a bit of everything…


Is your gear outdated?

DSLR or Mirrorless: Which is Best for You? (Explora).
Oly 60mm Macro Lens Issue (Dpreview forum)
1,200 rolls of film were shot by one photographer in the 1950s. Help us rescue the images (Indiegogo).
Share your ideas for the On1 RAW project.
Beloved Fashion Photographer Bill Cunningham Dies After Suffering Stroke (Adorama Learning Center)
European Olympus ref. items list at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].

An overview of all recent MFT lens patents from Olympus, Panasonic, Ricoh, Sigma, Konica and Canon.

Bildschirmfoto 2016-06-07 um 09.55.19

An anonymous sender (Thanks!) made this list of all recent MFT lens patents. Some of those lenses do already exist as real products. Some do not:

Ricoh 7mm f/2.6 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2014-08-10
Olympus 8mm f/3.5 Fisheye http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2011-12-02
Olympus 10mm f/2.8 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2011-10-21
Olympus 14mm, 16mm, 17mm, 18mm, 22mm f/2.8 Pancake Lenses http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2012-04-09
Olympus 12mm f/1.0 and 14mm f/1.0 and f/1.2 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2014-02-21
Panasonic 12mm f/1.2 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2014-08-08
Olympus 12mm f/3.5 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2010-08-28
Olympus 15mm f/2 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2013-08-21
Olympus 25mm f/1.2 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2015-04-22
Olympus 25mm f/2.8 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2012-07-04
Olympus 30mm f/3.5 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2016-06-03
Sigma 35mm f/2 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2015-06-13
Konica Minolta 43mm f/1.4 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2012-09-07
Konica Minolta 45mm f/2.8 Macro http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2013-11-23
Tamron 45mm f/2.8 Macro http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2013-07-05
Olympus 70mm f/2.8 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2013-08-09
Olympus 100mm f/4.5 Macro http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2013-08-09
Konica-Minolta 150mm f/2.8 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2013-12-12
Olympus 250mm f/5 Reflex http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2013-10-27
Olympus 500m f/4 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2015-06-24
Konica Minolta 9-18mm f/3.5-4.5 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2013-09-03
Konica Minolta 8-17.5mm f/2.8 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2013-08-19
Olympus 12-50mm f/2.8-4.0 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2014-06-11
Olympus 20-400mm f/4 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2013-06-14
Olympus 12-150mm F4-6.3 IS http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2014-05-20
Olympus 12-120mm F4-5.6 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2012-05-07
Olympus 8-20mm f/2.8-4 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2012-10-12
Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2016-05-13
Canon 15-85mm f/2-3.5 http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2015-05-11

Note that it is common for companies to patent lens designs they will sell afterwards to another company. Konica Minolta for example does this all the time.

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Voigtlander Lens Comparison by Robert Pugh

Panasonic Varicam LT, do I like you? A factual shooter’s perspective from Miguel Toran (Newsshooter).
6 ways the om-d e-m10 mark ii is made for moms & dads (GetOlympus).
Shooting Black-and-White Film in Medium Format (Explora).
Shooting a Documentary: 10 Audio Mistakes to Avoid (Adorama Learning Center).
How will Brexit affect the UK film industry? (Stephenfollows).
European Olympus ref. items list at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].

Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup.


‎Joaquín Culiáñez Gómez‎
Here you have one fo my first Milkys of this summer. The place it is very polluted with the illumination of nearby towns, anyway I got some fun.
EXIF:
OMD EM1, Voigtlander 10,5mm f0.95 at f1.4, ISO 800, 15 seconds exposure.
Hope you enjoy it.
Best regards.
Flickr: https://flic.kr/p/JJKbk1

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2) All 43rumors readers pictures can be seen here: facebook.com/43rumors/photos. Like the pictures you like and chat with the authors if you want to know how they took the shot!
3) The most liked pictures and some pics selected by myself will be posted weekly on 43rumors

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How to do Long Exposure Photography for 1$

A Comprehensive Beginner’s Guide to Aperture, Shutter Speed, and ISO (PetaPixel).
Solid, Smooth Support with Benro BV6 and BV4 Pro Video Tripod Kits (Explora).
3 Tips on Posing Women (Adorama Learning Center).
European Olympus ref. items list at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].
More bad news for Nikon: The A900 and B700 compact digital cameras will now ship in October (Mirrorlessrumors).
Here are 6 photography companies who are in the uk (Diyphotography)

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Vlog #99…..Say Hello To Ma Little Friend!! He’s Green

Panasonic GX8 review at Cosyspeed.
Fly-by: Learn how to shoot the Milky Way from an airplane (Dpreview).
The ‘Warm-to-Cold Fader’ Puts Color Temperature Control Onto a Filter (PetaPixel)
European Olympus ref. items list at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].
Brexit – What Does It Mean For Me As A Photographer? (Soundimagesplus).

Sumizoon:https://youtu.be/d3gSU9_WYhE Shoot with GH4 with PILOTFLY H2. Lens 7-14mm F4 & 12-35mm F2.8 I was astonished with stablity.

Competition news: Fuji announces the new flagship X-T2 camera

X-T2

Today Fuji announced their new flagship camera, the Fuji X-T2 (specs here). It’s the first Fuji camera with 4K video recording. The new Panasonic and Olympus new flagship models are expected to be announced at Photokina (if Kumamoto sensor factory damage didn’t delay the roadmap). They will have to be at least as good and hopefully cheaper than the new Fuji!

Note that the X-T2 has 2 SD slots just like the future E-M1II :)

X-t2-gh4