Olympus published the full Q1 financial report. And there is good news:

1. in Q1 the Imaging Business had an operating profit of 0.9 billions of yen.
2. While overall revenue decreased (because of the decrease in compact camera sales) Olympus increased the mirrorless system camera sales revenue by 14%
3. The full year forecast for the Imaging Business predicts an operating profit of 1 billion of yen.

This is what Olympus writes:

In the mirrorless camera field, sales increased as the Olympus Group maintained strong sales of the flagship mirrorless camera “OM-D E-M1 Mark II,” introduced in the previous fiscal year. Meanwhile, in the compact camera field, the Olympus Group continued to limit the number of units sold in response to market shrinkage. Consequently, revenue in the Imaging Business overall decreased year on year.

The Imaging Business returned to profitability after having recorded a loss in the same period of the previous fiscal year due to progress made in pushing down expenses.

LAOWA 7.5 uses a servo-controlled aperture

Olympus OM D E-M 1 Mk II review (Intufisuri)
Fighting the Fog: Two Minute Tips with David Bergman
Gitzo Centennial Observed with Two Extremely Limited Edition Tripods (Explora).
Street Photography Tips (Mike Boening)

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

John: “I just shot a few clips using the Olympus EM1 Mark 2 and made all the files downloadable.  I also shot a great deal with the brand new SLR Magic APO primes, which are really only just starting to ship now. https://wordpress.com/post/johnbrawley.wordpress.com/3863“

Panasonic issued a new firmware update for the Leica 12-60mm lens (download here).

Improvements:

1) Fixed the instability of Auto Focus.
2) Improved the performance of O.I.S.(Optical Image Stabilizer).

Panasonic-Leica 12-60mm at [shopcountry 65411].

A portrait session with a twist

Panasonic Lumix DC-ZS70K Blog Review (Photographic Central).
Framing Your Shot (Frank Smith)
Godox X1T-O Funkauslöser Praxistest mit HSS und TTL (Fotomo).
Laowa 7.5mm lens test at DC.watch.
Laowa 7.5mm f/2 vs the MFT Wide-Angle Zooms – Quick comparison (Mirrorlesscomparison).

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

Christian: “The video was produced for a international graphic design magazine called »novum«. https://vimeo.com/227066418“

Sergio Chiappino‎
The walnut tree
Lumix GX8 + Nokton 17.5mm

1) You can share your pics by using posting on our 43rumors Facebook page (Click here).
2) All 43rumors readers pictures can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/43rumors/posts_to_page/. Like the pictures you like and chat with the authors if you want to know how they took the shot!
3) The most liked pictures and some pics selected by myself will be posted weekly on 43rumors

This is the weekly selection:

The Secular and The Sacred from Jurek Ugarow on Vimeo.

7 Travel Photography Tips from Olympus Visionary Jay Dickman
Save Storage Space with Camera Wraps and Inserts (Explora).
Six Points to Consider as You Transition to a Mirrorless System (Lightstalking).
Canon reports strong sales of their mirrorless cameras (MirrorlessRumors).

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

Ag: “https://vimeo.com/188363415 I’d like to share this portrait that I’ve made with my GH4 in Italy. The video focuses on the thoughts of the two protagonists and the live music performance.“

Laowa 7.5mm f/2 Review

Good news and Bad news on latest June camera shipment report…(Mirrorlessrumors).
Photography Tips from professional photographer Bob Holmes (by Marc Silber).
LUMIX GH5 The One Making Waves – Teaser Video (Panasonic Australia)
NISSIN Flash Air System – Di700a for Olympus [ENG] (Ugofoto).
Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.

James: “I’ve started working on a series of videos that cover how to practically shoot and achieve esoteric photographic techniques – burst stacking for long exposure simulation, light painting, astrophotography, portrait panoramas, stacking for noise reduction, and more. I’ve just released the first two videos: Long Exposure Water and Burst Stacking. They can be watched here:
https://youtu.be/3wC6w7iCgcM (Long Exposure Water)
https://youtu.be/Wgy1sj8ywlg (Burst Stacking)
Each video also comes with an article that contains example images and additional tips/tricks – they can be seen at http://www.jamesritson.co.uk/shooting/
For all of the videos I’m using an Olympus E-M1 mk2 plus Olympus lenses (so exclusively micro 4/3 gear). Some of the footage was also shot on a combination of the E-M1 mk2 and Panasonic GH4. The next two videos will be achieving a Big Stopper effect and looking at the use of polarisers.”