Big LOL moment: Canon ambassador creates hope around a new Canon mirrorless wildlife camera…but it’s the Olympus E-M1X :)

So I’m out in my second home again of Ranthambhore and over the next few weeks will bring you some tigers and other…

Geplaatst door Andy Rouse Photography op Vrijdag 10 mei 2019

The past days the Canon rumors world got excited because Canon ambassador Andy Rouse was reporting about a new high-speed mirrorless camera he was testing in the field. Canon folks were finally happy to get a camera with high frame rate…but…we know are 99,999% sure he is testing the Olympus E-M1X as you can learn from this tweet:

Sorry Canon folks, it will take years for Canon to make a high speed camera with great video quality :)

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Thanks CanonWatch for finding out the real story ;)

a bit of everything…


Bold and Beautiful Fashion Portraits with the Olympus OM-D E-M1X at WPPI 2019

Lumix G90 Announced Hail the Baby G9 (Naturalexposures).
Sharp 8K Micro Four Thirds Camera – Prototype First Look and Footage (Cinema5D).
How the LUMIX G9 camera helps me create better stories (Lumixstories).
NAB 2019: Manfrotto Updates Tripods, 600 Series Fluid Heads, Lykos Lights (Explora).
Aputure 300D II New LED COB Light (Personal View).

Share your best pictures on our new Instagram MicroFourThirdsGallery.

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

Olympus President Takeuchi says that the imaging business is “an important business that supports the optical technology of Olympus.

Last week Olympus 2019 financial results reported a big loss in the imaging business which has largely to do with the closure of the Chinese plant increased. There were costs associated to the transfer from China to Vietnam and Olympus also could not release new products because of that move.

Some news organization recently casted doubts about the possibility that Olympus will continue their imaging business. But at the Olympus financial report press conference President Takeuchi stated that the imaging business is “an important business that supports the optical technology of Olympus“.

Olympus officially said they plan a new bunch of products in 2019 to achieve break even for the fiscal year 2020:

Source: Nikkei

Panasonic interview at Dpreview: The Panasonic 10-25mm f/1.7 “is coming soon”

Dpreview had a chat with Panasonic engineers and here are some info:

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Panasonic 10-25mm f/1.7:

We’re developing the 10-25mm F1.7 lens for Micro Four Thirds, that’s coming soon.

MFT verus S lenses:

Compared to MFT lenses the new S lenses have a newly-developed double focus system and an ultrasonic assist system

About the MFT and S system development:

of course we are developing both S-series and G-series at the same time. We have optimized our human resources internally so that we can develop both S series and G series to the highest standard.

About a possible video oriented S camera:

In the future, we’d like to consider the users’ needs: it’s open to users’ feedback.

MFT vs S when it comes to video:

Image stabilization and overheating will be less of an issue, compared to full-frame sensors.

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Dpreview editors got the impression that “For now, at least, it seems that Panasonic sees the GH series as its main video/stills camera platform.”

Time to get the new GH6 folks :)

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