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Panasonic has announced firmware version 2.2 for its flagship Micro Four Thirds camera, the Panasonic GH6. The update will be available to customers on September 27 via the Lumix Global Customer Support website.

Firmware update Ver.2.2 adds support for direct recording to an SSD over USB. Panasonic writes, "The...

 

 

Nikon has announced a new affordable zoom lens, the Nikkor Z 17-28mm F2.8. The wide-angle zoom joins the Z 28-75mm F2.8 as a new budget-friendly F2.8 zoom.

With a suggested retail price of $1,199.95, the Z 17-28mm F2.8 is about $1,300 cheaper than Nikon's excellent Z 14-24mm F2.8 S lens, albeit with a slightly...

 

 

"I absolutely love a pano," remarks photographer Thomas Heaton in the introduction to a recent video. "You know what I love more than a pano? A film pano," he continues. The video below is part love letter to panoramic film photography and part review of Noble Design's new 6x17 and 6x12 lightweight film cameras....

Click here to see our Fuji XF 150-600mm F5.6-8 R LM OIS WR Gallery

 

 

Alongside the Fujifilm X-H2S, Fujifilm announced a couple of new lenses, including the XF 150-600mm F5.6-8 R LM OIS WR. We've gone hands-on with the X-H2S and the XF 150-600mm telephoto zoom lens for the last few weeks, and the new Fuji zoom lens...

• Fuji X-H2 Gallery (Beta Firmware) • 

 

 

Last week, during Fujifilm's X Summit event in New York City, the company announced its second flagship X Series camera, the Fuji X-H2. From the outside, this new top-of-the-line APS-C X-Trans camera looks and feels identical to the previously unveiled X-H2S. It's on the...

 

 

Nikon has announced a limited-time "Nikon Z lens trade-up event" to provide photographers an additional $100-200 in trade-in value toward select Nikkor Z lenses.

Nikon has done many trade-in promotions for its F mount lenses, but this is the company's first Z lens trade-up event. Starting today, customers can...

 

 

The Bird Photographer of the Year 2022 winners have been unveiled. Norwegian photographer Erlend Haarberg won this year's grand prize for his stunning image of a rock ptarmigan in its winter plumage taking flight above snowy mountains in Tysfjord, Norway.

"High up in the mountains, the wind, snow and cold...

 

 

This is the second article I’m posting from meetings I had with photo-business executives and engineers when I was in Japan the second half of July, 2022. (My previous article covered my interview with Fujifilm in Omiya, Japan.) I was so happy to be able to return to Japan after a more than 2½ year forced absence...

 

 

Fujifilm has announced the Fujinon GF 20-35mm F4 R WR lens, the company's widest-angle lens yet, eclipsing the GF 23mm F4 R WR lens. The GF 20-35mm F4 R WR lens is compact and lightweight, roughly the same size as the GF 23mm F4 lens, despite offering a variable focal length and the same max aperture. The GF...

 

 

Fujifilm has not only announced a new X Series camera, the 40MP X-H2, the company also announced a new X series lens, the XF 56mm F1.2 R WR. While the lens has the same focal length and aperture as the XF 56mm F1.2 R, the latest version includes many new features, including weather resistance and a new optical...

 

 

At Fujifilm's X-Summit NYC 2022 event, the company unveiled its second flagship X Series mirrorless camera, the X-H2. A twin in terms of design and handling to the recently announced high-performance Fuji X-H2S, the new Fuji X-H2 focuses on resolution in a big way, using an all-new 40MP X-Trans sensor. With its new...

 

 

We're live from New York City at Fujifilm X Summit NYC 2022. 

Fujifilm is hosting a live stream of the X Summit event on YouTube, which you can watch below. We will have a lot more to share soon, but for now, you can follow along live. 

The embargo has lifted, so you can now read our extensive coverage of the...

 

 

Today, Apple hosted its annual iPhone event. The event, dubbed Far Out, saw the unveiling of the iPhone 14 series of smartphones, new AirPods and a new Apple Watch.

Apple Watch

Apple Watch Series 8 includes a large always-on screen with narrow bezels. Apple promises a brighter display that's easier to read,...

• Panasonic S 18mm F1.8 Gallery Images •

 

 

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Panasonic has announced an impressive new fast, ultra-wide-angle lens for its full-frame Lumix S mirrorless camera system, the Lumix S 18mm F1.8. We've gone hands-on with the lens ahead of today's announcement, and it's...

 

 

Hasselblad has announced its third medium-format mirrorless camera, the X2D 100C. It joins the company's two 50MP mirrorless cameras, the X1D and X1D II.

The highlight feature is a new backside-illuminated CMOS image sensor with about 102 megapixels of resolution – like the Fujifilm GFX 100 and GFX 100S cameras....

 

 

Sigma has announced the development of two new full-frame cinema lenses, the 65mm T1.4 FF Cine Prime and the 65mm T2.5 FF Cine Prime Classic. The latter 65mm lens joins nine existing full-frame Cine Classic prime lenses ranging from 14mm to 135mm.

Further, with the introduction of the 65mm T2.5 FF Cine Classic...

 

 

ON1 has announced the newest version of its flagship all-in-one raw photo editor, ON1 Photo RAW 2023. Dubbed "the Ultimate Photo Editor," ON1 Photo RAW 2023 introduces many new technologies, including Super Select AI, a new feature that promises, "If you can point, you can make edits and adjustments to your photos...

 

 

Sony has announced a brand-new cinema camera, the FR7. It's a PTZ (pan/tilt/zoom) camera with a full-frame image sensor. It's the world's first full-frame interchangeable lens PTZ camera.

The model's internals are basically identical to the Sony FX6. This means that the new camera uses a 12MP full-frame image...

 

 

After a nearly 2½ year absence due to COVID lockdowns, I finally got to return to Japan in late July of 2022. It was great to be back and reconnect with so many people I know in the photo business over there. One of the first meetings I had was with Fujifilm, at their Omiya headquarters north of Tokyo.

I had a...