A bit of everything…


“Forever Young” BEHIND THE SCENES by Michael Grecco

Panasonic Lumix DMC-CM1 real-world sample gallery posted (Dpreview).
Panasonic LX100 Shooter’s Report Part II (Imaging Resource).
*Micro 4/3 Super Tele Battle, Lumix 100-300 vs Oly 40-150+1.4xTC (Tyson Robichaud).
PEN Lite E-PL7 + Prominar 25mm F1.8 (DC.watch).
30mm macro image samples at Kasayapa.

OmegaBroadcastGroup:check out our @thefader fort set mostly on GH3 with 12-35. flic.kr/p/qL4SyY

Bartosz:I’ve recently filmed this little video test of Olympus OMD EM5 Mark II: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJyxUNdk028

Izhar:This is a music video I directed for my band, T-Slam. We’re about to play a big concert with the Israeli Symphony Orchestra, so we decided to have fun with the classical theme…
Shot with the GH4, Natural profile, Helios 44-2 with a poor man’s Speedbooster and a Lumix 12-35mm/f2.8 lens. https://vimeo.com/125389854

Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup.


Thanos Giannakakis
The picture was taken in Mount Psiloritis, Crete, Greece during the ski mountaineering race Pierra Creta (www.facebook.com/pierracreta)
Olympus E-M10, 12-40
1/1600 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 200

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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

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NAB 2015: Blackmagic Design Micro Cinema Camera

Atomos Shogun firmware update adds Anamorphic de-squeeze for Panasonic GH4 and standard lenses.
Why the Panasonic GH4 Splits Video Clips Into Multiple Files (Suggestionofmotion).
REVIEW: Testing the Panasonic GH4’s 4K Video Capabilities (Akihabaranews).
Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO Does A Wedding (Fotozones).
“Remote Control” for MFT lenses (Aputure).
New Smart lens Cap for the LX100 at DC.watch.
New Case for the CM1 at DC.watch.
Italian E-M5II review at Tomshw.it.
Olympus TG-860 Sample Images (Photographyblog).

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Tested In-Depth: Panasonic Lumix LX100

E-M1 & 600mm f/2.8 review by Surflove.
OM-D E-M5 MK II – Graded by Jonas Linngård (Youtube).
Fast 50mm Shoot Out: MFT vs FF (Betterfamilyphotos).
Micro Four Thirds len’s favorites (Lensschool).
Colorfidelity added the E-M5II profiles.
Japanese JVC GY-LS300 4K MFT camcorder review at (Monouri).

Tomas:Hi I did video with Panasonic G6 and Nokton 17.5 mm about my city and its surroundings. I spent almost one year making it. Here is link > https://youtu.be/gVZnPwMscE4

Jason:Hi guys , here’s a shoot we did with the GH4 in downtown LA at night. Vimeo presents: Downtown Los Angeles Night Aerials – 4K http://vimeo.com/124955949

Travis:Here is an Olympus E-M5 MK II tips and tricks video I made. The second post in the 2nd link below has the full text of the video as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI4NtRoEb_k
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/55564166

Few more details (and one image) about the new 16MP 3D stacked Olympus sensor with 10,000 fps.

16MP-3d-stacked-olympus-sensor
(Click to enlarge the image)

VLSsymposium (PDF file here) unveiled some more info about the new 16MP 3D stacked Olympus sensor:

A 3D stacked CMOS Image Sensor with Global-shutter mode and high speed capturing mode:
The paper by Toru Kondo et al. from Olympus Corp. will describe a 16Mpixel 3D stacked CMOS image sensor with pixel level interconnections using 4 million micro bumps.

The two semiconductor substrates are bonded by a 7.6um pitch micro-bump array, and the storage node array is comprised on the bottom substrate to improve parasitic light sensitivity (PLS). Both a 16Mpixel global-shutter mode with a -180dB PLS and 2Mpixel 10000fps high speed image capturing are achieved. (Paper C4-5, “A 3D stacked CMOS image sensor with 16Mpixel global-shutter mode and 2Mpixel 10000fps mode using 4 million interconnections,” Toru Kondo et al., Olympus Corp.)

found via Image Sensor World.

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TG-4 Product Overview

More Panasonic DVX200 information, from leaked invitation only pre-NAB slides (Ironfilm.nz).
Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4K: First Look (Adorama).
DxO OpticsPro v10.4 adds support for the E-M5II.
Best of NAB Recap (Stronzvanderploeg).
GF7 test at DC.watch.
KOWA PROMINAR 8.5mm F2.8 MFT test at Yodobashi.

Tom:Some photos of a wild windy and sea-spray ridden bicycle ride along the west coast of Tasmania (Australia) taken with an EM5 mk2.  Overall impression is that the AF and image stabilisation are a significant improvement over mk1.  Button and dial feel much better ‘for real’.  http://bicyclenomad.com/2015/04/13/tasmania-west-coast-remoteness/

Oscar:Just wanted to share a video edited recently from timelapses recorded last summer in alsacia and mosel valley. All done with G6 and Gopro Hero3+. https://youtu.be/f-DaBTWwTko

Martin:Hey, I might have missed you posting this – but if you haven’t here’s a brave GH4 owner who deserves a pat on the back https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pZgLAhxmZ4

Will:Olympus sent some photographers to Switzerland: https://player.vimeo.com/video/124522721

New March camera shipment data. Decaying Skunk….

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Graph via Personal View.

CIPA published the March digital camera shipment data. And things keep getting worse and worse or as Personal View writes it’s a “Decaying Skunk”. Compared to the already very bad sales of March 2014 we had 20% less cameras unit sold in March 2015. I guess this is also one of the reasons why companies are slowing down new camera release cycles and eventually announce only minor updated cameras with same sensor again and again. But that lack of innovation will again slow down sales…

Maybe companies should do the exact opposite….bring some exciting new kind of technologies! Easier said than done I guess…