We just got a new MFT lens! But you will have to wait till Summer 2016 to get it. It’s the Meyer Optik Görlitz  Trimagon 95mm f/2.6 lens. The price is yet unknown but the lens is made to have an extremely nice bokeh and to outresolve 60+ Megapixel sensors.

Technical specifications:
Aperture & Focal Length: f/2,6-22; 95 mm
Lens construction: 3 elements in 3 modules
Picture angle: 25 °
Filter Diameter: 52 mm

Characteristics:
Lens construction in classical triplet | 3 lenses / 3 groups
Iris diaphragm with 15 specially constructed aperture blades and special anti-reflective coating
Mounts: Canon, Nikon, Fuji X, Sony–E, MFT, M42 and Leica M
Available from early summer 2016

Click on the image to see the full size version:

Found via MirrorlessRumors.

Panasonic Lumix GH4 vs Panasonic Lumix GH4R

Irfan: “Here’s the new test video on FZ300 4K camera & surprisingly the image quality is really nice. Link: http://youtu.be/8osYwN5Nbro”

Mezza: “GH4 shoot at Oxford Uni Exam School with a write up of how it went, what lenses we used and using a Letus Helix Jr steadicam device.
http://ignitecreative.co.uk/2015/11/oxford-marketing-video/”

David: “I’ve recently expanded my brief reviews of lenses and accessories for MFT to include additional lenses and combinations, more photo samples, and a listing of lenses that work well with infrared (not all do), with B&W IR photo samples added for these, at: http://www.david-ruether-photography.com/MFT-Lenses.htm”

Sol: “I’ve been shooting with the Speed Booster XL and I wanted to share some details on the pros and cons of using the adapter with the Panasonic GH4: http://suggestionofmotion.com/blog/metabones-speed-booster-xl-nikon-mft-review/”

Germany:
List of todays Gold Box deal at Amazon.de (full page here).
Bis zu 150 EUR Sofortrabatt auf Olympus Objektive at Amazon.de.
100 EUR Amazon Aktionsgutschein beim Kauf einer Kamera E-M5II/E-M1 at Amazon.de.
50 EUR Amazon Aktionsgutschein beim Kauf einer E-M10/E-M10II Kamera at Amazon.de.

UK:
Up to £150 Cashback with Selected Panasonic Cameras and Camcorders at Amazon.co.uk.
Claim up to £100 Cashback when Purchasing a Selected Olympus Lens or Camera at Amazon.co.uk.

France:
Offre de remboursement OLYMPUS – Jusqu’à 150€ remboursés sur une sélection de produits at Amazon France.

Focus Numerique interviewed Haruo Ogawa from Olympus. And here are just some of the key info he spilled out:

More Megapixels? For most of our clients 16MP is sufficient. But in certain situations, this is not enough.

The issue with Full Frame: With a 24×36 sensor, the optics are still very impressive and heavy enough. We believe that at Olympus housings must be compact, but the optic must also be more consistency.

New lenses: We will focus on very bright optical lenses.

What needs to be improved with the EVF: We have to go below 6 milliseconds for the human eye can not be bothered. If we can improve the response time, then the electronic viewfinder will be better than the optical viewfinder.

Autofocus: In the near future, we will further improve this hybrid (AF) system.

4K: In the near future, we will try to have a camera with a video mode 4K.

I am particularly excited to learn more about the fast primes!

Panasonic AG-DVX200 Camcorder h264 30p 4K ‘Street’

Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm F1.7 O.I.S.: The Selective Lens (Photo Daniel).
Essay: Fun with the Raynox DCR-250, a flashgun and some plant life (Eyesuncloudedphoto).
Panasonic has a contest running from now until 12/4 on Lumix Lounge.
Panasonic Lumix GH4 Vs Panasonic Lumix FZ300 (Youtube).

Olympus: “We asked you to share your favorite fall photos in our new User Gallery with the special hashtag for October – and the results were fall-tastic. Olympus America”

Germany:
List of todays Gold Box deal at Amazon.de (full page here).
Bis zu 150 EUR Sofortrabatt auf Olympus Objektive at Amazon.de.
100 EUR Amazon Aktionsgutschein beim Kauf einer Kamera E-M5II/E-M1 at Amazon.de.
50 EUR Amazon Aktionsgutschein beim Kauf einer E-M10/E-M10II Kamera at Amazon.de.

UK:
Up to £150 Cashback with Selected Panasonic Cameras and Camcorders at Amazon.co.uk.
Claim up to £100 Cashback when Purchasing a Selected Olympus Lens or Camera at Amazon.co.uk.

France:
Offre de remboursement OLYMPUS – Jusqu’à 150€ remboursés sur une sélection de produits at Amazon France.

Interview to developers of AG-DVX200

Comparing two M.Zuiko portrait lenses – Olympus 45mm f/1.8 vs. 75mm f/1.8 (Mirrorlessons).
Panasonic GX8 review at ThePhoBlographer.
The Panasonic GX8 – Do Those Extra Pixels Count For Anything? (Soundimagesplus).
Adorama Must-Haves: Hot New Lenses For Serious Shooters

Chris: “I recently shot a video with my E-M1 and a line of lenses. Here the description:
A visual story of my travels through French Polynesia on my way to Teahupoo in August 2015.
Locations seen in the video: Tahiti Iti, Teahupoo, Moorea, Raiatea, Faa’a, Bora Bora,
Equipment used:
– Olympus E-M1
– M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
– M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro
– M.Zuiko 75mm f/1.8
– Panasonic Lumix 8mm f/3.5 fisheye
– Olympus PT-EP11 underwater housing
– Olympus PT-EP02 port
– ZEN 100mm dome port
Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015 and colour graded in Adobe Speed Grade CC 2015
Music: Ludovico Einaudi – Choros
http://chriseyrewalker.com/the-road-to-teahupoo/”

Sol: “I recently picked up this surprisingly solid Nikon-mount lens adapter for the GH4.  The best thing: it only costs about $15. http://suggestionofmotion.com/blog/kf-concept-lens-adapter-nikon-mft-review/“

Experience LUMIX-exclusive 4K Photo Modes

Panasonic Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 on the GX8 impresses in all situations (Imaging Resource).
Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital ED 14-150mm f/4-5.6 II Review (Photographyblog).
Olympus 15mm f/8 Body Cap Review (Photographyblog).
Review Panasonic G 25 mm, 1.7 at German Digitalkamera.
Duel : Fujifilm X-T10 vs Olympus E-M10 II (Focus Numerique).

Daniel Zurek‎: “https://youtu.be/-f_qRYDR158. Sharing some experiences documenting biological field work using micro four thirds. We talk about the Panasonic/Olympus gear we used to shoot macro video of jumping spiders (and general documentary scenes) in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.“

Some very good news is coming from the latest Olympus financial report (PDF file here). Some key stats for (Apr-Sep 2015), compared w the same period last yr:

– mirrorless sales up 22%, units sold up 21% (due to impressive sales of OM-D and PEN series cameras in Japan and Europe)
– compact is down 11%
– the camera division as a whole up 10% in sales
– gross profit for the division increased from -3.7bil JPY to +0.1bil JPY
– the company is doing even better as a whole: sales up 12%; net profit up 60%(a bit weird here)

This is good news for the MFT world. Finally Olympus is not loosing money on the imaging business. And let’s hope next year it will go even better when the new PEN and E-M1II cameras go on sale!

Thanks Boston C!