The new Xperia XZ2 Premium has one of the most remarkable cameras ever made in a smartphone. It boasts the world’s highest ISO 12800 sensitivity for video recording in a smartphone, as well as ultra-high sensitivity 51200 for photos.

The Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium will be available globally from Summer 2018 and will ship with Android 8.0 Oreo.

Sigma have just announced the pricing and delivery dates for the seven new Sony E-mount Art prime lenses.

The Phottix Luna II 60 Folding Beauty Dish makes taking a beauty dish on location easy. It folds down and is easier to transport than traditional metal beauty dishes.

Skylum Software today released the latest free update to Luminar 2018 which brings significant performance enhancements, improved RAW conversion and key-feature parity of Mac and Windows versions with Batch processing, Free Transform, and Flip and Rotate features on Windows.

Visit the Luminar web site to try it out for free, and remember to use coupon code "PHOTOBLOG" to save $10/£9 on the asking price.

The GITZO Adventury Backpacks are new premium bags have been designed to provide long-lasting comfort and safeguard all the equipment required by professional bird, wildlife, nature and landscape photographers. 

Fujifilm is set to release the "FUJINON GF 250mm F4 R LM OIS WR" lens and accompanying “FUJINON Teleconverter GF 1.4X TC WR" in May 2018, the seventh and eighth lenses in the GF lens series.

The GF250mm, GF1.4x TC, MCEX18/45G will be available at the end of May 2018, priced as follows:

GF250mmF4 R LM OIS WR Lens £2,899.00

Macro Extension Tube for GF Lenses -18mm (MCEX-18G WR) £ 289.00

Macro Extension Tube for GF Lenses -45mm (MCEX-45G WR) £ 289.00

1.4x Teleconverter for use with GF250mm lens (GF1.4X TC WR) £ 749.00

Fujifilm will release a free firmware update for the GFX 50S (GFX 50S) medium format mirrorless digital camera in May 2018.

Fujfilm will release free firmware updates for the  X-H1, X-T2, X-Pro2, X-E3 and X100F X Series digital cameras in late April and May.

Canon is accepting entries for its New Cosmos of Photography 2018 (41st edition) competition from 18 April. The New Cosmos of Photography is open to entrants globally and is Canon’s cultural project to discover, nurture and support new photographers.

MindShift Gear’s new Exposure shoulder bags are storm-resistant carrying solutions for the active photographer in virtually any outdoor environment.

The new Bexar Vagabond Leather Camera Strap is made by hand in America.

Elinchrom have announced that they will not be exhibiting at Photokina 2018 in September. “After close to 30 successive participations we feel this is a transitional year for photokina and this break will help Elinchrom to analyse and refocus on what is really important for our customers in the coming years.” said Simon Whittle, CEO of Elinchrom.

PolarPro QuartzLine Camera Filters are new professional-focused filters for DSLRs, mirrorless and cinema cameras. Constructed of 99.9% pure fused quartz, the QuartzLine Filters set a new bar for light transmission and purity as the rare, fused quartz element delivers an extremely low refractive index compared to traditional filters. QuartzLine is available in a full collection of UV filters, polarizers, neutral density filters, and hybrid polarizing/ND filters. Filter sizes range from 37mm up to 82mm, and an array of step-up rings are offered to ensure shooters are able to use the glass on any of their lenses.

LG Electronics has announced that it will formally unveil its premium LG G7 Thin Q smartphone on May 2 in New York City and May 3 in Seoul. This will be the first G series smartphone to adopt the ThinQ name, which denotes devices that utilise artificial intelligence to deliver practical, consumer benefits.

The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K features dual native ISO, full 4/3 HDR sensor, 13 stops of dynamic range, and ProRes or RAW recording to internal SD/UHS-II and CFast cards, or even external USB‑C drives. The Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K will be available from Blackmagic Design resellers worldwide later this year for US$1,295.