Great Namibia video shot on the GH5 by Kevin Blanc

MY NAMIBIA SAFARI from LAUSCHSICHT on Vimeo.

Kevin sent me the following message:

“We recently shot this Film in Namibia (4K): https://vimeo.com/256772321
It’s all GH5 and Phantom 4 Pro – deliberately a very light setup. Normally we shoot on much bigger Cameras.

I thought this might be of interest for you and your readers :)
– 3 Weeks Production / Trip in Namibia
– 13h of Footage

We used those Lenses:
– Olympus 7-14mm F2.8
– Olympus 40-150mm F2.8 mit 1.4x Extender
– Olympus 12mm F2
– Olympus 17mm F1.7
– Olympus 25mm F1.8
– Olympus 45mm F1.8
– Olympus 75mm F1.8
– Voigtländer Nokton 25mm F0.95
– one Zhiyun Crane V2
– All shot in Log, 400Mbit, 4K, 25p
– Post Production in Premiere Pro and Resolve

I’m very impressed by the picture quality of this little camera.”

Panasonic now turns 100 years old!

Panasonic launched a special 100 year anniversary page:

Panasonic was founded in 1918 by Konosuke Matsushita. That year, Panasonic introduced an improved attachment plug, which allowed people to power an electrical appliance from a light socket. Next was a double cluster socket that made it possible to power lights and appliances from a single source. Our principles of making life ever more comfortable originated from these small ideas.

Panasonic’s 100th anniversary is upon us. To address the changing times, we continue to develop the products of the future worldwide, always cherishing the principles our founder defined for us one century ago.

You can see some of their key products of their first 100 years on their page.

Competition news: Canon confirms they will go “All-in” on Mirrorless

CP+ is over and the many websites are now publishing their interviews with company managers. And we have some key news to report:

1) Canon confirmed they will now move their resources to develop mirrorless system cameras
2) Nikon said 100 Megapixel FF camera will eventually arrive
3) Fuji once more confirmed once more they will never go FF

To sum up: Both Canon and Nikon are rumored to launch Full Frame mirrorless system cameras by end 2018. The big question is whether they will launch cameras with a completely new mount or just rip off the mirror box from their current DSLR :)

I don’t know what impact these companies will have on the Micro Four Thirds world. By going Full Frame the will compete on a higher end market and not directly to the MFT-APSC world. And Canon might as well kill their EOS-M system which would be a MFT challengin system but has no native lenses at all to support it.

More news:
Sigma CEO gives rare insight on future tech: Plastic Glass, Curved sensors and more… (Mirrorlessrumors).
Canon manager confirms: Company shifts focus from SLR to mirrorless cameras! (Mirrorlessrumors).
Fuji once more closes the door to any Fuji Full Frame camera development (Mirrorlessrumors).
Nikon: “100 megapixel Full Frame cameras are possible” (Mirrorlessrumors).

New Capture One campaign and Major ON1 Raw update

ON1 Photo RAW 2018.1 has is a jor firmware update which brings the following improvements:

• New Improvements include improved debayering, improved HDR alignment and deghosting, faster thumbnail generation in browse, faster searching, improved noise reduction & sharpening, and better preview quality.
• New features include Import module, Tethered Shooting, Soft Proofing, Metadata Templates, Video Browsing & Organizing, Custom Sorting, Additional Cameras and Lens Support, and more.
• A viable Lightroom® & Photohsop® alternative available now

Capture One launched the new “Dedication” campaign. More info here: https://www.capturededication.com/. Reminder: Use the coupon code “AMB43R” to get a 10% discount on Capture One 11 (Click here).

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