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Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO Video Review by ePhotozine.

Sony 5 axis IBIS vs EF Lens Based IS vs Panasonic 2 axis IBIS Comparison (Tysonrobichaudphotography).
Olympus Tough TG-4 studio and real-world samples posted (Dpreview).
Atomos Shogun: Product Update with Daniel Norton (Adorama Blog).
Ein bisschen was von unterwegs – und was man mit Artfiltern anrichten kann…(Pen And Tell).
Panasonic Lumix GX8 – Test terrain (Hybridcams).
G7 review at Polish site Optyczne.

Bruce:Hilarious!  The new G X8 has “Tall Poppy Syndrome” :-))) (look it up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tall_poppy_syndrome). New must-have Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX8 can see around corners!!!! See here http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/aplusautomation/vendorimages/fb321ec8-365f-4166-be08-85e58d17a453._V316101580_.jpg. As a GX7 owner I can’t wait to update to this remarkable beast!

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Seb Farges (video on top):This is a very first quick test done with the upcoming “Rangefinder” from SLR Magic I’ve just received yesterday. The combo with my baby is quite strange but I like it. It’s not too heavy, but I have to use to with this solution. You can see it here : https://flic.kr/s/aHskgKQi64

Three Reasons To Get Excited About The Future Of M4/3 – No. 1. The Olympus High-Res Mode (Soundimagesplus).
Lokee – Coolest Adaptable Grip Cage to Make Video Better (Kickstarter).
Best Smartphone for Photographers: Panasonic CM1 (Smartphones.Reviewed).
Kowa Prominar 12mm review at DC.watch.
Stockholm’s green….(Pen And Tell).
8mm Fisheye review at MyNavi.jp.

Jayme: “Sharing my site and my photos…2015 Travel: Istanbul, Amsterdam, Paris, London
https://oneworldtraveltour.smugmug.com/2015-Europe
https://oneworldtraveltour.smugmug.com/2015-Europe/2015-03-04-Istanbul/

The digital camera market crisis could be finally over?

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Lats week Olympus issued a financial report and for the first time it was not losing money in their digital camera business! And it seems like this could be a “gobal” trend. For the first time in years the June 2015 camera unit sales were not much worse than the previous year (June 2014). We may have reached the bottom of the bottle where sales will no more drop compared to the previous year?

Detailed CIPA data graph can be seen at Personal View.

Rokinon Xeen lenses announced and available for preorder at BHphoto!

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Samyang announced their new “XEEN” Cine lens line. And the first three Micro Four Thirds lenses can be preordered at BHphoto:
Rokinon Xeen 24mm T1.5 Lens (Click here).
Rokinon Xeen 50mm T1.5 Lens (Click here).
Rokinon Xeen 85mm T1.5 Lens (Click here).

UPDATE: Preorders are up at Adorama too (Click here).

A first hands-on review of the lenses can be read at Explora (Click here):

I found the Rokinon XEEN Cine Lenses to be well made, easy to work with, and overall I enjoyed the image quality. They rendered naturalistic images with good contrast and a pleasing, slightly warm feel. Intercutting between the lenses required no additional color correction beyond applying the same LUT to the footage. It is my preference to shoot more closed down than wide open, and I did feel the lenses performed best starting around T4, but I was still satisfied with footage shot at T1.5. Overall, I was pleased with the XEEN lenses and look forward to working with them again.

Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup.


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1) You can share your pics by using the message box on our 43rumors Facebook page (Click here).
2) All 43rumors readers pictures can be seen here: facebook.com/43rumors/photos. Like the pictures you like and chat with the authors if you want to know how they took the shot!
3) The most liked pictures and some pics selected by myself will be posted weekly on 43rumors

This is the weekly selection:

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Jurek (video on top):Still loving the GH4/SLR Magic 10mm T2.1 combination. Although slightly overshadowed by the recent Voigtlander 10.5mm release (purely a numbers game), I cannot get enough of how well this lens and camera combination performers. Hoping to be able to fly the combo on a CAME-TV Single 3-axis gimbal when it finally arrives, but in the meantime here’s some footage from a trip to Saint Martin earlier in the year. https://vimeo.com/133807078

Comparison between the Leica 42.5mm Nocticron, Voigtländer 42.5mm Nokton and the Olympus 45mm f/1.8 (Tysonrobichaudphotography)
Lensbaby Velvet for MFT (Tysonrobichaudphotography).

Fredrik: “I just finished my first food video and want to ask you if you could share it with your readers. The video was shot with two GH3’s, 12-35mm f/2.8, 25 f/1.4 and 45 f/1.8. It was lit using Fotodiox 1000ASVL with Lee 1/4 minus green filter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pS0cGcsCS8

Romain:A little expériment with the GH3 + 12mm T1,6 + Voigtlander 25mm f0,95. Corsica 2K13 by HR Prod. https://vimeo.com/133429635