How to use the new 4K Photo modes on the LUMIX G7 | Tutorial

Second part of the E-M5II review at Mirrorlessons.
Panasonic to launch Lumix DMC-CM1 in Australia (Photoreview).
Full Nokton 10,5mm review at Mirrorlessons.
New info about the new AG-DVX200 camera at Newsshooter.
8mm PRO lens test at DC.watch.
8mm PRO lens test at Focus Numerique.
Pay your bills by shooting a selfie! (TheNakedCamera).
LOL: THere is a man inside the raptorsuite (Dinosaursart).

Metabones is really fully committed to make adapter for the MFT system and today announced again a new adapter! It’s the new EF-M43 Speed Booster ULTRA 0.71x with Autofocus. You can already preorder it at BHphoto (Click here).

Here is the press text to learn more about it:

Petersburg, VA, USA, July 24, 2015: Caldwell Photographic Inc. and Metabones® are pleased to announce a new Speed Booster ULTRA series of focal reducing adapters designed for Micro Four Thirds mirrorless cameras. Like the ULTRA series for Sony E-mount, the new Speed Booster ULTRA m43 uses an advanced 5-element 4-group optical design incorporating ultra-high index tantalum-based optical glass. However, the new design is specifically optimized for the Micro Four Thirds sensor and filter stack, and as a result achieves an astonishing level of performance that sets a new standard for focal reducers.

Like the revolutionary original Metabones Speed Booster® announced in January 2013, the Speed Booster ULTRA m43 has a magnification of 0.71x, and so it effectively reduces the crop factor of mirrorless Micro Four Thirds mount cameras from 2.0x to 1.4x. However, the new ULTRA design makes very effective use of exotic materials at the furthest limit of glassmaking technology, and as a result is almost perfectly corrected for use with all fullframe SLR lenses regardless of aperture. The Speed Booster ULTRA m43 will also work extremely well with many DX and APS-C format lenses provided the image circle of the lens is large enough. Optical performance of the new Speed Boosters is so good that the MTF of any lens attached to it will be improved. Even the latest generation of ultra-high performance SLR lenses such as the Zeiss Otus series can be improved by adding a Speed Booster ULTRA m43.

Figures 2 through 4 below show MTF at 10, 20, and 40 lp/mm as a function of image height for output apertures of f/0.9, f/1.0, and f/2.0, respectively1. At the maximum aperture of f/0.90 (i.e., with an f/1.2 master lens) the sharpness and contrast are extraordinary across the entire image circle. At just one-third stop down to f/1.0 the performance is equal to or better than the best photographic lenses used at their optimum apertures. An additional stop down to f/2.0 yields performance that is rarely encountered in photographic optics. In practice, what all of this means is that the new Speed Boosters will always enhance and never degrade the performance of the attached master lens.

And other aspects of optical performance haven’t been sacrificed in order to obtain high MTF, either. Figure 5 shows that there is less than 1 stop of corner illumination falloff even wide-open at f/0.9. There is no vignetting at all after the output aperture reaches f/2.82. Figure 6 shows that rectilinear distortion added by the Speed Booster ULTRA m43 is negligible at less than 0.7%. The charts shown in Figures 2 through 6 below show the optical performance of the Speed Booster ULTRA m43 when mounted behind an ideal “perfect” lens.

Like all Metabones Speed Boosters, the Speed Booster ULTRA m43 is optimized to correctly account for the camera’s filter stack located near the sensor surface3. This is especially critical at the extremely large apertures made possible by Speed Booster technology. As a result of this careful optimization, an enormous range of full-frame optics, ranging from vintage film lenses to the latest digital designs, will function flawlessly when adapted to Micro Four Thirds camera bodies.

Full press text with graphs and images at metabones.com/article/of/Speed_Booster_ULTRA_0.71x

Toronto at Night – Timelapse from Guillermo Ramos on Vimeo.

Guillermo Ramos (video on top): “Toronto at Night is a bunch of timelapses and hyperlapses all shot at night in Toronto, Ontario in the past two years. This was all done with Lumix GX1, a couple of shots with a GH2, a tripod and me. Timing couldn’t be better to have it all completed in Canada Day! You can read a little about how I put this together on my blog.
http://blog.guillermoramos.net/post/122946813542/toronto-timelapse”

Leica D-LUX (Typ 109) / Panasonic LX100 Video – 4K Photo (Soundimagesplus).
Mikaton 35mm f/0.95 MFT lens review on Lenstip.
The Olympus OM-D E-M5 mark II review, Chapter II – The traveller’s ideal companion (MirrorLessons).
Pay your bills by shooting a selfie! (TheNakedCamera).
Save the Freedom of Photography in Europe (Change.org).

Irfan: “Panasonic G7 Movie Link: https://vimeo.com/132028570“

43rumors reader Zheng sent me this message:

I have made two 3d-printed prototypes of adapter ring for Lee 100mm system for MZD 714. As it’s working well, I put one of them on eBay. It’s the first and only one available in the world for welcomed and popular Lee 100mm system.
For some further information, after having sold it, I am planning sell the final printing on Shapeways, but not like the one on ebay, it needs the buyer some DIY skills because the adapter contains not only 3D printed part.
I am also working on a customized filter slot for 7-14mm lens, to have 3 filters on Lee system without dark edge. Perhaps when it’s ready, they will be available on Shapeways  as a pack altogether with the adapter. Here’s the link to the adapter on ebay
[shoplink 54719 ebay]http://www.ebay.fr/itm/Adapter-ring-for-Olympus-M-ZD-7-14mm-with-Lee-100mm-filter-holder-/271935410129?[/shoplink]
and I have opened a discussion topic on dpreview since 3 weeks.
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/56062817
Here some more pictures
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/56177849

Voigtlander Nokton 10.5mm f/0.95 hands-on review (micro four thirds mount)

Wedding shot ONLY using micro 4/3 kit (Michaelbriggsphotography).
Lensbaby Velvet 56 for micro 4/3 user review (Tysonrobichaudphotography).
Generating 3D-images in the 19th century (TheNakedCamera).

Kuban: “Just another video I shot with the Olympus OMD EM5 II. https://vimeo.com/132581111”

RH: “I put together a short skateboard video shot with a GH4 along with the panasonic 8mm fisheye, panasonic 12-35mm, and the olympus 75mm. I had the camera capture the video in 4K with the CineD profile and applied a small amount of color correction in Final Cut Pro X. http://vimeo.com/132049375”

Doomsterkent: “Olympus 7-14 F2.8 PRO Filter holder made by china brand “Gron”. photo: http://forum.xitek.com/pics/201506/14939/1493949/1493949_1435678912.jpg”

Latest 24h update on the refurbished Olympus cameras/lenses at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket Europe[/shoplink]:
[shoplink 54741 ebay]40-150mm superkit[/shoplink].
[shoplink 54742 ebay]Silver E-P5 body[/shoplink].
[shoplink 54743 ebay]40-150mm superkit[/shoplink].
[shoplink 54744 ebay]E-PL5 with kit lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 54745 ebay]E-PL5 with kit lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 54746 ebay]60mm macro lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 54747 ebay]E-P2 with kit lens[/shoplink].

Panasonic New Zealand confirmed via Twitter that the new V-LOG firmware update will arrive in October. V-LOG will dramatically improve the video quality performance of the GH4 as tested recently by TheCameraStoreTV.

found via EosHD.

GH4 store links:
GH4 camera at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic.
GH4 camera with interface unit at Adorama and BHphoto.
Interface unit only at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic.

What an amazing idea! Panasonic uses 120 GH4 cameras to create one single 3D picture of people inside a special hall. The 3D image is then used to print a 3D figure of the person:

And here is the full video (in Japanese) to see how this works in detail:

found via Image Sensor World.