Our guide to the Sony α7 V is online. It shows what each of its 49 buttons, dials and parts does, on photos of the camera, and explains all 604 menu settings in plain words, to click through and to search. The guide is unofficial and written in our own words from the maker's manual.
Our guide to the Sony FX5 is online. It shows what each of its 48 buttons, dials and parts does, on photos of the camera, and explains all 523 menu settings in plain words, to click through and to search. The guide is unofficial and written in our own words from the maker's manual.
Sony's Black Friday promotion is running on its UK website, with the company saying it lasts for a limited time while stocks last. The Alpha 7 V drops £400 to £2,399, the Alpha 7R VI drops £400 to £3,999, and the FX3 drops £400 to £2,999. The Alpha 7 III falls £200 to £999, or £1,199 with the FE… Sony α7 V · Sony α7R VI · Sony α7 III · Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II · Sony FE 16-35mm F2.8 GM II · Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
Nikon has lowered the price of the Z8 body to £2,999 on its UK website, down from £3,699. That is a reduction of almost 19 percent, and the offer includes free shipping. The cut comes directly from Nikon rather than a third-party retailer, and What Digital Camera notes it may change during the… Nikon Z8
Leica introduced two special editions of its M rangefinders on 12 November 2026: the M-A Hammertone, a fully mechanical 35mm film camera, and the digital M11-P Hammertone. Both went on sale the same day through Leica stores, the Leica online shop and authorised dealers. The recommended prices are…
DPReview has published its full review of the Sigma FP2, the second-generation compact L-mount full-frame camera. It finds the camera improved over the original in every area, with a faster sensor and autofocus that now includes bird recognition, though it still suits video work best.
A button sequence shared in the Leica community opens a diagnostic service menu on the M10 and M11. The menu does not appear in Leica's documentation or the M11 manual reviewed for the report. To open it, briefly release and press Play again, then press Up, Left, Down, Right and Up, and release…
Caduceus for the Olympus PEN E-P7 is a set of open-source firmware patches for firmware 1.1. It adds in-camera film simulations, HSL colour control, grain, bloom, clarity, true log video and XPan or 21:9 framing. The latest release listed in the repository is v0.32. A browser-based control panel…
db firmware v0.4.0 beta is an unofficial patch project for OM-1, OM-1 Mark II, OM-3, OM-5 and OM-5 Mark II bodies. Its release notes say the OM-1 receives the Mark II firmware port, with all Mark II features except ND128 and the larger buffer. The OM-5 gets the OM-5 Mark II user interface, which… OM System .4.0 beta
Sony Alpha Rumors reports that the California Energy Commission has published details of a new Sony camera that has not been released yet. The post is dated November 10, 2026. Appliance-efficiency filings like this one are public documents, so they show that a product exists in Sony's pipeline.…
GRKit is an experimental software tool for Ricoh GR cameras that runs from the SD card instead of changing the firmware. It was reported on 7 November 2026. It covers the GR III, GR IIIx, GR IV and their HDF variants. The GR IV Monochrome is only partly supported. It adds film-style looks and an…
The lumix-firmware-research repository on GitHub is an archive of reverse-engineering work on older Panasonic Micro Four Thirds bodies. It was reported around 9 November 2026 as a sign that Lumix encryption is being cracked. The author describes it as unmaintained and accepts no contributions or… Panasonic Lumix GM1 · Panasonic GM5 · Panasonic GX9
OM-Emu is a JavaScript emulator and research lab for OM System and Olympus cameras that use the MN10300 processor. It runs the vendor firmware on a computer rather than in a camera. Its reference body is the OM-1 on firmware 1.9. The project's status table, dated 31 October 2026, says the OM-1 Mark… OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II · OM SYSTEM OM-3
Caduceus for OM-3 is an open-source firmware patch for the OM System OM-3 that adds on-camera colour editing for the COLOR 1 to 4 profiles (Monochrome is not covered). It is built on the Caduceus project for the Olympus PEN E-P7. A web control panel lets you make your own looks and save them to the…
The sony-a6400-research repository on GitHub is a community effort to analyse the firmware of Sony's CXD90045-era APS-C bodies. The author asked for contributors on r/SonyAlpha. On 11 November 2026 a contributor opened issue #7 with cross-model findings covering the a6400, a6600, ZV-E10 and… Sony α6100
A GitHub project by DevCrashDay treats the Sony a6400 as a programmable platform. Its stated aims are features Sony never shipped, such as unlimited video recording, hands-free astrophotography, automated focus stacking and in-camera film emulation. The repo's status note is from October 2026 and…
NikonFirmwarePatch is an open-source toolkit that builds experimental patched firmware for the Nikon Z8. A community listing dates version 0.4.0 to 10 November 2026, and a release candidate appeared on 5 November. The headline feature is 3:2 open-gate N-RAW at 8.3K and 30, 25 or 24p, using 8256 x…
A new GitHub project ports some OM-1 Mark II features onto the original OM-1, according to a 43 Rumors report dated November 10, 2026. The added features include new interface options, human subject recognition, C-AF combined with tracking, graduated ND support, and a working high-resolution mode.…
A November 2026 roundup of Sigma and Panasonic hack projects lists Andrew Reid's Magic Lumix research on the LUMIX S9. The research claims custom code can run from an SD card at startup. The roundup classes this as a developer claim with no verified public release. No public build, source package…
Community projects built around the original Sigma fp now add open-gate recording at up to OG4K, along with lossless CinemaDNG compression and Gyroflow-ready gyro data written beside each take. Open-gate modes use the full 3:2 sensor area instead of the 16:9 window the camera normally records from.…
Wonder Lantern is an experimental project for the Nikon Z30. Its creators describe it as similar to Magic Lantern, though it works differently. The feature list includes three bitrate profiles (Stock, Balanced and High), slow-motion recording extended to 25 minutes, a live-view histogram and level,…
DPReview has added the Nikon Z5IIC to its studio test scene and published an image quality article on it. The site's verdict is that the compact, lower-priced full-frame body holds up well on image quality. Nikon Z5 IIC
A new rumor says both Viltrox and Meike plan to announce autofocus zoom lenses in 2027. Photography Life reported it in its weekly news roundup. Both brands have mostly been known for prime lenses, so zooms would be a first for them. The report as summarized does not give focal lengths, apertures,…
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