Due  to production issues Venus Optics decided to delay the shipment start of the new 4mm MFT lens. No info yet when the lens will ship now.

via Dpreview

Z CAM E2C preview at BIRTV 2019 // Chung Dha

Daisy Dickinson put the OM-D E-M1X and E-M1 Mark II to the test in Zimbabwe (Olympus Imagesapce).
Olympus vs Panasonic Lenses: It’s true that Olympus have a better overall quality? (Dpreview Forum).
Audio Week: Wired vs Wireless Mics for YouTube Creators (Explora).
It’s official: S1H Firmware Development Underway for 5.9K/29.97p and C4K/59.94p RAW Video Data Output to Atomos Ninja V (L-rumors.com).

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

The Photokina organization said that three companies have canceled their participation to the 2020 event:

Olympus, Leica and Nikon!

I know that photography shows are becoming less important. Still I am surprise to see three historic companies not being at  the Photokina show for the first  time after som many decades!

Still, Panasonic confirmed they will be at Photokina in May 2020…

Skylum has announced two additional features coming to Luminar 4 this fall:

• AI Powered Portrait Tool
• Skin Enhancement Tool

You can see these features in action at the Luminar 4 page here.

Luminar 4 is still available at a discounted pre-release price.

• Luminar 4 product page
• Luminar 4 launch pricing info

Samples

Skylum brings AI-powered portrait and skin enhancement tools to Luminar 4

The lens is available for MFT too and will cost $700 when it ships in early 2020.

And they are thinking about doing wider and also 2,0x lenses…