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Firmware & software · 46 stories, +23 vs last week

Firmware & software: 46 stories in seven days, +23 on the week before.

ReviewsGoPro MISSION 1 Camera Gets Zero-Lag Shutter and 50MP RAW Bursts ePHOTOzine

GermanyFirmwareupdate 2.01 für die Nikon Z6III Digitalkamera.de

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TV TechnologyVideoMultiDyne Introduces Complete SilverBack Fiber Camera Kits for Live Cinema Production KINGS PARK, NY— MultiDyne Video & Fiber Optic Systems has introduced new kits that combine SilverBack fiber transport technology, a compact base station and all required camera-specific accessories…

October 15

ePHOTOzineReviewsHow to Photograph Fungi In 10 Easy Steps We can't let October pass without mentioning a close-up photography subject many photographers shoot spectacular images of at this time of year and that's fungi.

October 15

ePHOTOzineReviewsGoPro MISSION 1 Camera Gets Zero-Lag Shutter and 50MP RAW Bursts © GoPro GoPro has rolled out a free firmware update for the MISSION 1, MISSION 1 PRO and MISSION 1 PRO ILS that rebuilds how the cameras shoot stills.

October 15

ePHOTOzineReviewsLCE Photographer of the Year 2027 Competition Opens for Entries London Camera Exchange (LCE) has opened entries for its Photographer of the Year 2027 competition, inviting photographers of all skill levels to compete for a share of a £10,000 prize fund…

October 15

L-RumorsRumoursVoigtländer celebrates 100 years of Skopar lenses with a new COLOR-SKOPAR 35mm f/2.5 VM lens (Leica M-mount) Voigtländer celebrates 100 years of Skopar lenses with a new COLOR-SKOPAR 35mm f/2.5 VM “100th model” lens (Leica M-mount): Special model with a silver finish Includes a dedicated slotted lens hood…

October 15

DroneLifeDronesAutomated BVLOS Drone Surveys Take on Major Infrastructure Project in Australia Drone-in-a-box technology supports construction monitoring and improves site safety on the HumeLink West transmission project.

October 15

35mmcFilm5 frames with a Leica M4-2, Seagull M 35mm f1.7 and Kentmere Pan 400 The trouble with having an analogue Leica M – or any other film camera really – is that you need two.

October 15

Amateur PhotographerReviewsThese sublime images capture the excitement, chaos and tragedy of life on the gay scene in 1980s New York Main image: Pack of Camel, 1987 © Stanley Stellar 2026 courtesy Loose Joints Stanley Stellar didn’t first pick up a camera until he was 31, in 1976.

October 15

DroneLifeDronesANRA Technologies Introduces VISTA for Shared Drone Airspace Awareness The receive-only application shows nearby drone flight intent and reported positions from UTM services, so public safety and enterprise operators can see other traffic without changing their aircraft…

October 15

ProVideo CoalitionCinemaWooden Camera: new cage and accessory system for Sony FX5 The new lineup from Wooden Camera gives filmmakers a modular foundation for building the camera around their individual production needs.

October 15

NewsshooterCinemaBoya Notra Nano Wearable AI Note Taker The Boya Notra Nano Wearable AI Note Taker is being touted as an easy-to-use, compact, wearable AI voice recorder.

October 15

DIY PhotographyTechGoogle Opens AI Watermark Detector to More Users Worldwide Google is expanding SynthID Detector globally, letting users check images, videos and audio for invisible AI watermarks from supported tools.

October 15

The small bracket on top of every camera, from a phone rig to an ARRI.

The hot shoe is where the flash goes, and the microphone, and the monitor, and whatever the next decade bolts on. Every camera has one and nobody photographs it. This magazine is named after it because that is where the whole business meets: the body, the glass, the light, the sound, and the person holding it.

I shot news in Gothenburg for nine years and documentary for hire after that, then stopped taking assignments to write about the tools. Since 2021 I live in Tokyo, ten minutes from the used-camera shops of Shinjuku, which is not an accident: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, Panasonic, Ricoh and Sigma make almost everything worth pointing at a subject, and their own press writes about it first, in Japanese. So this magazine reads it there, and in German, French, Italian and Spanish, and in English from the reviewers who actually put a card in the slot — around eighty sources and thirty channels, counted and plotted so you can see what is moving.

Bodies and lenses, cinema cameras and drones, film and the darkroom, firmware and the software that finishes the picture, the rumours before the launch and the reviews after it, and the photographers and shows the rest of it is for. I test what I write about on a job before a word goes down. I shoot film on Sundays and do not think that makes me interesting.

A story here is a headline, a short excerpt, one picture and the link to whoever reported it. We never reprint the article, and the picture belongs to the photographer or the maker. A story written in Japanese appears in Japanese, as its author set it down; the link goes to the original.

— Mara Lindqvist, Tokyo