Canon Australia has announced a new pricing structure on the popular professional “L series” lenses. We have just updated our prices to reflect this price drop to pass the savings on to you. All our lenses are from Canon Australia and come with full warranty. View Canon lenses here.

Fujifilm has released firmware version 1.03 for the Finepix S1000fd digital camera. This firmware addresses the following issues:

• The brightness of the captured images when “EVF/LCD mode” is set to “60fps” is darker than that set to “30f/s” has been corrected
• Languages which have spelling errors have been corrected.

For information on how to update your firmware, CLICK HERE.

Panasonic Japan has released new firmware for the Lumix DMC-TZ11 (known as the TZ4 in Japan) and the Lumix DMC-TZ15 (known as the TZ5 in Japan). Firmware version 1.2 improves auto focusing performance in both cameras.

For information on how to update your firmware and more details, CLICK HERE.

Ricoh have today announced the launch of the GX200, a 12 megapixel digital camera featuring a high quality wide-angle 24-72mm f/2.5-4.4 lens. Stay posted for details of an Australian release date.

• 12 megapixel
• 3x Wide-angle Zoom Lens (24-72mm)
• ISO 1600
• RAW (DNG) File Format
• 2.7″ LCD screen
• Optional Electronic Viewfinder

send us an email if you wish to be notified when this camera is in stock.

Pentax has just released a new firmware for their 14.6 megapixel K20D digital SLR camera. The fix will eliminate the ‘hot pixel’ problem when taking photos using the ‘2 second timer’ mode. The firmware update will bring your K20D to version 1.01 and you can download it from HERE.

Digital Camera Warehouse is now an authorised RØDE Microphone dealer! RØDE Microphones have established themselves worldwide as a leading force in the design and manufacture of high-quality professional microphones that represent the ultimate in value, performance and user satisfaction. All Rode microphones are manufactured in Australia to the highest international standards and come with a 10 year warranty. Check out our range of RØDE Microphones here.

Olympus has released a version 1.2 firmware for their flagship model digital SLR, the Olympus E3. The firmware update “Improves the consistency of Auto White Balance (AWB)”.

For more information on how to upgrade to the new firmware, click here.

The Sigma DP1 has a new firmware available (v1.03) which adds the following extra features:

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   1. ISO 50 has been added into the ISO setting.
   2. Grid Display mode shows Display Icons.
   3. Shorten the pre-flash time in the Red-eye reduction flash mode.

Firmware and upgrading instructions can be found at:
http://www.sigma-dp1.com/software/firmware/

Nikon has released a new firmware for the Coolpix P80 digital camera. Firmware version 1.1 addresses the following issues:

- When shooting with the Vibration reduction item in the setup menu set to On, vibration reduction did not always function in the following situations.  This issue has now been resolved

When the camera was turned on or when it recovered after being set to standby mode (activated by the auto off function), with the electronic viewfinder display enabeled by pressing the monitor button

When the camera was turned on, or with recovery from standby mode (actiavted by the auto off function) with the camera connected to a television or other video device via the supplied audio/video cable (EG-CP14)

- When shooting with the Distortion control option set to On, exessive correction was sometimes applied. This issue has now been resolved.

Firmware upgrade for Windows users
Firmware upgrade for Mac users

Canon has just announced the 1000D digital SLR replacing the 400D. Featuring a 12-bit, 10.1 megapixel, 3 frames per second, live view mode and the Digic III image processor.

If you would like to know when this camera is available, please email us.