Ekah Chi‎
Fishing in the Sky. E-M5 with 12-40mm at 35mm, f4, and 1/400s.

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Olympus PEN E-PL7 review

Olympus 9mm f/8.0 Fisheye Body Cap Sample Images (Photographyblog).
Olympus 15mm f/8.0 Body Cap Sample Images (Photographyblog).
Review of the new ZY Optics lenses for MFT (24mm and 42.5mm) at MirrorlessLessons.
Olympus 40-150 f/4-5.6 review at Lessgearmorephotos.
40-150mm PRO lens test at Yodobashi.
LX100 test at DC.watch.
Are you getting the Panasonic GH-4 at the best price? (Panasonicindex).

Gonzalo: “I bought the Panasonic Leica 42.5mm f1.2 last September after some months of careful consideration, since I already had the Olympus M. Zuiko 45mm and I did not shoot with it that much, after all; however, since the Nocticron arrived, I paired it with my GH3 and it hasn’t left the camera ever since. Not only I have found a superbly built and rendering glass, but, most importantly, I have discovered the joy of a short telephoto lens for street and urban photography, which is what I usually shoot, and not as much for portraiture, as most of the people do. It’s from this perspective that I have written my impressions of the lens in my blog, where you can see plenty of images from the streets of Bangkok:
http://gonzalobroto.blogspot.com/2014/12/a-friend-nobody-called-review-of.html“

Pier: “I send you my Video Test Review of the Panasonic HC-X1000 camcorder. The film is here > http://vimeo.com/113928196.“

Personal View posted a short Q/A sesssion with Panasonic. Threse are some of the answers Panasonic gave:

1) It is hard to add new recording formats (ProRes or RAW) via firmware update. The capability of GH4 codec engine does not guarantee the process of those recording formats.
2) There is no way to add 4K recording on the current G6 camera.
3) About the future products: We will not focus on the premium segment only (Editor’s note: Does it mean new GF and G are coming in 2015?)

Lesnumerqiues ripped the Sony 5 axis system in many pieces and confirmed the technique is very different from the one used by Olympus. Olympus uses a mechanical spring while the Sony version has magnets and a rotary ball system.

SLR Magic 2x Anamorphic Test HD from Jurek Ugarow on Vimeo.

SLRmagic will launch their second Anamorphot lens in 2015. it’s a 2X Anamorphoto and Jurek Ugarow is the first person who tested the lens and realized the video above (with the GH4). The lens will probably ship from Q2 2015 and there is yet no price info. Videomaker will be happy about that news also because current Anamorphot are very expensive! SLRmagic first 1.33x Anamorphot is now in Stock for $899 only at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

This is how the new 2x Anamorphot looks:

For those of you who don’t know why those kind of lenses are useful read that official BHphoto description text:

Creating a widescreen 2.35:1 image using a camera with a 16:9 (1.78:1) sensor requires you to either crop the image or use an anamorphic lens attachment such as the SLR Magic Anamorphot 1.33X – 50 Anamorphic Lens Attachment. The SLR Magic adapter features a 1.33x anamorphic element that allows you to use the your cameras entire 16:9 sensor to get a 2.35:1 aspect ratio, as opposed to throwing away information by cropping the 16:9 sensor to achieve an image with a 2.35:1 ratio. Cropping an image causes a loss in resolution, but the Anamorphot 1.33x – 50 is actually squeezing more information onto your sensor. This does result in your recorded footage having the classic tall/thin squeezed image. However, this is easily expanded to a 2.35:1 aspect ratio in most NLE systems, and cameras with variable display adjustments allows you to stretch your image in the viewfinder.
The Anamorphot mounts onto your taking lens and features three locking screws that you tighten to secure the adapter once you have aligned it on your taking lens. Please note you can only use the Anamorphot on lenses with a non-rotating front, otherwise the anamorphic effect will rotate as you change focus. The Anamorphot’s native mounting thread size is 62mm and will mount directly to lenses that feature 62mm filter threading. The included three step-down rings allow you to mount the attachment on optional lenses with a 49, 52, or 58mm front thread. You can use the adapter on lenses that feature a front filter thread larger than 62mm by using optional step-up rings, however optimum results are not guaranteed, and SLR magic recommends using the adapter on lenses with a front element that is physically smaller than 50mm in diameter. The Anamorphot features a Normal/Near adjustment setting. SLR Magic recommends setting the adapter to Normal, and only adjusting the setting to Near when shooting objects closer than 6.5 feet.

If you shoot 4K videos on your GH4 and LX100 than you will be interested to read this. Transcend launched a new 256GB SDXC UHS-I Speed Class 3 Card. Here is the full press release:

Transcend Launches 256GB SDXC UHS-I Speed Class 3 Cards for 3D and 4K Video Recording

2014/12/05

Ikelite (Click here) launched the first Underwater Housing for the new Panasonic Lumix LX100. MSRP is $750.