Reuters reports that Blackstone plans to sell their 45% Leica shares. And Zeiss seems to be interested to buy those shares. But Zeiss real goal is to become a majority shareholders and that means they would like to buy a part (or all) the shares from the Kaufman family.
If the deal goes through this could have an impact on the Panasonic and Leica partnership too.
Olympus Product Highlights at The Digital Shootout 2017
GH5 E-Stabilization, Monopods, Focus Stacking, and More! (PhotoJoseph).
Panasonic Leica DG 15mm F1.7 shooting experience (Dpreview).
The horrifying truth about radioactive Camera Lenses (Mirrorlessrumors).
Sweet 16: The most popular lenses of 2017…so far (Imaging Resource).
Olympus Playground kehrt nach Berlin zurück (Photoscala).
Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.
You get the reconditioned Silver E-M10 kit (Cick here) or Black E-M10 kit (Cick here) for $199 only at GetOlympus. UPDATE: it’s now SOLD OUT!
And the Deal of the day is this $150 off on the Zhiyun-Tech Crane sold by BHphoto (Click here).
More deals:
You save $150 on the Leica 12mm f/1.4 lens sold by Quickndone on eBay. They also sell the Open Box GH5 for $1,899.
Panasonic 25mm MFT lens for $149 only at Amazon, Bhphoto and Adorama.
$59 for a reconditioned Olympus zoom at GetOlympus (Click here).
Former Nikon Ambassador De la Mircea Bezergheanu:
Only five days after I had publicly announced that I would end my collaboration with Nikon, renouncing my title as Ambassador, while looking to find a new system, a mirrorless one this time, something that could challenge my whole carrier, out of the blue I got a fully equipped Olympus system.
To be honest, I would not give too many chances to the new system. My conservatory thinking would not allow me to conceive that a small sensor can be better than a big sensor.
He then goes through all the “discoveries” he had by using an Olympus MFT system. And at the end he writes:
Overall, I am quite happy that now I have one professional solution which will allow me to do what I do best: photos; as good and as best as I can do. Camera is just a tool; the only thing that matters in the end is what lies between the viewfinder and the back of your head.
Olympus E-M1II at [shopcountry 66559].
UPDATE: For 2 hours the link was missing because of a formatting mistake. I actually have issues with the keyboard sometimes not working well :( Sorry for that folks!
Tamron released the new 1.3 firmware update which improves the autofocus perofrmance on Olympus cameras.
The Tamron MFT zoom is in Stock at BHphoto in Black (Click here) and Silver (Click here).
The History and Science of Lenses
Sony A9 Review for Wedding Photographers (David Stubbs).
In Heidelberg with the Olympus OM-D E-M1 and the M-Zuiko 12-40mm 2.8 Pro (OlympusPassion).
Zeiss Batis lenses in Bali (Lenspire).
The Problem with Modern Lenses (PetaPixel).
Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.
Dave: “You might like to share this video shot on the coastlines of southern Australia this winter (last week). Let’s dedicate it to King Canute: he’s been dead for 1,000 years and the waves are still rolling in! Shot on Panasonic GX85 with Lumix 14-140 lens and Olympus 12-40 f2.8. https://youtu.be/b4LAvbzQZaA“
You save $150 on the Leica 12mm f/1.4 lens sold by Quickndone on eBay. They also sell the Open Box GH5 for $1,899.
Reminder: Panasonic 25mm MFT lens for $149 only at Amazon, Bhphoto and Adorama.
