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Firmware Friday: Canon patching dozens of cameras for security; Blackmagic, Nikon and Sony updates, too

 
 

This week's Firmware Friday roundup brings news of updates from four manufacturers in total, although the bulk of these are from one company and are yet to be finalized. It's Canon which is providing the majority of the update news this week, as it works to correct six security vulnerabilities recently uncovered by...

Firmware Friday: New features for JVC and Panasonic video cameras; Bug fixes for Leica Q2, Nikon Z6 + Z7


 
 

Our Firmware Friday roundup this week is a mixture of both still and video camera updates, with the camcorders receiving a mixture of new features and bug fixes, while the still cameras are only receiving bug fixes this time around. On the camcorder front, we have news of three closely-related models apiece from...

Firmware Friday: New features for Leica CL; also Fuji X-Pro2, Nikon KeyMission 170 and Z 50mm f/1.8 lens


 
 

Leica is the star of this week's Firmware Friday roundup, having released the most significant update of the past seven days for its APS-C format Leica CL mirrorless camera. And not to be left out, we also have news to report from Fujifilm, Nikon and Olympus as well, with two further camera models, one lens and one...

Firmware Friday: Better AF for E-mount Sigma lenses


 
 

Our Firmware Friday roundup this week is a single-company affair, with only Japan's Sigma Corp. having released any updates in the past seven days. If you're not shooting a Sigma lens on a Sony E-mount body, you can move along now, safe in the knowledge that there's no new firmware for your gear this week. If you...

Firmware Friday: Tweaks for Fuji GFX100, Olympus E-M1 II, Pentax KP, Ricoh Theta V, Panasonic mirrorless


 
 

After a shorter-than-typical roundup last week, our Firmware Friday post this week returns with renewed vigor and news of no less than 16 cameras receiving updated firmware in the past seven days. Admittedly, most of these are from one company, and several are very closely-related models. Still, we've a lot to...

Firmware Friday: New features for Ricoh GR III; Ricoh Theta Z1 also gets some tweaks


 
 

Our regular Firmware Friday roundup returns this week as an all-Ricoh affair, as the company was the only one to release any new firmware in the past seven days. And with that being the case, it's going to be a very short and sweet roundup indeed.

So what's new from Ricoh? Well, there are two of the company's...

Firmware Friday: Bug fixes for Ricoh WG-6, Fuji H Mount Adapter G, plus lots of software too


 
 

It's Friday, the weekend is almost upon us, and it's time once more for our regular roundup of all the latest updates in this week's Firmware Friday column. And this week, it's a relatively short list, with just one camera, one mount adapter and several pieces of software receiving tweeks in the past seven days.

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Firmware Friday: Fuji X-T30, Olympus E-M1X and M1 II, Nikon KeyMission 170 and lens updates aplenty


 
 

After a couple of smaller roundups, our regular Firmware Friday series returns this week with a much longer list of updates shipped by imaging companies in the past seven days. In all, we're aware of updates for four cameras and an impressive 15 lenses. Among the camera updates there's one which is a major,...

Firmware Friday: Sony A6400 gets real-time animal eye AF and more


 
 

This week's Firmware Friday roundup is uncommonly brief, with just one new firmware update appearing on the scene in the past seven days. It's Sony which sails to the rescue with a significant firmware update for its A6400 mirrorless camera, at least if you're a pet owner or like to take pictures of animals.

As...

Firmware Friday: Panasonic pro video / lens updates; Fuji FinePix XP140, Sigma 60-600/70-200 tweaked too


 
 

[Update Sunday PM: Now with more Panasonic firmware info added!] Our Firmware Friday roundup this week is perhaps the most unusual we can remember posting. Why's that, we hear you ask? Because while we can tell you of seven firmware updates this week, we can't tell you what two of them involve. And of the...

Firmware Friday: Ricoh GR III, Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro G2 / accessories, Canon Speedlite EL-100 updated


 
 

This week's Firmware Friday roundup is more a story of imaging accessories than of camera firmware per se, but we've still a fair bit to discuss. As well as updates for the Ricoh GR III large-sensor compact, and for Blackmagic's professionally-targeted URSA Mini Pro G2 video camera, we've also news of new firmware...

Firmware Friday: New features for Ricoh Theta V, Canon ref displays; Panasonic, Sigma updates, too


 
 

Our Firmware Friday roundup this week consists mostly of gear other than cameras, although we do still have one 360-degree camera and one entry-level pro video camera on the list as well. On top of that, we've also got news of updates for six reference displays, one lens, two lens mount converters and two flash...

Firmware Friday: Eye AF and more for Nikon Z6, Z7; stability improvements for Sony Alpha-series


 
 

This week's Firmware Friday roundup is a bit of an unusual one, in that while there are plenty of cameras receiving new firmware in the past seven days -- for 10 models, to be exact -- we actually don't have a huge amount to discuss. The reasons for that are twofold. While Nikon has updated both its Z6 and Z7...

Firmware Friday: Direct Wi-Fi SnapBridge for D850, D5600, D7500; new Ricoh Theta V firmware incoming


 
 

For a second post running, our regular Firmware Friday roundup brings news of new Wi-Fi Direct-enabling SnapBridge firmware for Nikon DSLRs. We also have news both of new firmware on the way for the Ricoh Theta V 360-degree spherical camera, and new / updated software for the just-launched flagship Ricoh Theta Z1.

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Firmware Friday: SnapBridge support for Nikon D500; imaging tweaks for Panasonic S1 / S1R, Ricoh GR III


 
 

Our Firmware Friday roundup this week brings with it news of updates for four large-sensor cameras, of which three are interchangeable-lens models. On the full-frame front, Panasonic has updated its recently-launched S1 and S1R cameras. Turning to APS-C sub-frame cameras, meanwhile, Nikon's D500 has also received...

Firmware Friday: Canon EOS R, Fuji T3 and T30 get new features; Ricoh and Sigma improve existing ones


 
 

After a bit of a breather with last week's smaller-than-average roundup, our regular Firmware Friday roundup returns this time around with a whole lot more to discuss. There are three mirrorless cameras from Canon and Fujifilm receiving a raft of new features and tweaks between them, plus ten Sigma lenses and two...

Firmware Friday: New features and fixes for Sony Alpha A7 III, A7R III and RX0; Nikon Coolpix B700 too


 
 

After last week's monumental Firmware Friday roundup, the latest in our regular weekly series is more of a bite-sized morsel, bringing with it news of updates for just four cameras in the past seven days. Let's get right down to finding out what's new with the Nikon B700, Sony A7 III, A7R III and the CCB-WD1 Camera...

Firmware Friday: New features for Canon, Panasonic video cameras, Leica digicams; big Nikon catchup


 
 

Our Firmware Friday roundup for this week is a biggie, with no less than eight video cameras and nine still cameras on the list, plus another five updates on the software side of things. Truth be told, though, part of the reason for the size of the roundup is that I've just caught an error that stopped any of...

Firmware Friday: Sony A9 reinvented by major update; news from Blackmagic, Canon and Panasonic too

 
 

Our weekly Firmware Friday roundup returns with the arrival of another weekend, and this time around it's a story that's dominated by Sony and its flagship A9 mirrorless camera. The Sony A9 v5.0 firmware update is clearly this week's showstopper news, and so we'll be covering it first of all in this week's article. If...

Firmware Friday: Better focusing for Sony A6000; Canon preps fix for 400mm / 600mm lens flicker


 
 

It's been a while since we had a really brief Firmware Friday post, but this week rectifies that with news of just three updates: One from Sony, and two from Canon. (And the latter aren't actually available yet, just in development.)

So what's new? Well, Sony's A6000 mirrorless camera has just received improved...