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A tipoff from IR reader 'Home' alerted us to a new firmware update for Sony's recently-announced Alpha SLT-A57 digital camera.
A followup to the A55, the Sony A57 couples the company's Translucent Mirror technology with the same image sensor featured in the NEX-5N compact system camera. While its Continuous Advance Priority AE burst shooting performance is unchanged from its...
You heard it here first: Zoom and AF-motor noise in video soundtracks could soon become a thing of the past.
A real limitation of movie recording with digital cameras is that motor noise from zoom and autofocus systems is glaringly obvious in video soundtracks. Dedicated camcorders use special motors and sound-deadening in the camera body to eliminate this problem, but they...
Germany's Leica Camera AG has released updated firmware for its Leica S2 digital SLR, bringing improved flash performance and adding support for a recently-announced mount adapter.
Leica S2 firmware version 1.0.3.3 includes the following changes, according to the official release notes:
Support of the new Hasselblad lens adapter Leica S-Adapter H –full functionality...
Canon USA today made quite a range of announcements revolving around the National Association of Broadcasters tradeshow, which is about to kick off next week in Las Vegas. The list includes a new video-oriented EOS-series professional DSLR and a Cinema EOS-series video camera, both with 4K resolution. There are also four new EF Cinema zoom lenses, a 30-inch 4K industrial display,...
New firmware updates seem to be rolling in faster than we can keep up with them lately. That might mean more typing for us, but it's great news for photographers out there: it means products that are more stable, and occasionally, that offer new features.
First of all, Canon's EOS-1D Mark IV gets a new update to firmware version 1.1.1, available immediately from the Canon USA...
Olympus has released updated firmware for the M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 EZ zoom lens. Announced last December, the M.Zuiko 12-50mm is the company's first to include a power zoom feature, and is also weather-sealed.
There are only two change listed in the release notes for firmware version 1.1. The first is improved stabilizer performance for macro shooting with the...
Japan's Fujifilm Corp. has released updated firmware for two of its digital cameras--the Fuji X-S1 ultrazoom and the large-sensor Fuji X100--bringing a variety of improvements and new features to both.
Release of the Fujifilm X-S1 firmware update had been previewed previously in a statement from the company, noting that it would aim to reduce impact of a known problem with...
A series of new firmware updates released yesterday by Olympus Corp. all have one thing in common: they aim to resolve issues with high-capacity SDXC memory cards.
The new firmware for the Olympus E-5 SLR and four of the company's Micro Four Thirds cameras is said to improve stability with SDXC cards of 48GB or greater capacity. For the E-5, E-P3, and E-PL2, this is the only...
Last week, we reported on news from Europe suggesting that Fujifilm was preparing a number of measures to resolve an image quality defect present on two of its cameras: the Fujifilm X10 compact, and the Fujifilm X-S1 ultra-zoom. Today, we note that the company's US division is likewise preparing its response.
Both cameras can exhibit unnatural-looking white circles--dubbed...
There are two types of firmware update in this world. Some--OK, most--just fixes some bugs in earlier releases, making your camera more stable and reliable. A rare few have loftier ambitions, however.
A new firmware update today for the Ricoh GXR is in the latter group, adding a variety of new features, and refining others. Ricoh seems particularly generous in this respect,...
If you're an early adopter of one of Nikon's 1-series compact system cameras, the company has a firmware update lined up for you today.
The new firmware for the Nikon V1 and J1 cameras brings either model up to version A 1.11 and B 1.10. In both cases, a problem with flash overexposure has been addressed, either for the Nikon J1's built-in strobe, or for the Speedlight SB-N5...
Want to use a motorized zoom lens on Olympus' PEN E-P3, E-PL3 or E-PM1 compact system camera bodies? If so, you'll want to download a new firmware update issued by the company today.
Olympus has one such lens in its own catalog at the moment, the M.Zuiko Digital 12-50mm f3.5-6.3 EZ. Announced last December, this lens is due to start shipping in the US market any day now. Micro...
If you're among the early adopters for the Panasonic Lumix GX1 system camera, or you're shooting with the Lumix G Vario 100-300mm lens, the company has news that'll put a smile on your face: new firmware that brings improved performance.
You'll have to wait a little while though, because while it's being announced today, it doesn't drop until the end of January.
For the...
Shoot with Ricoh's CX6 digital camera, and not happy with autofocus performance? If so, you'll be pleased to know that the company recently released a firmware update for the camera, hot on the heels of one it issued just before Christmas.
Ricoh CX6 firmware v1.21--which was posted on the company's website while we were in the midst of a whirlwind of CES show news--has but one...
A firmware update for Pentax's K-5 digital SLR resolves problems some customers have experienced when using the camera with the O-GPS1 accessory.
Announced last summer, the Pentax O-GPS1 has a completely unique function that the company has dubbed 'ASTROTRACER'. This uses info from the GPS receiver along with Pentax's Shake Reduction system to freeze stars in the night sky...
Sigma Corp. has today released updated firmware for its flagship Sigma SD1 digital SLR, an update to its Photo Pro imaging utility, and a new program that brings remote capture capabilities to the SD1.
Sigma SD1 firmware v1.04 brings improvements to accuracy of both evaluative exposure metering and autofocus, as well as better handling of saturation in highlight areas of...
Japan's Ricoh Co. Ltd. has today announced new firmware for two of its fixed-lens camera models, the Ricoh GR Digital IV and Ricoh CX6.
Ricoh GR Digital v1.17 firmware includes four main changes. With the flash strobe set to Auto, images shot under backlit conditions should yield better results. The optional AF distance display now stops at the position of focus lock while the...
Latest update supports the Leica Elmarit-S 30mm f/2.8 ASPH wide-angle lens
Solms, Germany (December 19, 2011) - Leica Camera AG continues its commitment to the ongoing development of the Leica S medium format system with a new firmware update, FW 1.0.2.0. This fifth firmware update is specially developed for the use of the camera with the new Leica Elmarit-S 30...
Leica Camera AG has today released updated firmware for its D-LUX 5 and D-LUX 5 Titanium digital cameras, following in the footsteps of that released by partner company Panasonic for its LX5 digital camera a little over three months ago.
Firmware v2.0 for the D-LUX 5 looks to exactly mirror that for the DMC-LX5, making a number of changes to add new features and improve...
Sony Electronics Inc. has released new firmware for its early NEX-series camera and camcorder models that adds support for the company's unique Translucent Mirror-based Alpha mount adapter, the Sony LA-EA2.
In full, the list of camera and camcorder models launched prior to October 2011 which are receiving the new firmware include the NEX-3, NEX-5, NEX-C3, and NEX-VG10....
