Canon Pushes Firmware to Nine Cameras, Including R1 and R5 II
Firmware News·1mo ago
via PetaPixel
Daily Digest
Friday, May 15, 2026
Canon updates 9 bodies at once, Laowa goes AF zoom, Sony 100-400mm GM detailed
Chinese glass breakout
Canon quietly pushed firmware to nine bodies today, which is the kind of thing you notice only when your tracking suddenly works better mid-job. Meanwhile, the bigger pattern is in the glass: Laowa, Thypoch, and SG-Image all broke cover with autofocus zooms at the same show, and that's not a coincidence. Chinese third-party manufacturers just moved from 'cheap primes' to 'genuine AF zoom competition' in a single news cycle.
Top Stories · 28 items
1 Nine bodies updated at once — Canon quietly extended the working life of a lot of existing kits.
2 Sony FE 100-400mm f/4.5 GM OSS: Internal Zoom, Quad Motors
Lens News·1mo agovia Photography LifeInternal zoom on a 100-400mm finally kills the monopod-creep problem that's annoyed sports shooters for years.
3 Laowa Breaks Into AF Zoom Territory With 8-15mm f/2.8
Lens News·1mo agovia Sony Alpha RumorsChinese manufacturers going AF zoom simultaneously signals the third-party market has permanently shifted upmarket.
4 DJI Osmo Pocket 4P Launches with Dual Cameras and D-Log2
Launch News·1mo agovia Imaging Resource5 Canon EOS R6V: Stills Body, Video Ambitions
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Camera Opinion·1mo agovia Sony Alpha Rumors7 Thypoch Voyager 24-50mm F/2.8: First AF Zoom for Sony E-Mount
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Lens News·1mo agovia FujiRumors9 Zeiss Otus ML 35mm f/1.4 Ships for Nikon Z, Sony E, Canon RF
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Camera Comparison·1mo agovia Fstoppers11 Fujifilm XF 35mm f/1.4 Still Outsells Every Prime in Japan
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