After over three years of continuous fall the system camera market stabilized this year (See latest CIPA report PDF here). It’s now an open question if the market sales will remain constant or go back to some degree of growth. Hard to say now…
Olympus Air A01 and OM-D E-M5: First View
Fine Tuning the EVF on Your Olympus OM-D (TheDigitalStory).
Omar: “Your readers will be interested in my new article about my switch to m43 and point and shoot cameras and lessons learned about photography gear during the 10 plus years to make my book and calendar.
http://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2015/11/07/tips-from-shooting-the-egyptian-wilderness-dr-o”
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.
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/“
