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Z CAM E2 The Ultimate B-Roll Camera? 4K 120fps

Panasonic S1 & S1R – Up to Speed (L-rumors.com).
Panasonic LX100 II: solid image quality in studio and real-world shooting (Dpreview).
LUMIX G9 – Episode 3 Outside The Softbox with Jeff Carpenter – High Res Mode
Drobo 8D Thunderbolt™ 3 Storage Solution (Explora).

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

Olympus re-confirms in interview that they will NOT go Full Frame

Imaging Resource talked to Aki Murata, Vice President Sales and Marketing, Olympus America. And he ruled out that Olympus will go Full Frame. Imaging Resource writes down the arguments:

Olympus’ natural market is in the outdoor/moving-subject

Having a compact, lightweight, rugged system is seriously important for Nature and Wildlife photographers, and the smaller sensor size of Micro Four Thirds is a significant advantage. The difference between carrying a full-frame DSLR with a 600mm f/4 lens vs a Micro Four Thirds body and Olympus’ excellent 300mm f/4 (600mm eq.) is enormous. (And yes, hopefully heading off some of the flaming comments below, I know that the DOF of a 300mm f/4 on a Micro Four Thirds body is going to be greater than that of a 600mm f/4 on a full-frame body. When it comes to exposure though, f/4 is f/4, so the Olympus 300mm will give you the same shutter speeds as a 600mm f/4 on a full-frame body.)

While it seems that almost everyone else in the business is chasing after full-frame mirrorless (Fujifilm and Ricoh excepted) Murata-san made the point that those other players are in the process of leaving behind an important and very significant segment, namely people for whom compactness, light weight and ruggedness are supremely important.

While modern full-frame camera bodies can be quite compact, the lenses that go along with them are a lot larger than their Micro Four Thirds counterparts, especially as you get to telephoto focal lengths. All else being equal, a bag full of full-frame lenses is going to be a lot bigger and heavier than one packed with the Micro Four Thirds alternatives.

Rather than being concerned that they can’t compete in a world dominated by full-frame camera systems, Olympus is rejoicing that the competition has left them with a huge market segment virtually all to themselves.

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II – Nature Photography with Andreas Geh

Freedom is yours, Olympus Portrait Photography – English subtitle
hese are the new Sony FF sensors that can be used by Leica-Panasonic too (L-rumors.com).
Tenba Launches New Fulton Collection of Rolltop Backpacks (Explora).
LUMIX G9 – Episode 2 Outside The Softbox with Jeff Carpenter – 6K Photo

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II – Action Photography with Mike Inkley

A decade of Lumix G and why Panasonic will continue with Micro Four Thirds (ProVideoCoalition).
Olympus mFT is not Dead (Daniel Stocker).
The Wide Bunch: A Guide to Wide and Ultra-Wide-Angle Lenses (Explora).
Check the latest L-mount alliance news at our sisther site L-rumors.com.

Franco:New video (and photos) I made with Lumix G80 + Leica 12-60mm F2.8-4 in Budapest: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aDeuuwjudY

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This is the first “real world” image of the new Panasonic 8k camcorder with Panasonic-Fuji organic sensor!

This is the first image of the new Panasonic 8K camcorder. Not only is this a special thing because of the 8K capabilities. The camera uses the first ever organic sensor developed by Panasonic and Fuji!

This prototype camcorder has been show at the broadcast equipment in Chiba City. Panasonic already officially said they will release this camcorder in late 2019. Here are some more details about the sensor:

  • Global Shutter (exposes all pixels at the same time and read the data all at once). This will at last kill the distortion caused by rolling shutters.
  • 88 at 60fps
  • Panasonic said the sensor has “high sensitivity” and “wide dynamic range” but did not share exact numbers
  • It has a step less electronic ND filter (Panasonic said it does NOT chabge color balance when using it)
  • Sensor can switch between “high-sensitivity” mode and “high-saturation” mode

Panasonic said inorganic sensor cannot achieve such high sensitivity and wide dynamic range.

Could it be that Panasonic-Fuji will finally manage to break the Sony sensor dominance?

via L-rumors.com.

More info about that sensor on this previous 43rumors article.

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i.Resolution Lumix G9 – Sharpening photos in LUMIX cameras

Macro Lens Buying Guide (Explora).
Freedom is yours, Olympus Adventure Landscape Photography – English subtitle
Tamron about making lenses for the L-mount alliance: “we definitely have a strong interest” (L-rumors.com).
Olympus OM-D EM10 Mark II Review (Photographic Central).

Chris:Panasonic Canada kindly lent me a GH5, and I had a blast pushing it’s Dual IS to the absolute limits on a gimbal at 80km/h! (4K): https://youtu.be/BhQtC3OkGH4 .

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