It’s now available at Amazon US&EU and at Pergear.

The Easiest Underwater System: Olympus TG-6

Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
GH6 | The Best Setting for Cinematic Footage (Panasonic Lumix Youtube).
Great Joy 85mm 1.8x anamorphic lens mini review (Dpreview).
What You Need for a Home Vlogging Kit (Explora).
How You Should Store Your Camera Lenses (42West).

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

After reading the S5II(x) specs I had the following thoughts:

Future MFT cameras will have Phase Detection Autofocus
But DFD is here to stay and it will be interesting to see how it works combined with the new Phase detection AF.

You have to pay extra for some features like Apple ProRes and IP streaming function
It’s somehow odd that we will get basically two identical cameras, the S5II and S5IIx with the “x” having the only addition of Apple ProRes and IP streaming function. This remembers me of the failed paid software update strategy that never worked. Now they force you to buy the same camera with a different badge to get the little extras. Don’t like that.

Full Frame still cannot offer the superb Image Stabilization of MFT cameras
Both the S5II and S5IIx have 5-step in-body image stabilization. Quite a lot behind the 7.5 stops stabilization of the GH6.

Still long way to go until we get proper 8K
As expected no 8k on the new S5II and I don’t think we will get 8K on any new MFT camera that will be announced in 2023.

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Panasonic launched the teaser for the Jan 4th announcement. It’s titled “New year, new phase”. Clearly hinting the new phase detection AF on the S5II :)

And this is the live stream video for the Jan 4th announcement:

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Panasonic Leica 15mm F1.7 Prime Lens Review for GH6, GH5II, and GH5S

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Open Gate Part 2 — LUMIX GH6 and LAOWA Nanomorph Lenses! (PhotoJoseph).
Crucial X8 External SSD: Maximum Bang, Minimum Buck (Explora).
A Beginner’s Guide to Photojournalism (42West).
Image sensor market expected to grow 7% in 2023 (Dclife).

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

The ‘New’ Old Camera Reveal

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Best Hard Cases for All Your Gear (Explora).
What Is a Telephoto Zoom Lens? (42West).
Una passeggiata con OM System OM-5 (Ugo Baldassarre).
OM-5 bei Minus 15°(Pen and Tell).

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