Venus Optics announced the development of the new Laowa 4mm f/2.8 Fisheye MFT lens:

Featuring a 210° angle of view, this lens delivers unique circular fisheye field of view on Micro four thirds cameras. The ultra-wide angle view allows photographers to create 360° panorama with ease. Despite the unique & ultra-wide perspective, the lens only weighs 0.3 pounds (135g).
Specifications can be found in separate email attachment.

Exact shipping date (mis-late 2018) and pricing are to be confirmed.

Today Phase One released a major software update for Capture One. It now supports the latest Olympus-Panasonic cameras.

If you want to buy Capture One 11 (Click here) use our coupon code “AMB43R” to get a 10% discount!

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Phase One Releases Capture One 11.1
Update Provides New Resource Hub, Expanded Camera Support and Improved Workflow

COPENHAGEN, Apr. 19, 2018 – Phase One, the world’s leading manufacturer of high-end digital camera systems, today released Capture One 11.1, a service release to the industry’s premier RAW conversion and image editing software. The release enhances the Capture One user experience, through a new support platform and functionality updates to ensure a faster, smoother workflow. Improved Styles and presets workflow, support for 11 new cameras, including Sony A7 Mk III and Fuji X-H1 and 10 new lenses, including Tamron lenses for both Nikon and Canon, and an all-new Resource Hub are among the latest updates.

“Capture One remains dedicated to the needs of ambitious photographers. These latest updates introduce an extension to camera and lens support, as well as an all-new Resource Hub. The Resource Hub is an in-app portal that allows users to easily access news, tutorials, updates and much more – all designed to inspire photographers and ensure the best workflow and user experience in Capture One,” said Jan Hyldebrandt-Larsen, VP Software Business at Phase One.

NEW FEATURES AND TOOLS IN CAPTURE ONE 11.1

IMPROVED STYLES AND PRESETS

A new workflow adds a much faster way to apply both Styles and Presets to a Layer on one or multiple images, offering a direct control of opacity, imperative to wedding and portrait photographers.
Furthermore, a new Spring Styles Pack is included, offering bright pastel color grading to images, particularly helpful to wedding, portrait and landscape photography.

RESOURCE HUB

The Resource Hub has been introduced to offer quick access to free learning resources via a dynamic on-screen portal. Tutorials, news, webinars, blog posts and much more are offered in one convenient location to improve the user experience and learning curve with Capture One.

NORMALIZATION TOOL

The normalization tool provides a reference point for exposure and white balance for batch adjustments, now allowing any color to be used when previously the only option was a neutral grey.

NEW CAMERA AND LENS SUPPORT

The Capture One R&D team, alongside our color scientists, analyze hundreds of images from each camera to provide photographers access to the best out of box experience with natural profiles. Below outlines the new camera and lens additions that Capture One 11.1 supports. A full list of supported cameras can be found here: http://www.phaseone.com/supported-cameras

New camera support includes:

• Fujifilm X-H1
• Leica M262
• Leica CL
• Leica X-U
• Leica V-Lux Typ 114
• Leica TL2
• Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mk III
• Olympus E-PL9
• Panasonic G9
• Panasonic GH5S
• Sony A7 Mk III

New lens support includes:

• Canon lens:o CanonEF24-105mmf/4LISIIUSM
• Leica lenses:o Leica Elmarit M 2.8/90
  o Leica Summicron M 2/90
• Sony lenses:o Sony E 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 OSS (SEL18135)
  o Sony FE 24-105mm F4 G OSS (SEL24105G)
• Tamron lenses:o Tamron SP 70-200mm F/2.8 Di VC USD G2 A025
  o Tamron SP 35mm F/1.8 Di VC USD F012
  o Tamron 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di VC PZD A010
  o Tamron SP 90mm F/2.8 Di MACRO 1:1 VC USD F017
  o Tamron 16-300mm F/3.5-6.3 Di II VC PZD MACRO B016

CAPTURE PILOT 2.0

Capture Pilot 2.0 adds camera control support for Sony, allowing users to change camera settings of the tethered camera directly from your iOS device.

AVAILABILITY AND PRICING

Capture One 11.1 is available now for the Mac and Windows operating systems online at www.phaseone.com/store and from Phase One authorized partners worldwide www.phaseone.com/partners.

Capture One Pro (click here and use code “AMB43R” to get a 10% discount):
Owners of Capture One Pro 11 perpetual and subscribers can update for free by downloading. New customers can purchase Capture One Pro 11 for 299 USD or 279 EUR.
Owners of Capture One Pro 9 and 10 can upgrade for 119 USD/EUR

How to: Cinelike D & V Hack on the Panasonic GX85

IK Multimedia ARC System MEMS Microphone Interview (Personal View)
New from Syrp, the Genie II 3-Axis Motion Control System (Explora).
Panasonic LUMIX GX 7 Mark III test at DC.watch.

Share your best pictures on our new Instagram MicroFourThirdsGallery.

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

Odur: “https://vimeo.com/264535676. The ascent to the Titlis mountain in Switzerland, filmed with my GH5. I find V-Log L very pleasant to grade for everyone who like to add a personal look to his videos, but it takes some patience.“

Blackmagic was the star of this years NABshow. But also that new Z Cam E2 managed to get some big highlights with their 4k120fps Micro Four Thirds camera. Here is an interview with the maker:

Panasonic Leica 15mm f/1.7 review

Haida Nano Video Filters Interview (Personal View).
Joby Gives Arms to the GorillaPod Rig (Explora).
Looking for the perfect smartphone camera (Jim Chung).

Share your best pictures on our new Instagram MicroFourThirdsGallery.

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

Gianluca: “Here’s a video I made during a model photo shoot. I used only a Panasonic G80/85 with standard kit lens (12-60mm). During editing phase I tried to achieve a more evocative and dreamlike style. https://vimeo.com/pixemotions/oceanborn“

Jan: “For its 10th birthday, I took the first digital mirrorless ILC, the Panasonic Lumix G1, for a walk along the river Rhine in Germany. I wanted to see, how it performs today. You can read about it on my blog (https://goo.gl/8Z9jJi) or watch the video on YouTube (https://youtu.be/-M1n01zcVfU).“

Panasonic G9 Part 4: Lenses Primes vs Zooms

A SIGMA Factory Tour – cinema5D Exclusive (Cinema5D).
Olympus 45mm f1.2 Pro Aperture Sweet Spot/Panasonic G9 (Aron J Anderson)
Vanguard Tripods, Monopods and Bags (Personal View).
Editing Photos on a Microsoft Surface Pro (Explora)

Share your best pictures on our new Instagram MicroFourThirdsGallery.

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

James: “Ive been using the Panasonic G9 for two weeks, as I wanted a hybrid video and photo camera to replace my Canon 80D. Loving the camera, and its ability to execute my vision. Here is a video I created solely with Panasonic G9 (ok, I used the DJI Mavic Pro for aerial shots), with 12-60 2.4-4 and 15 1.7 – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zmgE9EcJOc“

The mirrorless system camera history started with the G1 back in 2008 :)

Dpreview is now convinced Canon and Nikon will go full monthy with FF mirrorless. And this will be the sign that “The reign of the DSLR is almost over”:

We know from speaking to executives at CP+ that Tokyo 2020 is going to be a big deal for Canon, and I’d expect it also to be used as a showcase for flagship professional mirrorless ILCs from the other two manufacturers in the ‘big three’ – Nikon and Sony.

By then, it would make sense for both Canon and Nikon to have replicated their most important tele primes and wide-aperture zoom lenses in their respective new native mirrorless mounts, and for Sigma and Tamron to be offering their own lower-cost alternatives. I don’t want to guess at exactly what those alternatives will look like, but it’s a safe bet that Sigma’s will be larger.

What do you think? Will Fujifilm or Panasonic be competing with the big three in the photographers stands at Tokyo 2020? Will Ricoh ever make another mirrorless ILC? Will Canon’s concept cameras transform how we think about capturing images?

Dpreview also believes Full Frame mirrorless will be the norm. Panasonic-Olympus may have to think if they want to get into the FF battle too.