Another shocking graph displays the camera industry collapse

Infographic: Are Smartphones Killing Digital Cameras? | Statista
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If you look at that graph you wonder how Olympus and Panasonic can still make money on cameras. It’s really a depressing situation for the camera market! I guess what keeps both companies alive is that they have other bigger and healthy businesses. I am wondering how long more “photographic dependent” companies like Nikon will survive this.

a bit of everything…


Final thoughts on V-log L

Olympus Zuiko Auto-W 28mm F/2.8 – Lens Review (Casualphotophile).
Olympus 100mm f/2.0 tested on the Sony A7II by Phillip Reeve.
Lumix ZS100: A Goldilocks camera for image lovers who need more zoom from their point and shoot (CardinalPhoto).
Hands-On Review: The Lensbaby Trio 28 (Explora).
Panasonic Leica 100-400mm Lens Video Review (ePhotozine).
Pansonic 1-25mm f/1.6-4.4 lens patent at Egami.
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 30mm F3.5 Macro Sample Images (Photographyblog).

Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup…


Marcin Kiełkiewicz‎
Olympus OMD EM1 Pan-leica 25,1,4

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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Panasonic 100-400mm Lens Parts, Photokina 2016

Panasonic interview about LX10 / LX15, Photokina 2016 (Personal View).
Panasonic interview about FZ2000 / FZ2500, Photokina 2016 (Personal View).
Lensbaby president talks about the company past, present and future (Youtube).
Panasonic GH5 and new lens images at Genkosha.
Olympus E-M1 Mark II: primeras impresiones (Photolari).
Panasonic Cashback actions in Japan (DC.watch).
GigaPan Adds Video Panning and Motion Time-Lapse with EPIC Pro V (Explora).

a bit of everything…


Why the GH4 was and is so amazing

Studio Portraits Introducing The Model at Park Cameras London using the Olympus OMD EM5 MKII (Robert Pugh on Youtube).
I’ve updated my review of the Olympus pen camera. Read what I think One year on (Bangonstyle).
Test – Panasonic Varicam LT : présentation et caractéristiques (Focus Numerique).
Announcing: Limited Edition Freddie Wong Vibrant Green ACE L System (Explora).
Olympus-Fotowettbewerb „BIG PICTURES” (Olympus Germany).

Scott:Got to hold an E-M1 ll yesterday at a public presentation. No card allowed, so no files to send, and couldn’t guess quality by looking at the screen.  ++Of interest to wedding/event/wildlife photographers: Definitely possible to shoot silent at up to 6400 ISO, probably faster but did not test.++ 
No way to test scientifically, but C focus with 25 1.2 was really good.  This was iffy in M-1 in anything except bright light. 
Spot metering does follow the focus point, an big win.  Also focus points seem smaller, which would indicate a smaller spot meter. 
Of interest to macro shooters, specs on OLY website say silent shutter goes down to 60 seconds, so no longer necessary to keep raising ISO when image stacking in low light.
One person who had seen 6400 ISO files on the back of a camera said they looked “great, way better than M-1”.   ??? Hard to say.

E-M1II vs E-M1 comparison table

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If you wanna know how the new E-M1II compares to the older E-M1 just look at that simple image posted by Olympus.

Olympus preorders:
E-PL8 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de. ParkCameras.
25mm f/1.2 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
12-100mm f/4.0 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
30mm macro at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
FL-900r flash at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.de. ParkCameras.

Panasonic preorders:
G85: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
FZ2500: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
Lx10: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.

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