Thew new Kipon Baveyes focal length reducer adapter for OM anc C/Y lenses is now in Stock!

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Kipon announced it’s now shipping the new Baveyes OM and C/Y adapters. You can buy the [shoplink 58003 ebay]OM to MFT Baveye on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and also the [shoplink 58004 ebay]C/Y adapter on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

By using that adpater you gain 1 stop aperture with 0,7x focal length reduction. Kipon writes:
If you want to use the 50mm lens: 50mm × 2x (Micro Four Thirds focus magnification) × 0.7x (BAVEYES focus magnification) = 70mm angle of view equivalent
If you want to use the 35mm lens: 35mm × 2x (Micro Four Thirds focus magnification) × 0.7x (BAVEYES focus magnification) = 49mm angle of view equivalent

And as you know there are a huge amount of OM lenses we can use with the Baveye adapter. This is just the list of the prime lenses…Click on the link to check the price and auctions on eBay: [shoplink 28869 ebay]21mm f/2.0 and 21mm f/3.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28870 ebay]24mm f/2.0 and 24mm f/2.8 and 24mm f/3.5 shift lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28871 ebay]28mm f/2.0 and 28mm f/2.8 and 28mm f/3.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28872 ebay]35mm f/2.0 and 35mm f/2.8 and 35mm f/2.8 shift lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28873 ebay]40mm f/2.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28874 ebay]50mm f/1.2 and 50mm f/1.4 and 50mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/2.0 macro and 50mm f/3.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28876 ebay]55mm f/3.5 macro lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28880 ebay]85mm f/2.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28881 ebay]90mm f/2.0 macro lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28882 ebay]100mm f/2.0 and 100mm f/2.8 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28884 ebay]135mm f/2.8 and 135mm f/3.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28885 ebay]180mm f/2.0 and 180mm f/2.8 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28886 ebay]200mm f/4.0 and 200mm f/5.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28887 ebay]250mm f/2.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28888 ebay]300mm f/4.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28889 ebay]350mm f/2.8 lens[/shoplink],, [shoplink 28890 ebay]400mm f/6.4 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28891 ebay]500mm f/8.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28892 ebay]600mm f/6.6 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28893 ebay]1000mm f/11 lens[/shoplink].

PEN-F sales ranking at Amazon US and DE: US like it Black and Germans like it Silver.

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Short question: How are PEN-F preorder going?

According to Amazon US rankings (Click here) the Black PEN-F sells better than the Silver one. Both have strong sales but still didn’t manage to dethrone the A6000. But of course the Sony is sold in one color only.

On the other side of the world Amazon Germany rankings (Click here) shows that the Silver version is definitely selling better than the Black one.

Of course Amazon rankings are non conclusive. But still it’s the only way we have yet to see if a camera is popular or not.

PEN-F Preorder links:
Silver PEN-F in USA/Canada at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama, GetOlympus, GetOlympus Canada.
Black PEN-F in USA/Canada at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama, GetOlympus, GetOlympus Canada.
Silver PEN-F in EU at Amazon Deutschland, FotoMundus, WexUk, ParkCameras.
Black PEN-F in EU at Amazon Deutschland, FotoMundus, WexUK, ParkCameras.
Olympus E-M10 Mark II Limited at BHphoto and Adorama.
Olympus CBG-11 PR Premium Leather Camera Bag for PEN-F (Brown/Black) at BHphoto.
Olympus CS-48 PR Premium Leather Wrapping Cloth for PEN-F (Brown/Black) at BHphoto.
Olympus ECG-4 External Metal Grip for PEN-F (Black) at BHphoto.
Olympus CSS-S120L PR Premium Leather Shoulder Strap for PEN-F (Brown/Black) at BHphoto.
Olympus CS-47B Leather Body Jacket for PEN-F (Black) at BHphoto.

Japanese 2015 sales report: Olympus makes an impressive +12% in market share!

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There are some really unexpected news coming from the Bcnranking 2015 Japanese markets share report:

  1. Olympus gained 12% of market share in the mirrorless segment!
  2. Panasonic lost the third place to Canon

I want to remind you that in Japan the mirrorless market is as big as the “classic” DSLR segment. This makes the Olympus +12% jump even more impressive! The big looser is Sony that didn’t release any major sub $1,000 camera in 2015. It’s really a good news for Olympus who has been often written as “dead” in the past. Now let’s hope the PEN-F and E-M1II (Photokina) will help to keep the momentum.

On the other side Panasonic gave up the third place to Canon. And this is also a surprise if you take int account that Canon EOS-M system is quite a joke in terms of lens offerings. So I wonder what “went wrong” at Panasonic. They certainly had some nice cameras released in 2015. So maybe there is a marketing issue and not a problem in the product range?

found via Mirrorlessrumors.

 

Olympus releases firmware update for many cameras (E-M5, E-M10II, E-M10, E-P5, E-PL7, E-PL6, E-PL5, E-PM2)

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Olympus released a firmware update for many MFT cameras. All details can be read here: olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/download/software/firm/e1/

Those are the improvements:

  • Compatible with Olympus lens with a built-in image stabilizing function.
    • * The camera body recognizes the IS built into the lens, allowing for optimal image stabilizing effects.
      • * Not compatible with 5 axis Sync IS.
    • * You can get the effects of rolling stabilization from the IS function of the body, along with the effects of image stabilization from the IS function of the lens.
  • Compatible with Windows 10.

Official: Olympus PEN-F announced!

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PEN-F Preorder links:
Silver PEN-F in USA/Canada at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama, GetOlympus, GetOlympus Canada.
Black PEN-F in USA/Canada at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama, GetOlympus, GetOlympus Canada.
Silver PEN-F in EU at Amazon Deutschland, FotoMundus, WexUk, ParkCameras.
Black PEN-F in EU at Amazon Deutschland, FotoMundus, WexUK, ParkCameras.

Olympus also announced some other stuff:
Olympus E-M10 Mark II Limited at BHphoto and Adorama.
Olympus CBG-11 PR Premium Leather Camera Bag for PEN-F (Brown/Black) at BHphoto.
Olympus CS-48 PR Premium Leather Wrapping Cloth for PEN-F (Brown/Black) at BHphoto.
Olympus ECG-4 External Metal Grip for PEN-F (Black) at BHphoto.
Olympus CSS-S120L PR Premium Leather Shoulder Strap for PEN-F (Brown/Black) at BHphoto.
Olympus CS-47B Leather Body Jacket for PEN-F (Black) at BHphoto.

Reviews and Hands-on:
Dpreview (first impression). Robin Wong (part one review). Adorama (hands-on). Mike Boening. ePhotozine (hands-on). CameraLabs (preview). Mirrorlessons. Ming Thein. Luminous L (hands-on). Imaging Resource (hands-on). Cameras.reviewed. ThePhoBlographer (first impressions). Pen And Tell (German). Park Cameras. Dpreview (hands-on). TheVerge. Engadget. SystemKameraBlog (German). Focus Numerique (French). ePhoto (Slovakia). Photoreview (first look). OpenPN (French).

Image samples:
Real PEN-F model shots by Jakub Kaźmierczyk. Dpreview. Mirrorlessons. SystemKameraBlog. Photographyblog. Optyczne. Sexy product images by Olympus Poland.

Curiosities:
PEN-F added on the Matching simulation tool.
Robin Wong posted an ISO image comaprison with the E-M10II (“the new PEN-F has finer grain”).
PEN-F has spot metering at the focus point.

Videos:
Olympus Pen-F Hands-On Review by Park Cameras on Youtube. Olympus PEN-F by Olympus on Youtube. Adorama hands-on on Youtube. Olympus concept video on Youtube. Olympus intorduction video on Youtube. Introduction by Jamie McDonald on Youtube. Steve Digicams on Youtube. PEN-F presnetation in Finnish on Youtube.

Press text:
Full Press text on 43rumors.

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A particular collection of sexy PEN-F images

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We can argue about the price and specs of the camera but I think most of you will agree the PEN-F is really a sexy camera! Here is a collection of sexy PEN-F pictures. You can dwonload them all as ZIP file here.

PEN-F Preorder links:
Silver PEN-F in USA/Canada at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama, GetOlympus, GetOlympus Canada.
Black PEN-F in USA/Canada at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama, GetOlympus, GetOlympus Canada.
Silver PEN-F in EU at Amazon Deutschland, WexUk, ParkCameras.
Black PEN-F in EU at Amazon Deutschland, WexUK, ParkCameras.

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a bit of everything…


Shootout – 16mm Film vs Blackmagic Log vs Digital Bolex Raw vs Sony S-Log

Olympus rebates at Amazon Germany.
Olympus and Panasonic Cashback at Wex UK.

Diego:Here I leave some of my 2015 photos taken with Olympus cameras and lenses (I’m Olympus Europe & Spain Visionary). https://youtu.be/F8uPG8X1fHc

Alan:Finally a way to get High Speed Sync using MFT with Godox AD flash!! :) https://youtu.be/2AeRr1UNWz8. Using Cactus V6 triggers to get High speed sync with Godox Witstro AD180/360 using MFT – Olympus E-M5 mkII (possibly panasonic + Fujifilm too but not tested.)
I believe the Godox is also known as Interfit Strobies Pro Flash, Cheetah Light CL-360P and Calumet Genesis GF200

Bjoern:Hi I’m Bjorn from Belgium and an enthusiastic amateur GH4 moviemaker. I pre-ordered the new Panasonic 100-400 in the Netherlands for €1699. (Olympus 300 f4 costs here €2600; so the difference in price is bigger here).
For making movies of nature and wildlife I prefer a zoom. Wild birds are mostly too far away for a nice close-up, so I’m very excited about the new Panasonic 100-400.
I started with the Panasonic 100-300 but was very disappointed in this lens: too soft, too slow focus and manual focusing ring too stiff. The Olympus 75-300 was a lot better: micro-detail is better, focusing ring buttersmooth and a very smooth bokeh. I use this lens not further then 240 mm. This gives me in 4K mode a +-600 mm and the possibility to zoom in till 1440P. You can see the result in a movie I made last October in a little natural resort in the Netherlands: a mix of beautiful landscapes, wild birds and autumn colors. Lenses used: olympus12-40mmPro, Olympus 75mm f1.8 and the Olympus 75-300mm. Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0RWZost7vc

Preorder links to the two new MFT lenses:
Panasonic-Leica 100-400mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at WexUK. Fotosidan.
Olympus 300mm f/4.0 PRO lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus. In EU at Amazon DE. WexUK.