For Chris and Jordan the best MFT lens of the year is the Olympus 8-25mm PRO (here at BHphoto, Adorama, Fotokoch DE, Calumet DE, Park UK, Wex UK)

OM Digital has announced that the official Japanese Olympus online shop will be suspended from December 15, 2021 to mid-January 2022. Dclife noted that this could likely mean two things:

1. The new store might get rid of the “Olympus” name in the URL
2. The new “wow” camera surely will not be released til mid January at least.

I expect the other worldwide GetOlympus stores to undergo the same changes…

The new lens is now in Stock at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.

André sent me the link to his latest video with the following text:

My first video of my new episodes “Outdoors with Olympus” is dedicated to Wildlife Photography in the swiss mountains. I spend many days in the mountains this autumn and I chased after one image, a ibex in a sunset or sunrise. It is about wildlife photography, Olympus gear and settings and about hiking in the swiss mountains.

Live Webinar | Olympus’ Long Lens Breakdown

How to Create an Effective Photoshop Workflow (42West).
Olympus is Now OM SYSTEM, Including a New 20mm f/1.4 Lens (Explora).
GX85 autofocus for vlogging test in different video format (Aiur Media)
Sexy and expensive: Sonnar 180mm F2.8 lens 120.000 Euro lens mounted on the Contax (MirrorlessRumors).

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

The new PNY cards are now available for BHphoto, Amazon and Adorama.

Explora writes:

PNY has just announced the X-PRO 90 line of UHS-II SDXC memory cards, designed to keep pace with the increasing rigors of high-resolution still and video capture. Available in 64, 128, and 256GB capacities and harnessing the power of UHS-II to reach write speeds up to 280MB/s and read speeds up to 300MB/s, the X-PRO 90 is a solid card whether your job requires capturing bursts of raw stills or recording uninterrupted 8K video.

The UHS-II bus can be operated in two modes: Half Duplex or Full Duplex. For maximum speed, Half Duplex mode uses both rows of pins to transfer data in the same direction to reach the maximum speeds noted above. In Full Duplex mode, each row transfers data in the opposite direction so you can send and receive at the same time at half speed. The X-PRO 90 features a V90 speed class rating, which means its minimum read/write speeds never drop below 90MB/s for extended recording. Note that, to achieve the fastest speeds, you have to use a device that supports UHS-II.

Capture One announced the new 22 version will be released on December 9 (Click here to land on the official announcement page). Those are the new main features:

Panorama Stitching
Build stunning panoramic stitches of landscapes, cityscapes, architectural scenes and more with incredible resolution and total detail from edge to edge. Produce superb wide-angle shots without warping and distorting corners. And don’t let the word “panorama” hold back your imagination – with multi-row stitching, you can build your image in all directions, giving you a huge DNG file to work with that’s fully editable directly in Capture One.

HDR Merging
Combining multiple RAW images with different exposures, HDR Merging gives you a single high dynamic range image in just a few clicks – perfect for landscapes set during sunrise or sunset, interior shots showing both an indoor and outdoor setting, or any scene with big differences in exposure. Go one step further by using the powerful editing tools in Capture One to finalize your image.

Auto Rotate
Time is money – spare yourself hours of manual rotation in your workflow with our first AI-driven tool, letting you automatically rotate huge image batches simultaneously.

Wireless Tethering for Canon
The industry’s fastest tethering goes wireless. With wireless tethering, take photoshoots to the next level without any cables holding you back – feel the freedom of more dynamic shoots, taking your camera to new angles and having all the space you need to create.