Canon EOS R8 II on sale, Sigma FP2 pre-orders open, Nikon's 120-300mm f/2.8 lands, rebates end Nov 1

Nikkor Z 120-300mm f/2.8 TC VR S — is the constant-f/2.8 telephoto zoom with a built-in teleconverter that Nikon Rumors said was only hours from announcement when it posted on 28 October, with pre-orders due to open around midnight EST at B&H in the US and WEX in the UK. If you have been tracking this one since the price leak, availability now matters more than the spec sheet: this is the sort of halo lens that sells out before most people have read a review. The site reports the lens will be built in very limited quantities, with long waits for orders. Nikon Rumors

Sigma FP2 — took pre-orders from 10am on 29 October in Japan, where Sigma's own shop lists the body kit at ¥346,500, with deliveries from 11 November. It is the smallest serious full-frame body going, but the compromises are real ones for a stills shooter: read the omissions before you commit money. 460g with battery and card, a roughly 24.5MP partially stacked sensor, electronic shutter only and no in-body stabilisation; $2,199 for the body, $2,749 with the EVF. Asobinet (Torunara)

7Artisans AF 10mm f/4 — is an ultra-wide APS-C pancake for Sony E and Fujifilm X mount, set for official announcement on 29 October according to Photo Rumors. Ultra-wides are usually the heaviest thing in a weekend bag; a pancake this light is the kind of lens you leave mounted on a small body for landscapes and interiors without thinking about it. It weighs about 71g, covers a 108° angle of view and uses an STM autofocus motor. Photo Rumors

Godox iM10 — is a tiny manual flash with a universal single-contact hot shoe, announced at $25 and already in stock at B&H and Amazon. No TTL and no system tie-in, so it works on anything with a shoe — a sensible throw-in-the-bag fill light, or a trigger-free second light for still-life at home. Four output levels, roughly 350 full-power flashes per charge, a three-second recycle at full power and USB-C charging in an hour and ten minutes. Photo Rumors

Canon EOS R6 V — is the viewfinder-less, fan-cooled video sibling of the EOS R6 III, and DPReview gives it a Gold award at 89% overall. Worth knowing what it is not: with no mechanical shutter it can't sync flash above 1/60 sec, so as a stills-first hobbyist you want the R6 III, not this. It sells for $2,499, $300 under the R6 III, and Canon claims two hours or more in its heaviest modes at 30°C with the fan and overheat limits set high. DPReview

“a solid workhorse video camera for most kinds of shooting. It's slightly let down by a restrictive lens mount”

The FP2 is harder to read than it looks. In a video round-table, the DPReview staff admit Sigma's new brick-shaped mini full-frame is a complicated camera that takes a while to understand, despite its plain exterior — Sigma describes it as half photography tool, half cinematography tool. Useful counterweight if the pre-order page tempted you this morning: the simplicity is in the shape, not the operation. A new lens arrived alongside it, the first of a series built around being light and compact rather than clinically sharp across the frame. DPReview