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The History and Science of Lenses

Industar-61 L/D 55mm f/2.8 tested on the GH4 (DC.watch).
Panasonic Varicam LT packages announced and express P2 cards lowered in price (Newsshooter).
SDA introduces new SD 5.0 memory card standard for 8k, 3D and 360 degree cameras (Mirrorlessrumors).
Panasonic GX8 And Canon Primes (Soundimagesplus).

Sidou: “just wanted to share with you some GH4-impressions -you can read more in the video-description https://vimeo.com/cinematicz/tanzania

Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup.


Tom Gabrielsen‎
Feistein lighthouse, 40-150 @ 210mm

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3) The most liked pictures and some pics selected by myself will be posted weekly on 43rumors

This is the weekly selection:

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Tropischer Orchideenzauber – Blumengärten Hirschstetten (Christian Mari).

Anonymous:just for fun ;) This is what I imagined, with the help of a little photoshopping, a FourThirds 300 f4 might have looked like back in 2009. That dream never came to fruition but after 7 long years we finally have a 300 F4 for Microfourthirds! I think it has some similarities to the current lens, but I didn’t foresee the lens IS system…

300f4

JR:I would like to share my short action-comedy miniseries shot primarily with the GH4. In particular for Episode 1, we acquired a pair of massive Fujinon Cabrio Premier PL lenses, which allowed us to execute some very fun and retro crash zooms in addition to delivering tack-sharp, quality footage.
New Retro Hero: Space Hunter X Episode 1
https://youtu.be/CcRnrVgLFIw
Episode 1 BTS (where you can see the Fujinon zoom lenses on the GH4)
https://youtu.be/zPK6HXBnB4Y
Fight the Boss! Space Hunter X Episode 2
https://youtu.be/J5Wn4QYC36o
Episode 2 BTS
https://youtu.be/-q5PNnb8yaY

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The Properties of Camera Lenses

Keeping the spirit of film alive in the Olympus Pen-F (Techradar).
TZ100 real-world sample gallery (Dpreview).
Red VS GH4: How to make the GH4 look like the RED Epic (Lixi Studios).
4k technologies from lumix – a quick overview (Lumix Lounge).
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 micro 4/3 lens hands-on video (Newsshooter).

Siim Jänes‎: Some of snowy scenes from Estonia. GH4@Lumix14-140 http://vimeo.com/156556178

Olympus Q&A at Imaging Resource: New “entry level” PEN models coming for sure

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Imaging Resource posted their Olympus Q&A. And those are some new info we got:

1) “we in the imaging division have to show a profit. So [for that reason] we focus more on our OM-D category, not on the digital compact cameras. So we are now investing less and fewer resources on compact cameras, and more focusing on the OM-D, the interchangeable-lens mirrorless cameras.”
2) In difficult times the top management where considering the reasons why they should keep the imaging business. But now “the company is much more behind the imaging business.”
3) While the system camera sales in 2015 dropped 5% (according to CIPA) Olympus managed to increase their sales by 5%.
4) PEN-F target users are enthusiasts and male.
5) Last consumer PEN was the E-Pl7 (launched 18 months ago). Olympus confirms there will be new entry-level models: “Yes, of course. Sure. As I said, the PEN line is important for us from the target user point of view.”
6) The future lens development focus is on PRO primes.

The interview contains a lot of info so be sure to take time to read it all!