^{If you don’t see your favorite brand, there may be no news or updates. So stay tuned. The following is from last Saturday October 12th to yesterday, Friday October 18th.}

Camera systems:

Sony

• Firmware update for Sony A7IV (ver. 4.00)

• New Sony Alpha camera announcement in late November

• Firmware update for Sony’s Camera Remote Toolkit

  • Camera Remote SDK (ver. 1.13)

  • Camera Remote Command (ver. 2024.1.0)

• Announced Sony BC-ZD1 Dual-battery charger and DC-C1 DC Coupler

  

Canon

• Will announce 3 new hybrid L lenses on October 30

Panasonic

• Panasonic temporarily suspended new firmware update of the Lumix S9 (ver. 1.1)

• Lumix S5D mirrorless camera officially announced

• Lumix S 18-40mm F4.5-6.3 lens announced

Ricoh

• Salty Surf Housings released first underwater camera housing dedicated to the Ricoh GR III and GR IIIx

Leica

• Firmware update for Leica M11-series cameras (ver. 2.1.3)

Lenses:

Laowa

• Laowa releases new anamorphic Proteus Flex cine lenses

Arri

• Releases Enso Prime Lens range - cine lenses

Misc:

• Topaz Labs announces Gigapixel 8 and Photo AI 3.3