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4K ShootersVideoRØDE RØDECaster Video 1.4 Adds 4K Multi-Camera Capture, NDI HX and Expanded Sync RØDE is giving its RØDECaster Video platform a substantial new capability with firmware version 1.4. The free update introduces dedicated 4K and Full HD Capture modes, allowing the RØDECaster Video…

4K ShootersVideoHollyland LARK M3 Combines 32-bit Float Audio With Four-Track Recording As productions become more collaborative and camera setups grow more complex, wireless audio has to scale accordingly.

4K ShootersVideoViltrox Completes Its Air Series Lineup for L-Mount With Four Compact Full-Frame AF Primes Viltrox has completed the L-Mount expansion of its Air Series with four compact full-frame autofocus prime lenses covering focal lengths from ultra-wide 14mm to standard 50mm.

4K ShootersVideoSony Introduces RM-DP5 and RM-DP7 Cinema Line Monitor Controllers Sony has expanded its Cinema Line ecosystem with two new monitor controllers that combine high-brightness monitoring with direct camera operation.

4K ShootersVideoFilmConvert Rolls Out DJI Osmo Pocket 4P Profiles for Nitrate and CineMatch The DJI Osmo Pocket 4P can now be integrated more easily into established color workflows with the latest FilmConvert camera-profile update.

4K ShootersVideoAdobe Photoshop Elements & Premiere Elements 2027 Add Generative AI Tools for Photo and Video Creators Adobe is bringing a broader selection of generative AI capabilities to its Elements editing applications with the introduction of Photoshop Elements and Premiere Elements 2027.

4K ShootersVideoPanasonic Introduces Compact LUMIX S 20mm F2.5 and Expands S9 Video Capabilities Panasonic has expanded its full-frame LUMIX S Series with the new LUMIX S 20mm F2.5 (S-S20), a compact ultra-wide prime designed for both stills and video.

4K ShootersVideoCanon EOS R8 Mark II Brings IBIS, 4K 60p Video and Improved AF to a Lightweight Body Canon has taken its compact full-frame EOS R8 platform and addressed several of the original camera’s most notable omissions with the new EOS R8 Mark II.

4K ShootersVideoAtomos Announces Shogun AV-19M and Shinobi 7 II Monitors Atomos has introduced two new monitoring solutions following IBC 2026, held in Amsterdam last week: the Shogun AV-19M, a 19-inch 4K HDR rackmount monitor with NDI, SDI and HDMI connectivity, and the…

4K ShootersVideoBlackmagic Design Slashes Prices on Full-Frame 6K Cinema Cameras Full-frame cinema cameras are becoming increasingly accessible, and Blackmagic Design has just made its 6K lineup considerably harder to ignore.

4K ShootersVideoInsta360 Luna Pro Puts Leica Optics, 10-bit Log and 8K Video in a Compact Gimbal Camera Insta360 has launched the Luna Pro, a single-lens gimbal camera co-engineered with Leica that combines a 1-inch 8K sensor, a Leica Summicron lens and three-axis stabilization with features aimed at…

4K ShootersVideoTeradek Bolt 7 Brings Dedicated 900MHz Data to Its Zero-Delay Wireless Video Platform Wireless video has become a standard part of modern film sets and live productions, but getting camera control and production data across the same environment can still require additional networking…

4K ShootersVideoAdobe Unveils New AI-Powered Tools for Faster, Smarter Video Editing and Motion Design The hardest part of an edit is not always the creative decision. Sometimes it is finding the missing shot, repairing a difficult recording or navigating a project that has grown into thousands of…

4K ShootersVideoSigma Adds a Fast 85mm F1.2 Art Prime and Compact 20-60mm F2.8-4 Zoom Two very different approaches to full-frame lens design headline Sigma’s latest announcement. The company has introduced the 85mm F1.2 DG Art, a high-speed portrait prime built around maximum…

4K ShootersVideoManfrotto ONE Video Expands the ONE Platform for Dedicated Video Production Manfrotto’s ONE platform now has a dedicated video configuration. The new ONE Video Aluminium Tripod combines the company’s XTEND leg mechanism, integrated leveling and non-round leg construction…

4K ShootersVideoHollyland Pyro 7 Ultra Combines Professional Monitoring and Wireless Transmission in One 7-Inch Display On-set monitoring is becoming increasingly connected, with directors, focus pullers, camera operators and DITs often needing access to the same camera feed from different positions.

4K ShootersVideoRED Brings Cinema-Grade Live Broadcast to IBC 2026 With V-RAPTOR Live sports and entertainment production continues to push beyond traditional broadcast aesthetics, and RED Digital Cinema is using IBC 2026 to demonstrate how cinema cameras can meet the demands of…

4K ShootersVideoSigma Expands Aizu Prime Cinema Lens Line with Three New T1.3 Lenses Sigma is expanding its Aizu Prime cinema lens system with three new large-format optics, adding the 21mm T1.3 LF, 100mm T1.3 LF, and 125mm T1.3 LF to the lineup.

4K ShootersVideoSamsung P7 and P9 Push Portable SSD Performance to 4,000 MB Portable storage is becoming an increasingly important part of modern production workflows as cameras generate larger files and higher-resolution footage.

4K ShootersVideoFilmConvert Adds RED V-RAPTOR Support to Nitrate and CineMatch Color consistency can become increasingly demanding when a production combines multiple cinema cameras, particularly when each system brings its own color response and recording profiles into the…

4K ShootersVideoGoPro MISSION 1 PRO ILS Now Available for Pre-Order Ahead of September Launch GoPro is now opening pre-orders for the MISSION 1 PRO ILS, the third camera in its MISSION 1 Series and the interchangeable-lens variant of the MISSION 1 PRO.

4K ShootersVideoBlackmagic PYXIS 12K Gets Phase-Detect Autofocus in New Beta Firmware Blackmagic Design is continuing its rollout of phase-detect autofocus across its cinema camera lineup, with a new beta build bringing the technology to the Blackmagic PYXIS 12K.

4K ShootersVideoApple’s New M6 Mac mini and M5 Ultra Mac Studio Raise the Bar for Creative Workstations Apple is pushing its desktop lineup further into professional production territory with the latest Mac mini and Mac Studio.

4K ShootersVideoRØDE Launches DS3 Desktop Studio Arm for Microphones, Cameras and Lights Desktop production environments are packing more equipment into increasingly limited spaces. RØDE’s new DS3 addresses that challenge with a redesigned professional desktop studio arm that combines a…

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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