Felix Tappeiner

Nino is flying solo again this week. However, Johnnie isn’t on vacation; he is deep in reviewing an exciting new camera, and there will be more on that next week, so stay tuned! There is still plenty to talk about: ARRI is selling its global rental business in a management buy-out backed by H2 Equity Partners, the FCC has fined alleged DJI “front companies”, and Sony revives the RX10 line after nine years and announces the LYTIA L910 smartphone sensor with LOFIC structure.

We settle a question every filmmaker has cursed at some point: which camera brands actually let your batteries last — and which strand you the moment you upgrade? Nino goes brand by brand, ranking the best and worst for battery longevity, from Canon’s decade-proof LP-E6 to the fragmentation that leaves Insta360 owners buying new cells with every generation. Then: the man who invented the stabilized camera.

This week, Nino reports back from DJI’s Malta press event with first impressions of the Osmo Pocket 4P, Johnnie’s Leica SL3-P video review goes live, and Apple has a mixed week – raising MacBook and iPad prices while also shipping a meaningful Creator Studio update for Final Cut Pro. We also cover Adobe’s planned acquisition of Topaz Labs, MultiDyne stepping in to save the MRMC motion-control brand, a new sun-tracking cinema viewfinder app, and a stack of smaller gear and firmware news.