Here is a roundup of rumors about what we can expect in the near (and distant) future:

E-M5III:
Announcement in late Summer (90% certain)
Same E-M1II sensor with 121 cross-type phase detection pixels. (60% certain)
New processing engine (90% certain)
Lighter, more plasticky but still weather sealed body (60% certain)
Same BLS-50 battery of the PEN and E-M10 camera series (60% certain)

PEN-F :
line is dead :(

Panasonic GX880
(FT3) Will Panasonic announce a new ultracompact Lumix GX880 by end of this Summer? (article here).

Panasonic technology:
Panasonic is developing a new TOF Micro Four Thirds sensor for a new PERFECT autofocus system! (article here).
First 8K cameras coming in 2022 (article here).

Olympus patents:
Olympus patent discloses two layer sensor (article here).
Olympus patent discloses the 10mm, 12mm, 14mm and 16mm f/1.4 primes design (article here).

Olympus E-M1 MKII Firmware 3.0 – My NEW Settings!

Olympus E-M1X Review Conclusion: A bigger, burlier, more specialized version of the E-M1 Mark II (Imaging Resource).
Dynamic Range Test – Panasonic Lumix S1 V-Log (fw 1.2) vs GH5S V-Log L vs Sony A7III S-Log2 (Richard Wong).
Learn to Light Underwater (Explora).
Olympus TG-6 | 4K 30p Underwater Test Footage | Little Cayman 2019 by Backscatter.

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

Martin Gallego‎
The human factor.
Olympus Pen F + MZuiko 40-150 F4-5.6
http://martingallego.blogspot.com/
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Panasonic GX80/85 3D printed grip on the GX9: Does it fit?

The Cheapest 8mm Fisheye Lens for Micro 4/3 – Pixco 8mm f3.8 (Rob Trek).
Professional motorsport photography with the E-M1X and EM-1.2 (Jim Chung).
Return to M43?! Panasonic 8 -18 mm f/2.8-4 Lens Review by Darren Miles
Night photographer David Maimó Lázaro shares how he created this mesmerising shot with the OM-D E-M1X (Olympus Imagespace).
Keep the Sea at Bay: Underwater Housings for DSLR and Mirrorless Cameras (Explora).

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

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Olympus has patented a multi-layer sensor design which should help improve the color reproduction. Usually infrared light deteriorates the color performance of a sensor. And in this new patent Olympus added an infrared sensible sensor on the bottom of the classic RGB sensor. This way…

…Olympus subtracts infrared light information included in the visible light image captured by an upper-layer image sensor using infrared light information included in the infrared light image captured by a lower-layer image sensor so as to prevent the deterioration of the color reproducibility of the visible light image.
A subtracts a pixel value of an infrared light image from a pixel value of a visible light image to prevent the deterioration of the color reproducibility of the visible light image.

As usual with patents we will never know if this will be applied on MFT cameras. Afterall it sounds expensive to not have just one…but two sensors in a camera!

Which Camera Would I Cheat on my GH5s With?

Tiny Lenses Will Enable Design of Miniature Optical Devices (Scientificamerican).
LENS CAP CHALLENGE!! *AKA Kicking the Lens Cap off a $500 Lens!* (Dave Maze).
What is an Archival Print? (Explora).
Best lenses for Micro Four Thirds (Dpreview).

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

The question today is if you readers would buy a new MFT version of the famous 150mm f/2.0 FT lens.

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