The Black Friday deals weeks has started and a ton of new deals can be found on those new pages at Amazon US , Amazon CA , Amazon DE , Amazon UK , Amazon FR , Amazon IT , Amazon ES , Amazon NL , Amazon SE , Digidirect AUS ,

Germany:

• Save Big on Sony and other photographic gear at Amazon Germany .
• Save big on Sandisk SD cards at Amazon Germany.
• Save on Adobe software at Amazon Germany .
• All photo deal on that Amazon Germany page.
• 18% off on the Samyang 1

Sony launched their Camera/Lens Black Friday deals you can find on those pages at Bhphoto , Amazon ( camera deal page here / lens deal page here) , Adorama . And you get up to $500 if you trade-in a camera or lens at BHphoto and Adorama .  And you have new early Black Friday deals at Amazon US .

Cameras:

• $500 off on the Sony A7rIV at Bhphoto , Amazon , Adorama .
• $500 off on the Sony A7II at

The new Feiyu Scorp Mini 4-in-1 Gimbal is available for preorder on Indiegogo (Click here) .

More Kickstarter deals:

ON1 released a new major update with new masking enhancements. Moreover it now officially supports the A7rV RAW files!

Press release:

Masking Enhancements! A New Update for ON1 Photo RAW 2023

The Black Friday deals can be found on those new pages at Amazon DE , Amazon UK , Amazon FR , Amazon IT , Amazon ES , Amazon NL , Amazon SE , Digidirect AUS ,

Germany:

• Save Big on Sony and other photographic gear at Amazon Germany .
• All photo deal on that Amazon Germany page.
• 18% off on the Samyang 135mm f/1.8 FE at Amazon Germany .
• Sony A7III for 1549 Euro at Fotokoch .
• Samyang/Vilrox/Sony lens rebates

If you buy between 2 to 5 lenses at BHphoto , Amazon or Adorama you will get up to $200 cashback on each lens after submitting your request at premiercustomerrewards.com . Discounts in detail:

$100 cashback on the FE 100-400mm F4.5-5.6 GM OSS / $100 cashback on the FE 12-24mm F2.8 GM / $100 cashback on the FE 14mm F1

Sony suspended the FX3 and FX30 firmware download:

Important Notice

It was confirmed that some updated products might not operate properly in some cases.
Distribution is suspended as we are currently investigating the cause.
If the issue (unstable operations such as repeating reboots or not working properly) occurs immediately after the update, please ask for repair. (November 18, 2022)

Well what now? pic.twitter.com/qPZvDaAY1u

— Jordan Koman (@jordan_koman) November 1

Shotkit made an interesting survey. Summary of Our Key Findings

1. Mirrorless cameras are more popular than DSLR cameras for professional photographers. 63% of professional photographers use a mirrorless camera, while 36% of them use a DSLR camera. Only 1% use both.
2. Mirrorless cameras are more popular than DSLR cameras for amateur photographers too (but not by much) . 54% of amateur photographers use a mirrorless camera, while 46% of them use a DSLR camera.
3. The most common reason why professional photographers use

CYME launched the new Peakto 1.2 update (Click here to see all features) .  You can as usual test it out for free . The one major feature of this update is the following:

Peakto now allows photographers to find their best shots by location

• Peakto adds a new map view that displays photos according to where they were taken.
• Combined with an AI that rates the quality of their photos, photographers can now quickly select their best shots from the shoot location.
• Peakto is a great cataloger for photographers to gather