a bit of everything…

Cooke lens 100mm f2 5: a video sample with the GH4

Love and PEN F (Pen And Tell).
Olympus booth at CP+ (DC.watch).
10 tips for compelling Street Photography (GetOlympus).
Panasonic FZ300 Field Test: Numerous improvements make this an excellent all-around camera (Imaging Resource).

Aron: “I just wanted to share a few of my videos I did using micro 4/3rd cameras. Hope you enjoy.  This first one is a sci if short film I did using just one GH3.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUhwZGdi3dA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKxvq1GdwTQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbpNIMdQIzE”

Plochmann: “I’ve done another blog in my series covering the new cameras I purchased.  Here is a look at the video performance of a GH2, BMPCC, and Nikon D750.  Who is the winner?
http://www.production1studio.com/2016/02/23/3-camera-test/“

A good news: Adorama is honoring the $99 Panasonic 25mm lens deal!

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Adorama is honoring the orders placed last November for the Panasonic 25mm f/1.7 lens at the sale price of $99. A readers sent me that screenshot as a proof of shipment (Thanks!). That’s good news for those of you who waited that long to get the lens!

UPDATE: BHphoto added a note saying that they ahd to cancel preorders because “Panasonic USA is not shipping this lens to USA distributors”. So how and why Adorama can do it is unclear.

More new deals:
[shoplink 58556 ebay]Silver GX8 (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 58557 ebay]Black GX8 (Click here)[/shoplink] for $888 only on eBay!
You save $150 on the Panasonic Vario 35-100mm lens sold on [shoplink 58588 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

New MFT stuff in Stock:
The new 300mm PRO lens is in Stock at Amazon US (Click here) and FocusCamera (Click here).
The Black PEN-F is also in Stock at FocusCamera (Click here).

New MFT lens preorders:
Panasonic 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 at BHphoto (Click here) and at Adorama (Click here).
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 MFT at BHphoto (Click here) and at Adorama (Click here).

Olympus manager Toshiyuki Terada interviewed

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Focus Numerique (google translation here) posted the interview with Olympus manager Toshiyuki Terada. As usual a couple of highlights:

  1. Why no large sensor fixed lens compact?
    “We have limited human resources and we have to set priorities. And the reduction in the size ultimately would not be so important and above all, we need to differentiate ourselves from the competition and is where it’s tricky.“
  2. About 4K:
    “For now, the 4K is not indispensable and we have to find interesting features around the 4K before implanting.“
  3. What is the most impressive or most outstanding technology?
    “ I was really impressed with the choice of Sony released a 24×36 sensor with 12MP only! Stabilization is also, for me, an important step. We introduced the 5-axis stabilization system and it is important in many areas: for slow speeds for telephoto zoom lenses and even video. ”
  4. Olympus main focus:
    “If I had to summarize the position of Olympus, is to keep the quality of the optics while trying to provide maximum portability.“
  5. High Resolution mode:
    “One of our wishes and to use the HR mode (High Resolution) freehand. It would be really interesting.“

a bit of everything…


PEN F Review with Monochrome and Color Profile Control demo

My Blog Photography Kit (Fashionmumblr).
Only one mirrorless system camera used by the World Press Photo 2016 winners (Quesabesde)
Panasonic Lumix TZ100 / ZS100 preview (CamerLabs).
GH8 error :) (BabsDoProd)
PEN F unterwegs (Pen And Tell).
Olympus AIR test at DC.watch.

David Racine: “Hi, this is a videoclip I made for a friend. All filmed with the Panasonic GH4 and VLOG. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOIto4xYRHo
Lens used : Pana 12-35mm f/2.8 and the oly 45mm f/1.8”

Kai: “I’d like to send you a link to short video with some interesting experiments with the extreme cheap 20 USD/EUR lens “25mm f1.4 CCTV C mount TV Lens” – adapted to Olympus Panasonic M43 / Micro43 / MFT. Photos and Videos shot with the mentionend lens and a Panasonic Lumix GM5: https://youtu.be/COWSQT4VXfU”

 

The Panasonic GH5 rumor (6K and 20+ Megapixel sensor)

The Sigma and Panasonic lens announcement of last week took away some of the spotlight of the most recent Panasonic 6K camera rumor posted by Nikkan. So let’s recap and discuss the details fo the rumor.

Panasonic will announced a 6K mirrorless system camera during fiscal year 2016. This means it will be announced within now and March 2017. Easy to guess that Photokina is the best spot to announce that new High End camera. While it has not been confirmed by Nikkan sources, it’s very likely that this will be the new GH5 camera. The GH5 will have those specs:

– 6k recording at 30fps and 4K at 60fps
– Each 6K frame has 18 Million Pixels. this means you can screen grab 18MP photos from each 6K recorded frame
– If the camera records 6K than the Four Thirds sensor will have 20+ Megapixels in “normal still photo mode”.

I don’t think the GH5 will have the new “organic sensor”. That’s highly unlikely to happen any time soon. And 8K will find his way in a future GH6 model in 2018-2019. at 8K every single frame has 33MP resolution:

 

a bit of everything…


Panasonic Lumix AF Tutorial

Return to Olympus (Echenique)
Panasonic add wireless remote control to DVX200 via iPad app (Newsshooter).
Olympus M.Zuiko ED 300mm f4.0 IS Pro review at Cnet.
Lumix 25mm f1.7 vs Leica 25mm f/1.4 (Mirrorlessons).

Jason: “Hi this is my second message. I found more people in another post with bricked Olympus 12-40mm lens.
12-40 PRO bricked by update http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3833783#forum-post-55674531
Olympus lens not connecting. 12-40mm f2.8 (EM-1 body). Contacts issue? http://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3808688”

Luigi: “I would like to report an italian forestry video made entirely with Olympus EM5 Mark II. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDKYqt5FqIQ“

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