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Acer’s New Monitors For Creatives
credits: Acer
Acer has announced three new ProDesigner displays for photographers, video editors, and other creative users, led by the new ProDesigner PE320QXT, a 31.5-inch 6K display that focuses on colour accuracy and HDR work. The flagship model uses a 6016 × 3384 Quantum Dot IPS panel running at 60Hz. Acer says the display reaches 600 nits peak brightness, carries HDR600 certification, and is Calman verified with claimed Delta E below one performance alongside 99% Adobe RGB and 99% DCI-P3 coverage.
One of the more unusual features is touchscreen support, which still is not particularly common on larger colour-focused displays. The PE320QXT supports 10-point touch input and works with MPP 2.0 stylus pens, allowing you to interact directly with editing tools, photos, or timelines on the display itself. Acer has also added an 8MP webcam, integrated speakers, and a relatively broad selection of ports including DisplayPort 1.4, HDMI 2.1, USB-A, USB-C, and a headphone jack. Alongside it, Acer also introduced the smaller 27-inch PE270K, which drops to 4K resolution but increases refresh rate up to 144Hz with a 1ms response time. It still keeps fairly strong colour specs with Calman verification, Delta E below one, 99% Adobe RGB coverage, 96% DCI-P3 coverage, and HDR400 support.
The third display is the portable PE160W, a 16-inch OLED monitor for ‘editing on the go’. It uses a 1920 × 1200 OLED panel with 95% DCI-P3 coverage, Delta E below two, and brightness rated at 300 nits, which probably makes it more useful indoors or in controlled lighting rather than brighter outdoor environments. Connectivity includes HDMI 1.4 and dual USB-C ports. All three displays begin shipping in June. The PE270K starts at $450 and ships June 1, the PE320QXT costs $1,499 and arrives June 8, while the PE160W is priced at $249.99 with shipping starting June 22.
Sony Released New Firmware Updates
credits: Sony
Sony released new firmware updates for both the A7 IV and A7S III, although neither update introduces major new features. Instead, both releases focus mostly on fixing a few annoying bugs and improving stability. For the A7 IV, firmware 6.02 addresses an issue where focus bracketing could fail under certain conditions. Sony only added focus bracketing relatively recently with firmware 4.0, allowing photographers to capture multiple frames with different focus points for things like focus stacking. Sony also says the update improves overall stability.
The A7 IV update also continues what has been a slightly messy firmware cycle for the camera recently. Earlier this year, Sony had to release firmware 6.01 after withdrawing version 6.00, which reportedly caused problems on some cameras. Version 6.02 appears to be cleaning up remaining issues following those earlier updates.
For the A7S III, firmware 5.01 mainly targets problems related to ISO behaviour and connectivity. Sony says it fixed incorrect ISO display behaviour when outputting RAW video over HDMI to compatible external devices, while also correcting problems involving incorrectly applied Auto ISO limits. The update also addresses network connection issues that reportedly caused failures in certain situations, with Sony again mentioning broader stability improvements.
You can download the firmware updates on Sony’s website here
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