LUMIX GX8 “Rhythm REVOLUTION” in 4K by Daniel Berehulak

Panasonic G7 review at Digitalcameraworld.
Gold Box deal on Sandisk 16GB SD card at Amazon Germany.
Get a handle on native lenses for the Panasonic GH4 (and other MFT cameras) with this free course (Suggestionofmotion).
10 Things People Say to Micro Four Thirds Photographers (Petertsaiphotography).
Panasonic 42,5mm f/1.7 lens review at Lenstip.
CEA Introduces New Terminology for Digital Imaging Sector (MirrorlesRumors).
Fascinating! You can watch an original 150 year old photo of Lincoln – in 3D! (TheNakedCamera).

Daniel: “Hi, I just want to share with you a short reflexion about the “full frame” contreversy. Here is the link: http://photodanielm.blogspot.ca/2015/07/full-frame-is-available-in-all-camera.html”

Norihiko Sumitani‎: “Night Shot with LX100&GH4. https://youtu.be/Cb5710FvPJw?list=PLc99Yvz7jKZHcQXxTSoXDseHak7L5h8C4”

Holger: “Here is the very first 4K Photo from a Lumix GH4 on FlickR Explore: https://flic.kr/p/wo3Dr3. I think that demonstrate how good the 4K Photo Modus already is helps to encourage more people to use it. Hopefully we will see more phantastic photos from the new Lumix 4K cameras. Look also at the Framefrab group:  https://www.flickr.com/groups/2773891@N24/“

Greyfriars Kirk Edinburgh from Pier-Yves Menkhoff on Vimeo.

DVX200 4K Shooting Tour (Panasonicprovideo).
Current Refurbished Olympus stuff sold by [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympus Europe[/shoplink]

Valentino: “The clip below was entirely shot with the E-M5 MK2 and the zuiko 25mm f1.8. Arrangement is done in fcpx with no further processing. Mostly shot handheld and and with autofocus, sometimes on a monopod. Everything done with the available light on our location. It shows the behind the scenes in a professional accessory fashion shooting in Bangkok. I think it should give you a very good overview of the OMD E-M5 mk2 capabilities. We are generally happy with it for this purpose. Have fun watching and please subscribe if you like! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqe5jHyJNLU. If you have questions feel free to leave them in the comments.
best regards
Valentino
www.valentino-photography.com”

Anonymous: “There is quit a nice Deal for the Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f1.8 at Amazon UK. The great thing is, you can combine that with the Sommer-Special cashback from Olympus: http://olympus-summer-special.sales-promotions.com/. So you will get the 45mm for £119!

As you know Sigma’s Foveon tech uses three vertically aligned layers to capture the full RGB color info on every pixel. But so far the tech has many drawbacks (like noise ISO at medium and high ISO).

But Panasonic proposes a new kind of tech that promises to solve those issues. The three RGB layers are aligned differently. One in “normal” horizontal position and two are aligned vertically on the side of each pixel area. A so-called “Color separation filter array” splits the RGB light and sends it in different direction. Panasonic says that there is almost no loss of information when the light passes through the horizontal layer to get to the two vertical layers.

The patent is a detailed description of the “Micro Color Splitters” Sensor we saw two years ago:

The new technique allows to “approximately double the color sensitivity in comparison with conventional sensors that use color filters.“. The trick to achieve that is the complete removal of the color filters that “usually block 50 – 70% of the incoming light before it even reaches the sensor“. Full description of the tech can be read here: http://panasonic.co.jp/corp/news/official.data/data.dir/2013/02/en130204-6/en130204-6.html

Disclaimer for copycat sites: Please, if you report that news after reading it here link back to 43rumors.com in form of “found via 43rumors.com”. I check patents every week and it costs time to find them. To take advantage of my work without a simple credit isn’t nice :)

Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO Video Review by ePhotozine.

Sony 5 axis IBIS vs EF Lens Based IS vs Panasonic 2 axis IBIS Comparison (Tysonrobichaudphotography).
Olympus Tough TG-4 studio and real-world samples posted (Dpreview).
Atomos Shogun: Product Update with Daniel Norton (Adorama Blog).
Ein bisschen was von unterwegs – und was man mit Artfiltern anrichten kann…(Pen And Tell).
Panasonic Lumix GX8 – Test terrain (Hybridcams).
G7 review at Polish site Optyczne.

Bruce: “Hilarious!  The new G X8 has “Tall Poppy Syndrome” :-))) (look it up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome). New must-have Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 can see around corners!!!! See here http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/aplusautomation/vendorimages/fb321ec8-365f-4166-be08-85e58d17a453._V316101580_.jpg. As a GX7 owner I can’t wait to update to this remarkable beast!“

Seb Farges (video on top): “This is a very first quick test done with the upcoming “Rangefinder” from SLR Magic I’ve just received yesterday. The combo with my baby is quite strange but I like it. It’s not too heavy, but I have to use to with this solution. You can see it here : https://flic.kr/s/aHskgKQi64”

Three Reasons To Get Excited About The Future Of M4/3 – No. 1. The Olympus High-Res Mode (Soundimagesplus).
Lokee – Coolest Adaptable Grip Cage to Make Video Better (Kickstarter).
Best Smartphone for Photographers: Panasonic CM1 (Smartphones.Reviewed).
Kowa Prominar 12mm review at DC.watch.
Stockholm’s green….(Pen And Tell).
8mm Fisheye review at MyNavi.jp.

Jayme: “Sharing my site and my photos…2015 Travel: Istanbul, Amsterdam, Paris, London
https://oneworldtraveltour.smugmug.com/2015-Europe
https://oneworldtraveltour.smugmug.com/2015-Europe/2015-03-04-Istanbul/“

Lats week Olympus issued a financial report and for the first time it was not losing money in their digital camera business! And it seems like this could be a “gobal” trend. For the first time in years the June 2015 camera unit sales were not much worse than the previous year (June 2014). We may have reached the bottom of the bottle where sales will no more drop compared to the previous year?

Detailed CIPA data graph can be seen at Personal View.

Samyang announced their new “XEEN” Cine lens line. And the first three Micro Four Thirds lenses can be preordered at BHphoto:
Rokinon Xeen 24mm T1.5 Lens (Click here).
Rokinon Xeen 50mm T1.5 Lens (Click here).
Rokinon Xeen 85mm T1.5 Lens (Click here).

UPDATE: Preorders are up at Adorama too (Click here).

A first hands-on review of the lenses can be read at Explora (Click here):

I found the Rokinon XEEN Cine Lenses to be well made, easy to work with, and overall I enjoyed the image quality. They rendered naturalistic images with good contrast and a pleasing, slightly warm feel. Intercutting between the lenses required no additional color correction beyond applying the same LUT to the footage. It is my preference to shoot more closed down than wide open, and I did feel the lenses performed best starting around T4, but I was still satisfied with footage shot at T1.5. Overall, I was pleased with the XEEN lenses and look forward to working with them again.