The Sigma FP2 reaches global release on 11 November at a body price of $2,199, with pre-orders open at authorized retailers. It measures 112.8 x 69.9 x 41.8 mm and weighs 376 g without lens, and Sigma markets it as the smallest full-frame interchangeable-lens camera.
Japanese retailer Map Camera ranked the Canon EOS R8 Mark II first for October, ahead of the Sony A7 V, which had led nine times since last December. The Sony A7C II placed third, and the RF 45mm f/1.2 STM kit sold almost as fast as the body alone.
Sirui has added two autofocus primes to its Aurora series for Sony E and L mount: a 15mm f/1.6 and a 24mm f/1.4, each weighing about 550 g. The 15mm is open for pre-order at $599, the 24mm is expected at $499, and Z and X mount versions are reportedly coming later. Sirui Aurora 15mm f/1.6 · Sirui Aurora 24mm f/1.4
A new rumor says both Viltrox and Meike plan to announce autofocus zoom lenses in 2027. Photography Life reported it in its weekly news roundup. Both brands have mostly been known for prime lenses, so zooms would be a first for them. The report as summarized does not give focal lengths, apertures,…
Rumors say Sony has registered a new camera in the US under the code WW491229. The listing reportedly shows Wi-Fi 6 support, the NP-SA100 battery and testing with the XQZ-UC1 charger. The report says this model seems to correspond to the earlier WW261362 filing, but it stresses that the link is not…
A fresh round of rumors describes the upcoming Nikon Z70 as a fast, high-end APS-C body, often compared with the old D500 DSLR. The reported specification list includes a 41-megapixel sensor that is not stacked, 8K 60p video, an Expeed 7 processor, in-body stabilization and a 120 fps display…
Digital Camera World has published the latest Yodobashi best-seller ranking for Japan, covering the first half of October 2026. Only three brands appear in the top ten, and Sony takes five of the ten places. The Sony A7C II with a zoom lens kit is number one, even though it dates from 2023. Canon… Canon EOS R50 · Sony α7 V · Fujifilm X-M5 · Fujifilm X-T30 III · Canon EOS R5 Mark II · Sony ZV-E10 II · Canon EOS R10
Meike has put its new 58mm f/1.2 MIX autofocus lens for APS-C Sony E-mount mirrorless cameras on its online store. The maker's page lists it at 449 US dollars and offers three finishes: black, white, and black and white. The lens was also reported as open for pre-order on Amazon and the Meike store…
Nikon's latest quarterly results show its camera division selling fewer bodies than at any point since the first three months of 2023. Digital Camera World reports that the second quarter of the fiscal year saw 150,000 camera bodies sold, bringing the first half of the year to 360,000. Overall, the… Nikon Z5 IIC
Leica Rumors published an updated list of rumors about the Leica M12 on November 3. The central claim is that the next M-series body will arrive in early 2027. It would take the place of a further M11 variant, the M11-R, rather than being a full redesign. According to a summary of the rumor list,…
Leica Rumors reports that a Leica Q3 43 Monochrom is expected to be announced in early December 2026. The site says its own reader poll from February, which asked whether such a camera would appear, turned out to be right. The post is short and does not name a source for the date. No…
DPReview published a technical look at the Sigma FP2's sensor on 5 November. It reports that the sensor reads out more than twice as fast as the original FP's. The readout is a fraction faster than the camera's 1/50 s flash sync speed suggests. DPReview says the sensor is otherwise a match for the… Nikon ZR
Tamron published its third-quarter financial report, and the Sony Alpha Rumors site summarised it on 7 November. Photographic Products sales were ¥17.0bn, up 12.4%, with operating profit of ¥4.5bn, up 14.5%. Sales of lenses Tamron builds for other camera brands rose 35.6% and units rose 17.2%,…
The Hasselblad Refinement & Augmentation Project (HRAP) reverse-engineered Hasselblad's medium-format cameras and shared its progress on Reddit. Beyond demonstrations such as running Doom on an X2D camera, the group added features the maker had not offered, including video recording on the X2D II…
L-Rumors reports an image of an official Chinese registration for a new Panasonic camera with the code P2502A. The listing shows no Wi-Fi 6 support, and the post says nothing indicates whether it is a Lumix S9II, a compact Micro Four Thirds model or a cine camera. The image came via Weibo. The…
Fuji Rumors reports that the Fujifilm X-T6 faces another announcement delay. The site says Fujifilm planned to announce it on November 19, but its trusted sources say that date should now be scrapped. The new date is not known. The author calls it pure speculation, but says he would be very…
A Reddit user reported successfully installing DOOM on the Sony A7S III. It follows other community hacks for the same camera reported earlier this week.
Canon announced four new Cinema EOS bundles pairing the EOS C50 or EOS C80 with RF zoom lenses, going on sale in mid-November 2026 at official US prices of $5,098 to $5,999.99. These are new purchasing configurations, not new bodies or lenses. Canon RF 20-50mm F4 L IS USM PZ · Canon RF 24-105mm F4 L IS USM · Canon C80 lens kits · Canon C50 Videographer Kit
Laowa has announced a full-frame 24mm f/2 manual-focus tilt-shift lens with ±10° tilt and ±12mm shift, listed at $1,249 on its own store. It comes in Sony E, Nikon Z, Canon RF, L-mount, Fujifilm GFX and Hasselblad XCD versions, and Laowa says it is not compatible with some Panasonic S-series bodies. Laowa 24mm F2 Zero-D Tilt-Shift
Camera(s) What you can unlock Status Hack & links Sony A7S III (firmware 5.01) Shutter Angle mode (normally FX3 only) Working GitHub · Sony-PMCA-RE · SAR article Sony A7S III Variable Shutter + BIG6 menu Experimental Reddit · GitHub · SAR article Sony A7 IV (firmware…
Camera(s) What you can unlock Status Hack & links Sony A7S III (firmware 5.01) Shutter Angle mode (normally FX3 only) Working GitHub · Sony-PMCA-RE · SAR article Sony A7S III Variable Shutter + BIG6 menu Experimental Reddit · GitHub · SAR article Sony A7 IV (firmware…
FujiMod is a community firmware project by developer Jake (justjake) for older Fujifilm cameras with the EXR Processor II. The first working target is the Fujifilm X70 on firmware 1.10. The project page lists 23 new features. They include highlight-weighted metering, manual-focus snap focus, a… Fujifilm X70 adds highlight metering
A public GitHub repository, OlliV/fx30_fw, collects notes and Python tools for studying the Sony FX30 on firmware 6.01. It decrypts the official update file and unpacks it for offline analysis. The author searches the shared Sony camera application for dormant features such as 8K recording, open…
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