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 :(
Olympus released firmware updates for those three cameras:
E-M1X Version 1.2, E-M1II Version 3.2, E-M5III Version 1.1.
button to switch between the EVF display and the monitor display. button to switch between the rear-panel monitor Live View display/Super Control Panel display. button to switch between the rear-panel monitor Live View display/Super Control Panel display.
See the following for details.
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.
Previews:
E-M1III hands-on review at Explora. E-M1III at Dpreview. E-M1III Image samples at Dpreview. 12-45mm hands-on at Dpreview. 12-45mm image samples at Dpreview. Preview by CameraLabs. Preview by ThePhoBlographer. E-M III vs E-MII Comparison at ePhotozine. E-MIII Hands-On Review at ePhotozine. E-M1III hands-on at Photographyblog. Hands-on at Imaging Resource. Hands-on by Martin Gallego (spanish). E-M1 II vs E-M1 III by MirrorlessComparison. In depth review by Photofocus. 12-45mm hands-on by ThePhoBlographer.
More tidbits:
Olympus launched the E-PL10 in USA too (Explora).
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Screenshot showing Adobes improved raw default settings
Today Adobe has released a major update and you can check out the full list here.
Press text:
As fellow photographers and creatives, we care about the impact all Lightroom products have on our customers. We’ve been listening to your feedback and requests and we’re excited to share what’s coming out today and a preview of what we are actively working on for 2020.
For Lightroom Classic, performance, quality, and stability have all been a primary focus for our team. Since October 2018, we’ve released significant performance updates like GPU (graphics processing unit) accelerated editing, faster and more stable tethering, Library improvements, and more. But we’re not done. The team is constantly testing and re-evaluating the speed and quality of new and existing features, and in 2020 we are working to deliver more GPU-enabled functionality to get you to your “done” point smoother and faster.
Image editing, organizing, and workflow efficiency are also important functions to Lightroom Classic that we want to continually improve for both new and long-time customers. Within the last year and a half, we’ve added key updates like the Texture slider, Flat Field Correction, HDR and Panorama Merge, collection color labels, PNG support, AI-empowered features such as Enhance Details and Panorama Fill Edge, and much more.
Adobe is dedicated to developing the best in class tools and experiences to help all photographers find and express their visions. That’s why we’re actively investing in more Develop tools (including AI/ML features), workflow optimization, as well as refining the interface and experience to empower photographers of all levels to achieve desired results faster and easier than ever before. As customers of our own product, we’re personally excited to share these upcoming updates with you in 2020 and the years to come.
Check out the new feature updates and customer requests for Lightroom Classic, as well as bug fixes and feature polishing for Lightroom for Mac, Windows, iOS, iPadOS, Android, and ChromeOS below. Support for new cameras and lenses is also included in the update.
Check out their current subscription pricing here. Lightroom free trial is available here.
SIX Good Lumix FEATURES you have not used?
Chi-Town Representing with New Manfrotto Chicago Backpacks (Explora).
Well that was a damn fast transition: Canon says focus now is on “RF lenses” and there will be “no new EF lenses unless market demands it” (MirrorlessRumors).
Images showing how the new Leica SL2 gets manufactured (L-rumors).
Hopeless wanderers: shooting south Snowdonia with Olympus E-M5II (Olympus Imagespace).
Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
