Not something you see very often: Lensbaby Trio 28 28mm f3.5 on the Olympus E-M1X.

Courtesy of jikijisan_mapcameras

Topaz just released a big update to Video Enhance AI this week (Click here). You can try it for free and if you buy it use the code “ENHANCE15” to get an additional 15% discount on top of the $100 off you get in the first place.

This is what’s news:

Major Features

• Two new model updates: Artemis v11, and Dione v2
• Artemis LQ and MQ v11 evolve from Artemis v10 with added ability to handle over-sharpening artifacts in medium or low-quality progressive input videos
• Dione TV and TD v2 are enhanced from v1 that also remove over-sharpening artifacts in medium or low quality interlaced input videos
• UI has been updated and overhauled to provide for a better experience

Improvements

• Menu toolbar has been added on Mac
• When multiple videos are selected, settings in the right panel now apply to all selected videos
• Able to open videos in their containing folder when videos are done processing
• Model parameters and post process settings have been changed to sliders to provide for better fine-tuning
• Reset Settings button has been added
• Output FPS has been added to the footer at the bottom of the program
• Reset Trim button has been added to the scrubbing toolbar

Here are some video samples:

In case you missed it here is the full presentation of the Sony IMX492 sensor:

The Key specs are:

– 47MP multi-aspect sensor (41MP in 4:3 mode and 35MP in 17:9)
– Exmor R tech with electronic shutter
– Has 8k30p recording (in 17:9. In 4:3 it’s 25p)
– 2.315μm Pixel Size for both the Bayer and Monochrome sensor version

I don’t know if this is the sensor that will be used by the GH6.

Telephoto Lens Photography – [What you SHOULD know!]

BTS from Skoda commercial. GH5 only. Check it out on Youtube.
OM Digital Solutions Edition program at CP+ (Dc.watch).
Olympus 100-400mm review at Capa.
Olympus 12-100mm test at Asobinet.

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

OM Digital released a statement at dc.watch:

Q2: What do you want people to pay special attention to?
On the 25th, our company’s Setsuya Kataoka will deliver a presentation entitled “OM Digital Solutions’ Thoughts on Inheriting Olympus”, which may contain new information on the future development of cameras and lenses, and possibly new products. It’s a talk by the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) of the technology division of our camera business, so don’t miss it!

Setsuya Kataoka and Koichiro Saito, CTO of Olympus Corporation (from 10:00 a.m. on the 25th)
Setsuya Kataoka, CTO of Olympus Corporation, will talk passionately about the background of the establishment of the new company “OM Digital Solutions” and the future prospects of cameras and lenses from the standpoint of being in charge of camera development. The “lens roadmap,” which has already been released but has been attracting a lot of attention from many people, should also appear again in this content. Please keep an eye on it to see what kind of comments will be “topped” with it.

Live with Olympus photographer Jay Dickman

Labo – Olympus M.Zuiko 150-400mm F4,5 vs. Sony FE 70-300mm G OSS : que vaut l’optique Micro 4/3 face à un zoom 24×36? (Lesnumeriques).
Live Photo Feedback – [Wide Angle] by Peter Forsgård.
OmniVision’s new 50MP OV50A smartphone sensor promises ‘DSLR level’ phase detection autofocus performance (Dpreview).
Effective Aperture and Macro (Explora).

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

The German OM Digital manager Olaf Kreuter gave this interview. Activate the youtube auto translation caption if you do not understand German. A couple of highlights:

• OM Digital has a long term plan with forecasts for products and revenue goals
• Many Olympus managers and technicians moved from Olympus to OM Digital. An example is AKi Murata.
• We will focus on macro and wildlife
• They confirms there will be many products this year
• they confirm there is a camera with “WOW” potential coming in 12 months.
• The minimum commitment is to release at least 1 new camera and 2 new lenses per year
• we will design our own sensors and than Sony builds them for us
• for now we will continue all camera lines (Tough-PEN-OMD)
• 8-25mm f/4.0 lens is coming soon
• We are developing new telephoto lenses (but none with Fresnel tech)