Shimoda Action X v3 is out in five sizes. The new X35 is 50.8cm tall for carry-on and takes a body with a 180-600mm or 200-600mm. Plus a $130 Insider Sling under 500g. #Shimoda#wildlifephotography
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DJI ended service for the Phantom 4 Pro V2 on October 31, and the original Osmo Action follows on November 2. Both still work, but DJI will not repair them. DJI's own list shows a pattern: about five years after production stops. #DJI#Phantom4Pro
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Fujifilm has released one new X lens in 2026: the XF 400mm F4.5. Third parties released 16 autofocus X lenses, six in October alone. Fujifilm X lenses per year since 2021: 5, 4, 1, 3, 2, 1. #Fujifilm#XMount
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Fujifilm registered another unannounced camera in China: FF260004, the third this year after FF260001 and FF260002. The X-Pro3 just turned seven and three 2022 bodies are past four years old. Which one is it? #Fujifilm#XPro4
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The Meike AF 58mm f/1.2 MIX is on sale: $449 for Sony E, Nikon Z and Fuji X. APS-C, 450g, 11 blades, 62mm filter. Four colors at the same price, including a new black and white. #Meike#FujifilmX
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7Artisans AF 10mm F4 is out in China: 71g, 33mm, STM autofocus, 0.2m close focus, Sony E and Fuji X. The next lightest AF ultra-wide for either mount is 175g. @7Artisanslens#7Artisans#SonyAlpha
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Luminar 1.29 is out: rebuilt Enhance, 3D fog, a print mode with soft proofing, and 12 crop suggestions. It also opens Canon R8 II and OM System PEN raws, 43 and 49 days after launch. #Luminar#photoediting
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The Sony RX100 VII is still $1,498 and still has no successor.
Its top rival is the Canon G7 X III, and it wins 70% of reader votes there. But readers pick the older RX100 V over it.
#Sony#RX100VII
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Canon Q3 2026:
620,000 interchangeable lens cameras, down 16%.
Camera revenue still up 4%.
Compact revenue up over 50%.
And Canon no longer expects memory prices to fall in 2027. It plans to offset that with price increases.
#Canon
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Nikon Z 120-300mm f/2.8 TC VR S is official.
Built-in 1.4x: 168-420mm f/4 at a flick. 2,735g, 128 x 353.5mm.
$13,999.95, mid-November.
Our May estimate from Nikon's teaser image: 128 x 353mm.
#Nikon#NikonZ
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Apple's first touch screen Mac: the MacBook Pro with PROLED XDR Display.
Tandem OLED, P3 + Adobe RGB, 1000 nits sustained. M5 Pro/Max. From $2,899, ships Nov 6.
Same chip, memory and storage with the old mini-LED screen: $2,499.
#Apple#MacBookPro
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OM System OM-5 Mark II firmware 1.1 is out (October 28, 2026).
The full changelog: "Improve stability of some functions."
First update since the June 2025 launch. Free via OM Workspace.
#OMSystem#MicroFourThirds
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Godox iM10: $24.90, 23g, USB-C, about 350 full power flashes.
Lightest flash in our database of 243.
Manual only, four power levels, and the dimmest is 1/8. That floor is the catch for close-up work.
#Godox#CameraGear
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It's official: Sony Japan says the FX5 goes on sale Friday, November 20, 2026.
DVF-EL1 viewfinder, XLR-H2 handle and VMC-BNCU1 cable launch the same day.
13 weeks after the original August 21 date.
#SonyFX5#CinemaLine
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The Olympus PEN-F is from 2016. In our reader votes it beats the new OM System PEN 77% to 23% and the OM-3 two to one. It loses only to the cheaper E-P7 and Panasonic GX bodies. #Olympus#PENF
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The Fujifilm Instax Mini Evo 2 is official: a 1/2.77-inch sensor (about 3x the area of the old one), face-detection AF, a 4.46-inch touchscreen and a wide-angle mode. $299.95, black only, end of November. #instax#Fujifilm
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New iPad mini, from a photographer's point of view:
8.5-inch OLED, IP67, 10Gb/s USB-C, 255g, from $699.
Great as a camera remote and field editor. But full-screen brightness is only 600 nits.
#iPadmini#photography
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Fujifilm X100VI vs Panasonic S9:
X100VI $1,799, 521g, viewfinder, leaf shutter, ND
S9 $1,497, 486g, full frame, no viewfinder
Best X100-style lens for the S9: Lumix S 40mm f/2, 630g and $1,895 together.
#Fujifilm#Lumix
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CIPA August 2026, vs a year ago:
Units -0.6%, value +9.6%
Compacts +32.9%
Mirrorless -10%
Full frame -18.4%
Europe +31.6%, China -28.7%
#CIPA#cameras
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