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The chinese company Meike released three new MFT lenses:

50mm f/1.7
25mm f/2.0
25mm t/2.2 CINE

We have yet not full specs about them. Only ePhotozine has some bits if info on the 50mm f/.17 lens:

The lens is comprised of 12 diaphragm blades and has a 0.11x magnification ratio.  The lens is set to be available in mid-March. 

Meike lenses are usually sold via Amazon US, Amazon UK, Amazon DE.

Thanks Mistral!

GH5s vs GH5 comparison preview

3 Big Tips for Stunning Wedding and Portrait Photography — from Bambi Cantrell
Pour les nostalgiques de l’ère des télémètres couplés, l’Olympus PEN-F (DanielPhotoM).
Leica 100-400mm review at Furnfeather.ca
Announcement: Peak Design Updates its Camera Straps and Clips (Explora).

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

Moritz: “I have made a short first Impression Video Review for the Lumix G9 and started a free masterclass Video tutorial course for this nice camera (so far 3 chapters online):
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeUXOImtHJCp0pk82Zju-5iUomvKGmsry”

Adam: “Hi, I’ve had a few of my youtube review videos featured on your website and thought your readers might enjoy my latest one.
It’s a review of the SLR Magic 10mm t2.1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLxjIFgF3Fw&t“

Olympus officially announced the new E-PL9. And here is all the news that matters:

Preorders:
E-PL9 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon and GetOlympus. In Eu at WexUK.

Previews, hands-on, reviews:
Review at CameraLabs. Hands-on at Photographyblog. Hands-on by ePhotozine.

Press text:
Dpreview. Olympus Japan. Systemkameraforum (german). Photographyblog. Albedomedia (spanish). Techradar.

Image samples:
Photographyblog.

Videos:

ALEXA vs Varicam LT vs GH4 vs A7s – with William Wages

How to Copyright Your Photography and Make Money on Copyright Infringements (Fstoppers).
Apps for Photographers (photorec).
16 Recommended Stylish Cameras (Explora).
G9 test at DC.watch.

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

Marc: “Here’s a new video I’m sure your audience will enjoy: in just over 3 mins Bob Holmes covers his big tips for how he gets his fantastic photos and why he has received “Travel Photographer of the Year Award” and he is the only photographer to be given the award 5 times, most recently for 2017.
Even if they’ve seen Bob before this video will give them easy access to his top tips— they can play it on their phones when out on a shoot for inspiration!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIewbbkKuUc”

Irfan: “here is a new short movie called “The Waves of the Sea” with new Panasonic Lumix G9. Hope you like it :)
Link: https://youtu.be/ZhCUTOiPADM“

E-M1 Mark II – Live Composite Mode with Gavin Hoey

E-M10III in Dresden (Pen And Tell).
Panasonic G9 Field Test I (Imaging Resource).
Panasonic Organic UV Image Sensor (Image Sensor World).
10 Innovative Photographic Accessories for Your Favorite Image Maker (Explora).

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

Karsten: “Last week we presented at CMT trade Stuttgart our latest road movie – produced with an Olympus E-M1 Mark II. Now it is available on youtube. We travelled round Gotland by recumbent bikes and discovered the Gotlandsleden, a long distance bicycle trail.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=70s&v=LzGBBUfnchg
We were amazed about the IS performance. Even on gravel roads we didn’t use any gimbal and were more than satisfied with the Olympus’ results.
Our lenses:
Panasonic 12-35mm f2.8
Panasonic 7-14mm f4.0
Olympus 50-200mm f2.8-3.5
Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f0.95
MfT is definitely our first choose for high quality travel documentations.”

Skylum released the version 1.1.1 for Luminar 2018 (Click here) and Aurora HDR (Click here).  On both you save additional $10 on checkout using the code “43RUM“.

Luminar 2018 1.1.1 version for Windows:
Added shift + scroll hotkey for brush size adjustment
Curves filter improved
Merge layers feature released
Saving cropped image to document issue fixed
Fixed several issues with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom plugins usage
Sidebar UX improvements

Luminar 2018 version 1.1.1 for MAC:
Fixed issues with Photos Extension
RAW Develop support improved, added Leica Monochrome .DNG , HEIC formats, fixed support for Hasselblad and several other cameras.
Fixed several issues with Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom plugins usage
Fixed issue with Dodge & Burn mask from documents created on windows

Panasonic Japan announced the new GF-10. Seems like we ain’t getting that one in the US and EU for now. The camera shipment start is Feb 22.

Here are the full specs google translated from Japanese: