Metabones announced the new Canon EF to MFT Speed Booster with following features:

• Increase maximum aperture by 1 stop.
• Increase MTF.
• Makes lens 0.71x wider.
• Build-in electronics to control lens aperture.
• The lens aperture is set by the controls on the camera body.
• Powered by camera body. no external power source required. (also accept 3rd party external power supply via MicroUSB socket)
• High performance 32-bit processor and efficient switched-mode power supply.
• The tripod foot is detachable and compatible with Arca Swiss, Markins and Photo Clam ball heads.

Optics designed by Caldwell Photographic in the USA (patent pending)

A first hands-on test has been posted by Andrew on EosHD.

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Thanks Vincent for sharing!

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Samyang just released the new 50mm T/1.5 Cine lens. It’s going to be available as Micro Four Thirds mount too:

PRESS TEXT:

Samyang announces the release of a new cine lens V-DSLR 50mm T1.5 AS UMC. The product will be officially introduced during upcoming Photokina 2014 photographic fairs in Cologne.

The presented lens with the focal length of 50mm is yet another product released by the Korean manufacturer. And it will perfectly fill the gap between Samyang 35mm and 85mm models. Cine version will be introduced along with the photographic version of the lens. As a result, Samyang brand will now be selling a complete set of bright lenses with exceptionally wide and useful focus ranges to meet expectation of both filmmakers and photographers.

Samyang 50 mm T1.5 AS UMC has been designed for cameras and camcorders fitted with photosensitive 24x36mm or smaller sensor. It gives 46.2 degrees field of view, and thanks to high brightness value of T1.5 (f/1.4) it comes as a great tool in poor lighting conditions, ensuring splendid image quality and small depth of field. Optics of the lens consists of nine lens elements arranged in six groups (including one aspherical and one hybrid aspherical lens element). To ensure high contrast and faithful colour reproduction, all lens elements have been covered with multi-layered UMC anti-reflective coatings.

Samyang 50mm T1.5 VDSLR ensures exceptionally smooth and aesthetic mapping for out of focus areas beyond the focal plain, producing the so called bokeh effect. Thanks to the eight-bladed aperture, the subjects located outside the depth of field are shown with extremely smooth features. This feature will be appreciated by professional filmmakers and photographers taking portrait photos.

New Samyang 50mm T1.5 VDSLR will be first presented at Photokina 2014 photographic fairs. Samyang company invites all guests to visit the company’s stand (No. A-025, hall 2.1) during the fairs which are to be held in Cologne from 16th to 21st of September 2014. For all those who want to visit Photokina 2014 fairs, Samyang has prepared free guest passes. Please, visit our official website www.samyang-europe.com or the company’s fanpages in socialnetworking services to view the upcoming information about our free guest passes: facebook.com/samyang.

Samples
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Olympus Japan announced the release of the E-M5 with 12-40mm “Elite” kit. It will ship from August 29. The only difference with the “normal” E-M5 is the texture of the body as you can see on that image on top.

Source: Olympus Japan.

Maxim Guselnikov
Pen E-P5 & PL 25/1,4
www.fotomax.pro
http://500px.com/LivingLoud
www.flickr.com/photos/fotomax/ — with Maria Zaharova.

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Olympus newly published patent discloses the design of a fancy looking 3D camera. As you can see there are multiple lenses inside one lens (I don’t know how to describe this better). If you want to read all technical details about that camera download the pdf file (Click here).

I really don’t know if such a 3D camera will ever come to production. The 3D hype is over and companies seem to not really push this tech anymore. Who actually remembers that Panasonic also launched the 12,5mm 3D Micro Four Thirds lens? All forgotten now…

Oriental wedding -extract- (Selma and Samy / 4K anamorphic) from Seb Farges on Vimeo.

Kodak PIXPRO S-1 Review at ePhotozine.
Le mode TAv chez Olympus (Lepidi)
Panasonic 42.5mm f1.2 review at ThePhoBlographer.
EM1 & Nocticron by Cody on Flickr.
Short documentary by our reader Irfan on Vimeo.
17mm 1.8 review at DC.watch.
Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT25 Review at Photographyblog.

Sol: “Here’s a guide on how to save $150+ on the Zacuto Target Shooter, a nice compact rig perfect for small cameras like the GH4: http://suggestionofmotion.com/blog/diy-zacuto-target-shooter/”

Matt: “Wanted to share a short video showcasing the timelapse features on the GH4 on a trip through beautiful BC, Canada. https://vimeo.com/103495657”

Gabriel: “Just want to share a short documentary I recently made with GH2+GH3, on a recent protest marches in Hong Kong: https://vimeo.com/103432165”

Schaz: “First test at 96 f/s with Lumix GH4 for great slow motion: https://vimeo.com/103503879”

Michael: “I posted a review of the Pen E-P5 called “Traveling Light” http://www.qamera.com/2014/08/08/travel-light/”

Giulio: “A quick article I wrote about shooting real estate photography on the GH4 as a replacement for the 5D Mark 3! http://www.gvfx.net/blog/real-estate-photography-on-a-gh4-awesome-or-lacking”

Thomas: “Short edit i shot in Fiji with the Panasonic GH3. https://vimeo.com/92466077“

Do you see some analogy? :)

By the way, this is the meaning of the new WTC logo: Businessweek.com. Thanks Matthew for finding and sharing this!