Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup.


Jacek Łabaj
Do You know, that Iceland is incredibly beautiful? (:
E-m10markII, 17mm @4.5 (I love this lens!)
https://tookapic.com/photos/120793

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Sigma 30mm f/1.4 MFT lens gets DxOmarked: “Good value for money”

DxOsigma

DxOmark tested the new Sigma 30mmf /1.4 MFT lens. And as you can see from the score below the lens is as good as the Panasonic-Leica 25mm lens:

Boasting a fast maximum aperture and short minimum focus distance, the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DN is a good standard prime option for MFT shooters. Sigma’s precision engineering ensures the good transmission, distortion, vignetting, and chromatic aberration results you’d expect from a prime. Sharpness isn’t outstanding, but it’s on par for a lens of this type, with the best results achieved at f/2.8 and f/4. The own-brand Panasonic 25mm f/1.4 does offer slighter greater and more uniform resolution at mid-aperture settings, but it distorts more than the Sigma, and fringes a little more in the very far corners, too. What’s more, it costs almost twice as much as the Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DN, making Sigma’s third-party alternative the better value-for-money option.

You can buy the Sigma on thos elinks at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, WexUK, Jessops and Calumet Germany.

(FT4) What’s coming from Olympus

E-PL8

I don’t know if the recent Kumamoto earthquake did postpone the timing for some single new products. Anyway this is what we can expect to be announced by Olympus before Photokina start:

  • Olympus E-PL8 (already leaked months ago but announcement delayed due the Kumamoto earthquake)
  • 30mm f/3.5 MFT macro lens
  • 25mm f/1.2 PRO Zuiko MFT lens.
  • New PRO standard zoom
  • Olympus E-M1II (maybe shipment will be postponed til early 2017 due the Kumamoto eartquake)

a bit of everything…


Photography Myths and Stereotypes: Do UV Filters Actually Ruin Your Images?

Lumix luminary Giulio Sciorio : real world with the dmc-zs100 (Lumixlounge).
6 Things to Consider when Composing Images on a Small Screen (Explora).
Self Portrait Fine Art Photography with Brooke Shaden Part II: The reDefine Show with Tamara Lackey (Adorama TV).
PEN-F tested with the LC-A Minitar-1 Art Lens 2.8/32 M (DC.watch).

Nick: “Avid reader and just spotted the other day that you guys featured a travel video! I only thought you freatured photos so that was really cool to see. If it interests you here is a short video I made of a year backpacking around Japan, China, North Korea, Mongolia, Russia and Eastern Europe with my Em5 Mk2. Would love if you could take a look: https://vimeo.com/158237821“

Save $360 on the grey imported Olympus 7-14mm PRO lens

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There is the chance to save $370 on the grey imported Olympus 7-14mm PRO lens listed on [shoplink 60605 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Unlike many grey imported products this one is covered by a seller warranty.

More deals:
Olympus launched a new special edition portrait kit you can have for $999 at BHphoto (Click here).
The grey imported Olympus 40-150mm PRO lens for $979 (Click here). It’s covered by a the seller warranty.
New Panasonic-Leica 12mm f/1.4 preorders at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama.
The Olympus 300mm PRO lens will be back in Stock on July 2 at BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus TG-Tracker action camera is in Stock for the first time via FocusCamera (Click here).

(FT4) The new LX100 successor will be announced at Photokina

We got word from our sources that Panasonic will launch the new LX100 successor at Photokina. No specs info yet.

The GH5 shoulb be announced too… if the Kumamoto earthquake dind’t change the Panasonic plan…

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