Exploring Austin, Texas with the Olympus Pen-F

Panasonic Lumix TZ80 (ZS60) Review (ePhotozine).
Olympus PEN-F vs OM-D E-M5 II: 8 key differences (WhatDigitalCamera).
Olympus PEN-F: A personal performance on Rainey Street (Atmtxphoto)
How to create Bokeh effect (GetOlympus).
ZY Optics 25mm Speedmaster Review (Tysonrobichaudphotography).
Robust Panasonic FZ300 makes a great first impression (Imaging Resource).

Martin: “Junto con los chicos de Olympus España hemos hecho una guia visual de configuración de la Olympus E-M1: https://www.dropbox.com/s/iyndb3y27cyd170/Gu%C3%ADa_E-M1_MartinGallego.pdf?dl=0”

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Veydra Mini Prime Universal Lens Support from Ryan Avery on Vimeo.

Mirrorless sales steady compared to 2014 (Mirrorlessrumors).
Olympus PEN-F Reality Check (TheOnlinePhotographer).
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ80 Review (Photographyblog).
*ZY Optics, Zhong Yi Mitakon Speedmaster 25mm f/0.95 lens for Micro 4/3 user review (Tysonrobichaudphotography).
Panasonic crafts sharper electric eye for cars (Nikkei)
Industar-61 L/D 55mm f/2.8 tested on MFT by DC.watch.

Canon 5D Mark 3 vs Panasonic G7 – Low Light Test 1 from Efe Dani Aslantaş on Vimeo.

REVIEW: Veydra MFT Prime Lenses (Definitionmagazine).
Test – Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 25 mm f/1,4 ASPH (Focus Numerique).
PEN-F review at Mobile01.
Olympus 300m Pro Gallery on Flickr.
Panasonic 25mm f/1.7 test at Capacamera.
PEN-F test at DC.watch.
PEN-F gallery on Flickr.

Nick: “Hi, I am part of a team that is using panasonic gh3 cameras to film long format video as the gh series is the only interchangeable lens cameras that can record over 30 minutes and not cost the earth.
We have a kickstarter to take our project further and we would greatly appreciate the publicity!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1986375909/slow-tv-travelling-through-new-zealand“

The long time rumored GF8 camera got finally announced! The interesting news is that the camera will not be availble in the USA and not in the UK. It’s confirmed that it will be available in Australia (AU$699) and Asia. Don’t know about Europe yet…

Press text:
Dpreview. Photoreview.

Images:

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The Benefits of Anamorphic with the Panasonic GH4

Olympus 8mm f/1.8 Fisheye review at Admiringlight.
What in in your bag and … in your mind? (Danielm).
Introduction to Lens Mounts and Lens Adapters (Explora).
Test – Olympus Pen-F : gestion du bruit électronique (Focus Numerique).
Kowa Prominar 500mm tested on the E-M5II at Dc.watch.
Panasonic’s New (and Compact) VariCam LT (ALC).

David: “On the 19th and 20th of this month in Park Cameras’ London store we are teaming up with Olympus to let people go hands on with the Pen-F before release (which is due at the end of Feb/early March from what we’ve been told). You can read more on our events page: https://www.parkcameras.com/events. This should be something of interest to your UK readers I believe.“

Hong Kong, China (Feb 9th, 2016) – SLR Magic is proud to announce the SLR Magic ANAMORPHOT-CINE 1.33x PL lens set for filmmakers which could be adapted to EF/F/mFT/E-mount via adapter. Press text:

“As a commitment to the film industry, SLR Magic developed the SLR Magic ANAMORPHOT-CINE lenses to deliver the classic contrast, distortion, chromatic, color aberration, and flare characteristics of vintage anamorphic lenses, but with the convenience of a matched lens set without the hassle of aligning and matching lenses to the already popular SLR Magic Rangefinder with Anamorphot adapter combination.

To achieve the much loved scope aspect ratio, which gives a very pleasant, epic effect, filmmakers must crop off the top and bottom of standard 16:9 footage when using spherical lenses with modern digital cameras. As a result, 25% or more sensor/negative information is
discarded.

This 1.33x anamorphic lens help filmmakers to maximize their image quality by preventing this loss of vertical resolution. The unique 1.33x squeeze factor uses the entire 16:9 sensor/negative area to achieve the desired 2.35:1 aspect ratio. The SLR Magic ANAMORPHOT-CINE 1.33x does this by compressing a 33% wider field of view to fit the width of the 16:9 sensor/negative without compressing image height.

The SLR Magic ANAMORPHOT-CINE 1.33x create a unique “artifact” such as horizontal lens flare, commonly referred to as anamorphic streaks, and may create slightly elongated bokeh. Over the history of cinema, these same stylish effects have contributed to the cinematic “look” of epic motion picture photography. Characteristics that shape this anamorphic “look” come from “front-mounted” anamorphic designs such as the SLR Magic Anamorphot while “rear-mounted” anamorphic designs have more suppressed anamorphic characteristics.

Lenses would be on demo at the BVE Expo in London, UK from October 23-25 in the Atomos booth K30″

Technical Data:
SLR Magic ANAMORPHOT-CINE 35mm T2.4
SLR Magic ANAMORPHOT-CINE 50mm T2.8
SLR Magic ANAMORPHOT-CINE 70mm T4
Lens Type: Anamorphic lens
Squeeze factor: 1.33x
Objective front filter thread: Φ82
Mount: Titanium PL compatible with optional SLR Magic EF/F/mFT/E-mount
Titanium adapter.
Lens Coating: Multi Coated
Close Focus: 3’6
Weight (oz./g): 38.8/1,100
Length (cm): 13.5
Diameter (cm): 10
Image Circle: S35 for 35mm T2.4, FF for 50mm T2.8 and 70mm T4