Olympus is displaying some unique stuff at their CP+ booth (Source: DC.watch). The image on top shows a Titanium color version of their new E-M5II. Olympus said they will only sell it if there is a demand for it (to be evaluated at CP+). And below you cans ee the 300mm f/4.0 PRO lens which will be released the second half of the year.

A very curious image is that one:

It’s the Olympus AIR MFT “lenscamera” with grip and dot sight attached. Looks really cool! And here below you see the transparent PEN which has been printed with a 3D printer. It’s has an Olympus AIR “lenscamera” inside of it:

More images:

The camera you see on top is a 3D printed PEN body. It’s displayed on their CP+ booth. I am sure the day will come when you will be able to print the exterior body of the camera :)

Source: DC.watch.

Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera works w/ ZY Optics Mitakon Lens Turbo

Indiegogo and Vimeo Partner to Support Filmmakers (Indiegogo).
Panasonic Lumix TZ70 / ZS50 review (CameraLabs).
Street Shooting with the Olympus 9mm Body Cap Fisheye (TheDigitalStory).
Making Of, Fashionshoot with the Olympus OMD EM-1 (Passportsandlenses).
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ70 Review (Photographyblog).
New 256 GB SD card announced by Green House (DC.watch).

Joe: “2014 marked a full year of shooting exclusively mirrorless.  This is a collection of my 20 favorite images of the year, all shot with the Olympus OM-D E-M5. http://www.lessgearmorephotos.com/20-favorite-photos-2014/”

Colby: “Just wanted to share this winter-themed video I shot in NYC throughout January.  Filmed entirely on GH4 in FHD 200Mpbs 60p mode and conformed to 24p in post.  Most shots were filmed on either Canon 24-105mm F4 L or 35mm F2 IS lens using Metabones Speedbooster EF to MFT.  Hope you enjoy it.  http://vimeo.com/118384332”

Izhar: “I’d love you to add to “a bit of everything” this short film shot in anamorphic with the GH4. https://vimeo.com/116503773“

Groucho: “http://portostreetshooting.blogspot.com/ My name is Ricardo Porto and I shoot strangers in the streets of Porto, Portugal. I’ve been doing it for the last 4 and a quarter years, a hobby turned crusade. I always shoot alone and most of my pictures are posed portraits. I choose people that I find interesting and I ask them for a pic. They usually say yes. I have one camera, one fixed lens, two batteries, one gray card and one lenspen and this is the only gear I use. No backpack, no photo bag, no tripod, no flash, no mega-zoom. I usually walk the same city areas, mainly downtown, but as I like it to be kind of random, I never prepare my photowalk in advance. I publish daily on my blog and all portraits are captioned with the place where they were taken and a brief description of what caught my attention.“

The Swedish Magazine Fotosidan (google translation here) interviewed Setsuya Kataoka (General manager Olympus Imaging Corp). And there is some talk about the future Olympus products:

1) Right now Olympus is considering whether to develop a bright super telephoto lens, or a super-telephoto zoom with a little lower brightness.
2) When the pro series is getting full, it may be necessary to develop a bit more specialized or extraordinary lenses, such as lenses with ultra-high brightness.
3) No Tilt Shift lenses are coming
4) Working to update the IS for new astro-photography features.

Let’s go with the f/1.2 and f/1.0 prime lenses Oly! We already saw your patents on those ;)

Panasonic released the new firmware 1.1 for the GM5. The only improvements is:

Improved the stability of using Pinpoint AF.

Just recently the GM5 got a $100 off at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

The E-M5II has been added at the Camerasize database. You can now compare it with all other cameras…have fun!

Preorders (if you preorder through those links you will support 43rumors…thanks!):
E-M5II in Black at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-M5II in Silver at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-M5II In Europe at AmazonUK, Jessops, WexUK, Namencolor.
14-150mm II lens at Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
FL-LM3 Flash at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus ECG-2 External Metal Grip at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus HLD-6P Battery Grip at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
HLD-8g at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-P16 eyecup at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
HLD-8G and HLD-6P kit at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Full leather case at Amazon, Adorama and GetOlympus.
Olympus PT-EP13 Underwater Housing at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-860 at Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.

The Four Thirds Group announced three new members. Here is the official press text (Source: four-thirds.org):

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We are pleased to announce that three more companies have recently declared their support for the standard and will be introducing products compliant with the Micro Four Thirds System standard.

DJI(SZ DJI Technology CO., Ltd.), the leading company in the drone (multi-copter), JCD(GuangZhou) Optical Co.,,Ltd., a Chinese based optical company designing and producing the optics with the Japanese quality, FLOVEL CO.,LTD., a Japanese company designing the cutting-edge optical equipment, join the Micro Four Thirds System standard group.

DJI (SZ DJI Technology CO., Ltd.)

A Chinese company established in 2006 that designs, produces and sells high performance flying platforms, flight controllers, aerial gimbals for cameras in addition to the most popular ready to fly quadcopters with built-in cameras and handheld gimbals for filmmaking professionals. The headquarters are located in Shenzhen.

DJI’s Website:
http://www.dji.com/

JCD(GuangZhou) Optical Co., Ltd.

A Chinese company established in 1999 that designs and produces cameras and lenses for still cameras and camcorders. The headquarters are located in Guangzhou.

JCD Optic’s Website:
http://www.jcdo.com/

FLOVEL CO.,LTD.

A Japanese company established in 1968 in Tokyo that designs, produces and constructs the system for the super high sensitivity cameras and shooting system in the medical and bio-science field. The headquarters are located in Tokyo.

FLOVEL’s Website:
http://en.flovel.co.jp/