Venus Optics announced the new Laowa 4.5-10mm f/2.8 APS-C zoom fisheye lens. You can preorder it at Venus Store, soon at BHphoto and Amazon.

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Enhance Noisy, Soft, and Cropped Photos Locally with Aiarty — 49% Off + Extra Savings

Deal alert: For photographers looking to rescue and process photos locally, the Aiarty Anniversary sale is live with 49% off. Use code ANNIVERSARY for an extra $5 off Aiarty Image Enhancer or $10 off the bundle until June 8.

For many camera users, the hardest files are not total misses. They are good shots held back by high ISO noise, a deep crop, slight softness, or limited resolution. Aiarty Image Enhancer is built for that kind of technical cleanup, helping prepare images for web, print, client delivery, or further editing without sending files to the cloud.

Why It Fits a Photographer’s Workflow

For wildlife, aviation, sports, travel, low-light, and distant landscape shots, Aiarty is useful when a photo is worth keeping but needs more technical cleanup before publishing, printing, or further editing.

• Clean up high-ISO files while preserving useful texture.
• Improve soft telephoto shots and heavy wildlife crops without simply stretching pixels
• Upscale images to 4K, 8K, 16K, and up to 32K for web, large screens, or print.
• Batch process folders when a full shoot needs consistent cleanup.
• Support old photo restoration for scanned prints, compressed JPEGs, and family archives.

Editing Workflow: Cleanup Before Export or Final Output

Before the main edit, Aiarty can create a cleaner base file for Lightroom, Capture One, or Photoshop. Built-in crop, rotate, flip, exposure, contrast, and color tools help prepare the image, while HDR export in TIFF and DNG keeps more room for follow-up editing.

Near the end of the workflow, Aiarty Image Enhancer can add a final resolution boost, subtle sharpening, or upscaling for print and large-screen viewing. Strength control is useful here because it lets photographers hold back the enhancement when fine detail starts to look too crisp or artificial.

Private Local Processing for Large Batches

Aiarty runs locally on Windows and Mac, so commercial client work, unreleased images, and private archives do not need to be uploaded. Once the AI models are downloaded, the software can be used with disabling internet, which is helpful for large folders or repeat cleanup jobs.

Anniversary Deal: 49% Off + Extra Coupon Savings

The Lifetime license is now 49% off and includes Windows and Mac access plus free lifetime updates. Use code ANNIVERSARY before June 8 for an extra $5 off Aiarty Image Enhancer or $10 off the bundle.

A 30-day money-back guarantee is included for photographers who want to test it with their own high-ISO files, crops, and archives.

Here are the specs:

• Focal Length: 4.5-10mm
• Aperture Range: F2.8-22
• Lens Structure: 13 elements in 9 groups
• Image Circle Diameter: Ø29mm
• Angle of View: 180° (at 4.5mm) – 175° (at 10mm)
• Number of Aperture Blades: 7
• Focus Method: Manual Focus (MF)
• Focus Ring Travel: 77°
• Zoom Ratio: 2.2X
• Minimum Focus Distance: 10cm
• Zoom Ring Travel: 75°
• Aperture Ring Travel: 42°
• Maximum Magnification: 0.27X
• Lens Dimensions: Ø68.9 x 59.3mm
• Weight: 330g
• Available Mounts: Sony E, Fujifilm X, Nikon Z, Canon RF, Canon EF-M, L-Mount, Micro Four Thirds (M4/3)

Preorders:
Canon EOS R6 V at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK
Canon RF 20-50mm f/4 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton, WexUK

This sketch is an accurate representation of how the Canon EOS R6 V with RF 50mm f/4L IS USM PZ looks like, as shared on Chinese social media.

Below is an AI rendering of the sketch.