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New Lightroom Classic Update
credits: Adobe
Adobe just released its October 2025 update for Lightroom Classic with six new features, better performance, and support for more cameras and lenses. The headline tools include AI-assisted culling, auto stacking, a new dust removal option, zooming while cropping, native Leica tethering, and a colour variance slider in the Point Colour panel. It is all part of Lightroom Classic version 15.0, available now for Creative Cloud users.
The new AI-assisted culling is probably the biggest change. It scans your imported photos, flags the bad ones, and even suggests small edits to the ones it thinks are worth keeping. You can adjust how strict it is, for example, tell it to reject photos where people’s eyes are closed or out of focus. There is also a new auto stacking option that automatically groups similar photos together, either by the time they were taken or how visually alike they are, which should make sorting through hundreds of frames a bit less painful.
The dust removal tool is another helpful addition, it can automatically detect and clean up spots from a dirty lens or sensor, and you can apply it to multiple shots at once. You can also now zoom while cropping, which sounds small but is actually super useful for fine-tuning compositions. And finally, the new colour variance slider gives you more control over how colour adjustments affect similar tones, letting you change hues with a bit more precision.
You can see full details on Adobe’s website here
Ulanzi’s Waist-Level Viewfinder
credits: Ulanzi
Ulanzi is back with a new Waist-Level Viewfinder, a small optical accessory that brings a bit of old-school shooting style back. It is designed for mirrorless and compact cameras and gives you the experience of shooting from the waist, a slower, more deliberate, and often less conspicuous way to compose. Inside, it uses a three-element, high-transmission optical setup that keeps the view bright and free of distortion, so what you see through it stays true to the final image.
The VF01 is built around a 28mm full-frame field of view, but it also includes bright frame-lines for 35mm and 50mm, letting you visualise your scene across three common focal lengths. Ulanzi says the finder looks its sharpest when focused at about five meters (16 feet) and one nice touch they added is a magnetic hood that flips open with one hand and blocks stray light, keeping the view clean even in bright conditions.
Mounting the viewfinder happens via a standard cold shoe meaning it works with a wide range of cameras, from Fujifilm’s X100 and X-T lines to Sony’s a6000 series, Nikon’s Zfc, Canon’s R100, and more. It weighs 63 grams and measures under two inches in each direction, so it is relatively compact. The VF01 is available for pre-order at $48, shipping November 6, 2025, in both Black and Silver finishes.
You can see full details on Ulanzi’s website here
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