Photography Tips: The Key to Capturing Emotion

How Are Cameras Assembled (Image Sensor World)
The OM-D Experience: On Location in Puerto Rico + Lens Output Gallery (GetOlympus)
7 pictures you don’t want to miss on vacation (Lumix Lounge).
Mal wieder Altglas: das Sigma 135-400 für FT (Pen And Tell).
Understanding Crop Factor (Explora).
Russian test of Olympus PEN-F b/w images vs Fuji X-T2 b/w images (aSokolovkirill).
Panasonic GX85 Field Test Part II (Imaging Resource).
Panasonic G80 Sports 4K Video and New IS system (Digitalrev)

Piero: “panasonic GH3 + DJI Phantom 3 professional https://vimeo.com/164806926“

Panasonic issued a new firmware udpate for the GX80/85 camera. You can download it here: av.jpn.support.panasonic.com. Those are the improvements:

1. Focus Stacking is now available.
   New function which enables the user to enlarge focus area after shooting by combining multiple images shot with Post Focus function.
2. [Sequence] can now be selected for Focus Bracket recording.
3. [Flash Mode] can now be set to [Forced Flash Off] for built-in flash.

A Look At The Panasonic Leica 100-400mm Long Zoom Lens For Micro four Thirds Cameras

Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS100/TZ100 review: Unique package (DxOmark).
Olympus G.Zuiko Auto-S 55 mm f/1,2 y 50 mm f/1,2 (DSLRmagazine).
These Zunow Wide Angle Converters Increase Your FOV on 4K Zooms (Cinema5D).
Lumix G Street Photography Workshop 2016-17 at Panasonic UK/Ireland
Olympus PEN E-PL8 Hands-On Preview (ePhotozine).
Panasonic 8-18mm, 12-60mm, 50-200mm Leica DG Lenses Hands-on Photos (Photographyblog).
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II : un monstre de réactivité (Focus Numerique).

Both Caputer One and Apple Camera Raw added support for MFT cameras and lenses. You can see the full list here:

Apple Camera Raw 9.7 (Click here)

Capture One 9.3 (Click here)

Setsuya Kataoka (left) and Takahiro Tosaka from Olympus

Russian interviewer Kroupski (google translation here) asked Olympus one very specific question about their Full Frame intention. And Setsuya Kataoka answer is:

SK – (laughs). Firstly, we are quite confident in his current platform Micro 4/3. We identify further medium-term strategy for its development. In any case, we focused on it. As for the launch of new directions … then, of course, nothing is impossible for our developers. However, the particular future has not yet been determined.

As you kow Olympus filed many fast Full Frame lens patents. But it’s unclear yet if they have a serious intention to join the crowded Full Frame world…

Olympus preorders:
E-PL8 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
25mm f/1.2 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
12-100mm f/4.0 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
30mm macro at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
FL-900r flash at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.de.

Panasonic preorders:
G85: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
FZ2500: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
Lx10: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.

Xiaomi M1:
M1 Micro Four Thirds camera can be preordered at Amazon US (Click here).

Panasonic Leica 12mm f/1.4 – Lens Review

Using Live Composite on the Olympus OM-D E-M1 for Fireworks (Mirrorlessons)
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN C Lens Review (ePhotozine).
5 Myths of Digital Photography (Photoshelter).
Why You Should Go Beyond the Kit Lens (Explora).

Roberto: “Hi! This is a videoclip about sea I made this year with a Olympus E-M10, often with an old manual OM lens. More info in description!
https://youtu.be/u_f9tjnyFXc”

Odur: “https://vimeo.com/181803685. A short video about my summer experience in Poland, shot with a GH4 and micro 4/3 lenses.“

As you know the new E-MII can do up to 6.5 stop image stabilization. But it looks like they did hit an unbreakable limit. At Amateur Photographer Setsuya Kataoka from Olympus reports:

The in-body stabilisation itself gives 5.5 steps, and the Sync IS gives 6.5 steps with OIS lenses. 6.5 stops is actually a theoretical limitation at the moment due to rotation of the earth interfering with gyro sensors.

Now it’s up to the Olympus engineers to slow down the earth spinning with the next E-M1markIII :)

Olympus preorders:
E-PL8 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
25mm f/1.2 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
12-100mm f/4.0 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
30mm macro at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
FL-900r flash at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.de.

Panasonic preorders:
G85: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
FZ2500: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
Lx10: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.