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Olympus E-M5 Mark III – Street Shooting in Kuala Lumpur

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Panasonic Lenses: The Year in Review, 2019 (Explora).
Extreme Aperture: f/0.85 Handevision (Kipon) Ibelux 40mm lens review with samples (Christopher Frost).
Olympus E-M5 Mark III Photo Walk & Talk on Composition (Rob Trek).
Gear of the Year 2019 – Richard’s choice: Sigma 56mm F1.4 DC DN (Dpreview).

Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.

These were the ten most read articles on 43rumors in 2019

First of all Happy New Year :)

Here is the top ten of the most read articles in 2019:

Position 10:

Press text: OLYMPUS ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT OF PRO SUPER TELEPHOTO ZOOM LENS & 2x TELECONVERTER

Position 9:

(FT4) The PEN-F line has been killed :(

Position 8:

Surprise! Sharp announced their first 8K Micro Four Thirds camera!!!

Position 7:

First Panasonic 10-25mm f/1.7 hands-on images!

Position 6:

New Olympus teaser for the E-M1X launch on January 24!

Position 5:

Olympus E-M5 Mark III detailed specifications leaked

Position 4:

Leica 100-400mm vs the new Olympus 150-400mm size comparison

Position 3:

(FT5) This is the first image of the new Olympus 12-200mm lens!

Position 2:

(FT5) New leaked product images of the E-M1X. Will be priced at 365,000 YEN (around $3000)

Position 1:

(FT5) First leaked image of the new Olympus E-M5III

Dpreview lists the Best lenses for Micro Four Thirds

DPreview listed what they consider to be the best MFT lenses:

Best kit lens: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm F2.8 Pro
Best prime lens: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F1.8
Best prime lens for portraits: Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm F1.7 ASPH Power OIS
Best wide-angle zoom lens: Panasonic Leica DG 8-18mm F2.8-4 ASPH
Best telephoto zoom lens: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
Best macro lens: Panasonic Lumix G Macro 30mm F2.8 ASPH Mega OIS
Best travel zoom lens: Panasonic 14-140mm F3.5-5.6 II ASPH Power OIS

New Olympus camera code registered in Russia too

Back in October we already reported about a new Olympus camera that has been registered in Asia with the code IM019. Today the same model has been registered in Russia too: as body only and as two lens kit options.

We know the E-M1III is coming in 2020 but I don’t think it will be announced in Q1. The PEN-F line is rumored to have been discontinued. So what could it be???

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