News Roundup

by Bjorn Petersen ·Posted
It's been a solid week for news, with Hollyland’s LARK M2 announcement taking the top spot, followed by new earbuds from Bose®, a significant firmware update for the Nikon Z8 camera, and a range of new content for all tastes across the B&H content-verse. Hollyland Introduces LARK M2 Wireless Mic System Hollyland LARK M2 Wireless Microphone System in Dedicated Charging Case The
by Bjorn Petersen ·Posted
It was another relatively slow week in terms of announcements, with ZEISS making the sole major splash with its Nano Prime cine lens announcement. Despite the lack of product announcements, we’re still publishing new hands-on videos of Kodak’s Super 8 movie camera, we’ve got a video on 5 Ways to Upgrade Your Smart Home Entertainment Center, and we’ll hear from our staff writers about what caught their eye in the last seven days. ZEISS Launches the Compact Nano Prime Cine Lenses ZEISS had the
by Bjorn Petersen ·Posted
A bit of a breather compared to the previous few weeks, this final week of January still saw some new product announcements from OM SYSTEM, in the photo world, and new computer components from AMD and NVIDIA. Outside of these main announcements, we also had a timely release from Polaroid as well as a few other educational and inspirational pieces of content to share. OM SYSTEM Launches New Flagship and Pair of Lenses After a relatively quiet 2023, OM SYSTEM is making an early splash with
by Bjorn Petersen ·Posted
It has been a busy week involving many product categories here at B&H, with Hasselblad representing the photo corner, RED coming in hot with a major video announcement, and numerous brands making big announcements in the audio world during the NAMM 2024 show. We’ll recap all of this, plus some of our regular creative programming from this week. Hasselblad’s Latest V-System Back Goes to 100 This week, Hasselblad announced the
by Bjorn Petersen ·Posted
With CES in the rearview mirror and NAMM just up ahead, we had a bit of a breather this week, with only a handful of new products released. Audio announcements are beginning to trickle in as next week’s trade show approaches, and a pair of flash products from Godox hit the market. The DJI Mic 2 is Here The top announcement of the week goes to DJI, who introduced the Mic 2, a follow-up to the tremendously popular first-gen model that’s a mainstay wireless mic system among content creators. Available in
by Bjorn Petersen ·Posted
The second week of 2024 is coming to a close and it’s been dominated by CES. It’s the first trade show on the calendar and one of the biggest of the year, bringing together brands from all over the world under the general premise of “Consumer Electronics.” We’ve been in Las Vegas covering some of the show's major announcements, along with some of the overall themes and new concepts not quite ready for the market. At the crossroads of the West and Central Exhibition Halls lies the CES chrome monolith; this is the home of all things consumer
by Shawn C. Steiner ·Posted
Welcome back! We hope your year is starting off on the right foot. Over here, a new year means preparing for a great deal of new gear. The first few months are crackling with trade shows—CES, NAMM, and CP+ to name a few—and each one brings a truckload of new announcements. Even the first few days aren’t empty, and we have some new equipment to discuss this week. CES 2024 begins next week and there will be tons of product announcements in the computer and home entertainment categories—cameras usually end up in the mix, too. Let’s get
by Shawn C. Steiner ·Posted
Two completely different launches were announced this week. The first is a familiar product that is finally going to start shipping: the DJI Ronin 4D-8K Cinema Camera. The second is a brand-new series of laptops that are equipped with Intel®’s latest 14th-Gen Core Ultra™ mobile processors—complete with dedicated Neural
by Shawn C. Steiner ·Posted
As the holidays quickly approach, the pace of new product launches slows but it doesn’t stop. This week, we have a good lineup for video production to highlight. A couple of cine lens lineups are getting tweaked this week, with Tokina revealing a new character-filled version of its full-frame cinema primes, the Vista-P series, and Samyang/Rokinon adding a
by Shawn C. Steiner ·Posted
What a year it has been. We have had a nearly constant stream of announcements featuring high-profile releases almost every week. Now that we have hit the holiday season and get a slight break in the announcement schedule (but not with the deals!) we want to look back at some of the more interesting trends from the year. Today, we are going to focus on something that has been used in
by Shawn C. Steiner ·Posted
Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday! Before we get to the news of the week, it is always worth mentioning that you can find some amazing deals by stopping by the B&H Holiday Page—cameras, lenses, etc. It’s all on sale. Now for the good stuff. Kodak is finally making its modern
by Shawn C. Steiner ·Posted
The holiday season is starting to ramp up, but with Thanksgiving in a few days, things were quiet this week. We still have a couple of announcements worth mentioning, though. Among these is a collaboration between Nomatic and well-known creator Peter McKinnon to develop the stylish LUMA camera bag collection. Also, Atlas Lens Co. fleshes out its
by Shawn C. Steiner ·Posted
Right before the holidays, Sony decided to make a big splash with the reveal of the a9 III. This claims the title of world’s first mirrorless camera with a global shutter—and it does it in a big way. It’s a lightning-fast, full-frame camera that has the potential to revolutionize the industry. Sony also officially released the
by Shawn C. Steiner ·Posted
The end of October brings Halloween and the beginning of the holiday season. B&H has just launched our Holiday Head Start along with a series of Holiday Shopping Guides. And with two big announcements from Canon and Apple this week, we still have product launches to discuss.  Canon took point on the photo and video side of things with the release of three very
by Shawn C. Steiner ·Posted
Leica has been laying on the announcements for two consecutive weeks! Last week the brand introduced a pair of SL lenses; this week, Leica revisits the classic rangefinder with the launch of the M11-P. This more discreet and slightly upgraded version of the M11 has a potentially game-changing innovation: the ability to encrypt metadata and copyright info using technology from the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI). But