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credits: Panasonic Panasonic has added another small prime to its full-frame lineup with the new Lumix S 20mm f/2.5, an ultra-wide lens for L-Mount cameras. It sits between Panasonic’s existing 18mm f/1.8 and 24mm f/1.8 in focal length, but physically it is much closer to the company’s newer compact 40mm f/2 and 18-40mm f/4.5-6.3. The 20mm measures 40.9mm long and weighs 142g, comes in black or silver, has dust- and splash-resistant construction, and uses the same 62mm filter

credits: Capture One Capture One version 16.8.6 for desktop and 4.1 for mobile is here. And besides a few nice additions, the update also brings Capture One’s newer wireless tethering system to two more Canon cameras. 2nd Gen Wireless Tethering now works with the Canon EOS R3 and the brand new EOS R6 Mark III (do not worry, we will take a much closer look at the new Canon R6 in this week’s Sunday magazine issue), joining the EOS R1 and EOS R5 Mark II, which received support e

credits: Affinity Canva’s Photoshop competitor Affinity just received a new update, and photographers are getting quite a few new tools. Version 3.3 adds more control over curves, blending and masking, alongside a new Blend Tool for creating and adjusting repeated or transitioning elements. There is also a new scripting system that can automate repetitive pixel, vector and layout tasks, including parts of a photo-editing workflow. The more interesting changes are happening in

credits: Sony Sony has unveiled its first compact professional super-telephoto prime, the FE 600mm f/6.3 GM OSS, and the big story here is just how light it is for a 600mm full-frame lens. It weighs only 995g and measures 263mm long, while still accepting standard 95mm front filters. For comparison, Nikon’s Nikkor Z 600mm f/6.3 VR S weighs 1,390g, making the Sony almost 400g lighter. It is also cheaper, Sony is pricing its new 600mm at $3,699, compared with $5,196.95 for the

credits: Viltrox Viltrox brought quite a bit of new gear to IBC 2026, one of the world’s major annual trade shows for broadcasting, filmmaking, photography and media technology, held in Amsterdam. This year, Viltrox arrived with seven new autofocus lenses covering full-frame and APS-C cameras, alongside a new flash and camera monitor. Four of those lenses are new full-frame L-Mount models, the AF 14mm f/4 L, AF 20mm f/2.8 L, AF 40mm f/2.5 L, and AF 50mm f/2 L. These are relat

credits: Fujifilm The Fujifilm Instax Pal is back for a second generation, and this time it looks more like an actual camera. The original Pal was a tiny, strangely rounded digital camera that launched three years ago, but Fujifilm has pretty much gone back to the drawing board for the Instax Pal 2. The new model has a small, chunky design inspired by classic film cameras, complete with a built-in optical viewfinder, something the original did not have. There is also a shutte

credits: Wise Wise has announced a new generation of CFexpress 4.0 Type B memory cards, and the main change with the MK-IV series is something we are likely to hear more about as cameras increase bitrates, dual VPG certification. The 512GB card carries both VPG400 and VPG800, while the 1TB, 2TB and 4TB versions jump straight to VPG400 and VPG1600. That means the cards are certified to maintain the sustained write speeds required by both current cameras and future models that

credits: Canon A new Canon patent suggests the company is looking at ways to make longer macro lenses more compact, and one of the designs could potentially point toward something like an RF 200mm f/4L Macro in the future. Japanese patent 2026-144200 describes a five-group optical setup where only two groups move during focusing, while the front, middle, and rear groups stay in place. That is particularly useful with macro lenses because getting all the way down to 1:1 magnif

credits: OM System Alongside the new OM System PEN, which we looked at in yesterday’s magazine issue, OM Digital Solutions has introduced the M.Zuiko Digital 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 III, a refreshed version of its small standard kit zoom. The lens covers 14-42mm, or 28-84mm equivalent on Micro Four Thirds, making it an straightforward zoom for everything from wider street photos to tighter portraits. The biggest change from the previous 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II is not the optics, thoug

credits: Canon Tomorrow is the big day, but a major new leak is giving us a much closer early look at the Canon EOS R8 Mark II before its official announcement. One of the latest details is improved weather resistance, with Canon reportedly describing the camera internally as “fully weather-sealed.” The original R8 already offered some protection against dust and moisture, but Canon itself stopped short of describing it as completely sealed, so this appears to be a meaningful

credits: Blackmagic Design DaVinci Resolve just got another big update for photographers, with Blackmagic Design expanding the relatively new Photo page in DaVinci Resolve 21.1. The Photo page was first introduced in April before officially launching in June, and this latest update adds native photo support for several more camera systems. That includes Fujifilm GFX and X-series cameras, Leica SL cameras, and the Sony a7R VI, meaning their files can now be opened and edited d

credits: Pentax Ricoh Imaging has officially discontinued all of its current Pentax K-series DSLRs, bringing the current chapter of Pentax digital SLR cameras to an end. This is not exactly unexpected. The Pentax KF was discontinued earlier this year, followed by the full-frame K-1 Mark II just last week, leaving Pentax without a current DSLR in production. Ricoh has now confirmed that this is part of a wider transition and fortunately not the end of Pentax DSLRs altogether.

leaked photos A major Canon EOS R8 Mark II leak has given us what looks like the most complete specification list yet, just days before the camera’s expected announcement. Canon is reportedly sticking with the familiar 24MP full-frame sensor from the EOS R6 Mark II, with a native ISO range of 100–102,400. The camera is expected to use Dual Pixel AF II with Deep Learning AI, including updated animal tracking, while a new rear joystick should make AF-point control considerably

credits: Sigma The long promised Sigma 85mm f/1.2 DG Art is finally here, giving Sigma its longest f/1.2 prime lens yet. The new 85mm joins the 35mm f/1.2 DG Art II and 50mm f/1.2 DG Art, completing Sigma’s current trio of ultra-fast wide, standard and medium-telephoto primes. As you would expect, this one is meant for portrait photography, combining the f/1.2 maximum aperture with a rounded 13-blade diaphragm for very shallow depth of field. Inside, Sigma uses SLD glass to c

credits: Sigma Four newly redesigned Sigma lens filters are coming this November, with the company updating both their optical design and filter frames to reduce their impact on photo quality. The lineup includes the WR Ceramic Protector PTC-21, WR Protector + UV PUV-21, standard Protector LPT-21, and WR Circular PL Filter CPL-21. The Ceramic Protector is designed mainly around impact resistance, while the PUV-21 combines UV protection with a water- and oil-repellent coating.

credits: Sony Sony has announced the FE 8-14mm f/3.5 Fisheye G, its first fisheye lens for E-mount and its first full-frame fisheye in about 20 years. Sony’s last first-party option was the 16mm f/2.8 for A-mount back in 2006, itself based on a Minolta design, so this has been a pretty big gap in the E-mount lineup. The new lens is also a little different from the usual fixed-focal-length fisheye. It has a 180-degree angle of view throughout the zoom range, transitioning from

credits: Adobe Adobe Camera Raw 18.6 is here, and the headline addition this time is a new Glow tool that brings three analog-inspired effects directly into ACR, Diffusion, Bloom, and Halation. You will find it in the Effects panel alongside Grain and Vignette. Diffusion gives your photo a softer, hazier look similar to shooting through a Black Mist or Pro-Mist filter, while Bloom concentrates that softer glow more around highlights. Halation ,on the other hand, adds the warm

credits: OM System We are now just one day away from the official OM PEN announcement, and one of the last big pieces of information may have just leaked, the price. According to numerous sources, the new Micro Four Thirds camera will cost around $1,265 for the body, which is a noticeable step up from the Olympus E-P7, which can currently be found for around $900, but the OM PEN is expected to add two pretty important things the E-P7 did not have, a built-in electronic viewfi

credits: Leica Leica has announced the Summicron-M 66mm f/2, a modern reinterpretation of the Elcan 66mm f/2, a lens designed by Dr. Walter Mandler at Ernst Leitz Canada in the late 1960s for the U.S. Navy. Only around 200 originals were produced, and they were built for covert reconnaissance work where getting as much fine detail as possible from a relatively small lens was the priority. For the new version, Leica has kept the basic optics and mechanics of the original but u

credits: Canon With just over a week to go before the expected announcement, we are getting a much clearer idea of what to expect from the Canon EOS R8 Mark II. A new list of rumoured specifications largely backs up what we have heard over the past few weeks, but there are a few surprises mixed in. Canon is reportedly sticking with the familiar 24MP full-frame sensor from the EOS R6 Mark II, paired with a fully electronic shutter capable of 40 fps and a maximum shutter speed

credits: Nikon Nikon has released the first firmware update for the Coolpix P1100, bringing the camera from version 1.0 to firmware 1.1. It is a pretty small update, with no new features this time around, but it fixes two bugs that could actually show up during normal shooting. The more important one involves continuous shooting. In some situations, the P1100 could stop responding when the zoom was adjusted while shooting a burst. That is a particularly relevant fix for this

credits: Canon Canon’s PowerShot comeback is continuing to take shape, and the company’s upcoming high-end compact apparently won’t be the G7 X Mark IV many people were expecting. According to the latest information, the new PowerShot will be a fairly significant departure from the G7 X Mark III and not a straightforward successor. That lines up with an earlier source who described the camera as “nothing like previous G series cameras.” There have been some conflicting rumour

credits: Samyang Samyang has been part of the L-Mount Alliance since 2023, but so far the company has not exactly flooded the system with lenses. That is slowly starting to change, though, and the latest addition is the Samyang AF 60-180mm f/2.8 L, a full-frame telephoto zoom developed together with Schneider-Kreuznach. It keeps a constant f/2.8 aperture throughout the entire 60-180mm range, while weighing 727.8g without the caps and hood. That is considerably lighter than th

credits: OM System OM System’s upcoming camera will reportedly be called simply the “OM PEN,” and thanks to a huge stream of leaks, we now have a very good idea of what to expect. OM System has already confirmed that a new camera will be unveiled on September 9, 2026, and according to the latest information, the company is dropping the familiar PEN-F, E-P and E-PL naming altogether. Whether that means OM System plans to have just one PEN line going forward isn’t clear yet. An

credits: Godox Godox has announced a pretty wacky new accessory called the LT1 Creative Pixel Light, a small customisable light that can sit right on top of a camera. Rather than working like a normal LED light, the LT1 is made up of a grid of individually controllable pixels, with each pixel able to display different colours and brightness levels. That means you can create little pixel-art designs, logos, words, numbers, smiley faces, hearts and other graphics, including ani

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

credits: Nikon Nikon’s upcoming product schedule may have hit a bit of a roadblock, with multiple sources now claiming that almost all of the company’s new products are facing delays. And apparently this does not just affect cameras either, new lenses and firmware updates have reportedly been pushed back as well. That is disappointing considering the past few months of rumours had been pointing toward a fairly busy autumn for Nikon. Among the cameras being discussed were a co