the camera lens manufacturer specializing in making unique lenses for photographers and cinematographers, is thrilled to announce the new 0.7x Focal Reducer for 24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe. It reduces the crop factor when using probe lenses on APS-C/ Super35 and Micro Four Thirds cameras, which helps retain the perspective of the probe lens. The maximum aperture is boosted to f/10 as well. Various mounts are available:

●               Canon EF – Canon RF●               Arri PL – Canon RF
●               Canon EF – Sony E●               Arri PL – Sony E
●               Canon EF – Fuji X●               Arri PL – Fuji X
●               Canon EF – M43●               Arri PL – M43
●               Canon EF – L mount●               Canon EF – L mount

Keeping the perspective on S35 and M43
Optimized for Laowa 24mm f/14 2X Macro Probe, the 0.7x Focal Reducer effectively reduces the crop factor from 1.5x to 1.05x on Super35 and from 2x to 1.4x on Micro Four Thirds, which reserves the original perspective of the probe lens. It also boosts the aperture by 1 stop, making it a brighter lens with an f/10 maximum.

Various mounts available
The reducer allows users to mount Arri PL/Canon EF probe lenses onto different cameras, including Canon EOS C70, RED Komodo, Sony APS-C series, Fujifilm X series, Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k, Lumix GH5, Leica CL, etc.

Excellent Durability
The focal reducer is fully constructed with metal. Not only provide stability for adapting lenses, but it also improves durability. It would be a reliable shooting gear for professional use.

Optimized quality for affordable price
Laowa 0.7x Focal Reducer for Probe Lens is currently available to purchase on Venus Optics official websites  (http://www.venuslens.net/ / https://laowacine.com/) and via authorized dealers.

Priced at USD250, Laowa offers probe lens enthusiasts a rather friendly price while giving promising results.

Specification 

Laowa 0.7x Focal Reducer for Probe Lens
FormatFF to S35/ APS-C/ MFT
Lens Structure3 elements in 1 group
DimensionsEF adapter:Φ75mmX25.5mm
PL adapter:Φ90mmX38mm
Weight 259g(PL-E)
MountPL-E/PL-X/PL-R/PL-M43/PL-L
EF-E/EF-X/EF-R/EF-M43/EF-L

 

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