New mirrorless competition from Nikon hitting the market in Spring 2019

After the big Nikon 1 system fail Nikon is now re-thinking the whole mirrorless startegy. And today the big Japanese television NHK posted an interview with Nikon. The one big takeaway is this: Nikon’s completely new mirrorless system will be on market by Spring 2019.

Nikon did yet not unveil if this is going to be an APS-C or a FF system. If it’s the latter it won’t necessarily be a very direct competitor of the MFT system and play in the same league as the Sony A7 series.

via Nikoneye.com

 

a bit of everything…


First impressions of the Black Magic Pocket Cinema Camera 4K | NAB 2018

NAB 2018: Luxli Expands LED Orchestra with Cello RGBAW Light (Explora).
Best 4K 60 fps Cinema Camera under $2,500? A Fun Comparison between the Blackmagic Design Pocket Camera 4K, Panasonic GH5 and GH5s, and the Z CAM E2 (Wolfcrow).
Zaxcom TRX743 and ZMT3-HM XLR Wireless Transmitters (Personal View)
ProChoice Flexible LED Lights – Newsshooter at NAB 2018
New woodden grip by Oriental Hobby.

Share your best pictures on our new Instagram MicroFourThirdsGallery.

Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.

Bryn:I just recently got back from a trip into west Mongolia to stay with the nomads and eagle hunters. I took my trusty Gh5 with 7 batteries and a couple of power banks to charge them (there is no electricity out there), here is the edit from the trip : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwQvyYzcOJU

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Veydra Mini Prime 35mm T2.2 Lens Review

New CIPA March report: System camera shipments down 6% (MirrorlessRumors).
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II – One Touch White Balance with Gavin Hoey
Microsoft Surface Pro, an Ideal Mobile Video Editing Machine? (Explora)
Manfrotto Befree Advanced Tripod (Personal View).

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Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.

Lior:Some days ago, Olympus CEO said that the company has “no intention to create a video oriented camera”. But, the true is that E M1 II can produce some very nice video footage as you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4H310SYOSg
This was filmed during my holiday in the French alps. The sad thing is that Olympus can make this camera even greater in video by improving some aspects and by solving some bugs, like WB changing during filming, adding auto ISO to M video etc. They promised us those things more than a year ago in an interview (https://www.dpreview.com/articles/2574196907/exclusive-interview-olympus-r-d-on-continued-e-m1-mark-ii-development) but nothing ever happened since than!
Its really sad, the competition have improved (Panasonic G9, Fujifilm X-H1), Olympus already have the right tool with a strong hardware, please just put some more effort to software – firmware and make it updated.

New K&F Concept Adapters

K&F Concept announced the new generation of their Micro Four Thirds adapters (Canon, Nikon, M42). It brings two improvements:

  • Drastically cut the inner reflection by matte painting so as to suppress diffused reflection of light.
  • Brass mount parts are adopted on the body side and the lens side, durability up.

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JVC GY-LS300 | Still the Best Super 35mm 4K Camera for Its Price?

Panasonic BGG9 Battery Grip Review (ePhotozine).
SmugMug Announces Intent to Acquire Flickr (Mirrorlessrumors).
Mackie MR524, MR624 and MR824 Audio Monitor Speakers (Personal View)
NAB 2018: Atomos Goes Compact with Ninja V Monitor-Recorder (Explora).

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Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.

JulienLast month i have been to Siberia to cross by foot and to camp on top of the Baikal Lake, while frozen.
The OMD EM1 mkii join me during this adventure so I took pictures I shared there: http://www.toucan.photo/en/russia-discover-the-frozen-baikal-lake/
The EM1 (and pro lenses) worked very well in cold weather, you only need to take care of the batteries.

 

a bit of everything…


Panasonic spotlights cutting edge tech at NAB 2018

EDIUS 9 In Depth Interview (Personal View).
11 tips for capturing Spring (GetOlympus).
Stop pixel peeping photography should be art (David Oastler).
Hands-On Review: Panasonic Lumix DC-G9 Mirrorless Camera (Explora).

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Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.

Marc:Here’s 7 Fast Tips For Flash Photography from Jessica Sterling https://youtu.be/PUqZVZY7MHU

Francesco:I made this new video with Lumix G80, edited with Magix Vegas Pro 15: https://vimeo.com/256538728