This is a bit strange I know but Olympus also announced that it will ship the E-PL6 in Europe and North America too. The most attractive feature of the camera is it’s price. It sells with lens for $299 at Adorama (Click here).

Olympus also announced that it will ship the Stylus 1s to USA too. Preorder at Adorama (Click here).

Via Dpreview and German Fotomagazine.

Image courtesy: Newsshooter.

Veydra announced that it is developing an ultrawide lens and new Anamorphic lenses. Here is the full press text:

Panasonic GH4 Anamorphic Firmware Field Test

UPDATE: The Camera Store TV just posted that first test video shot with the new GH4 firmware! Sadly the V-LOG-L tested by them will not be available with the 2.2 firmware and released sometimes later. The 2.2 firmware will be available by end of this month. Those are the improvements:

LAS VEGAS, April 13, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Panasonic announced the release of a much anticipated firmware update Ver.2.2 for the award winning LUMIX GH4. This new firmware enables two new features, most notably the ability to record anamorphic video content.

Anamorphic lenses are used to create a cinemascope aspect such as 2.39:1 or 2.35:1. Panasonic discovered that cinematographers had been experimenting with the 4K PHOTO mode 4:3 aspect ratio in the LUMIX GH4 and vintage anamorphic cine lenses to achieve the classic Hollywood look of anamorphic film capture. Unlike complex digital post processing needed to achieve the look, many of the background distortion and light flare effects that became so popular with anamorphic film capture can now be achieved optically in the LUMIX GH4.

Thanks in part to its Micro Four Thirds format and 4K recording ability, firmware Ver.2.2 for the LUMIX GH4 enables an Anamorphic (4:3) Mode capable of recording video in 3328 x 2496 pixel (equivalent to approx. 8.3-megapixel) resolution at a frame rate of either 23.98, 24, 25 or 29.97 fps. With an anamorphic lens such as 2x*¹ you can capture and un-squeeze a 3356×2496 image in post-production. In addition, 4:2:2 / 10 bit HDMI output is also available*².

A further enhancement of the new firmware is the addition of a very high shutter speed of 1/16,000 sec. when using its electronic shutter mode.

This is the very first image of the new Panasonic AG-DVX200 4K announced right now on the NAB show. While the camera uses a Four Thirds sized sensor Panasonic opted for a fixed 13x lens.

We have two new Micro Four Thirds cameras from Blackmagic. All the info can be read here:
Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera info (Click here).
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K info (Click here).

You can preorder the camera at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

From the press text:

Introducing the Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera, a miniaturized Super 16mm, professional digital film camera that is designed to be operated remotely and capture action anywhere! A revolutionary built in expansion port has PWM and S.Bus inputs so you can use a model airplane remote control to operate the camera wirelessly. Imagine adjusting focus, iris and zoom wirelessly! The Micro Cinema Camera is a true digital film camera that features built in RAW and ProRes recording, 13 stops of dynamic range, a global shutter and an MFT lens mount. You get a true digital film camera that can go where no other digital film camera can!

The Super 16 sensor is full 1080 HD resolution and has an incredible 13 stops of dynamic range and global shutter up to 30 frames per second. Most DSLR and action cameras use a rolling shutter that exposes different parts of the image in fractions of a second, causing video to appear skewed or wobbly when the camera moves or vibrates. The Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera’s global shutter acts more like a still camera, exposing the entire image at the same time so you get distortion and ripple free video! With an ISO up to 1600, the Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera also gives you great quality, even in locations with low lighting.

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