Ten years ago today, on August 5th, 2008, the Micro Four Thirds system standard was introduced to the photography world

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Ten years ago today, on August 5th, 2008, the Micro Four Thirds system standard was introduced to the photography world. The introduction of this standard brought with it dramatic reductions in the size and weight of digital interchangeable-lens camera bodies and lenses. The first series of Olympus cameras to employ this new standard was the Olympus PEN series, followed by the OM-D series for which the OM-D E-M5 debuted in 2012. Olympus will continue to develop products that — like our compact and lightweight Micro Four Thirds cameras and lenses — make the lives of any type of photographer more fulfilling.

Happy Birthday!

The first camera shown by Olympus was a protoype (see image below). The first real MFT camera was announced in October and it was the Panasonic G1

via OlympusOMD

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Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup…

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Phil Silverman‎
Suffolk Dawn
EM5 MK2, 12-100
#microfourthirdsgallery

1) To submit your picture for the weekly readers roundup post you can choose one of the following two options:
Instagram: Follow @microfourthirdsgallery and tag us on your picture to give us the permission to repost your image on the instagram gallery and on 43rumors (we will credit you)
Facebook: Submit your picture on our group: facebook.com/groups/microft. Please add the hashtag “#microfourthirdsgallery ” to grant the permission for reposting on 43rumors. Without the hashtag we will not add your picture!

2) Like and comment the pictures from other readers here: instagram.com/microfourthirdsgallery and facebook.com/groups/microft
3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me 43rumors admin will be posted weekly on 43rumors.

Note: When sending a pic feel free to also add a link to your site to promote yourself! And please do share one single picture per week only. Do not spam :)

This is the weekly selection:

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a bit of everything…

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GH5 Autofocus 2nd Try Firmware v2.3 DFD 12-35mm Lens

Olympus 8mm Fisheye lens test at DC.watch.
Panasonic 12-60mm lens patent (PDF file)
10 Steps to Becoming a Full Time Photographer (First Man Photography).
Podcast: That Human Dance—Collaboration between Fashion Model and Photographer (John Harris on Explora).

Share your best pictures on our new Instagram MicroFourThirdsGallery.

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

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New Olympus 400mm f/4.0 MFT lens patent

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Thre is a newly published patent application describing the specs of a new Olympus 400mm f/4.0 lens. It’s unclear if this lens will be produced at all.

I don’t knwo how reliable this source is but months ago OzRay reported on Dpreview forum:

After years of planning, development and testing, Olympus is considering cancelling the production of a 400mm f4 lens. This lens was going to be one of the most superlative lenses ever made by Olympus; however, after extensive surveying, it was discovered that it might only meet the needs of a very small minority.

I think the 400mm f/4.0 lens would be amazing for wildlife shooters!

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