You can now buy the new 7artisans 7.5mm F2.8 II on Amazon US, Amazon DE and Amazon UK.

Peter Forsgård:

What did Mr. Setsuya Kataoka, Chief Technology Officer of OM Digital Solutions Corporation say at CP+ about the future of Olympus cameras? I will comment on Kataoka’s words about the future.

Exposure – [5 Tips To Get It Right]

Today Gold Box deals at Amazon US, BHphoto, eBay, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.it, Amazon.es
EVF is the Best Viewfinder –Do you agree? (Matti Sulanto).
Photography is TOO Expensive ?? – Coffee Time with Jimmy Cheng
The One Lens Every Photographer Should Have and Use: the 50mm (Explora).
Olympus 25mm f/1.8 test at Fujiablog.

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

Venus Optics presented the new lens at the CP+ show. Here are the specs of the Laowa 25mm f/0.95 MFT lens:

• Focal length: 25 mm
• maximum aperture ratio: F0.95
• angle: 46.7 °
• Lens construction: 8 groups 14 sheets (1 aspherical lens, one special low-dispersion lens, including three high refractive lenses)
• Number of aperture blades: 9
• Minimum shooting distance: 25 cm
• Maximum shooting magnification: 0.17 times
• Filter diameter: φ62mm
• Dimensions: φ71 mm × 86 mm・ Mass: Approx. 570 g
• Compatible mount ・ Compatible format: Microforcers

5 Tips – How to Improve Your Photography – Easy Tips for Better Photos

Today Gold Box deals at Amazon US, BHphoto, eBay, Amazon.de, Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.fr, Amazon.it, Amazon.es
The Time Has Come: A Case for Mirrorless Cameras (Explora).
Interview: Scott Bourne on new Olympus 150-400mm PRO lens – ‘when I first heard about it, it blew my mind’ (Dpreview).
Kamlan 32mm f/1.1 tested at Fujiablog.
Panasonic GH5 4 years later…no contenders? (Dpreview Forum).

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

Not something you see very often: Lensbaby Trio 28 28mm f3.5 on the Olympus E-M1X.

Courtesy of jikijisan_mapcameras

Topaz just released a big update to Video Enhance AI this week (Click here). You can try it for free and if you buy it use the code “ENHANCE15” to get an additional 15% discount on top of the $100 off you get in the first place.

This is what’s news:

Major Features

• Two new model updates: Artemis v11, and Dione v2
• Artemis LQ and MQ v11 evolve from Artemis v10 with added ability to handle over-sharpening artifacts in medium or low-quality progressive input videos
• Dione TV and TD v2 are enhanced from v1 that also remove over-sharpening artifacts in medium or low quality interlaced input videos
• UI has been updated and overhauled to provide for a better experience

Improvements

• Menu toolbar has been added on Mac
• When multiple videos are selected, settings in the right panel now apply to all selected videos
• Able to open videos in their containing folder when videos are done processing
• Model parameters and post process settings have been changed to sliders to provide for better fine-tuning
• Reset Settings button has been added
• Output FPS has been added to the footer at the bottom of the program
• Reset Trim button has been added to the scrubbing toolbar

Here are some video samples: