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Olympus E-M5 Mark III – Street Shooting in Kuala Lumpur

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Panasonic Lenses: The Year in Review, 2019 (Explora).
Extreme Aperture: f/0.85 Handevision (Kipon) Ibelux 40mm lens review with samples (Christopher Frost).
Olympus E-M5 Mark III Photo Walk & Talk on Composition (Rob Trek).
Gear of the Year 2019 – Richard’s choice: Sigma 56mm F1.4 DC DN (Dpreview).

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

These were the ten most read articles on 43rumors in 2019

First of all Happy New Year :)

Here is the top ten of the most read articles in 2019:

Position 10:

Press text: OLYMPUS ANNOUNCES DEVELOPMENT OF PRO SUPER TELEPHOTO ZOOM LENS & 2x TELECONVERTER

Position 9:

(FT4) The PEN-F line has been killed :(

Position 8:

Surprise! Sharp announced their first 8K Micro Four Thirds camera!!!

Position 7:

First Panasonic 10-25mm f/1.7 hands-on images!

Position 6:

New Olympus teaser for the E-M1X launch on January 24!

Position 5:

Olympus E-M5 Mark III detailed specifications leaked

Position 4:

Leica 100-400mm vs the new Olympus 150-400mm size comparison

Position 3:

(FT5) This is the first image of the new Olympus 12-200mm lens!

Position 2:

(FT5) New leaked product images of the E-M1X. Will be priced at 365,000 YEN (around $3000)

Position 1:

(FT5) First leaked image of the new Olympus E-M5III

Dpreview lists the Best lenses for Micro Four Thirds

DPreview listed what they consider to be the best MFT lenses:

Best kit lens: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm F2.8 Pro
Best prime lens: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital 17mm F1.8
Best prime lens for portraits: Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm F1.7 ASPH Power OIS
Best wide-angle zoom lens: Panasonic Leica DG 8-18mm F2.8-4 ASPH
Best telephoto zoom lens: Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm F4.0-5.6 R
Best macro lens: Panasonic Lumix G Macro 30mm F2.8 ASPH Mega OIS
Best travel zoom lens: Panasonic 14-140mm F3.5-5.6 II ASPH Power OIS

Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup… (MASTER)

1) To submit your picture for the weekly readers roundup post you can choose one of the following two options:
Instagram: Follow @microfourthirdsgallery and tag us on your picture to give us the permission to repost your image on the instagram gallery and on 43rumors (we will credit you)
Facebook: Submit your picture on our group: facebook.com/groups/microft. Please add the hashtag “#microfourthirdsgallery ” to grant the permission for reposting on 43rumors. Without the   hashtag we will not add your picture!

2) Like and comment the pictures from other readers here: instagram.com/microfourthirdsgallery  and facebook.com/groups/microft
3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me 43rumors admin will be posted weekly on 43rumors.

Note: When sending a pic feel free to also add a link to your site to promote yourself! And please do share one single picture per week only. Do not spam :)

This is the weekly selection:

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