Olympus announced the 2016-207 Global Open Photo Contest winners. You can see all their pictures at gopc.olympus-global.com/2016/results/

Panasonic GH5 Exciting New Features

Olympus launches bespoke Gillis London bag for the OM-D E-M1 II (CameraJabber).
Olympus 45mm F1.8 vs Nikon 32mm F1.2 Image Quality Comparison (BigStreetGuns).
The Short Sheet on Memory Card Naming Conventions (Explora).
Model Turned Photographer, Kendall Jenner (Adorama Learning Center).
Behind the scenes – Panasonic LUMIX DC-GH5 DoP ZFS test (Cebram).

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

Emeric: “I have realized this video of the SLR Magic 8mm f/4: https://youtu.be/Z1uZnckyzyU It less technical, more like a real life review. Feel free to share it “

This is a Guest Post from Anthony Kouttron from Salvagedcircuitry.com. Text and images used with permission.

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Adapting Rodenstock TV-Heligon Lens to Micro Four Thirds

Andreas-Joachim Lins‎
Olympus M1 // Leica DG Nocticron 42,5mm @F13 // ISO 100 // 1/160s
www.andreas-joachim-lins.de

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Today the Four Thirds group launched the new “Drone Four Thirds” Logo.

But today….all news will be a bit….foolish ;)

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Olympus OM-F: un boîtier moyen format révolutionnaire ! (Lepidi).

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Greg: “I’m a long time lurker on the M43rumors page and I wanted to share my April fools video with you. I shot it on the GH4, I shoot all my ASUS videos on the GH4, and I think it will be something camera lovers will enjoy. Feel free to share it if you like, or if you have any feedback let me know. https://youtu.be/4dHoZlDnAgs“

GH5 Unboxing, Demonstration, and General Discussion

Why It’s Still Worth Owning a Digital Camera (Time).
Google launches new encoder that reduces JPEG file size by 35% (MirrorlessRumors).
A Photographer’s Guide to Destination Weddings (Explora).
Best Cameras for Teenagers (Adorama Learning Center).
Gh5 test at Mapcamera.

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

Anonymous: “Not a rumor but I think I haven’t seen this totally awesome and somewhat analytical GH5 production vid on here yet.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RacTSKuNuo
Not my video, just something I found on youtube that shows that amongst all the controversy you can make great stuff with the GH5“

Last week there was a lot of buzz because of the Nikkei article announcing “dismantling” of some Panasonic businesses. Panasonic replied by saying that this is just a restructuring program and that the camera division will continue to operate under the new umbrella division.

Today Panasonic issues an official statement with the details of the company restructuring program. You can read the full PDF here: news.panasonic.com/global/press/data/2017/03/en170331-10/en170331-10-1.pdf. Spoiler alert: it’s boring and contains no specific info about the camera business…which on the other hand is good news as it means everything will go on as usual.

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Thanks EdinaMN!