Gear News of the Week: Kia Shows off the EV2, and Fujifilm Debuts New Instax Cameras

It mightiness look unusual to bargain a camera that tin lone sprout black-and-white erstwhile you tin instrumentality the output of a colour sensor and person it to achromatic and achromatic afterward. But having changeable with some the K-3 monochrome and the Leica M10 Monochrome, I tin vouch that determination is decidedly a amended tonal scope from a monochrome sensor compared to converting successful post. If you're a dedicated black-and-white shooter, it's worthy considering. I truly similar the thought of a pocketable monochrome camera that doesn't person a Leica terms attached to it.

The GR IV monochrome is fundamentally the aforesaid camera arsenic the GR IV—same lens, aforesaid internals speech from the sensor. Inside the GR IV is simply a 26-megapixel sensor with nary colour filter array. Based connected my acquisition with different monochrome sensors, you tin expect marginally little shadiness sound and somewhat amended precocious ISO show compared to the colour version. I particularly similar that determination volition beryllium an optional built-in reddish filter for upping contrast.

The large downside is that the monochrome GR IV costs $2,200, a afloat $700 much than the colour version. You tin preorder 1 today, and the camera should vessel astir the mediate of February. —Scott Gilbertson

Fender Rebrands PreSonus App

Big quality for guitarists and fans of location recording: After having purchased PreSonus successful 2021, Fender has decided to rebrand the euphony accumulation bundle antecedently known arsenic PreSonus Studio One arsenic Fender Studio Pro.

The determination comes successful summation to respective autochthonal amplifier and effects pedal models that are present included successful the re-skinned app, arsenic good arsenic a fewer different features that should support longtime Studio One users (like yours truly) happy. I americium precise excited astir the caller timeline presumption astatine the apical of the screen, for example, which makes it easier to way wherever I americium successful the discourse of the wide way erstwhile signaling overdubs.

The sanction makes everything easier to recognize for Fender users, who tin usage the Fender Studio app (akin to GarageBand) connected their tablets and mobile devices, past easy export it to Fender Studio Pro for much in-depth recording. It besides makes Fender the lone large instrumentality shaper that owns its ain top-tier signaling software.

I person been investigating a preview mentation of the bundle for respective weeks and person been impressed with the update’s streamlined looks and added functionality, though admittedly, I americium not the biggest powerfulness idiosyncratic retired there. —Parker Hall

Omega’s New Speedmasters

After the much-admired white-dial Speedmaster Professional successful 2024, Omega intelligibly feels that present is the clip to springiness its astir iconic wristwatch a caller “reverse-panda” makeover. Instead of a classical “panda” plan of achromatic dial and achromatic sub-dials, the aesthetic is switched (hence the name), and it’s conscionable the benignant of benignant tweak that makes collectors travel running.