Nauticam USA announced their new housing for the new Panasonic GX8. Full press text here

Teh Frauenhofer institute published the full details of the future new 16Mp 3D stacked and Global shutterOlympus sensor (PDF download here).
It’s highly likely this could become the future new E-M1markII sensor!
In short these are the new sensor advantage:

• No artifacts (no parasitic light)
• Global Shutter (no rolling shutter artifacts)
• High Image quality

Just let’s hope this tech is ready for the E-M1markII launch at Photokina 2016 :)

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via Image Sensor World.

You can buy and download them at Adobe and BHphoto. A new features overview video can be seen at Adobe (Click here).

In Depth Follow-Up to our OMD EM5II video (The Camera Project).

The Panasonic 42,5mm f/1.7 is sharper and better in any way than the Olympus 45mm f/1,8 (Lenstip).
Olympus TOUGH TG860 review (CameraLabs).

Mike: “I don’t know if you’ve seen, but Damian McGillicuddy (the Olympus UK Principal) has a load of new videos up on the EM-10 Mark II on his YouTube page.
Of particular interest to me are two features which, having now seen them in action, have sold me on buying a Mark II (so well done, “Big Dog”!).
FOCUS BRACKETING
Info — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rSQbM6KI7k
Demo — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0rs7tUmfrc4 (literally the money shot!)
TIME LAPSE SHOOTING
Info — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NCYhrkIgz8
Demo — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6UK7QUXV30
He’s also got a blog post up with some pretty awesome test images showing the quality of the Mark II in pure photography. Got to say that I’m a bit in love with this new camera and I can’t wait till mine arrives!
https://www.damianmcgillicuddy.com/olympus-om-d-em10-mark-2-review”

Chris: “I recently shot a short film about my travels to the world famous surfing spot: Teahupoo in French Polynesia.
All shot on the E-M1 and various lenses:
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
all the underwater/ surf stuff was shot with the E-M1 inside the Olympus PT-EP11 housing.
Editing was done with Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015 and grading with Adobe SpeedGrade CC 2015.
Please take a look:
http://surflove.com.au/the-road-to-teahupoo/“

You finally have access to advanced thethering features on your GX8 thanks to the P-CTRL-1 Promote control. Until now only the Panasonic GH4 was supported. And below you can watch a video to see how it works on that camera. The Control can be purchased at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) or on [shoplink 55694 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Full press text:

ADVANCED TETHERING FOR THE PANASONIC LUMIX DMC-GX8

Photographers can now externally control the Panasonic GX8 and perform advanced techniques using the handheld Promote Control or USB Tether desktop software.

Promote Control and the GX8:

• Full camera control in a pocket-sized remote
• One Shot Mode
  • Set shutter speed, aperture, ISO; trigger camera externally to avoid camera shake
• Advanced HDR Bracketing
  • Up to 45 images per bracket
  • Steps from 1/3 to 9 EV
  • Rapid HDR workflow
• Fine control Time-Lapse & HDR Time-Lapse
• Integrate with 3rd-party pano heads & dollies
• Weather sealed (great for outdoors)
• Long battery life (up to 100 hours)
• More features will be added in the future with free firmware updates
• Promote Control requires firmware version 3.22 or later

International customers! We are offering $50 discount on shipping of Promote Control outside USA and Canada now through September 30, 2015. Enter code ‘50OFF’ at checkout.

USB Tether software and the GX8:

• Control your camera from PC or laptop
• View camera settings*
  • Exposure Mode, Shutter Mode, Focus Mode
• Change exposure settings*
  • Shutter Speed, Aperture and ISO
• Capture images remotely*
• View images as they are taken
• Automatically download full-size images
• A fully functional 14-day trial version can be downloaded at here

*Also available in Promote Control.

GH4 Vlog-L Sample Footage

Sigma 60mm long portrait lens (M43photo).
Panasonic dvx 200 review part 6 – extra features and conclusions (Newsshooter).
In-depth article about Focus Bracketing on E-M10 II (Mirrorlessons).
Olympus OM-D E-M10 Mark II Sample photos, at all ISO settings, with raw available for download at ePhotozine.
GH4R released on German press Website (Panasonic.de).
A 90 year old photo, taken with a “selfie stick”! (TheNakedCamera).

Odur: “https://vimeo.com/139692298. I’d like to share this hand held shooting test made with GH4 and Panasonic Leica 42.5mm F1.2.”

Eyal: “Please share my review of the G7, I found it a very interesting camera – with some excellent features and some missing ones. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UkCKQD1nfE”

Lorenzo: “just to share the link to a simple test I made with a Panasonic GH4 and Olympus 7-14/2.8 on a DJI Ronin M: http://lorenzoferrarini.com/testing-panasonic-gh4-olympus-7-14-2-8-dji-ronin-m/”

Victor Bart (Thanks!) posted that interview with JVC. The company unveiled that their 4K Micro Four Thirds camcorder will also get a new firmware update whcih will add the following new features:
1) Cine 4k and 2k so 4096×2160 and 2048×1080 modes!
2) Flat profile! New gamma option now you have 3: J-Log1 Cinema ITU709
3) Histogram Spotmeter
4) Sensorzoom 20% in 4k and 60% in 2k

Great!