a bit of everything…


Voigtlander 25mm f/0.95 Super Fast Lens on GH5

Working in High Resolution mode with the Lumix G9 (LumixGexperience).
12 of the Strangest, Weirdest Cameras Sold at B&H (Explora).
10 Camera Shots I Rely On When My Mind Goes _________! (Wolfcrow).
Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.

Chris:I just released my triple Central Asia episode. A visual journey of the Pamir Highway in Tajikistan.
All filmed the E-M1 Mark II + 12-100mm f/4 IS PRO and photographed on various lenses.
Part I – https://youtu.be/fy7SjMzs66A
In Part I, I drink some seriously disgusting coffee and set out on what is considered to be one of the best road trips on the planet: The Pamir Highway.

Part II – https://youtu.be/xEOddgAmJ54
In Part II, we continue our journey on the Pamir Highway in Tajikistan. While it might be a seemingly remote & emptiest of places… it is filled with more beauty than any other landscape I have ever had the pleasure of photographing. All I hope, is that this episode does it justice. 
Part III – https://youtu.be/-gLHNmZDBxA
In Part III, we start off with some night sky photography tips, before leaving the higher altitudes and coming down to the border between Tajikistan and Afghanistan. Probably my favourite part of the whole road trip…

You can find more photos with camera and lens info + settings on the blog article: http://bit.ly/PamirHighway

 

New kit savings on the GX8 and GX85

Panasonic GX85 with two lenses for $549 at Amazon
Save $548 on the GX8 kit sold by BHphoto.
Save $200 and get a free $50 gift card on the GX85 kit sold by BHphoto.

And there is a very large number of discounted gimbals on sale again at BHphoto (Click here to see the very long list).

More deals:
Panasonic deals overview page at Adorama, Amazon, BestBuy, BHphoto, Panasonic store.
Special Olympus deals overview page at GetOlympusBHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, BestBuy, FocusCamera.
The new Sigma 16mm f/1.4 MFT lens is in Stock for the first time in USA via BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
Grey imported Panasonic GH5 with 1 years seller warranty for $1,499 on eBay US.

Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup…


Ilya Varivchenko‎
Alla. Olympus PEN-F, Panasonic 42.5/1.7

1) You can share your pics by using posting on our 43rumors Facebook page (Click here).
2) All 43rumors readers pictures can be seen here: https://www.facebook.com/43rumors/posts_to_page/. Like the pictures you like and chat with the authors if you want to know how they took the shot!
3) The most liked pictures and some pics selected by myself will be posted weekly on 43rumors

This is the weekly selection:

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Olympus interactive Lens Gallery pages have been updated with the new PRO f/1.2 primes

If you haven’t visited the Olympus Cameras and Lenses website lately, you might want to take a look. With the introduction of the M.Zuiko PRO F1.2 series, several panels on the M.Zuiko PRO and Lens Gallery pages have been updated. For those of you who have yet to visit the site, the Lens Gallery lets you view photos taken with each lens and also lets you see what the lens looks like attached to the camera. See for yourself:
http://cameras.olympus.com/zuiko/en/lens-gallery/

17mm at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and GetOlympus.
45mm at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and GetOlympus.

FieldMonitor 4.3 adds Focus Assist

Adam Wilt just sent me this:

FieldMonitor is an iPhone app for Wi-Fi monitoring and control of Panasonic Lumix and Sony Alpha cameras, aimed at video production. It has long had exposure aids like false color, histograms, and waveform monitors; markers, framelines, and grids; LUTs and anamorphic support, but it wasn’t a great choice for focus pulling due to the low-resolution images sent over Wi-Fi… until now.
FieldMonitor version 4.3 adds two Focus Assist modes: a peaking control like those found in professional video viewfinders, and an “edge mode” that paints a bright edge-detection image over a lower-contrast normal picture. Both assist modes are fully adjustable so you can dial in just the strength needed for any shot.
Focus Assist is built into FieldMonitor and doesn’t depend on the camera’s focusing aids, so it works for any supported camera and operates just as well while recording as it does in standby.
Quick video demo: https://youtu.be/3GlXp2YzItY
More information on FieldMonitor: https://www.adamwilt.com/fieldmonitor/