New Samyang 10mm f/2.8 MFT lens announced.

Samyang released a new lens designed for ASP-C system cameras and it will come with native MFT mount too. It’s the 10mm f/2.8 ED AS NCS CS lens and will ship from January. Full press release and image samples (on APS-C cameras) can be seen at Samyang-europe.com.

And this is the official video:

The camera crisis: Olympus E-M1 selling well. Debunking myths on camera sales (better than expected).

Image courtesy: Personal View.

Olympus CEO released an interview at Diamond (a Japanese Magazine). In short he says that Olympus didn’t expect the compact camera fixed lens market to drop that dramatically. But the good news for them is that the new Olympus E-m1 is selling very well and also their PEN camera sales are good. The most important thing Olympus built up a good reputation on the market.

Image courtesy: Personal View.

Cameras.Reviewed and Mainichi analyzed the latest CIP data and while it’s true that sales went down this year there is also some surprising positive aspects to report. Personal View analyzed the data and discovered that actually compact camera sales are now steady (no more dropping) while DSLR and Mirrorless system camera sales increased recently! The graph on very top shows you how DSLR and Mirrorless camera shipments increased (CIPA data from Japanese companies). And when you look at the second graph you wills ee that compact camera market is now steady.

In short: On year to year to basis it is true that this year was worse than 2012. But lately things have gone a bit better. So, are we sure that the dramatic reports and forecast are not…too exaggerated?

 

Panasonic shows new GM1 in colors and the new upcoming lenses.

Image courtesy: Hardwarezone

Hardwarezone attended a Panasonic presentation in Singapore:

Panasonic also displayed some alternate designs, with unique colors and textures, for the GM1. The company said that if one of them proved popular enough, it could make it into actual production.

Panasinic also displayed the lenses coming in 2014:

Image courtesy: Hardwarezone

That 15mm Leica will be perfect on my GM1 :)

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a little bit of everything…


New official GM1 video

Testing the Built-In WiFi on the Olympus OM-D E-M1 (TheDigitalStory).
Sigma 19mm gets DxOmarked.
An interview with Blackmagic CEO at Genkosha.
Kir Tuck talks about the GH3 at VisualScienceLab.
Olympus OM-D Streetwalk Camden (ePhotozine).
BCLmacro Part I: Conversion from wide angle gem to macro with a twist (Samgoldphotos)
An Olympus E-PL5 One Year Review by Shawn Blanc.
Awesome photo of Klyuchevskoy volcano chosen as Earth Science Picture of the Day, taken with GH3 (Epod USA).
Comparation betwee GM2 GX7 G6 GF6 Cameradebate.
Lomography MFT Experimental Lens Kit test at BestMirrorlessCamerasReview.
E-M1 first impressions at Furnfeather.
APS-C dynamic range vs micro-43 dynamic range (CameraStuffReview).

Aki:I had test Olympus E-M1 with MMF-3 adapter, and three 4/3 glass: 150mm f/2, 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 and 90-250mm f/2.8. I shooted volleyball and it´s works very well. You can find some photos here: http://www.akikuvaa.com/olympus-e-m1tarkennuksen-seuranta-pidemmilla-putkilla/

Also the Leica 45mm f/2.8 lens has been designed by Konica-Minolta?

Egami spotted that Konica Minolta patent. So it’s not Leica, but Konica that likely designed the Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 MFT lens? Wondering what kind of role had Leica on that lens development…or are they only selling the Leica logo?

Note: There are differences in the design between that Konica patent and the real Leica lens. That said it is not unusual for a patent to show different kind of design variations. So we astill don’t know if it’s Konica or not that designed the Leica 45mm lens.

a little bit of everything…

Video on top: Looks like the Nocticron is going around the world to participate different expositions. I hope it’s also going to be around the “shop-worlds” for purchase soon!

GM1 image samples at Fotopolis.
Panasonic GX7 Notes, Part the First (TheOnlinePhotographer).
12-40mm lens review at Japanese Itmedia.

Peter:I looked at the noise in my E-PL3 sensor from a 60 sec exposure.  image (not shown) looks similar to E-M1 noise pattern.  I don’t think anyone else has put up a histogram of the noise.  I’ll talk to some colleagues of mine about this when I get in to work on Monday. http://electro-garbage.blogspot.com/2013/11/the-noise-issue-that-has-come-to-light.html

Berneck:Good article about how shallow depth of field is being overused, and not needed for an excellent photo.: http://www.dpmag.com/how-to/shooting/go-deep.html

Steven:thought this might be interesting for the community. I contacted Olympus asking them, if a firmware update is planned for the OMD EM1 (concerning frame-rate for movie mode). Their answer is below. You are welcome to publish the forwarded e-mail below:

Dear Mr XXX,
Thank you for your email.

Frame rate is pre-set and given by the file format  .MOV and there is no way to influence it.
As for today we have no info about upcoming firmware, but as we were said the movie issues has been mentioned.

Kind regards,”

Lee:Not rumor but I just saw the news you have posted regarding EM1 long exposures, it happens to Panasonic GX1 as well, and those little speckles will be gone if the NR is turned on. I have written about similar issue sometimes ago in my blog –
http://9shift.blogspot.com/2012/02/lumixgx1-night-photography-field-test.html
No intention to drive traffic to my blog but would like to point out exact same issue I see happens to both GX1 and EM1, If the camera sensor has this problem, practically two things can’t be done – long exposure timelapse and startrails because you need to turn on NR and that breaks the interval.
Previously I have tested GF1 and this issue is unseen. I’m curious about GX7/GM1. By the way I don’t think Panasonic fixes the problem ;)