^{If you don’t see your favorite brand, there may be no news or updates. So stay tuned. The following is from last Saturday December 7th to yesterday, Friday December 13th.}

Camera systems:

Sony

• 7Artisans announced 7Artisans 18mm f/5.6 full frame E-mount lens

• New Viltrox AF 35mm f/1.7 APS-C E-mount lens will be released December 18th

• Officially discontinued: Sony RX100 VA

Canon

• Discontinued: Canon EF 50mm F1.2L USM

• Launched new Cropping Guide for EOS R50, R10, and R7

Nikon

• 3 Legged Thing Zelda QD lets Nikon Z-series cameras safely attach to compatible carrying straps

Fujifilm

• New Artra Lab Funkyframe TCL 60mm teleconverter lens for the X100 series

• DXO adds Fujifilm X-M5 support

Leica

• Leica R-mount is reborn due to new lenses from Meyer Optik Gorlitz

• New Voigtlander APO-ULTRON 90mm f/2 VM lens for M-mount announced

• Upcoming firmware updates:

  • Leica M11, M11-M, M11-P, M11-D (ver 2.2.0)

  • Leica D-Lux 8 (ver 1.4.0)

  • Leica Q3, Q343 (ver 3.0.0)

  • Leica SL3 (ver 2.0.1)

  • Leica SL2, SL2-S (ver 6.1.0)

Sigma

• Some Sigma fp units produced since August of this year have issue with battery consumption, even when the power is of, when a lens is attached. PC application will be released by end of December to resolve the issue

Lenses:

Sigma

• Officially launched 14mm F1.4 DG DN Art lens for Sony E and L-mount

• Launched 100-400mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS for E and L mounts

Voigtlander

• Announces Voigtlander Nokton 28mm f/1.5 Aspherical for January

Misc:

• SmallRig unveils AD-01S 4686 fluid head tripod

• Lexar launches SL300 and ES3 portable SSDs

• Saramonic launched the BlinkME U2 mic system

• Fotopro launches Origin Travel Tripod 20th Anniversary Edition

• Rode announced 3rd gen Wireless Go mic

  

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