This week, Yongnuo unveiled its Andoid camera with a micro four thirds mount, Panasonic released the full specs and price of the 25-50mm F1.7, while Canon and Fujifilm released firmware updates.
Yongnuo YN455
The YN455 is a mirrorless camera with a big 5-inch monitor on the rear, and a micro four thirds mount on the front, housing a 20MP sensor. But the real deal is that the camera runs Andoid 10, takes a 4G Nano Sim card and even has GPS installed. It can record 4K video up to 30p and has audio in and out (3.5mm).
The Chinese brand tries to blend a smartphone and interchangeable-lens camera into one product, but it’s not the first brand to have attempted this. Samsung released the Galaxy NX in 2013 with the same concept, although the camera also had a viewfinder.
The camera has been seen in Shanghai but it is unclear if it will be released worldwide.
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Summilux 25-50mm F1.7
After teasing the lens a few weeks ago, Panasonic has unveiled all the information about the 25-50mm F1.7 (50-100mm equivalent), the second zoom from the brand with a bright and constant f/1.7 aperture. As you can imagine, it’s not small, and not cheap either, with a retail price of $1800 or £1800.
Other characteristics of the 25-50mm F1.7:
- 16 elements in 11 groups
- 1 aspherical and 3 ED elements
- Min. focus distance: 28cm (wide), 31cm (tele), max. magnification ratio of 0.42x
- no focus breathing (according to Panasonic)
- stepless aperture ring
- focus ring with clutch mechanism to switch to MF
- dust and moisture resistant
- filter thread of 77mm
Canon EOS R6 firmware update
Version 1.4 brings a few features, including:
- Canon Log 3
- back-up movie recording in the second card slot
- various fixes
You can download the new firmware from the Canon website.
Firmware fix for the Fujifilm X-T4, X-Pro3 and X-E4
We told you to wait before updating the firmware of these Fujifilm cameras last week because of an issue related to the Bluetooth functionality. The company has released new versions to solve the issue. Version 1.22 (X-T4, X-Pro3) and version 1.03 (X-E4) are safe to download from the Fujifilm website.
Panasonic GH5S firmware
Last but not least, Panasonic has released firmware 2.1 for the GH5s to solve a problem related to distorted images after version 2.0.
