Olympus Guru Feature Videos
Check out the new Olympus Guru Feature Videos at Olympus-imagespace.co.uk. And you can also join virtual sessions here.
a bit of everything…
Olympus EM1 II The Secret Buy Peter Gregg
Film Fridays: Olympus AF-10 Super – pushing the functional limits of a cheap point and shoot (Dpreview).
Peter Forsgard & Robin Wong on how they Approach Photography
Lenses with Unique, Built-in Looks (Explora).
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III — Birds In Flight Review (Tim Boyer).
Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
Lensbaby launched the new Velvet 28mm f/2.5 MFT lens
Today Lensbaby announced the new Velvet 28mm f/2.5 MFT lens you can get now at Amazon and Bhphoto.
Press release:
Portland, OR — Lensbaby – makers of award-winning DSLR & mirrorless lenses, optics and accessories announces today the availability of its newest lens, the Velvet 28, a 28mm, f/2.5 all-metal, hand-crafted art lens that, at its brightest apertures, captures tack-sharp detail beneath a layer of radiant glow. Velvet 28 also features exceptional 1:2 macro capabilities.
Built with landscape, adventure, travel, street photographers & videographers in mind, the Velvet 28 offers Lensbaby’s popular variable glow effect at a wide 28mm focal length, with a design that makes flat light interesting and harsh light more pleasing.
“With this solid, beautifully crafted lens, every hour is magic hour. There’s no need to take the day off from shooting between dawn and dusk,” says Craig Strong, Lensbaby Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder. “The amount of effect in your image is up to you. Add as much or as little variable glow as you like by changing your aperture. The Velvet 28 offers more effect at brighter apertures – then stop down for corner-to-corner sharpness.”
Lensbaby’s Velvet effect lenses add an ethereal mood to scenes. This unique, in-camera creative effect elevates imagery with depth, dimension and soulful expression. The Velvet 28’s close-focus capabilities, combined with effects varying from impressionistic to just a touch of velvety smoothness, provides a set of visual tools that will help creative shooters expand their vision of the world.
#Velvet 28’s 1:2 macro capability makes it an ideal in-camera effects lens for photographers & videographers who like to shoot wide, while also offering the versatility to capture closer details. The lens allows image makers to move seamlessly from shooting street scenes or capturing landscape, adventure & travel images to capturing details such as a subject’s clothing or wildflower blooms and butterflies in an alpine meadow.
The Velvet 28 comes in standard lens mounts, including Canon EF, Nikon F, Canon RF, Nikon Z, Sony E, Fujifilm X and Micro Four Thirds. It will be available for order on April 21, 2020 for $549.95.
Velvet 28 Product Specifications
- Focal Length: 28mm
- Aperture Range: f/2.5 – 22 with bonus ⅓ stop of light (indicated by + on aperture dial) beyond 2.5
- 12 aperture blades
- Minimum Focus Distance: 2 inches
- Maximum Focus Distance: Infinity
- 67mm filter threads
- Focus type: Manual
- DSLR version Size/ Weight: 1.04 lb (471.74g)
- MIL version Size/Weight: 1.31 lb (594.2g)
- 8 multi-coated glass elements, in 7 groups
USA camera sales crashed by 64% during the Covid-19 pandemic!
graph by Visualcapitalist
Now that’s a bummer!
Retail intelligence firm Stackline analyzed ecommerce sales across the U.S. and compiled a list of the fastest growing and declining ecommerce categories (March 2020 vs. March 2019). Camera sales dropped by 64%!!!
Peter Forsgård on why the camera business is dying…but still will survive :)
a bit of everything…
m4/3 Live Stream with Rob Trek
Cameras To Look Forward To in 2020 (Camera Conspiracies).
A Guide to Entry-Level Filmmaking Accessories (Explora)
Trinity of Lenses for Bird Photography Olympus & Micro 4:3’s (Tim Boyer).
Jan:
“Here is a little travel video I filmed with my Panasonic LX10 (+ Osmo Pocket). I hope you like it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23zkz-ebcrY“
Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
The new Olympus 100-400mm f/5.0-6.3 IS lens will be announced in Summer
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The next Olympus lens that will be announced is the super-telephoto M.Zuiko Digital ED 100-400mm F5.0-6.3 IS. And this lens is going to be released in Summer. It mans it’s coming on market before the 150-400mm PRO lens which is coming in autumn.
I have no info yet about th possible price…