From time to time you can read on forums comments from people being concerned about the MFT future. I guess it’s a normal reaction when you read all these financial news about the electronics market (stagnating sales, losses in companies and so on). But there is one simple image I can show you to prove how future proof the Micro Four Thirds system is. With the most recent addition of JVC this is now the list of companies officially supporting the MFT standard (Image source: four-thirds.org). Quite amazing what Olympus-Panasonic achieved in these few years!

Funny note: Didn’t know that our Panasonic Fool’s days joke did upset Hitler too :)

I didn’t expect that to come: Olympus has been sued by six Japanese trust banks for damages relating to a $1.7 billion accounting scandal in 2011. Reuters reports that they are seeking 27.9 billion yen ($273 million) for damages. Olympus at its last earnings briefing said it would set aside 17 billion yen ($166.49 million) to settle three of the cases it has publicly recognized.

I am a bit surprised to see Japanese banks going against a Japanese company. In a time of financial crisis like that isn’t it insensible to damage a Japanese company? Anyway, I am too far away from these kind of financial world to know what’s really going on. Maybe it’s just me…but have more sympathy in a company based on real economy and real product creation than in banks :)

P.S.: Just read the book from Jérôme Kerviel about the giant fraud he committed in France. It probably influenced (again) my negative impression about the current bank system in general.

Thomas Worth created an APP to create 2K 4:4:4 files from your GH4 4K 4:2:0 recorded video (download at EosHD forum). Nick Driftwood resampled his 4K file and this is the result:

Panasonic GH4 C4K to 2K 10-bit Pro Res 444 from Rarevision – improves luminance from Nick Driftwood on Vimeo.

You can download the full 2k 4:4:4 video from Nick on Vimeo. Quite amazing the quality you can get out of the GH4 recorded video!

North American preorders, shipping date and price:
GH4 camera at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), and Panasonic (Click here). Price: $1,698. In Canada at Vistek (Click here).
GH4 camera with interface unit at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Price: $3,298
Interface unit only at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Panasonic (Click here). Price: $1,998

Europen preorders, shipping date and price:
Germany: Wexcameras, Marcotec-shop.de.
UK at Wexphotographic, CameraWorld, UKdigital, CVP, TipTop.
Holland at Fotohanskeuzekamp.
Belgium at Fotokonijnenberg.
Norway at Fotovideo.
Sweden at Cyberphoto, Skandinavianphoto.
Finland at Telefoto, Topshot, Verkkoauppa.
France at Photocineshop.
Spain: Fotoboom.

New York – A cinematic portrait from luismonteiro on Vimeo.

Video on top by Luis: “I wanted to share with you a video I made with the GX7 a while back this year on a trip to New York. It’s my cinematic take on that city and the iconic moments I got to experience.”

GH4 test at Colorfoto (German).
Panasonic Noctircon review at Pixelmania.
Olympus M.Zuiko 25mm f/1.8 review at Admiringlight.
Stylus 1 wins CameraGP award (Capacamera).
Transcend UHS-I Class 3 memory cards support 4K video capture (Dpreview).
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mirrorless Vs Sony Alpha A58 DSLR (ePhotozine).
Win A £50 Olympus Voucher (ePhotozine).
Panasonic Lumix G Vario 100-300mm f/4.0-5.6 Mega O.I.S. Review at ShotSlot.

Sol: “I put together a mini crash-course on what makes the Panasonic GH4 so exciting: Why you should be excited about the Panasonic GH4 (http://suggestionofmotion.com/blog/panasonic-gh4-top-features/)”

Nikola: “This is just a quick email to see if you are interested in posting my user video review of the Panasonic Leica 42.5mm F1.2 lens http://youtu.be/bRiONP7SM3k”

Bishakh: “These environmental portraits are not natural. But they aren’t artificial either. Olympus OMD E-M5 ‘s colour reproduction makes them heavenly! (Samudranil).”

Skog Redd: “Norwegian Spring Impressions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SinkxH6Aiw”

Romeo: “Nothing beats Olympus colors. After an experience with Nikon D300 + D700 and Sony NEX-7 + A7r, now since a few months I use two bodies Olympus OM-D E-M5 with Olympus Zuiko 25mm f/1.8 ED + Olympus Zuiko 75mm f/1.8 ED. Result: small is beautiful. http://www.romeocolombo.com/Sony7andOlympus5”

Newshooter visited the Blackmagic and JVC Booth at the NABshow in Las Vegas. On top you can see more of the new Micro Four Thirds HD and 4K Micro Four Thirds camera. And here below you will hear more about the JVC 4K MFT camera:

Plenty of Lightroom Mobile How To videos have been posted on Adobes Youtube Channel.

Today is big Adobe day! They just released the new Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 for Mac (Click here) and Windows (Click here) and Camera RAW 8.4 for Mac (Click here) or Windows (Click here). It adds support for the E-M10 and ZS-40. But the biggest news is that the company also released the new Adobe Lightroom mobile (for Creative Cloud Subscribers). You can read more about it here: adobe.com/products/lightroom-mobile.html