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credits: DxO DxO’s new PhotoLab 10 is here, and this time the update is focused on AI masking, local adjustments, and a tighter editing workflow. One of the biggest additions is the new Depth Mask, which creates a depth map and lets you isolate different distances within a photo using a slider. You can keep the selected depth range very narrow or extend it across a much larger part, with feathering available to soften the transition. AI handles the initial depth detection, bu

credits: Canon Retro, yet not quite retro, or perhaps a “retro sibling” instead? The story around the Canon EOS R8 Mark II is getting a little more complicated. For months, rumours suggested Canon could finally launch a proper retro-style mirrorless camera in 2026, potentially inspired by the Canon AE-1, which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Early reports even referred to a possible EOS RE-1, but by April, sources were instead pointing toward the upcoming R8 Mark I

credits: 7Artisans In addition to the new AF 10mm f/2.5 MAX full-frame fisheye, which we looked at in last week’s Sunday magazine issue, 7Artisans has also announced an upcoming AF 18mm f/2 wide-angle lens for APS-C cameras. For now, the lens has been shown for Sony E-mount, where its 18mm focal length gives a roughly 27mm full-frame equivalent field of view. It is part of 7Artisans’ lightweight “LITE” series, so the lens weighs only around 109g and measures approximately 64m

credits: Godox Godox has announced the Flexible Macro Twin Light MA2, a new hot-shoe lighting setup for macro and close-up photography. It uses two LEDs on separate flexible arms, so you can position each light independently around smaller subjects. Both sides have their own A/B controls, with brightness adjustable from 1 to 100% and colour temperature ranging from 2800K to 6500K. Godox does not give a guide number or lumen rating, so these probably are not super powerful lig

credits: Samsung Samsung is not letting the volatile flash memory market stop it from releasing some pretty fast new portable SSDs. The company has introduced the P7 and P9, two new drives that make the jump to USB4 and bring a big increase in speed over Samsung’s previous portable SSDs. Models like the T7 and T9 have been popular with photographers and other creatives for years, and the new P7 and P9 take things a step further, with those faster transfer speeds and capacitie

credits: Adobe According to Adobe, the best creative software should let people spend more time on their ideas and less time figuring out the tools needed to make them happen, and apparently the latest Photoshop update is built around that. The update adds several new editing features, including a Light Adjustment Layer, Firefly-powered masking and markup tools, and a new AI Assisted Editor that is initially launching in beta. For photographers, one of the most interesting ad

credits: Ricoh Ricoh has announced that it is developing the GR IVx, a new version of the GR IV that keeps the same 25.7MP APS-C sensor but swaps the 28mm-equivalent lens for a 40mm-equivalent f/2.8 prime. And Ricoh is not simply reusing the lens from the current GR IIIx. The GR IVx is getting a completely new optical design, built specifically for this generation of the camera. The new lens has an actual focal length of 26.1mm, which works out to roughly 40mm in full-frame t

credits: Canon New details about the Canon EOS R8 Mark II have surfaced/leaked, including a specific announcement date and several new specs. The camera is now expected to be announced on September 15, 2026. In terms of size and weight, it should remain very close to the current R8, but the body is said to use better materials with improved ergonomics. We have also heard more about the rumoured retro-inspired design, apparently it means slightly sharper, more angular body lin

credits: OM System OM System has published a short teaser for a new camera coming on September 9, and everything shown so far points toward a return of the Pen series, or at least a new camera very closely related to it. The 17-second teaser posted by OM System Japan runs through the history of Pen, starting with the original half-frame film camera from 1959, jumping forward to the first Digital Pen from 2009, and eventually ending with the silhouette of a new 2026 model. Wha

credits: Metabones After a relatively long quiet period, Metabones is back with its second big launch in just a couple of months. This time, the company has unveiled new versions of its EF-X Speed Boosters and Smart Adapters for Fujifilm X cameras. It follows the upgraded EF-MFT adapters released in June and brings the same TruePDAF technology over to X-mount. Metabones says the system uses a library of profiles covering more than 100 Canon EF lenses to improve phase-detect a

credits: Panasonic Panasonic has announced four refreshed Lumix lenses, with three Micro Four Thirds models and one full-frame L-Mount lens getting a few small updates. The timing is worth noting given all the recent talk about Panasonic potentially pulling back from Micro Four Thirds, especially as several lenses have either been discontinued or become increasingly difficult to find. The refreshed lineup includes the Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 II ASPH., Lumix G 42.5mm f/1.

credits: Latent Co. Aphera is a new RAW photo editor built for macOS, with a focus on speed, colour, and a simpler editing workflow. It comes from Latent Co., a small team made up of photographers Ryan Carver and Naz Hamid and colour engineer/software developer Juan Pablo Zambrano. Carver and Hamid have both previously worked with VSCO, and the team says Aphera partly came from their frustration with how complicated and preset-heavy RAW editing software has become. The app ha

credits: Canon Canon may have even more new cameras on the way than we previously thought, with two additional models appearing in regulatory filings. The newly registered DS126986 and DS126991 join three unreleased Canon cameras that were already known, bringing the current total to five. Both new models were spotted in a Japanese regulatory database, although registrations like these do not necessarily guarantee a commercial release, and there is always a chance that one of

credits: Brightin Star Brightin Star first showed its APO 35mm f/1.7 ASPH. at CP+ 2026 back in February, and now, around six months later, the new Leica M-Mount lens is finally available to order. It is only the company’s second M-mount lens, following the 28mm f/2.8 Pancake released in 2023. The 35mm is a very different design, though, combining an f/1.7 aperture with an apochromatic optical formula and becoming the first lens in Brightin Star’s new Apex higher-end series. I

credits: SmallRig SmallRig has announced the new Potato Jet Tribex Pro Monopod, taking the single-handle clutch system from its Tribex Tripod and putting it into a smaller monopod for both photographers and videographers. The main feature is SmallRig’s X-Clutch hydraulic system, which connects the leg sections to a single handle. Rather than opening and locking each section separately, that one control can extend the monopod and lock everything into place. The three-section m

TTArtisan has announced the new AF 85mm f/1.8 Neo, a compact full-frame portrait prime for Sony E and Nikon Z-mount mirrorless cameras. The idea behind the lens is pretty simple. TTArtisan has stripped things back and focused mainly on the optics, autofocus, and keeping the overall design (and price) slim. The company sums up the approach as “Pure image. Nothing extra.” That becomes pretty obvious when looking at the design. Rather than using a traditional metal exterior, the

Godox’s latest lighting accessory is not actually a light at all. The new ES01 Electric Suction Base is a small, battery-powered mounting system that lets you attach flashes and compact LED lights to surfaces where a normal light stand would be difficult or simply get in the way. Godox has been releasing quite a few compact flashes lately, including the retro-looking iM30Pro in June and the universal iT32 iFlash last autumn. The new ES01 works with those and several other God

credits: On1 ON1’s new NoNoise AI 2027 is coming in late September, as the company announced just yesterday, with the biggest change being a completely revamped set of AI noise-reduction models. Rather than relying on one general model for every photo, the new version lets you choose a model based on what you are shooting specifically, with options for wildlife, people and concerts, astrophotography, and scanned film negatives. The idea is to remove heavy noise while doing a

credits: Nikon Nikon has released new firmware updates for two cameras, with the Z5 II moving to version 1.20 and the older Coolpix P1000 getting version 1.9. The Z5 II receives the much bigger update of the two, although most of the changes are relatively small. Nikon has renamed “Cloud Picture Control” to “Imaging Recipe,” while “Add Cloud Picture Control files” is now called “Download imaging recipes.” So basically, Nikon is cleaning up the terminology so that it matches w

credits: Capture One Capture One Mobile 4.0 is here, bringing a few more of the desktop app’s editing tools over to iPhone and iPad. Capture One first launched its mobile app in 2022 and has been gradually adding to it ever since, with tethering and many of the familiar editing controls already available. Version 4.0 adds four more tools that users have been asking for, Enhanced Denoise, Colour Balance, Heal/Clone, and Keywords. According to Capture One, healing was actually

credits: Sandmarc Sandmarc has announced a new 96mm Telephoto lens for iPhone, designed to give mobile photographers considerably more reach without relying entirely on digital zoom. The add-on lens mounts over the iPhone’s existing tetraprism telephoto camera and provides 4x optical magnification, using a multi-element, multi-coated glass design. Exactly how much reach you get depends on the iPhone. On the latest iPhone 17 Pro models, Sandmarc says the combination can reach

credits: Brightin Star Brightin Star’s X-Slim 28mm f/2.8 Pancake Lens for Leica M Mount was originally launched in black in 2023, and now it is available in a new “Liquid Silver” finish. Underneath the new finish, it is the same tiny full-frame manual-focus lens as before. From the lens mount, it sticks out by just 9.9mm, while the complete lens measures 21.5mm long because part of the optical construction extends back into the mount. Weight comes in at 125g. Inside, the 28mm

credits: Adaptalux’s Adaptalux has added a smaller controller to its macro photography lighting system with the new Pod Mini 2.0. It is essentially the little brother to the company’s larger Control Pod 3.0 and acts as the connection point between Adaptalux’s different Lighting Arms and the rest of the system. Where the Control Pod has five lighting ports, the Pod Mini 2.0 has a single port, along with physical controls for brightness and power. It also has Bluetooth built in

credits: Cosina Cosina has officially announced silver versions of two of its Voigtländer lenses for Fujifilm X Mount, the Nokton 23mm f/1.2 Aspherical and Nokton 35mm f/1.2. These are not new optical designs, the black versions originally arrived in 2022 and 2021, but they are the first additions to Voigtländer’s Fujifilm lineup since the Colour-Skopar 18mm f/2.8 in early 2024. Both are compact, fully manual-focus primes with fast f/1.2 apertures and electronic communication