Is Lens Hood Really Necessary?

Nikon Is Killing Its Authorized Repair Program (iFixit).
Wide, Wider, Widest: Hands-On Review of Meike’s Ultra-Wide and Fisheye Lenses (Explora).
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Hybride Micro 4/3 Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III : polyvalence et performance (LesNumeriques).
Gear of the Year 2019 – Dale’s choice: Laowa 15mm Zero-D (Dpreview).

Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.

As expected we got no MFT news at the CES show. Panasonic announced three new camcorders instead:

Panasonic AG-CX10 (specs and info at BHphoto).
Panasonic HC-X2000 (specs and info at BHphoto).
Panasonic HC-X1500 (specs and info at BHphoto).

Explora writes:

Designed around a 1/2.5″-type 8.29M MOS sensor, each camcorder captures 4K images, which are scalable via their Venus processing engines for full HD delivery. All offer live streaming using their built-in Wi-Fi and can output via HDMI, with the HC-X2000 and AG-CX10 also sporting a 3G-SDI (BNC) output. Capture options include 4K60p 4:2:0 10-bit recording with the efficient HEVC codec at rates up to 200 Mb/s, up to 4K30p in 4:2:2 10-bit video, and up to 120 fps in full HD for revealing, super slo-mo shots. For more advanced IP networking, turn to the AG-CX10, which features a built-in Ethernet connection, NDI|HX connectivity, and ROP tablet-based control.

I do not expect any new MFT gear announcement. But maybe they will hint at some future interesting tech?

Phase One updated the brand new Capture One 20 software. Here are the latest bugfixes:

• Fixed an issue where tethering would not work correctly on MacOS Catalina 10.15.2.
• Fixed an issue where using the Color Editor sometimes caused Undo to break.
• Fixed an issue where a default Catalog would load on start-up instead of the previously used Document.

Learn what’s new in Capture One 20 at this page: www.captureone.com/20.

RAW vs DNG

How To Check Shutter Count on Olympus Cameras (Robin Wong).
Sigma Lenses: The Year in Review, 2019 (Explora).
Natural Olympus E-M10 Mark II Colors vs Fujifilm X-T30 Provia (Rob Trek).
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These were the most-clicked-on cameras in 2019 (Dpreview).

Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.

David Thorpe

The Panasonic G90/95 sits between the smaller and cheaper GX9 and their top range G9 and GH5 models. Its predecessor, the (still available) 16Mp G80 met with many accolades. Does the 20Mp G90/95 render obsolete the G80? Or should you skip this one and wait for a G10?

Peter Jaena‎
Olympus EM1 + M.Zuiko 45mm f1.8
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