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Firmware Friday: Seven cameras from Blackmagic, Canon, Leica, Ricoh and Sigma get updates

 
 

After a few weeks in a row of smaller roundups, our regular Firmware Friday series returns with a rather larger article this week, bringing news from no less than five manufacturers -- Blackmagic, Canon, Leica, Ricoh and Sigma. In all, seven different cameras have received updates (or the promise of future updates) in...

Firmware Friday: Sony A7R II / A7S II get better video on SDHC; bug fixes for Nikon D7200, Leica M-series


 
 

The weekend is here once more, and Firmware Friday just squeaks in under the wire with news of new updates from Leica, Nikon and Sony. In all, seven cameras receive new features or bug fixes this week, all of them interchangeable-lens models.

Sony A7R II and A7S II

We'll start with Sony this time around, as its...

Firmware Friday on the 4th: New features for Leica M; Panasonic GH4, Canon Pixma printers get bugfixes


 
 

Happy 4th of July, America! This week's Firmware Friday roundup falls on the fourth, and brings with it some treats for Leica M ((Typ 240) owners, as well as fixes for frustration if you own a Panasonic GH4 mirrorless camera or certain Canon PIXMA printers.

We'll start with the Leica M, given that we're big fans...

The Jony Ive-Marc Newson-designed Leica M for (RED) fetches $1.8 million at Sotheby’s

 
 
 
 

The one-off Leica M Typ 240 designed by Apple's Jony Ive and designer Marc Newson was auctioned off at Sotheby's this past weekend for an eye-watering final price of US$1.8 million, making it one of the world's most expensive cameras. Coincidentally, it is also one of...

Leica: New firmware for M Typ 240


Earlier today, we reported on a professional videographer's less-than-enthusiastic review of the somewhat clumsily-named Leica M (Typ 240). It's the company's first video-capable rangefinder camera, and Johnnie Behiri, an Austrian freelance cameraman and editor for the BBC, found more shortcomings than positives in its video feature set. It's...