a bit of everything…


Olympus FL-900R on Cactus V6II hot shoe locking trick

Camcorder or DSLR: time to think again? (BBC).
The flattening of modern lenses or the death of 3d pop (Yannickk Hong)
General Tips for Online Security and Privacy (Explora).
Pros & Cons: Are Cine Lenses For You? (Adorama Learning Center).
The Panasonic pancake zoom MFT lens patent.

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

NateNot a rumor just sharing a video shot on m43. I shot this video of climbing El Capitan on my Olympus E-M10 with Panasonic 14mm f2.5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAKJiX76at8

Sony announced a new 10 Megapixel Four Thirds sensor with instant HDR

Sony announced a new 10 Megapixel Four Thirds sensor. That sensor is not going to be used on any future MFT camera. But there may be a higher Resolution version in the near future.

The particular new feature of the sensor is the Quad Bayer Coding HDR. Sony writes:

“In this case there is no time difference between long-time integration and short-time integration, which realizes HDR with little blending offset when imaging moving subjects”

That sounds intruiging!

Here are the fulls ensor specs:

Source: Sony-semicon.co.jp

via Image Sensor World

a bit of everything…


A Look At The Panasonic 12-60mm f/2.8-f4 Zoom Lens For Micro Four Thirds Cameras

Binded raises another $950K for its copyright-protecting tools (Techcrunch)
Part 2 of E-M1 mk2 review by camerahoarders.
Spotlight on Art Start (ALC).
Shooting Macro Close-ups with the Meyer Optik Gӧrlitz Trioplan 100 (Explora).

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

Cy:The lion dance was shot HAND HELD with a NONE I.S. Lumix 20/1.7 lens. ISO was at 1,600, lens was at F2.8. The only stabilisation was from the Lumix GX85 camera.
I was really surprise how smooth and shake free the clip is! Panasonic Lumix stabilisation sure came a long way!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuXWPlLdvI0

Dmitry: “If anyone is interested, I tested the new Kipon  
Canon EF to m43 Autofocus adapter with 10 Canon EF mount lenses.   Here is the video
https://youtu.be/n_s_iPZyMf8
I bought this adapter and the information on various sites on this version 2 of the adapter is often wrong.  For example Adorama and Amazon post wrong photos (of the old adapter) in their description.  This version was announced by Kipon in February of 2017.    Since there is a lot of misinformation I just bought one and tested on my EM1 Mark 1.”

World’s first GH5 Soft Rubber Eyecup

Chris Engell just sent me this:

Hello Panasonic GH5 users, I am the designer of the World’s first Soft Rubber Eyecups for Sony and now the great Panasonic GH5. I am receiving great reviews on my GH5 Soft Rubber Eyecup. I have attached a few pics of my Eyecup on my GH5 showing that the LCD is not blocked much at all and is easy to open and close. My Eyecup provides many advantages and the main one is, it makes viewing the AWESOME EVF bright and super clear! Without my, Eyecup is like watching a movie outside, with my Eyecup is nice and dark, great color and contrast and much easier to focus or confirm focus! Please check it out. www.ebay.com/…/Soft-Rubber-Eyecup-Panasonic-GH…/192217690796
Any questions please contact me on my listing.

Thank you!
Christopher

Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup…


Алексей Борода‎
Russian ballet. Nadegda Sorokina. Olympus E-M1

1) You can share your pics by using posting on our 43rumors Facebook page (Click here).
2) All 43rumors readers pictures can be seen here: facebook.com/43rumors/photos. Like the pictures you like and chat with the authors if you want to know how they took the shot!
3) The most liked pictures and some pics selected by myself will be posted weekly on 43rumors

This is the weekly selection:

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a bit of everything…


Olympus 25mm f/1.2 PRO Review by Darren Miles

Lock Down Your Home Wi-Fi Network (Explora).
Selling Your Photography (Adorama Learning Center).
Configurar Olympus OMD EM-1 Mark II Autofocus para foto de Fauna (Photodigiscoping).
Dutch review of the Panasonic GH5 at Pixelmania.
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 25mm f/1.2 PRO Review (Photographyblog).

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

Jon:I’ve used m4/3 cameras quite a bit in the past and really enjoyed the E-M5 and E-M1 in particular.  I had some all the way back to the Panasonic G2 and GH2.  I was never completely satisfied with the overall image quality to the point where I felt REALLY comfortable using m4/3 as my main camera (even though I did for a bit, but went back to a FF DSLR).  Not really comfortable until the GH5 that is.  I bought a G85 about 6 months ago and was so impressed with it I decided to buy a GH5 and sell my D750.  I’ll be using the GH5 as my main camera now, with a Nikon Df as a backup/extra camera.  What has surprised me the most is how clean the files are at base ISO and how good the dynamic range is, compared to other m4/3 cameras I’ve used.  I’ll be taking the GH5 with me on my big western trip in July (Yellowstone, Glacier and more). 
Here’s my image gallery so far for the GH5.
http://www.thephotographyhobbyist.com/CAMERAGEAR/Panasonic-GH5-Gallery/