April Fool's Day - anyone have a contribution?

[NancyP]

We need to lighten the mood here. So, post your April Fool's Day new camera, lens, etc announcements. 

[David Eckels]

Lightroom 6 just shipped!

[digitaldog]

Lightroom 6 just shipped!

Yes, but on Mars. Availability on planet Earth isn't set yet.

[Jeremy Roussak]

Not photographic, but droll: here.

Jeremy

[NancyP]

Re: Lr6 shipped.
Very Good! I actually wondered for a second if it could be true.
Any new gaudy Hasselblads, Leicas, or other "special edition" cameras?

And I wonder - the Phase One 80MP small camera for drone - that was a April Fool's Eve release. Real? Joke?

[Bob_B]

Canon just announced a 80mp camera with a low-light sensor 10 times more sensitive than Sony's. It also has a flip-up, rotating LCD touchscreen live view screen. Retail price $1000 US. Limited quantities available only on April 1 2015.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

In case you didn't read it in todays NY Times, I have just been voted the World's Greatest Photographer!  

For those who want the details, here are the complete voting results:

Eric Myrvaagnes: 1 vote
Peter Lik              0 votes.

 

(Voting took place at my computer, just after I read Nancy's post here.)

[NancyP]

Now here's a good one, contributed by Roger Cicala:
http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2015/04/announcing-c-4-precision-optics
Enjoy!

[PeterAit]

I am enjoying my 800mm, f/1.4 lens. $39.

[NancyP]

No doubt you have benefited from the (Tm) Olympic Grade 5 Minute Miracle Exercise Machine, operated 5 minutes a day from your TV couch, that has enabled you to do handheld bird-in-flight shots. After all, that lens has to weigh a LOT. Do you know if B&W, SinghRay, or Lee makes the 571mm diameter CPL? Naah, surely they must have a drop-in CPL for the lens.

[ErikKaffehr]

Nice of the Martians to do some beta testing…

Yes, but on Mars. Availability on planet Earth isn't set yet.

[Jim Kasson]

There was an announcement of a new, ultra-high dynamic range camera today:

http://blog.kasson.com/?p=9329

Jim

[NancyP]

Cute, Jim. We need some humor in the rants these days.

[NancyP]

Magic Lantern now has successfully run a Linux kernel on Canon 5D3.
http://www.magiclantern.fm/forum/index.php?topic=14847

GIMP, anyone?

[NancyP]

This was posted a day late but is still pretty funny:
http://photorumors.com/2015/04/03/olympus-air-a01-camera-module-rocket-launcher-style-setup-can-probably-get-you-arrested/#more-69714