Olympus 25mm f/1.2 Pro Review

Camera makers continue to ignore photojournalist pleas for encryption (Dpreview).
Things We Love: Voigtländer Color Heliar 75mm f/2.5 Lens (Explora).
Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm F1.8 Premium (DanielPhotoM).
Professional Portrait Photography Tips and Career Advice from Jessica Sterling https://youtu.be/jtBWd1QT9m4

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

Shaun: “hey 43rumors family, Olympus sent us a 17mm f/1.2 lens in December and it inspired us to create this lens tech review that highlights a bunch of Olympus lens features. Would you consider embedding the video in a post? We love your website and visit daily.
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Pentax announced the new K1II. It’s news that matters for us because it finally proves that handheld resolution mode is technically possible. This is how it works:

It uses the natural shake of your hands to collect the four images needed to combine them into a single high-res image. So far we have not found anyone who tested this but if it works it’s a big news. Both Olympus and Panasonic could add this feature on the next generation cameras like the E-M5III wchich is rumored to be launched at Photokina.

DC.watch reports that four more companies joined the MFT group. Among them we have the Chinese state-owned company GKUvision (makes surveillance cameras), Darfa (also surveillance), DZO (Chinese optics maker) and the well known SLR Magic.

DC.watch (link to part 1 and part 2) interviewed the team of G9 developers.

– In Japan the camera name is “G9 PRO”. In the rest of the world it’s “G9”

– De interviewers said he would like to see the G9 technology on other sensor formtas (speak Full Frame). Panasonic answer is (google translated):

At the moment we think that there are technologies that will continue to evolve and polish even in Micro Four Thirds. If there are lots of such users’ comments in the future, it may be necessary to consider various choices, but as soon as you start up the format you will be watching over all systems. So I think the hurdle is quite high.

– These are the different 3D printed mockups to study the G9 handling:

Trinity Video

Behind the scenes/ The story behind this volcanic eruption wedding photo/ Digital Photography Review (shotkit.com/Jack-Kurtz)
Panasonic G9 and Lumix 200/2.8 review by Louis Berk.
Olympus Zuiko C. 1:3,5 f = 4 cm para Exakta, una auténtica rareza (AlbedoMedia).
Im Test: Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III (Fotomagazin).
Carbon Fiber Comes to Manfrotto’s New Element Traveler Tripod Line (Explora).
Insta360 Light Field Camera (Personal View).

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