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Nikon has announced firmware version 3.0 for the Nikon Z9, the company's flagship mirrorless camera. The major firmware update is available now as a free download and delivers many key new features and improvements for the Z9.
For video users, the major updates are high-res zoom and timecode synchronization with...
Panasonic has announced firmware version 2.2 for its flagship Micro Four Thirds camera, the Panasonic GH6. The update will be available to customers on September 27 via the Lumix Global Customer Support website.
Firmware update Ver.2.2 adds support for direct recording to an SSD over USB. Panasonic writes, "The update...
Sony today announced a firmware updates to their two of their top full-frame mirrorless cameras. First, the flagship Alpha 1 full-frame mirrorless camera gets an impressive new video format option as well as some new new RAW format options for still photos. Meanwhile, the Sony A7S III gets a small update, adding a new...
Panasonic has announced a new firmware version for its flagship GH6 Micro Four Thirds camera. Firmware version 2.0 was developed in partnership with Atomos, a global company that creates technologies for filmmakers. The update promises significantly improved video recording options. Firmware 2.0 will allow users to...
When Nikon announced its flagship Z9 mirrorless camera, the company said exciting new features would be added to the camera via firmware. Well, the first major firmware upgrade is here, and it delivers upon Nikon's promise of more and better for what is already its best camera ever. The free firmware update, version 2.0,...
Fujifilm has released a batch of firmware updates for many of its recent cameras following news of a bug that affected users on macOS. The bug can prevent macOS users from directly accessing files saved to SDXC memory cards in certain cameras, including the Fujifilm GFX 100, GFX 100S, GFX 50S II, X-Pro3, X-T4, X-S10,...
Nikon has announced new firmware updates for numerous Nikon Z series cameras. The updates, available today, include firmware version 3.40 for the Nikon Z6 and Nikon Z7, firmware version 1.20 for the Nikon Z5 and firmware version 2.20 for the Nikon Z50.
Across the board, the firmware updates include increase autofocus...
Panasonic has announced new firmware updates for its Lumix S Series full-frame mirrorless cameras to enhance the functionality of the S1, S1R and S5 cameras. When the latest firmware updates release in July, Panasonic will also release plug-in software to allow users to open HLG photos shot with S series cameras in Adobe...
Fujifilm has announced a new firmware update for its GFX 100 medium format camera. Fujifilm states that the impending firmware version 4.00 will 'transform [the GFX 100] into a completely new camera with a multitude of additional functions and operational enhancements, delivering autofocus (AF) performance equivalent to...
Nikon has announced firmware updates for its Z series mirrorless cameras. The updates, which will be available to download from April 26, cover the Nikon Z7 II, Nikon Z6 II, Nikon Z7, Nikon Z6, Nikon Z5 and Nikon Z50.
The Nikon Z6 II and Z7 II will be brought to version 1.20 with the upcoming update. These cameras will...
Building on user feedback, Canon has released new firmware updates for the Canon EOS R5, EOS R6 and EOS-1D X Mark III cameras. The EOS R5 and R6 updates bring those cameras to version 1.3, while the 1D X III is updated to version 1.4.
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Panasonic has announced the release of firmware updates for several Lumix S series full-frame cameras, including the Panasonic S1H (version 2.4), S1 (2.0), S1R (1.8) and S5 (2.2). Panasonic is also releasing an update for its BGH1 box-style Micro Four Thirds camera, bringing that camera to firmware version 2.0.
The...
Sony announced the FX3 cinema camera this week. The new camera is similar in size and shape to something like the Sony A7S III. Still, the FX3 has controls, features and expandability catered toward solo video shooters rather than photographers and hybrid shooters. One cool video feature that the FX3 has is its...
Nikon has announced that a new firmware update for the Nikon Z6 II and Nikon Z7 II mirrorless cameras will be available next Thursday, February 25. Firmware version 1.10 will add support for RAW video output to Blackmagic Design external recorders for both cameras. The firmware also improves Eye-Detection autofocus...
It's been a big day for Olympus. In addition to announcing the 150-400mm f/4.5 TC1.25x IS PRO lens, which William Brawley has Field Tested, Olympus detailed a major new firmware update for its OM-D E-M1X mirrorless camera. Firmware version 2.0 adds Bird Detection to Intelligent Subject Detection Autofocus, RAW video data...
Last August we wrote that the Panasonic S1H 'represents the new state-of-the-art for ILC video capabilities.' At its launch, the S1H was already capable of recording 6K/24p video and 10-bit 4K footage at 60 frames per second. With new firmware version 2.1, Panasonic has now added RAW video output to the S1H's already...
UPDATE: 05/22/2020: It appears Panasonic has run into technical issues with the RAW video data output feature for the forthcoming v2.0 firmware update for the Lumix S1H. Firmware v2.0 will be released on schedule on May 25th, but the RAW video output feature has been removed. According to Panasonic, the RAW output feature will be released provide as part of the camera's next...
This week's Firmware Friday roundup arrives just a little late, as your humble editor's been under the weather the past few days, and I didn't manage to finish writing it last night. In part, that was down to the amount of news there was to cover -- in the past seven days, we've seen updates from Blackmagic, Canon,...
This week, our regular Firmware Friday roundup is a standout which consists solely of updates adding new features, some of them also fixing bugs at the same time. In all, the list consists of two fixed-lens PowerShot compacts from Canon, plus one interchangeable-lens still camera, nine video cameras and a card...
Firmware Friday enters the final month of the 2010s this week with news of camera updates from two companies -- Canon and Sony -- as well as updated software from Fujifilm. The bulk of the changes made are aimed at fixing bugs, but there are a few new features in the mix as well.
We'll kick things off...