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Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III – Happy Birthday!

olympusXplorers in Lappland (Olympus UK).
LUMIX – Through the Eyes of Professionals (Panasonic Lumix).
Panasonic LUMIX celebrates outstanding entries of prestigious international Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition with LUMIX People’s Choice Award (Panasonic UK).
Lowepro Reveals More Backpacks and Pouches (Explora).

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

Alex:I thought your readers might be interested in this video I created using the GH5 and DJI Mavic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2uYPSic8j4&t

Panasonic: “we will never give up on MFT because 70% of the system camera market is NOT Full Frame”

First reported on L-rumors.com: Richard from Photogearnews interviewed Panasonic at Photokina:

1) Quite obvisouly Panasonic confirmed their strong commitment with the MFT system “we will never give up on MFT”
2) More interestingly they said 70% of the system camera market is NOT Full Frame.
3) The reason why they launche a new FF system is to get a portion of this 30% Full Frame market

Here is the Full Interview:

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10 Years of Mirrorless Cameras – The Evolution of the S Series

Big cameras and big rivalries take center stage at Photokina (Techcrunch).
Mirrorless cameras: Photography’s new decisive moment (BBC).
Panasonic Lumix S1-S1R y sistema L: primeras impresiones desde Photokina (Photolari).
Photokina 2018: Be Freed by the Latest Manfrotto Tripods (Explora).

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

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Blackmagic Pocket 4K ISO Test vs Panasonic GH5

Panasonic Leica 10-25mm F1.7, The Best Travel/Vlog/Youtube Lens? It will Replace 5 Lenses In my Kit! (Victor Bart).
Wow! Zenit and Leica Present Joint Production Camera! (MirrorlessRumors).
Has full-frame finally killed off smaller-sensor cameras? (TechRadar).
Panasonic 10-25mm f/1.7 Lens Hands-on Photos (Photographyblog).
The Smallest Carbon Fiber Tripod: Gitzo Mini Traveler (Explora).

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

Olympus released a new imaging division strategy document: Focus on OMD camera and PRO lenses!

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Olympus released some new financial documents including a new imaging division strategy document.

They expect sales to drop further but they plan to improve the profitability with the following steps:

– Expand sales of highly-profitable OM-D series cameras and PRO series lenses
Mirrorless camera system that are uniquely Olympus, attaining high level of compatibility between
overwhelmingly compact & lightweight and high image quality with the Micro Four Thirds Standard
– Accelerate development of products aimed for professional and high-level amateur users
– Improve manufacturing cost ratio by consolidation of manufacturing facilities and improved
efficiency in manufacturing startups

What do you think?

Thanks EdinaMNguy!