Photons To Photos: Panasonic Lumix DC-GX9 Photographic Dynamic Range and Other Sensor Measurements

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Photons To Photos measured the Panasonic GX9 sensor performance. As you can see it’s nearly identical to the previous GX8.

Just to be clear, the GX9 is a fine camera. But I hope Panasonic next MFT camera will finally feature a new kind of sensor. We know Panasonic is working with Fuji on organic sensor tech. Let’s hope it doesn’t take too long!

GX9 at BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. FocusCamera

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Hot deal running today only: Save up to $100 on all eBay gear including MFT stuff

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The eBay super deal is back: Today only you save 15% (with max $100 discount) on all eBay products (Click here!) including MFT gear when using the coupon code “PERFECTDAY” at checkout!

How to redeem your Coupon:
  1. Shop for eligible items. (See below for exclusions).
  2. Pay for your item by 9:00 PM Pacific Time on June 29, 2018
  3. Enter the Coupon code in the redemption code field: PERFECTDAY
Terms & Conditions:
This Coupon is a 15% discount off a minimum purchase of $25, valid from 7:00 AM PT on June 29, 2018 until 9:00 PM PT on June 29, 2018. The Coupon discount is capped at a maximum value of $100. Discount applies to the purchase price (excluding shipping, handling, and taxes) of eligible items on eBay.​com, cafr.ebay.​ca and ebay.​ca. *Eligible items exclude warranties and protection plans, as well as items from the Coins & Paper Money, Gift Cards & Coupons, and Real Estate categories.

Coupon must be used within a single transaction (and can include multiple eligible items), while supplies last. Max one-time use. Only eBay users registered with an address located in the United States, Canada, Latin America or the Caribbean are eligible for the Coupon. Valid only for purchases from eBay.​com, cafr.ebay.​ca and ebay.​ca. Any unused difference between the discount amount, as shown on the Coupon, and the purchase price of an item(s) in a single transaction (or cart) will be forfeited.

Coupon is subject to U.S. laws, void where prohibited, not redeemable for cash, has no face value, and cannot be combined with any other Coupon, or when paying with PayPal Credit Easy Payments or Gift Cards. eBay may cancel, amend, or revoke the Coupon at any time.

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a bit of everything…

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Olympus catch up with Tough Ambassador James ‘Woodsy’ Woods

Understanding Exposure, Part 4: ISO (Explora).
Best Micro Four Thirds lenses 2018: 18 optics for your MFT mirrorless camera (Techradar).
Croatia field herping with Olympus E-M1 Mark II (Dpreview Forum).
Deity Vmic D3 Pro In detail (Personal View).
Leica 50-200mm test at DC.watch.

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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The new G9 with 12-60mm Leica kit is in Stock

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The new G9 plus Leica lens kit is in Stock for the first time via BHphoto and FocusCamera.

More deals:
New Leica 50-200mm in Stock at FocusCamera and BHphoto.
Very first $200 price drop on the Panasonic GH5s at Amazon, Adorama and Bhphoto.
The GH5 got a new $200 price drop at Amazon, Bhphoto and Adorama.
Leica 8-18mm $200 price drop at Adorama, BHphoto, Panasonic and Amazon.
Olympus launched new savings you can see on that GetOlympus page.
E-M1II now for $1,599 only at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and GetOlympus.
Now $350 off on the E-M5II at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, GetOlympus.
$300 off on the 12-40mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$200 off on the Olympus 40-150mm PRO lens sold at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
New $80 rebate on the Speedmaster lens sold by BHphoto.
You save 30% + additional 10% with our”AMB43R” checkout code on this Capture One Pro + Styles bundle.

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Getting faster and faster: New SD card standard announced

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With cameras getinng more and more powerful new standards are required. Todat the SD association announced the new “SD Express” standard which allows 985 megabytes per second (MB/s) maximum data transfer rate!

Here is their press text:

SHANGHAI–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mobile World Congress Booth N2.C40 — The SD Association announced today SD Express which adds the popular PCI Express® and NVMe™ interfaces to the legacy SD interface. The PCIe interface delivering a 985 megabytes per second (MB/s) maximum data transfer rate and the NVMe upper layer protocol enables advanced memory access mechanism, enabling a new world of opportunities for the popular SD memory card. In addition, the maximum storage capacity in SD memory cards grows from 2TB with SDXC to 128 TB with the new SD Ultra Capacity (SDUC) card. These innovations maintain the SDA’s commitment to backward compatibility and are part of the new SD 7.0 specification.

“With SD Express we’re offering an entirely new level of memory card with faster protocols turning cards into a removable SSD”

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“SD Express’ use of popular PCIe and NVMe interfaces to deliver faster transfer speeds is a savvy choice since both protocols are widely used in the industry today and creates a compelling choice for devices of all types,” said Mats Larsson, Senior Market Analyst at Futuresource. “The SD Association has a robust ecosystem with a strong history of integrating SD innovations and has earned the trust of consumers around the world.”

SD Express keeps pace with growing performance levels of mobile and client computing, imaging and automotive as they adopt faster communication and embedded storage protocols designed to make processing data faster.

“With SD Express we’re offering an entirely new level of memory card with faster protocols turning cards into a removable SSD,” said Hiroyuki Sakamoto, SDA president. “SD 7.0 delivers revolutionary innovations to anticipate the needs of forthcoming devices and content rich and speed hungry applications.”

“PCI-SIG is pleased to have teamed with the SDA to collaborate on this innovation for the world’s leading removable memory card – SD,” said Al Yanes, PCI-SIG president and chairman. “PCIe specification conformance tests are available today by major test vendors, offering a significant advantage for any new PCIe adopter.”

SD Express delivers speeds necessary to move large amounts of data generated by data-intense wireless communication, super-slow motion video, RAW continuous burst mode and 8K video capture and playback, 360 degree cameras/videos, speed hungry applications running on cards and mobile computing devices, ever evolving gaming systems, multi-channel IoT devices and automotive to name a few. SD Express will be initially offered on SDUC, SDXC and SDHC memory cards.

“NVMe is the industry-recognized performance SSD interface from the client to the datacenter, shipping in millions of units,” said Amber Huffman, NVM Express™ Inc. president. “Consumers will benefit by SD Association adopting the NVMe specification for their new SD Express cards.”

SD Express uses the well-known PCIe 3.0 specification and NVMe v1.3 protocols defined by PCI-SIG® and NVM Express, respectively, on the second row of pins used by UHS-II cards today. By relying on successful protocols already in the marketplace, the SDA gives the industry an advantage allowing utilization of existing test equipment and saving in development process by usage of existing building blocks used in existing designs. These cards also provide system developers new options offered by PCIe and NVMe capabilities, such as Bus Mastering, Multi Queue (without locking mechanism) and Host Memory Buffer. A new video explains more about SD Express.

The SDA released visual marks to denote SD Express and SDUC memory cards for easy matching with devices’ recommendation for the best SD memory card for optimal performance.

A new white paper, “SD Express Cards with PCIe and NVMe Interfaces,” provides more details on the new capabilities and features found in the SD 7.0 specification. More information is available on our website.

Find the SD Association at Mobile World Congress Shanghai in Booth N2.C40, June 27-29, 2018, in the Shanghai New International Expo Centre (SNIEC) Shanghai, China.

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