If you bought a qualifying camera or lens in know that today is your LAST DAY to claim the Summer Cashback promotion.

In Germany you have an extra 200 Euro cashback on the E-m1II with 40-150mm bundle sold by Amazon Germany.

Panasonic GH5 Lean & Mean 6K Video Machine

Travel-Friendly Camera and Lens Systems (Explora).
Avoiding BackScatter (Olympusamerica).
Olympus TG-5 review at CameraJabber
Seetec 28″ 4K Carry-on Broadcast Monitor (Personal View)

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

Gianluca: “I published a video that tests some of the main GH5 video capabilities (Slow motion, Focus transition, ETC, Dual I.S.2) while displaying Exif data in real time. One thing I noticed watching the Exif data is that every time 180fps slow motion is used the stabilization field shows Dual I.S. instead of Dual I.S.2. Has anyone else noticed? https://vimeo.com/pixemotions/gh5test“

Macphun announced that Aurora HDR 2018 will be available for both the Mac and PC, which marks a first for them. Aurora HDR 2018 will be available for pre-order on September 12^nd, and released on September 28^th. You can sign up here to be notified when the pre-order and launch begin.

Full info at aurorahdr.com/2018

Press text:

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About Aurora HDR:

Aurora HDR is not just a tool for merging bracketed images, it also provides numerous tools and countless options to create perfect HDR photos for every taste – from one-click presets and advanced tone-mapping, to layers, noise reduction and powerful luminosity masking controls.

Aurora HDR’s Key Features:

• Total HDR editing experience with the most complete set of tools available.
• Fast, powerful RAW processing engine.
• Tone-mapping algorithm to achieve both realistic and dramatic HDR images.
• Over 70 presets that give photos an amazing HDR look in just one click.
• Luminosity masking that automatically makes advanced selections within HDR images based on the Zone System.
• Unique layer system that supports blend modes, custom textures and using original exposures as source images.
• Image Radiance, brushes, masks, lighting, vignettes and much more help users achieve their artistic vision
• Highly versatile batch processing
• Works as a standalone app, or a plug-in to Photoshop and Lightroom

A sneak peek into what’s new in Aurora HDR 2018:

• Lens Correction Tool – The new Lens correction filter easily fixes all kinds of lens distortion, from barrel to pincushion, to chromatic aberration and vignetting.
• New User Interface – Redesigned from scratch, the modern and responsive user interface brings a powerful, yet joyful experience to HDR photo editing.
• Cross-platform version – Aurora HDR 2018 will be available both for Mac and PC users. Files are interchangeable and mixed-computer households can share the same product key.
• Speed Improvements – Up to 4x improvement in RAW image processing, and up to 200% faster merging and masking performance means that Aurora HDR 2018 is dramatically faster than the last version.

Availability:

Aurora HDR 2018 will be availabe for pre-order on September 12, and released on September 28.

Pricing:

Mixed-computer households can share the same product key for Mac and PC that can be activated on 5 devices.

Pre-order:

• Current users of Aurora HDR may upgrade at a special pre-order price of $49
• New users can purchase Aurora HDR 2018 at a special pre-order price of $89
• A collection of bonuses will also be included with every purchase.

Retail price:

• $59 for current Aurora HDR users
• $99 for new users

We know Panasonic promised us a major firmware update for this Summer. But so far I got no possible info about an imminent release. All I got is the following info that is not coming via our trusted sources:

Arno from the GH5 facebook group posted this image of a supposed GH5 firmware 2.0 features list. According to that document the firmware should be released on August 30. I hope trusted sources reading this post will tell me if it’s real or fake:

Nebula 5100 Slant Gimbal

Panasonic GH5 Real World Autofocus and Low Light Test (Luminous Landscape).
4 Ideas for Your Geotagged Images (Explora).
Behind the Shot: Warp Speed (Mike Boening)
FOTGA Canon EF to Micro Four Third AF Adapter Nonreview (Dmitry Brodsky)
panasonic gh5, the best camera i have tried! (Jon Olsson).

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

Jurek: “Here is another video from Paris, further proving the concept of an anamorphic travel camera. https://vimeo.com/228157228“