Daily Digest
Monday, August 10, 2026
Tamron's OEM Slide, a RED Patent Loss, and Blackmagic's New Firmware
Tamron's latest financial results show a sharp drop in OEM lens sales, adding fresh context to Sony's ongoing pursuit of the lens maker. Japan's IP High Court has also upheld the invalidation of one of RED's compressed RAW patents, while Blackmagic has pushed phase-detect autofocus to the Cinema Camera 6K via firmware. Camera, lens, and exhibition news — including a new photobook surveying Indigenous photography across America — rounds out the day.
Top Stories · 8 items
1 Industry News·2mo agovia PetaPixelTamron reports its own-brand and OEM lens sales separately — a level of disclosure most manufacturers don't offer.
2 Blackmagic Cinema Camera 6K Gets Phase Detect AF in Firmware 10.2.2
Firmware News·2mo agovia CineDThe new PDAF system reads focus data directly off the imaging sensor, replacing the camera's prior contrast-based system.
3 RED's Compressed RAW Patent Invalidated by Japanese Court
Industry News·2mo agovia CineD4 DJI Osmo 360 II Announcement Set for August 13
Launch RumourupdateUpdate·2mo agovia PhotoRumors5 Light Lens Lab 35mm f/2 Apochromatic for Leica M Now Open for Orders
Lens News·2mo agovia Leicarumors6 Sony FX5 Shipping Delayed to September After QC Issue
Camera RumourupdateUpdate·2mo agovia Canon Rumors7 Nikon Cuts Annual Camera Target as China Sales and Margins Fall
Industry News·2mo agovia CineD8 Nikon Z70 Removed from Apple ProRes List After Brief Appearance
Launch RumourupdateUpdate·2mo agovia Nikon Rumors
The Wider Frame
Exhibitions, books, awards and the people behind the pictures
9 In Light and Shadow: Indigenous Photography History of America
Exhibition News·2mo agovia The Guardian PhotographyThe accompanying exhibition opens at Obscura Gallery on 14 August.
10 Marky & Louise Kauffmann: We Were Children
Project News·2mo agovia Lenscratch
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