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credits: Viltrox Viltrox’s two new APS-C autofocus portrait lenses have officially arrived with the launch of the AF 75mm f/1.8 EVO and AF 90mm f/2.2 EVO. Both lenses share a very similar design philosophy, focusing on relatively compact dimensions, lightweight construction, and autofocus while targeting different focal length preferences. The 75mm f/1.8 EVO is the faster of the two and uses a 9-element, 11-group optical design, paired with a 9-blade aperture, 0.74m minimum f

credits: Harlowe Harlowe has announced its new Pocket Flash, a compact hybrid lighting tool that combines an on-camera flash with a bi-colour continuous LED light. The unit is built around portability but introduces a slightly different approach compared to traditional compact flashes through a built-in lift mechanism that raises the light source higher above the camera body. Harlowe says this helps reduce harsh shadows and creates more natural-looking lighting compared to st

credits: Metabones Adapter maker Metabones has announced a new feature called TruePDAF Technology, which the company says improves autofocus and image stabilisation performance when adapting Canon EF lenses to Micro Four Thirds cameras. The update is arriving for the company’s newer Speed Booster Mark II and Smart Adapter Mark II products and is essentially a firmware-based upgrade that takes advantage of newer hardware inside the updated adapters. TruePDAF works by using add

credits: Canon According to recent rumours, Canon is working on a new PowerShot camera expected around September 2026, but reports suggest it could look very different from previous G-series cameras. Multiple sources describe the camera as having “nothing like previous G series cameras,” which suggests people waiting for a straightforward replacement to the aging PowerShot G7 X Mark III may have to expect something different this time around. The biggest change seems to be Ca

credits: Godox Godox has announced the new iM30Pro, an updated version of its compact iM30 flash that adds a rechargeable battery, bounce flash support, a colour display, and more manual controls while keeping the small form factor that made the original model popular. The flash measures 6.4 × 6.2 × 4.8 cm, weighs 121g, and offers both Auto and Manual flash modes, with manual power adjustable from full output down to 1/128 power. It also supports S1 and S2 optical slave modes

credits: Meike Vistilen, a relatively new Chinese lens brand closely tied to Meike, is expanding further into the Canon RF ecosystem with the upcoming 85mm f/1.4 autofocus prime, currently scheduled to launch on June 9, 2026. The company appears to use the Vistilen branding specifically for RF autofocus lenses, likely because of Canon’s more restrictive third-party AF environment. Like several previous Vistilen releases, this new 85mm f/1.4 looks to be based on existing Meike

credits: Meike Meike has officially released two new autofocus portrait lenses, covering both full-frame and APS-C with the new AF 85mm F1.4 II MIX and AF 56mm F1.7 Air, both of which were first teased during NAB Show 2026. The 85mm F1.4 II MIX uses an 11-element, 8-group optical design, paired with an 11-blade diaphragm, 0.81m minimum focusing distance, and relatively compact dimensions at 648g and 85 × 110mm. Autofocus is handled through an STM stepping motor, while the len

credits: Leica Leica’s rumoured SL3-P is apparently not arriving quite as quickly as originally expected. New reports now suggest the possible launch window has changed from earlier May expectations to somewhere between May and June 2026. Since we are already approaching the end of May without an announcement, it is difficult to know whether Leica actually pushed things back or whether the earlier timeline was simply optimistic rumour speculation. What does seem fairly clear,

It looks like compact lenses are becoming a much bigger focus for Chinese manufacturers again, with both 7Artisans and Viltrox apparently preparing a fairly large number of new releases. Recent leaks suggest 7Artisans is working on at least three new autofocus lenses, including an AF 10mm f/2.5 full-frame fisheye for Sony FE, an AF 18mm f/2 APS-C pancake lens, and an AF 10mm f/4, with the latter two currently appearing for Sony E-mount. Images circulating on Weibo and reports

credits: ArcBlue ArcBlue has announced the C42, a new astrophotography system that combines an interchangeable lens camera, motorised tracking system, onboard processing, and automated alignment into a single setup. Smart astrophotography systems themselves are not particularly new anymore, automated telescopes have been doing similar things for years, but ArcBlue is taking a slightly different approach by building the system around a larger full-frame sensor instead of a ded

credits: Acer Acer has announced three new ProDesigner displays for photographers, video editors, and other creative users, led by the new ProDesigner PE320QXT, a 31.5-inch 6K display that focuses on colour accuracy and HDR work. The flagship model uses a 6016 × 3384 Quantum Dot IPS panel running at 60Hz. Acer says the display reaches 600 nits peak brightness, carries HDR600 certification, and is Calman verified with claimed Delta E below one performance alongside 99% Adobe R

credits: Sony Sony released new firmware updates for both the A7 IV and A7S III, although neither update introduces major new features. Instead, both releases focus mostly on fixing a few annoying bugs and improving stability. For the A7 IV, firmware 6.02 addresses an issue where focus bracketing could fail under certain conditions. Sony only added focus bracketing relatively recently with firmware 4.0, allowing photographers to capture multiple frames with different focus po