New 85mm f/1.8 Micro Four Thirds lens announced by Samyang

The Korean company Samyang just released this new 85mm f/1.8 manual focusing Micro Four Thirds lens:

Samyang unveils the MF 85mm F1.8 ED UMC CS lens for mirrorless cameras with APS-C crop sensors

Samyang Optics launches a new manual-focus lens for mirrorless shooters: The MF 85mm F1.8 ED UMC CS is designed for use with APS-C sensor mirrorless cameras in the following mounts: Sony E, Fujifilm X, Canon M, and Micro-Four-Thirds. It is competitively priced and light-weight. This medium telephoto lens inherits the renowned image quality of Samyang’s manual focus series and also boasts beautiful out of focus bokeh and availability for a variety of cameras.

Ideal portrait lens, with a fast, bright maximum aperture…

This manual-focus 85mm F1.8 ED UMC CS lens is a medium telephoto lens, with a similar angle of-view to a 135mm lens when compared to full-frame cameras. The Samyang MF 85mm F1.8 ED UMC CS is designed with 9 lens elements in 7 groups and it delivers high resolution from the centre to the corners of the image. A high-refractive and an extra-low dispersion element, along with Ultra Multi-Coating (UMC) help minimise chromatic aberrations and deliver clear, vibrant images. This lens is ideal for portraits, with beautiful bokeh from its floating-element system. Its low-light performance and shallow depth-of-field are especially useful features. mirrorlessrumors

Wide range of uses, with crystal-clear resolution…

The compact and light-weight design offers the portability and comfort needed for a long day’s shooting. This lens would be the ideal choice for keen photographers who want to capture everyday moments in high-resolution. The Samyang MF 85mm F1.8 ED UMC CS has a host of features including its outstanding optical performance. Its wide range of uses include portraits and other close-ups such as food, as well as landscapes and many other situations.

More fun with Manual Focus lenses…

The MF 85mm F1.8 ED UMC CS lens is perfect for shooters who want to have more involvement and express their own characteristics through their images. The Samyang MF 85mm F1.8 ED UMC CS weighs in at just over 300g and measures approximately 8cm long (without the hood and lens caps). Photographers can expect superb, emotional and unique images from this compact companion.

Price: suggested retail price £319.99

Availability: from September 2018

via Photographyblog

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New Xiaomi Yi M1 Camera Review

Detailed personal view on Xiaomi (aka XiaoYi) Yi M1 mirrorless camera with m43 sized sensor. While sharing same sensor with highly acclaimed Panasonic GH4 camera it uses much simpler main LSI. It has lot of pluses like small price, nice photos, good timelapse capabilities, cheapest 4K. But it has also lot of issues, make sure to check our review video about all the sides of this highly controversal camera.

The YI M1 can be bought at Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK.

Panasonic Lumix GX9’s AF system tested by DPreview

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DPreview tested the GX9 autofocus system while shooting a live music concert. The conclusion:

The GX9 was a really good companion for this type of event. Paired with the Lumix 35-100mm F2.8, I had a compact, responsive package that wasn’t all that conspicuous, but I had plenty of reach and ended up with far better image quality than, say, a 1″-type superzoom. Of course, this combo can’t quite match up to a full-frame DSLR and a 70-200mm F2.8 lens, but that’s not really the point here.
Sure, the GX9 wouldn’t be my first choice for critical, action-oriented work (and Panasonic makes higher-end models for that sort of purpose anyway). But for the casual user who wants a small, stylish camera and wants to occasionally photograph a concert or sporting event for fun, the GX9 is easily up to the task.

New Capture One Pro Learning Hub launched

I know it’s a pain in the butt to learn a new software. But Capture One Pro is the best available RAW software. And you save 10% using our coupon code “AMB43R“. So to help you to make the switch today Phase One published The Learning Hub for their Software Capture One Pro.

The Learning Hub is the place to go for Capture One tutorials and webinars made by Phase One. The content is quickly filtered, making it fast and easy to find exactly what you’re looking for. Whether you need a quick 2-minute tutorial or an in-depth 1-hour webinar, the Learning Hub offers it – completely free

Learning Hub | Capture One

Here, you go to The Learning Hub:
https://learn.phaseone.com/

 

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