A Week of Photography Announcements, Part 1 - TDS Photo Podcast

This is The Digital Story Podcast 1,068, Sept. 8, 2026. Today's theme is, "A Week of Photography Announcements, Part 1." I'm Derrick Story.

There's so much going on right now in the photography world. We've just had a few industry announcements, which we will cover today, with a couple more arriving on Wednesday, which I will cover in part 2 of this week's podcast. So let's get the ball rolling with the recent new releases. I hope you enjoy the show.

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A Week of Photography Announcements, Part 1

So here's what we're going to do. I'll start with four recent announcements that I can report on, and then on Thursday, I'll cover the new releases from Apple and OM System. That should keep us busy. So let's start with what we know right now.

Fujifilm rounds out its sports and wildlife trio with a 400mm F4.5 as featured on DPReview.com

DXO Releases PhotoLab 10 with Depth Masks, Advanced Color Grading, and New AI Tools as featured on FStoppers

Leica's new Summicron 66mm F2 is a tribute to a military lens M shooters have never been able to buy as featured on DPReview.com

GoPro has been acquired and is getting into 'defense, government, robotics and aerospace' as featured on TheVerge.com