News entries for November, 2019

 

 

After something of a record-breaker last week, this week's Firmware Friday roundup returns to a more manageable size. It's also a tale more of software than of firmware this time around, with only one camera having been updated in the past seven days, but many applications on the list to talk about.

Let's...

 

 

Last spring, Olympus updated its Micro Four Thirds lens roadmap by revealing development a new 150-400mm F4.5 super-tele lens complete with a built-in 1.25x teleconverter, promising to offer a 1,000mm-equivalent telephoto in an impressively compact package. And now as year's end fast approaches, the company...

 

 

This week's Firmware Friday roundup is very likely a record-breaker when it comes to interchangeable-lens cameras. Even without including overseas equivalents, we have 20 DSLR and mirrorless cameras on the list from Canon, Nikon and Panasonic, and 24 once Panasonic's overseas equivalents are added into the mix.

 

 

Regular readers will probably know by now that times are tough here at Imaging Resource. In a declining camera market, it has become increasingly challenging for an independent and in-depth review site like ours to survive on ad and affiliate revenue alone. With much less advertising money to go around these...

 

 

If you're an Android user, you need to read this article carefully and consider taking action, because there's a fair chance that hackers could be watching what your smartphone's cameras are seeing, and listening in on your private phone calls as well. This shocking news was revealed yesterday by security...

 

 

It's that time again -- with year's end fast approaching, the holiday season is almost upon us! But what to get for the photographer in your life, whether that's a friend, family member or perhaps yourself? The good folks at family-run Japanese optics manufacturer Sigma have some great deals just in time for...

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Enthusiast shooters looking for an interchangeable-lens camera from Canon have several new choices, all of which launched earlier this year. Among compact system cameras, the company's full-frame EOS RP and sub-frame EOS M6 Mark II offer a choice of sensor size...

 

 

Our regular Firmware Friday roundup this week is a little unusual in that most of the updates for which we have news aren't actually available just yet, although a few are already here and more will arrive in the coming days. In all, we have news of firmware updates for two cameras and one lens in the past...

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While the X-T2 underwent its latest revision last year to the X-T3, upgrading from a 24MP sensor and X Processor Pro (among other things) and the X-T30 following shortly after, the X-Pro line, meanwhile, remained unchanged from the X-Pro2 of 2016. That finally...

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Fuji GFX 100 Review • Review Conclusion

 

 

Fujifilm shook things up a few years ago with the release of the GFX 50S, their first medium-format mirrorless camera, indicating a desire to completely skip over the craze of the "full-frame mirrorless" market. Instead, they built an entirely new...

 

 

Updates:
12/5/19 - All deals rechecked. Even better deal on Panasonic G7 14-140 kit. Many Olympus lens deals increased in price by a small amount.
12/2/19 - All Panasonic deals rechecked on Cyber Monday. Even better deal on LX100! 7-14mm f/4 deal improved significantly too.
11/29/19 - Much better price on...

 

 

Updates:
12/5/19 - Rechecked all deals. GF 45mm f/2.8, GF 120mm f/4, XF 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 and Rokinon 20mm f/1.8 lens deals improved significantly!
12/2/19 - All Fuji deals rechecked on Cyber Monday! XF 90mm lens deal now even better, Lensbaby 56mm deal returned.
11/29/19 - Expired deals removed. All...

 

 

Updates:
12/5/19 - All deals rechecked. Many camera / lens prices increased by a small amount.
12/2/19 - All Olympus deals rechecked on Cyber Monday. 7-14mm f/4 deal improved significantly!
11/29/19 - Many deals improved. Expired deals removed. All other deals confirmed still valid. Prices updated where...

 

 

Updates:
12/5/19 - All deals rechecked. Better deals on Pentax KP 18-135mm kit, as well as 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6, 21mm f/3.2 and 24-70mm f/2.8 lenses. Many camera/lens deals increased in price by $50-100.
12/2/19 - All Ricoh / Pentax deals rechecked on Cyber Monday. 645Z 28-45mm, 18-135mm WR and Rokinon 10mm...

 

 

Updates:
12/5/19 - Rechecked all deals. Significantly better deal for RX100 VI. Slightly better deal for Tamron 90mm f/2.8.
12/2/19 - All Sony deals rechecked on Cyber Monday. Sigma 50mm f/1.4 deal improved significantly!
11/29/19 - Expired deals removed. All other deals confirmed still valid. Prices...

 

 

Updates:
12/5/19 - All Canon deals rechecked. Both Sigma 150-600mm lens deals improved by ~$10.
12/2/19 - All Canon deals rechecked on Cyber Monday. Much better EOS M100 and 5DS R deals added! 80D and 16-35mm f/2.8L III also improved a bit, and SL2 body-only deal returned.
11/29/19 - Added Canon EOS M50,...

 

 

Updates:
12/5/19 - Rechecked all deals. A few deals improved slightly.
12/2/19 - All Nikon deals rechecked on Cyber Monday. Tamron 70-210mm deal improved!
11/29/19 - More Nikon D5600 and D7500 deals added!
11/29/19 - Nikon D7500, Z6, Z7 and Z50 deals added!

Hey, it's that time of year again, and we've...

 

 

Japanese optics manufacturer Sigma this week expanded its Art-series lens lineup with a lens that's only its second all-new zoom in the Art series, the Sigma 24-70mm F2.8 DG DN Art. Expected to ship in the US market from mid-November at an as-yet undisclosed price, the full-frame 24-70mm F2.8 will be offered...

 

 

After a mammoth article last week, our Firmware Friday roundup this week is a rather more modest affair. In fact, if you're not a Canon shooter you can move along now, because all of this week's news comes from Canon alone. A fair few different product categories are included, however.

First of all, we have...