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Mar 1st - This weeks photography gear news, updates, & releases

If you don’t see your favorite brand, there may be no news or updates. So stay tuned. The following is from last Saturday February 24th to yesterday, Friday March 1st.

Camera systems:

Sony

  • Sony Burano 8K is now in stock at B&H or Adorama

  • ZV-E10 successor is coming this spring

  • New FX camera coming soon to

  • No Sony A1 successor coming this year

  • No Sony A7IV successor coming this year

  • SmallRig launches care for Sony A9III

Canon

  • Canon EOS R5 Mark II may the first camera with AI features

  • EOS Digital Software Development Kit now offers Linux compatibility

Nikon

  • Nikon Coolpix P1000 super-telephoto digital camera with 125x optical zoom is now discontinued

  • 4 new Chinese lenses for Nikon cameras coming soon

    • Laowa 15mm f/5 FFII Cookie lens

    • NiSi 250mkm f/5.6 folding lens

    • SG-IMAGE 25mm f/1.8 APS-C lens

    • Brightin Star 12mm f/2 Mark III

Fujifilm

  • X100VI firmware update Ver. 1.01

Leica

  • Leica SL3 camera announcement confirmed for March 7th

Lenses:

TTArtisan

  • TTArtisan has added new mount options for the TTArtisan 500mm f/6.3 Telephoto lens: Fujifilm X & GF, Nikon F & Canon EF mounts

Brightin Star

  • Announced Brightin Star 12mm f/20 III lens

Irix

  • unveils limited white cine lenses

Samyang

  • Fist Samyang L-mount lens will be the AF 35-150mm f/2-2.8 lens

MISC:

  • Affinity Photo has update to version 2.4, adding support for 50 new cameras for photo editing

  • Lexar unveils SL500 Portable SSD: 2TB, 4TB

  • Sachtler unveils cine series fluid heads for smooth cinematic movement

  • Saramonic unveils the Blink500 B2+ wireless microphone system

  • SPINN announced new swift-lock magnetic quick release plate