Shenyang China, Oct 21, 2015 –
Shenyang Zhongyi Optics (ZY Optics), a leading Chinese manufacturer of camera lenses and focal reducers, has released the version II of the Lens turbo adapters for Micro Four Thirds (M43) cameras. There will be 2 versions of the new lens turbo adapters, which are designed for lenses with Canon EF mount and Nikon F mount respectively. This adapter allows Full Frame compatible lenses to be mounted onto Mirrorless cameras with a wider angle of view and faster aperture. The New Nikon version features a silver aperture ring which is able to control the aperture of Nikon G lenses through the adapter. The adapter is compatible with cameras with Micro Four Thirds mount, including the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera (BMPCC).
Similar to the previous Zhongyi Lens Turbo (ver II), the new MFT turbo adaptor features a structure of 4 lens elements in 4 groups, including 1 extra-low dispersion element which helps in reduce the chromatic aberrations on the image. The angle of view of the camera lenses will be increased by 0.762x and the max. aperture will be improved by 1-stop. Version II of the lens turbo adapter has a complete different optical design from version 1 and a much improved coating. And the optical performance upgrades tremendously.
Purchase can now be made via ZY Optics official website (http://www.zyoptics.net/) or authorized resellers. Shipment will commence from early Nov. Suggested retail price is USD 149.

Shenyang Zhongyi Optical & Electronic Company Limited Email: sales@zyoptics.net Website: http://www.zyoptics.net/
Sample products will be available for trial in ZY Optics booth (booth#973) in Photoplus Expo, New York during 22-24th Oct together with the rest of the new products.
– Mitakon Speedmaster 25mm f/0.95
– Mitakon Speedmaster 135mm f/1.4
– Mitakon Speedmaster 35mm f/0.95 (II)
– Mitakon Creator 135mm f/2.8 (II)

Lensbaby announced a new Composer PRO II with Edge 50 Optic for MFT (preorder here at BHphoto).

You can now download (for free!) the new Olympus UK issue: en.olympusmag.co.uk/october2015

LUMIX GH4 “SEAFOAM” in 4K by Bryan Harvey

Walimex Pro 100mm f/2,8 Gold Box at Amazon Germany.
A Review of the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G7KS 4K mirrorless camera (4K.com).
Mitakon 25mm f/0.95 review at MU-43.
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II ou E-M5 Mark II : lequel choisir? (OpenPN).
Panasonic Cashback in Japan.
Creator 35mmf /2.0 lens review at itmedia.co.jp.

It’s official! The Leica SL has been announced and you can follow the full coverage at Mirrorlessrumors. The camera has been made with Panasonic tech and even uses Panasonic V-LOG!!! See the

Leica also makes one bold claim: It says this is the world’s fastest autofocusing camera! If it’s made by Panasonic than we can expect a lot from the GH5!

screenshot from the spec file (pdf on Wetransfer here).

Leica SL camera and lens specs at BH/Adorama:
Leica SL camera at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Leica SL 24-90mm at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

Iridient Developer 3.0.5 update adds support for RAW images from the Olympus E-M10 II and also fixes a bug with support for the Panasonic DMC-FZ300 (and FZ330).

The update is available for download here:
http://iridientdigital.com/products/iridientdeveloper_download.html

Remember Crete from Emeric on Vimeo.

Revisiting the Olympus OM-D E-M5 in Moldova (Admiringlight).
Panasonic 14-140mm f/3.5-5.6 Review (Mirrorlessons).
Protech show panasonic dvx200 shoulder mount adaptor for eng style operation (Newsshooter).
E-M10II test at DC.watch.

Ray: “Some of your readers, who use 4/3 lenses with m4/3 cameras like I do, may be interested in this little device that I created. It’s like the GoWing Lens Flipper, but as they don’t make them for 4/3 lenses, I decided to make my own: http://australianimage.com.au/wordpress/index.php/a-flipping-good-idea/. It was very easy to make, the materials were surprisingly easy to source and it works very well.”

Alexandru: “So a few weeks ago the shutter on my Elikon 535 (soviet era camera made by BeLomo) stopped working. Opened the little sucker up to fix it but thanks high quality soviet era engineering and built quality that turned out to be somewhat impossible.
Didn’t want to completely scrap the little guy as I was quite fond of the way it rendered images. The Minar/Minitar-2 35mm f/3.8 lens is a direct descendant of the Minitar-1 32mm f/2.8 lens found on the LC-A one of the most iconic cameras of the Lomography movement , so it would of been a shame to never use it again.
I decided to adapt the optics from the Elikon 535 for use on my Micro 4/3 cameras.
First thing that I had to do was to measure what will be the future flange distance of the lens.
I tore down the camera completely and removed the lens. Had to completely disassemble the optics and clean each of the 4 elements as time and poor seals haven’t been kind on it.
Created a 3D design in Sketchup and with the help of my 3D printer and an old C-mount to Micro 4/3 adapter I created a simple manual focus , fixed aperture lens. I thought the cog design will honor it’s heritage :).
Biggest issues were getting the flange distance just right so the lens can focus from close up to infinity and making sure it is going to be centered over the sensor.
This is how the lens came out.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hatetosketch/22067397195/in/datetaken/
And here is an album with the first pictures I took with it.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/hatetosketch/albums/72157659680025405“