CamerJabber reports that Olympus UK has announced that its Check & Clean service will not be available at The Photography Show 2020 due to coronavirus fears. Olympus UK writes:

Due to the current global outbreak of the COVID-19 coronavirus, Olympus has taken the decision to limit international travel amongst its workforce. This means that our camera technicians from the Olympus Service Facility in Portugal will be unable to travel to The Photography Show in Birmingham from 14-17 March 2020 – and therefore there will be no Check & Clean service available on the Olympus UK stand this year.

We understand this will be disappointing to the many Olympus photographers who use this free service at TPS, and we apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Follow the link below to our Image Space site for more information on what you’ll find on the Olympus UK stand – including talks by award-winning photographers and live demonstrations of kit, plus the chance to ask experts questions and try out our whole range of cameras and lenses – including the brand new OM-D E-M1 Mark III…

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5 mm tiny Weevil (Curculio nucum) in Stinging Nettle.
Lumix G9, Olympus 60 mm macro, Raynox MSN202.
Focus Stack (Focus bracketing) 100 shots.
ISO 200 , F 4.5 , 1/15 s , natural light.
Stinging nettle fixed to avoid wind movement.
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Olympus Tutorial: Better Exposures with Spot Metering & Flash

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III & M.Zuiko 12-45mm f/4 PRO Lens | First Look
Outdoor Gear for the Urban Photographer (Explora).
Olympus names president/CEO in multi-tiered transformation plan (Spglobal).
Prueba flash macro Olympus STF-8 (Martin Gallego).
E-M1III hands-on at Fengniao.

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

Screengrab from the Olympus video (Click to enlarge).

Olympus just shared a youtube video of what would have been their CP+ presentation (you can see the full video at the end of this article).

On top of this post you see the image of the sunset over the Mount Fuji. It has been taken with the new Olympus 150-400/f4.5 lens, built-in 1,25 converter and additional 2x converter to reach a focal length of 2000mm.  It’s an impressive shot if you consider the image was taken from the rooftop of the Olympus  Ishikawa Facility at 67 Kilometers distance!

Please note this image is a screenshot from the HD resolution video…obviously expect much greater sharpness on original sized files!

And now things become even more impressive. From the same facility Olympus took a handheld (!!!) shot of the moon:

And these are the results (Screengrab form their youtube video – Click on image to enlarge).

At the end of their video Olympus clearly said that further “various” lenses are in development:

This is an IMPRESSIVE performance!

I have no idea of the price of the lens yet but I have been told it will be on market by Summer. I guess pricing will be announced at Photokina…if Photokina will happen (fingers crossed).

Here is the official video (150-400mm lens info from minute 36)

Thanks BLI for sharing this video!

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark III: Video

Sony A6600 VS Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera 4k (TheEveryDayDad).
Olympus PEN E-PL10 Review (Photographyblog).
OM-D EM-5 III review in Russian, a lot of pics + raw (Outlier-v.livejournal).
Delkin Announces BLACK-Series SD and CF Memory Cards (Explora).

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

A bit unusual for Panasonic is the fact that they did not announce any new product at the start of this new year. N new MFT or L mount camera or lens at all has been unveiled. SonyAlphaRumors made this list of products announce in January-February:

Nikon (6 products announced):
Nikon Coolpix P950
Nikon D780
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 120-300mm F2.8E FL ED SR VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200 F2.8 VR S
Nikon Nikkor Z 24-200mm F4-6.3 VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 20mm F1.8 S

Fuji (5 products announced):
Fujifilm X-T200
Fujifilm X100V
Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XC 35mm F2
Fujifilm GF 45-100mm F4 R LM OIS WR

Canon (4 products announced):
Canon EOS-1D X Mark III
Canon EOS R5 (granted just development announcement)
Canon EOS Rebel T8i
Canon RF 24-105mm F4.0-7.1 IS STM

Olympus (2 products announced):
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm F4 Pro

Ricoh-Pentax: (2 products announced):
Ricoh WG-70
HD Pentax-D FA 70-210mm F4 ED SDM WR

Sony (1 product announced):
Sony 20mm F1.8G

Leica (1 product announced):
Leica M10 Monochrom

Panasonic (0 products announced):
no product announced (a part of a new L-mount lens roadmap).

Maybe Panasonic (and Olympus) decided to shift the product launch focus at Photokina in May. But the coronavirus outbreak may will mess with their plans as I expect productiion shortages accross the industry :(