Surprise: Japan Camera Foundation selects the OM-1 as camera of the year

The “Historical Camera Judging Committee” sponsored by the Japan Camera Foundation has selected the OM-1 as “Historical Camera” of 2022.

■Historical camera judges (in alphabetical order, titles omitted)
Kei Tanino (Director/Chairman of the Japan Camera Museum), Yasunori Ichikawa (Photography technology researcher), Kazunori Kawata (Camera critic/Photographer), Hideto Sasaki (Representative of PCT LLC), Makoto Suzuki (Deputy Editor-in-Chief of “Digital Camera Watch”), Kenji Toyoda (Camera Critic), Fumio Nakamura (Camera Critic), Yoshinori Marui (Photographer / Professor at Tokyo Polytechnic University), Kazuo Yamamoto (Japan Camera Foundation)

Source Getnavi

a bit of everything…


Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 PRO, Is now the right time to buy it?

Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
Olympus EM5 mk3 – Is it Wise to buy a used or end of stock one in 2023? (ThatMFTguy).
An Invisible Layer of Gold Could Be the Secret to Glasses That Never Fog Up (Gizmodo).
Winter Photography Glove Roundup (Explora).
Understanding Composition in Animal Photography (42West).

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