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Is PANASONIC Serious About Photography? NEW FILM CAMERA & A Heartwarming Photo Story: Photo News Fix

Panasonic LUMIX DC-G9 — sample photos (Allgadgets)
Wooden Camera creates PL mount for Panasonic EVA1 (Newsshooter).
Gudsen Moza Air Gimbal (Personal View).
Meine persönlichen Gründe zum Wechsel von Canon auf Olympus (Helmut Kruse)
10 Great Tips for Creating Vintage-Look Images (Explora).

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

 

New Primoplan 75mm f/1.9 II lens launched on Indiegogo

Meyer Optik has developed a new version Primoplan 75/1.9 lens which you can fund on Indiegogo.

Meyer Optik Returns a Lost Treasure

New Primoplan 75 Sets Bar Even Higher for Versatility, Optical Performance

Meyer Optik Goerlitz announced today that it is developing the next generation of the Primoplan 75/1.9, its premier portrait lens known for its versatile bokeh that spans from dreamy and swirly to circular, along with melting colors and smooth transitions from sharpness to soft blurs.

The company is calling the new version of the Primoplan 75 the P75 II, and is launching a campaign for the lens today on Indiegogo. Backers can be the first in line to get the lens for as low as $629 during the first 24 hours of the campaign. The upcoming P75 II maintains the special character of the original Primoplan 75, but the new lens follows an innovative optical design making use of Schott and OHARA glass and coatings.

In its new P75 II, Meyer Optik has reduced the lens’ minimum focal distance by almost 30% to just 55cm or 1.8 ft. The company is also offering a specially designed achromat front lens as a possible add on by which the minimum focusing distance can be reduced to 25 cm or less than a foot. The designers have also enlarged the image or frame size so that image contrast and resolution in the P75 II are dramatically improved, making the lens idea for black and white photography, as well as the perfect tool for portrait and nature photography. Furthermore, the lens can now cover mirrorless medium format cameras, such as the Hasselblad XD 1 or Fuji’s GFX 50s

The new optical innovations for the P75 II are an advancement of the Primoplan 75, which had been last produced in the 1950s in East Germany. The lens was originally developed in the 1930s by legendary German designer Paul Schaefter for Meyer Optik Goerlitz.

To see the Indiegogo campaign, go to https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/return-the-lost-treasure-create-the-p-75-ii-f1-9-camera-photography#/

To see product and sample images, go to https://www.dropbox.com/sh/s25nuqmemkrwqnu/AABPMLgH7cQtlXRB2h1BTRYea?dl=0

a bit of everything…


Panasonic EVA1 Unboxing!

The size factor as the passport of the compact digital camera success (Photo Daniel M).
IC Insights Forcasts 22% Image Sensor Sales Growth in 2017 (Image Sensor World).
Edius 9 General Advantages (Personal View).
Infographic: Essential Tips for Cold-Weather Photography (Explora).

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

Pierre:I shot a handheld gh5 film 4k when I was in New Orleans. It would be cool if you could post it on your site: https://vimeo.com/241586190

Capture One 11 released

PéhaseOne launched the new Capture One 11.

Update for Aurora HDR 2018. The 1.1.1 update includes various enhancements, bug fixes and features enhancements for the Windows and Mac versions:

Aurora HDR 2018 version 1.1.1 for MAC:
Added Luminar 2018 in plugin menu
Added “Expand All” feature for filters
Added support for Adobe Photoshop Elements 2018
Added amount slider for image presets in Batch Processing
Improved RAW, DNG support for several cameras including Nikon D850
Improved Touch Bar support
Improved Batch Processing UI
Improved UI and performance
Fixed localization issues
Fixed several issues related to macOS 10.10
Fixed colorspace mismatch issue with Adobe Photoshop plugin
Fixed saving issues with Adobe Lightroom plugin
Fixed DPI resolution issues on exporting files

Aurora HDR 2018 version 1.1.1 for Windows:
Added Luminosity Mask feature
Added Resize option to export dialog
Added hotkeys for main application modes, brush, zoom
Improved stability, particularly app crashes on exporting files
Improved UI and performance
Fixed issue with Adobe Photoshop plugin
Fixed image orientation issue

Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup…


Vincent Tsai‎
NYC with Lumix 14mm f2.5 and GX8
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vincenttsaifoto/
Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/vftsai/

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3) The most liked pictures and some pics selected by myself will be posted weekly on 43rumors

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