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Panasonic GH5 – 2020 Review / Update: Better Than Ever

5 of the best features of the om-d e-m5 mark iii (Olympus Imagespace).
Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki says he is yet not satisfied with the market share conquered by the L-mount alliance (MirrorlessRumors).
PetaPixel: The State of the L-Mount Alliance, One Year Later
Tips & Tidbits: Shooting Landscapes with Fisheye Lenses (Explora).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.

ON1 Photo RAW 2020.1 released (New 20% discount)

ON1 Photo RAW 2020.1 has been released. It’s a free update for current users and if you don’t own it you can buy it with an instant 20% discount.

In this video you cans ee what’s new:

All ongoing software deals:

This is the new Lensbaby 28mm f/2.5 MFT lens

Press text:

Lensbaby Velvet 28 is a 28mm, f/2.5 all-metal, hand-crafted art lens that captures tack-sharp detail beneath a layer of radiant glow. Velvet 28 also features exceptional 1:2 macro capabilities with a close focus distance of 2” from the front of the lens. Built with landscape, adventure, travel, and street photographers & videographers in mind, the Velvet 28 offers Lensbaby’s popular variable glow effects at a wide 28mm focal length. Lensbaby’s Velvet effect lenses add an ethereal mood to scenes. This unique, in-camera creative effect elevates imagery with depth, dimension and soulful expression. The Velvet 28’s close-focus capabilities, combined with effects varying from impressionistic at bright apertures to just a touch of velvety smoothness at darker apertures, provides a set of visual tools that will help creative shooters expand their vision of the world. One of Velvet 28’s key features is its 1:2 macro capability. It is an ideal in-camera effects lens for photographers & videographers who like to shoot wide, while also offering the versatility to capture closer details. The lens allows image makers to move seamlessly from shooting street scenes or capturing landscape, adventure & travel images to capturing details such as a subject’s clothing or wildflower blooms and butterflies in an alpine meadow.

Features

  • 28mm Focal Length
  • 1:2 Macro Magnification Ratio
  • Aperture Range: f/25 – f/22
  • 67mm Filter Threads
  • Manual Focus

15% discount on all TOPAZ products with our discount code “RUMOR”

You can now use our checkout code “RUMOR” to get an additional 15% discount on all TOPAZ products (Click here). This is what you save on the single products:

Looks like L-mount alliance isn’t going as well as expected…

It’s now two years that Panasonic expanded their camera business by joining the L-mount alliance. Many questioned if this would be the end of their MFT commitment, or if their L-mount adventure would fail.

And for the first time we got a real answer about the L-mount alliance is working out. The french magazine Phototrend interviewed Sigma CEO Kazuto Yamaki and he said:

In terms of market share, Sigma is not satisfied by the L-Mount Alliance. But according to Kazuto Yamaki it is still too early to draw conclusions. There needs to be 3 to 4 years after the launch to assess the results L-rumors

I hope he whole L-mount alliance will make some more progress the coming years. If their project fails I am sure this would have severe consequences on Panasonic MFT commitment too.