News entries for December, 2019

Firmware Friday+1: Blackmagic, Canon, Fuji, Nikon, Ricoh, Sigma and Sony offer updates aplenty


 
 

This week's Firmware Friday roundup arrives just a little late, as your humble editor's been under the weather the past few days, and I didn't manage to finish writing it last night. In part, that was down to the amount of news there was to cover -- in the past seven days, we've seen updates from Blackmagic,...

Nikon releases long-awaited RAW video upgrade for Z7, Z6 full-frame cameras, but it will cost you

 
 

Back in February, Nikon outlined a plan for additional features and performance improvements to their Z7 and Z6 full-frame mirrorless cameras. Two of these anticipated new features and performance improvements, including continuous Eye Detection focus tracking and unlocking continuous auto-exposure at the cameras'...

Firmware Friday: New features for Canon PowerShots, Panasonic S1H / P2HD series and Sony AXS-R7


 
 

This week, our regular Firmware Friday roundup is a standout which consists solely of updates adding new features, some of them also fixing bugs at the same time. In all, the list consists of two fixed-lens PowerShot compacts from Canon, plus one interchangeable-lens still camera, nine video cameras and a...

Firmware Friday: Updates for Canon EOS R-series, Sony RX0 II plus more Fuji tweaks for MacOS Catalina


 
 

Firmware Friday enters the final month of the 2010s this week with news of camera updates from two companies -- Canon and Sony -- as well as updated software from Fujifilm. The bulk of the changes made are aimed at fixing bugs, but there are a few new features in the mix as well.

We'll kick things off...

Fuji X-Pro3 Field Test: Excellent image quality and performance, but puzzling new design changes

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Earlier this fall Fujifilm finally updated their APS-C rangefinder camera model with the release of the X-Pro3. Much like previous generation X Series models, this third-phase of X Series now all share a similar imaging pipeline as well as autofocus and performance...

Panasonic LX100 II Review Conclusion: A great camera made even better with IQ, performance gains

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Panasonic LX100 II ReviewReview Conclusion


 
 

Back in 2014, we found a lot to love when we reviewed Panasonic's first ever large-sensor, compact camera, the LX100. Following in its footsteps, the next-generation Panasonic LX100 II might look very similar to its predecessor on the...