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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,...
Back in February, Nikon outlined a plan for additional features and performance improvements to their Z7 and Z6 full-frame mirrorless cameras. Two of these anticipated new features and performance improvements, including continuous Eye Detection focus tracking and unlocking continuous auto-exposure at the cameras'...
This week's Firmware Friday roundup is very likely a record-breaker when it comes to interchangeable-lens cameras. Even without including overseas equivalents, we have 20 DSLR and mirrorless cameras on the list from Canon, Nikon and Panasonic, and 24 once Panasonic's overseas equivalents are added into the mix.
And as...
This week's Firmware Friday roundup is a little larger than they've been lately, bringing news of three hardware updates and one new piece of software from three companies. If you're not shooting Blackmagic, Canon or Nikon gear, you can safely move along to another article now. (We'd suggest perusing some of the...
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...
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...
A number of cameras have had eye-detection autofocus functionality in some form or fashion over the years, but in recent times, Sony's mirrorless cameras -- most notably the A9, A7R III and A7 III -- have really upped the ante when it comes to...
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...
I had a chance to sit down with a group of top Nikon executives and engineering managers last month, as part of my yearly pilgrimage to Yokohama, Japan for the annual CP+ trade show. We talked about lens design and how it's impacted by the new Z-mount -- we're frankly amazed by their new 14-30mm f/4 lens, both for...
Nikon continues to expand their lens offerings for their new Z Series cameras, first announcing the ultra-wide Z 14-30mm f/4 S zoom back at CES and then just a few weeks ago, debuting the must-have, work-horse zoom, the Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S. And we can't forget the still forthcoming Z 58mm f/0.95 Noct prime that was...
Good news, Nikon Z-mount shooters: The native lens options for your Z6 or Z7 camera just grew with the announcement of another optic which will be shipping this spring. The Nikkor Z 24-70mm f/2.8 S has been on the roadmap since the Z-series cameras first launched in 2018, but it's only now that we're getting to know its...
Nikon has, for many years, lightly danced around the idea that their cameras could, or should, be used to create high-end video. Though there was no reason they could not have been used for it, the cameras up until the release of the Nikon Z6 simply lacked the power or the features to really be a great video camera. They...
Our job as camera reviewers is to find the good and the not-so-good aspects of a camera system for you, and we always set out to do just that. But as our Senior Reviewer William Brawley started digging deeper into the inner workings of the new Nikon Z6, he came away with mostly positives while...
Last week we had the opportunity to shoot with the new Nikon Z6 for the first time, and aside from a huge gallery of sample images you can peruse, we also captured a lot of video with the camera. Nikon is positioning the Z6 as a more well-rounded camera that is...
The Nikon Z6 will become available for purchase on Friday November 16 at a very competitive price of $1999 for the body-only. Though we are still testing this camera and formulating our thoughts on it, if you're curious what you can expect from it, we recently published a large gallery of images that you can download and...
Earlier this week, we shared our First Shots series of lab sample images from the new Nikon Z6, but I've now had a chance to take this new 24MP full-frame mirrorless camera out into the field and bring you a wide variety of real-world images. Over the past few days, Nikon...
[UPDATE 11-6-18: Since originally posting this news story our lab has received the new Nikkor Z 50mm f/1.8 S, and we've now therefore been able to reshoot our Nikon Z6 First Shots with this lens. The Z6 crops below originally taken with an adapted Nikkor 60mm f/2.8G Micro...
It’s been less than a week since Nikon announced their impending Z7 and Z6 cameras, and already we’re seeing articles by what should be respected outlets comparing these new Nikon mirrorless cameras to Sony’s Alpha series. It’s a logical comparison, for sure, but if you’re reading any articles that are making conclusions...
After numerous teases, Nikon has finally drawn back the curtains and unveiled their brand-new full-frame mirrorless camera system, complete with an all-new and radically-redesigned Z mount. The cameras share a lot of similarities, so let's first look at the...