The Camera v4.7 update for Micro Cameras is now available and can be downloaded from blackmagicdesign.com.

New Features for Micro Studio Camera 4K

• Added 720p50, 720p59.94 and 720p60 format support.
• Improved sensor exposure sensitivity by 2 stops.
• Added new gain setting range which now goes from -12dB to +12dB.
• Added RAW SDI output feature. Refer to the user manual for information about capturing and unpacking RAW SDI video.
• Added support for PTZ communication on Expansion port via VISCA. Refer to the user manual for protocol details.
• Added support for PTZ commands in the Blackmagic SDI Control Protocol.
• Added preview tally support for the front tally light.
• Added tally indication on the HDMI display overlay.
• Added indication to the user that camera is genlocked on the HDMI display overlay.
• Added option to change camera frame rate via S.Bus.
• Added option to toggle auto focus via S.Bus.
• Added option to toggle record via S.Bus for external recorders.
• Added feature to pass through remote record commands as SDI and HDMI record triggers for external recorders.

New features for Micro Cinema Camera

• Added record start/stop trigger on HDMI output.
• Added HDMI timecode output support.
• Added indication to the user that camera is genlocked in the HDMI display overlay.
• Added option to change frame rate settings via S.Bus.
• Added option to change codec settings via S.Bus.
• Added option to toggle auto focus via S.Bus.
• Fixed issue with a small vertical pixel offset between HDMI output and RAW recording on Micro Cinema Camera.

OLYMPUS OM-D E-M1 Mark II – Adventure to the Antartic with Álvaro Sanz

Shooting Winter Star Trails (Olympus Imagespace).
FIRST LOOK at the Panasonic EVA 1 with graded footage and we preview a new CRFTSHO ORIGINAL
Panasonic Lumix G9 | Die “GH5 für Fotografen” im Kurztest [ValueTechTV] TCSTV Live: Mirrorless Photojournalism and Sports with Rob Galbraith
Tascam DR-10 Series Recorders (Personal View).

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

Holger just sent me this:

There is a new app for OS X available in App Store – GExtractor. From now one it is very easy to get the best frames out of a video file. It works with all formats supported by OSX. With High Sierra it is possible to extract from 6K movies out of the GH5. The quality of extracted images is better than all other solutions based on FFMPEG.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gextractor/id1296663110?l=de&ls=1&mt=12

GExtractor is a small OSX app to extract frames from video files. It supports all movie codecs which are supported by OSX. Basic features are extract single frames to file or pasteboard as well as batch extraction of selected files. To optimise the workflow most of the actions are performed by keyboard strikes. Supported output format are JPEG in highest quality, TIFF and PNG. Once OSX supports saving in HEIC/HEIF this function will be enabled.

 

Why Size Matters with Gavin Hoey

(Very) Difficult times ahead for Nikon … (PhotoDanielm).
AI-based upsampling tech creates high-res versions of low-res images (Dpreview).
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark III | Bildqualität, 4K-Video, Serienbild & Co im Test (ValueTechTV).
going underground in Aldwych Station (Olympus Imagespace).
Avid Media Composer First Free Editor (Personal View).

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

At Salon De La Photo Panasonic did display the G9 and put advertisement on a full bus :)

Image courtesy: les Films Du Regard

And here is a new 200mm speed test:

Panasonic Preorder links:
Panasonic G9 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Wex UK.
Leica 200mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon IT.

Detlef Reich‎
Tiger & Turtle
Oly PEN-F
Sigma 8-16 T/S

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Introducing LUMIX Stories – Stories of Four Photographers

The size (dimension) factor in modern compact digital camera (PhotoDanielM).
Accessories for Micro Four Thirds Photographers (Explora).
Resolve 14 NLE Video Editor (Personal View).
Roland V-1HD and V-1SDI Video Switchers (Personal View).

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

Tom: “Latest Video tutorial ? – https://vimeo.com/239874836”

Moritz: “I have now written a (german) blog post about the TT350-o
It’s in my eyes the most compact and versatile on camera Flash for the 4/3 System. Awesome Little Thing:
http://fotomo.eu/godox-tt350-kompakter-aufsteckblitz-vorstellung-und-test/“