Equipment

Peak Design's heavy-duty, pro-oriented tripod series -- which raised $4.6M on Kickstarter earlier this year -- is rolling out to store shelves for general availability starting today.

Leica is bringing monochrome back to the Q-series with the Q3 Monochrom. It is largely the same as the original Q3, but it features a version of the 60-megapixel sensor without the color Bayer filter, which results in what Leica claims are sharper photos with far better noise performance.

Prism Lens FX, known for its professional cinema filters, has announced the Shield Series of cinema filters, a redesigned approach to the traditional 4x5 that promises improved performance and usability in fast-paced video workflows.

TTArtisan has released its AF 23mm f/1.8 APS-C prime for Sony E and Nikon Z, as promised, expanding the lens beyond the Fujifilm X version that debuted earlier this year. Priced at just $127, the lens continues TTArtisan’s push toward affordable autofocus primes across multiple systems.

Zeniko has introduced the ZA12 Dual Dial Retro Mini Flash, a compact lighting solution designed for photographers seeking portable illumination. According to Zeniko, the flash delivers even, powerful light using the company’s optical technology, which pairs a xenon tube with a Fresnel lens.

Viltrox has introduced the AF 85mm f/1.4 Pro Z, a Nikon Z-mount version of its well-regarded FE 85mm f/1.4 Pro lens. Priced at just $600, this new model brings fast-aperture and Pro-series optics to Nikon Z shooters, offering a high-performance portrait option at a competitive cost.

DJI has announced the Osmo Action 6, the company's first action camera with a variable aperture. Sporting an all-new square Type 1/1.1 image sensor, the new action camera promises the Osmo Action series' best image and video quality yet.

Canadian photographer and talented camera hacker/builder Malcolm-Jay Wilson has combined two of his recent camera builds into a new black-and-white digital camera with a waist-level viewfinder, and it's fantastic.

Fotodiox, makers of some of the more niche adapters on the market, just announced another unusual option: an adapter that lets photographers mount a full-frame L-Mount camera to any 4x5 large-format camera with a supported Graflok back, opening new creative possibilities for landscape, architectural, and studio photography.

Satechi’s new OntheGo 7-in-1 Multiport Adapter brings seven essential ports into a compact, hockey puck-like portable hub for laptops, iPhone, tablets, and desktops.

Old Fast Glass (OFG), a specialty cinema camera lens maker and rental house, unveiled the OFG Customs Long Shot. It is a new optical adapter designed to enable cinematographers to use full-frame and larger cinema lenses on Super 16mm cameras, preserving not only the look of larger-format lenses but also their entire field of view.

Cosina Voigtländer released the APO-Lanthar 28mm f/2 Aspherical lens for full-frame Leica M-mount cameras in June, calling it its best wide-angle lens yet. This ambitious lens is now coming to Sony E-mount and Nikon Z-mount.

Sirui has launched Astra, a new series of 1.33x full-frame autofocus-equipped anamorphic cinema lenses. The new Sirui Astra lenses are the world's first full-frame anamorphic optics to combine autofocus with a constant, fast T1.8 aperture.

We recently reported that the new WideluxX camera revival project has reached its prototype stage. Now, just a few weeks later, a video that the WideluxX's creators promised is available online, shedding more light on the upcoming camera.

It's becoming pretty normal to see Nextorage at the forefront of memory card technology, at least as it performs to guaranteed sustained performance in professional video settings. It was the first to land VPG800 certification and it has another first announced today: the only CFexpress card that is both VPG400 and VPG1600 complaint, simultaneously.

Sony quietly announced two new accessories, both of which are designed to offer protection in the field. The first is a soft cover for a single super-telephoto lens while the second is a rain cover that completely covers an Alpha camera and lens, protecting it from snow and rain while in use.

The Nikon ZR is an excellent video-first hybrid camera, as customers in Japan can attest. The Nikon ZR has topped Map Camera's list of best-selling new cameras in October, which is a spot very rarely held by a camera that prioritizes video nearly as much as the Nikon ZR does.

While the DJI Neo 2 launched a couple of weeks ago in China, it's being officially announced today for the rest of the world. Well, most of the rest of the world, as the drone joins a long list of other DJI products that aren't officially available in the United States.

Insta360 has announced a bunch of products and bundles for its Leica co-engineered Ace Pro 2 action camera, including new lenses, a grip, additional Leica color profiles, and a wild portable Pocket Printer that makes the Ace Pro 2 the world's first action camera-turned-instant camera.

Lexar has announced that its Gold and Silver tier CFexpress 4.0 type A cards -- the type Sony cameras use -- are now available in capacities up to 2 TB.

Meike has released its new, affordable 85mm f/1.8 SE II lens for full-frame cameras. The autofocus-equipped portrait prime is available now in Sony E, L-Mount, and Nikon Z mounts for just $230.

Other World Computing (OWC) has announced the StudioStack, a slim topper for the Mac Studio that adds up to 32TB of storage, three USB-A 3.2 10 GB/s ports, and three Thunderbolt 5 ports (in addition to one Thunderbolt display port).

There has been a lot of big news in the photography space in the past month, so it's perhaps not too surprising that Nikon's pair of new APS-C lenses has flown a bit under the radar. That's a shame because the Nikkor Z 16-50mm f/2.8 VR and Nikkor Z DX MC 35mm f/1.7 actually address a major complaint many have had about the Nikkor Z system: the lack of new high-end APS-C lenses.

The new $459 Canon RF 45mm f/1.2 STMlens is already proving too popular ahead of its December release. Canon Japan has warned photographers that it will be unable to fulfill all current preorders at launch.

For more than a decade, Delkin BLACK has been synonymous with rugged, professional-grade memory — trusted by photographers who shoot in the harshest environments on Earth. Since the line’s debut in 2014, over one million BLACK cards have gone into the field, empowering photographers from the Arctic tundra to the Sahara dunes — and everywhere in between.

Light Lens Lab's latest lens, the 35mm f/1.4 Aspherical "11873" for M-Mount, is now available for preorder. The lens is a modern recreation of the legendary Leica Summilux 35mm f/1.4 double-sided aspherical lens from the late 1980s, which can sell for nearly $18,000 in good condition. Light Lens Lab's new prime lenses start at $1,399.

Rode has announced the RodeCaster Video S, a streamlined and more affordable option in its all-in-one video and audio production consoles.