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(FT3) Olympus E-M5III uses same E-M1II sensor

If you were hoping the E-M5III would get a new sensor your hopes were misplaced. I am still not 100% sure but I have been told the new E-M5III will use the same E-M1II sensor with 121 cross-type phase detection pixels.

Still, I expect Image Quality and Autofocus to improve over the E-M1II due to the new processor…

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a bit of everything…


Famous bridge in Porto shot with DMC-GX9 + Leica lens 12-60mm F/2.8-4.0 + Leica lens 15mm 1.7

Olympus is bleeding out money but is confident the next announcements will make it right! (MirrorlessRumors).
Modified Olympus firmware, removes 30-minute recording limit and enables in-camera focus stacking with any autofocusing lens (Mu-43).
Panasonic S1R sensor review at DxOmark: “exceptional color sensitivity” (L-rumors).
A Guide to Stylish Camera Bags (Explora).

Share your best pictures on our new Instagram MicroFourThirdsGallery.

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

Two new BH bundle deals on the GX85 and GH5

We have two new BH deals:
Panasonic GX85 with two lenses and free extras for $497.
Panasonic GH5 with free Rode Mic for $1,497.

At FocusCamera you get the G85 with two lenses and free extras for $798.

Today only you save $260 on the luxury ONA ba sold by BHphoto:

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New Panasonic 10-25mm f/1.7 tests

Preorders: 10-25mm lens on BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon and FocusCamera.

ePhotozine posted their full review of this lens:

There is a lot to like about this lens. The fast maximum aperture is great for low light applications and for improving the ability to throw the background out of focus on the small MFT format. The constant f/1.7 aperture maintains these advantages right through the zoom range. In theory, it also would make calculations for manual flash simpler, but probably these days that is a relatively minor advantage for most of us. Focusing is virtually instantaneous and very, very accurate. The lens hood is too easy to release, but once aware we can watch for that.

Of course, the icing on the cake is the quality of the results, with the one exception of a possibility of flare. Overall though, a superb bit of kit and a lovely lens to complement the MFT system.

More tests:
Leica DG 10-25mm f1.7 review so far (CameraLabs).
Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Summilux 10-25mm F1.7 ASPH Sample Images (Photographyblog).
Panasonic Lumix Leica 10-25mm f1.7 Objektiv, MFT ist nicht tot… die verrückte Linse im Praxistest (Krolop-gerst).