Use code FIREWORKS to save an EXTRA 20% on Reconditioned Products sold by GetOlympus (Click here). A couple of examples:
E-M5II is priced at $639 after rebate.
40-150mm PRO is priced at $959 after rebate.
There are plenty of new deals at BHphoto (Click here to see the full list). They added free gift cards on three Panasonic cameras!
DxOmark (Click here) posted the full Panasonic GX80/85 sensor score results. As expected the camera performance is as good as the rest of the MFT bunch. We can probably expect a new jump in the score from the future GH5 and E-M1II only.
Store links:
Black GX80/85 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. WexUK. ParkUK.
Silver GX80/85 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. ParkUK.
I just found a brand newly published Olympus patent describing the a new f/1.4 prime lens line for a yet non existing Olympus Full Frame system! The lenses do have a highly complex lens design suggesting these will deliver a high quality performance. The patented lens versions are:
17mm f/1.4 (7 cm total lens lenght)
25mm f/1.4 (8 cm total lens lenght)
25mm f/1.4 (13 cm total lens lenght)
28mm f/1.4 (13 cm total lens lenght)
35mm f/1.4 (13 cm total lens lenght)
50mm f/1.4 (13 cm total lens lenght)
So the question seems no more to be “if” Olympus will make a FF system but more when they will announce it!
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Source: Freepatentsonline.
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Capturing Motocross with the Olympus Air (Mike Boening)
Developing Style and Vision in Street Photography (Explora).
Tips for better Astrophotography (GetOlympus)
8 Essential Tips For Maintaining Your Memory Cards (ePhotozine).
9 Packing & Travel Tips (PEN/OM-D/DSLR) at OlympusAmerica
European Olympus ref. items list at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].
Miemo Penttinen: “https://vimeo.com/172306523 As mostly a stills guy, I shoot video way too rarely. This is the latest exception: playing around with Olympus E-M5mkII on a sunny midsummer day in the beautiful Suomenlinna island in Helsinki, Finland.60p conformed to 24p. Graded & edited in Premiere Pro CC.”
Jan: “here is a travel video about a trip to India, which I filmed with Micro Four Thirds gear. https://youtu.be/FDMy97dtaAY
When I went to India last year I was afraid to take all my expensive gear with me. This is why I got a used GH1 and a used GX1 (insanely cheap these days) together with some cheap used Panasonic lenses (14-42mm II, 45-150mm, 20mm and a c-mount fisheye). I was surprised that this cheap but versatile set delivered decent 1080p footage and some amazing images.“
You get a rebate on Sigma MFT lenses if you use the code “PSWBH16” at BHphoto (Click here). BH also has some more new deals:
Free accessories, rebates on Panasonic cameras (Click here).
$20 off on 12 Months Adobe Creative Cloud subscription by using the checkout code “PSWBH16” at BHphoto (Click here).
Full BHphoto deals overview (Click here).
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Just recently Samsung introduced an impressive [shoplink 60942 ebay]256GB microSD card[/shoplink]:
“The EVO Plus 256GB raises the bar for capacity and performance of microSD cards thanks to Samsung’s advanced V-NAND technology, offering high read and write speeds of up to 95MB/s and 90MB/s, respectively. This level of performance will provide general consumers and professionals with superb user convenience for storing heavy-loaded, high-resolution photography and 4K video recording, as well as graphic intensive multimedia like virtual reality (VR) and gaming.”
Our reader Dixon tested the card on MFT cameras:
Just got a [shoplink 60942 ebay]256GB Samsung EVO+ (U3) microSD off ebay[/shoplink], so it may be an early sample. It works fine in still, but doesn’t work on any video mode in the GX-8 (firmware 2.1)–giving something like “Write Error. Check your memory card.” It work fine in all video modes in the GM-5, EM-5ii, and a Nikon D600. I am guessing it is a GX-8 firmware issue. Wondering if anyone else tried.
Why does that card matter for MFT folks? In the near future this kind of cards could be used by smaller cameras to save space. Or maybe you could have a dual miniSD card slot instead of one single SD slot.
Samyang (Rokinon in USA) announced the new 135mm t/2.2 XEEN Cine lens. It will be available in MFT mount too:
“Expand your video and filmmaking experiences with XEEN cinema lenses. With a T2.2 and outstanding optical performance for 4K+, focus on the Mise-en-scène of the images you want to create.
XEEN lenses feature declicked gear rings in identical locations, so that changing lenses is no longer a hassle. Mounts are interchangeable, meaning each lens can be used on a variety of cameras. The XEEN series aims to delivers unparalleled performance with affordability to satisfy the needs of videographers and filmmakers, regardless of the situation or equipment.”
Source: Samyang Global
