Pixlight has just launched their brand new lightweight, portable, and off-camera speedlight on Kickstarter (Click here).

The Four Thirds Organization issued a press release to say that the MFT system had the biggest share on t he Japanese market in 2019. Not bad for a dying system (according to some websites).

Preorders:
E-M1III at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus. Olympus DE. Olympus UK, Olympus FR, Olympus ES, Olympus IT, Olympus NL.
Olympus 12-45mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus.
Olympus E-PL10 at BHphoto.

At Change.org you find this petition requesting Panasonic to add Live View Composite Recording on the G9

Karsten Gieselmann‎
A winter’s tale
Subtle edit with impressionist looks in Topaz Studio
E-M1II, M.Zuiko 12-40mm F2.8, ƒ/8.0 32mm 1/60s ISO 200
https://www.flickr.com/photos/karstengieselmann/49509385146/
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II End of Term Review

The One Lens Every Photographer Should Have and Use: the 50mm (Explora).
Need for Speed: Shooting Field Sports on OM-D E-M1X By Davey Wilson.
A First Take on Unboxing the Meike 35mm MFT Lens Making Better Video (Meike Digital).
Panasonic S1H VS Panasonic GH5! Is 6k Worth THREE Times the Price?! (L-rumors).

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

Today Vazen has announced the new 28mm t/2.2 1.8x Anamorphic Lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. You can preorder it now at BHphoto (Click here).

Press release:

Shenyang China, Feb 10, 2020 – Vazen, a new Chinese cinema lens brand, has announced the pricing and shipping availability of the Vazen 28mm t/2.2 1.8x Anamorphic Lens for Micro Four Thirds (M43) cameras. Vazen had previously launched the 40mm t/2 back in Cinegear 2019. The new 28mm is the 2nd member and the widest of their 1.8x anamorphic line-up. The whole set will contain 3 focal lengths (28mm, 40mm and 65mm) and the 65mm is expected to be out in a few months.

Unlike the 40mm, the new Vazen 28mm features a super compact and lightweight design. Weighing merely 1.59 pounds (0.72kg), it is currently the world’s lightest 1.8x anamorphic lens. Its compactness allows the lens to be used on gimbals or even handheld shooting without a rig. The lens is designed with a 77mm front filter thread for installing ND filters or diopters easily. The entire lens is built up of aluminum and the independent aperture and focus rings are incorporated with 0.8 mod cine gears.

All the Vazen 1.8x anamorphic lenses feature a front anamorphic design. It delivers a butterly smooth oval bokeh, signature blue, but not over saturated, horizontal flare and the widescreen cinematic look. The lens delivered outstanding sharpness, even at wide open, which is unmatched by other anamorphic lenses with the similar squeeze ratio. Similar to other wide anamorphic lenses, the 28mm delivers a relatively cleaner image than its 40mm counterpart and the coming 65mm is expected to have the strongest anamorphic ‘character’.

Vazen chose to adopt a much more complicated 1.8x squeeze design instead of the 1.33x as it creates a much more cinematic look. The 1.8x also produces a cinematic widescreen 2.39:1 aspect ratio to your image when capturing with 4:3 ratio sensors like Panasonic GH5 and Z-cam E2.
It also works with the new 2.8k anamorphic mode on Blackmagic Pocket4k or capture open gate via an external monitor. The lens features a ultra-wide 72° horizontal field of view. The closest focusing distance is 2.7” from sensor.

The Cp+ organization just issued a press release saying the show is canceled :(