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Arctic Midnight Sun – 24hour timelapse (made with Olympus OMD E-M1 + Zuiko Digital 8 mm f/3.5 ED FISHEYE) from Witek Kaszkin on Vimeo.

Panasonic Leica 12/1.4 BOKEH-LICIOUS! (Cyleow).
7 Travel Photography Tips from Olympus Visionary Jay Dickman (GetOlympus).
A Guide to Accessories for Newborn and Infant Photography (Explora).
Back to School Buying Guide 2016 (Adorama Learning Center)
Sigma 30 mm f1.4 DC DN: prueba de campo (Quesabesde).
European Olympus ref. items list at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].

Fredrik:Here’s a rolling shutter test with the GX85 – 4K vs HD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVdgdLJS68Q

How to add filter on the Body Cap lens. New Camslinger bag.

fisheye9mmpolarizer

Marius:Hi! This is not a rumor, but a nice solution some people might be glad for.
I was disappointed that the none of the olympus fisheye lenses could take filters, especially not the 8mm 1,8. So I thought of this way to modify the 9mm body-cap lens to accomodate filters.
See attached picture of the final solution.
The solution is quite simple and works wonders, no vignetting and easy to make.
You only need a 55-58mm step up ring, a clipper and some superglue.
Cut away most of the lever that opens and closes the lens, so that the 55mm ring can slide down around the front of the lens without being obstructed. The lever can be operated (though less easily, but that is not a problem for me as I thought the lever moved far to easily by accident anyway), it can’t ofcourse be operated when a filter is attached.
Anyway, when the lever is cut the step up ring can ble glued to the body, and when the glue sets it’s ready! Takes 58mm filters which is plentiful around.
Hope someone likes this

CAMSLINGER Streetomatic Black Streethunters Edition

Via Camslinger:

“The CAMSLINGER Streetomatic camera bag for Mirrorless Cameras by German COSYSPEED GmbH was launched successfuly on Indiegogo some months ago. The unique camera bag concept gets now two new models to complete the series.
The fastest camera bag of the world
The CAMSLINGER Streetomatic is worn around the hip and provides super quick and one-handed access to your camera. This concept is faster than any camera bag concept worldwide.
Please see a short video: https://youtu.be/CfzmakaXGzA
Limited Edition to supports Unaccompanied Minor Refugees
Besides the CAMSLINGER Streetomatic Black, COSYSPEED presents the also the CAMSLINGER Streetomatic Black Streethunters Edition. 10,- EUR of each Edition bag flows into a project of German Child Aid Organisation Terre des Hommes (www.tdh.de) to support unaccompanied refugee children from the war zones in Syria.”

Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup.


Thomas G.‎
Yale Art Museum: 8mm 1.8 Fisheye

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a bit of everything…


5 Reasons to Buy a Panasonic CM1- The Best Camera Phone

Pana/Leica 100-400 Second Take (CyLeow).
A Photographer’s Guide to Modern Urbexing (BorrowingLenses)
Wrap it Before You Snap it: Waterproof Camera Gear (Explora).
Film photography makes a stunning comeback (EuropeanCeo)
The Basics of Color Correction (Adorama Learning Center)
Original-BLN-1. So muss das aussehen (Pen And Tell).
European Olympus ref. items list at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].

a bit of everything…


Olympus Menu and Customization

£100 trade in bonus on olympus pen-f (Olympus Imagespace).
Up to £50 cashback with selected Panasonic Cameras and Camcorders (Amazon UK).
Atomos Firmware Update: HDR Functionality for Shogun and Ninja
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN Contemporary Hands-on Review (Bokeh)
Studying Photography in New York City (Explora).
Ewa-Marine U-BXP100: Affordable Underwater Housing for Surf Photography (Adorama Learning Center)

European Olympus ref. items list at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].

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Ban the Blur with 5-axis Image Stabilization

Outdoor Photographer Highlights Dan’s Work With Lumix Cameras (Naturalexposures).
6 Ways a Formal Education Can Benefit Your Photography (Explora).
The Great M4/3 Adventure, Legacy Lenses, Surprises and Dissapointments (Braddlesphotoblurb).
PEN-F und 20 Bilder pro Sekunde (Pen and Tell).
European Olympus ref. items list at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].

Amsus:I have successfully changed the 4k video frame rate from 25fps to 30fps on the GX80 using this recipe: http://blog.quindorian.org/2016/05/panasonic-g7-25fps-30fps.html/
Instead of using the [DISP] button, you should use the [PLAY] button.
1) Set your camera to P and switch it off
2) Hold down WB PLAY and AF/AE while turning on the camera
3) Press Playback (->)
4) In playback, press ISO and AF/AE lock at the same time while turning off the camera.

From now on the camera will display a a yellow exclamation mark every time you turn it off and you can record in 30fps.  Using this “hack”, I shot the following test video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmKGS4gUr1g

The video also tests the low light high ISO capabilities of the GX80. The darkest candle lit scenes are shot at ISO 6400 30fps f2.0. All footage uses i.Dynamic setting of HIGH, which leads to some ghosting on some of the scenes. Especially the close ups of the meat roasting on a stick. I think it is advisable to use a lower i.Dynamic setting when shooting at high ISO and consider using the 24fps mode in dark scenes to allow for some more exposure time (1/25 of a second is the longest exposure time at 24fps)

Switching to 30fps seems to remove a lot of the “Jitter” from the GX80, since almost all displays run 60fps natively and 30/60=1/2 while 25/60=5/12. I don’t understand why Panasonic chooses to lock the frame rate to 25fps, I guess nobody uses a 25fps PAL CRT TV to watch 4K!   

You can switch your camera back to 25fps if you want to, follow the link above.