Last week review 26-2026
Weekly review 26-2026 and this week the extreme heat was no longer there, pleasant summer temperatures, but the heat should come back 🙁
This week’s article was about Adobe’s June Update from Adobe. The June update, i.e. the Lightroom Classic 15.4 version, was even withdrawn at short notice for a few days by Adobe itself, because there was apparently a serious bug with a new function. That’s why I could only try the June update with the later provided version 15.4.1.
In addition to the usual improvements in support for new cameras and lenses, there is a duplicate search. However, I see this as a search with restrictions, because here actually only pictures are found that are completely identical. At this point I find the duplicate search offered by Excire or Excire Foto much more efficient, as you can determine there how much images may differ from each other in order to still be recognized as duplicates.
What Adobe has really improved, however, is AI-based subject recognition. This now works much more precisely, especially with fine details. This can be seen very well, for example, on individual leaves of trees or on hair in portraits. Especially if you use the subject recognition for masking instead of person recognition, it delivers significantly better results.
Consequently, there is now also an advanced search for AI metadata. This allows you to create both normal search queries and smart collections. This could be especially helpful if you want to update AI-supported edits later.
In addition, there are other news about Adobe. Adobe has taken over the manufacturer Topaz Labs to integrate additional possibilities for upscaling and noise reduction into its own programs. However, Topaz Labs had recently come under criticism due to the changeover to a subscription model and the significant price increase for the apps. In addition, some functions of the last Lightroom Classic versions were already selectable as a plug-in or model, but did not always work reliably depending on the respective subscription.
In addition, Leica introduced the SL3-P. This is essentially based on the sensor and partly also on the capabilities of the Panasonic Lumix S1R II. It is a camera with a 44 megapixel sensor, which Leica offers at a price of just under 6,500 euros.
The camera of course also comes with the video capabilities such as 8K video and other things.
Another news from the world of photography is that Panasonic no longer . Affected are the 25 mm f/1.4, the kit lens 12–60 mm f/2.8–4, which is particularly popular with the G9, and the portrait lens 42.5 mm f/1.7.
However, this should not be a sign of a possible end to the Micro Four Thirds system at Panasonic. Especially for these classic focal lengths – both in the range of the 50 mm normal focal length and in the portrait lenses – there are currently enough alternatives within the MFT system, especially from Olympus.
And good news, Sklyum has the sale biz for 07. July extended. So he still wants to buy Luminar Neo, has as part of the Summer Sale, which is still until the 30th. June, still the possibility to receive a discount of 20 percent with the discount code TUXOCHE20.
All in all, another very eventful week. I hope you like the articles and look forward to your questions and comments.
ciao tuxoche
