Tamron officially announces the new 14-150mm F/3.5-5.8 Di III MFT lens.

And now it’s here! Tamron officially released the lens which will ship from June 26 already for 26,000 Yen (about $255 or 187 Euro). Interestingly Tamron also wrote a note about the reason why they changed the lens spec and removed the in lens stabilization (google translated):

* This machine, which had been announced as (Vibration Compensation) equipped with VC in the development announcement of January 2013, but as a result of repeated various studies in the development process of subsequent, has decided not equipped.

Source: Tamron Japan.

The big Adobe announcement day: Lightroom for mobile.

We just had a big Adobe announcement day. Adobe launched:
1) And Update of CC with new Focus masks feature (adobe.com/products/photoshop.html)
2) Photoshop Mix for iPad (itunes.apple.com/us/app/adobe-photoshop-mix-creative/id885271158).
3) Lightroom and Photoshop CC for $9,99 monthly sub (creative.adobe.com/plans/offer/photoshop+lightroom).
4) And Lightroom mobile. (adobe.com/products/lightroom-mobile.html)

Here is the Press release for Lightroom mobile.:

Now you can take Lightroom® anywhere and extend your workflow beyond the desktop – access, edit, organize, and share images from anywhere.
Edit and organize images anywhere, anytime, on your iPad or iPhone (new with the June 2014 release). Enhance everything from smartphone photos to raw images from DLSR cameras using powerful and familiar tools. Automatically sync all your mobile edits with Lightroom 5 on your desktop. Easily share all of your photos to social media sites. With Adobe Lightroom mobile, your photography is going places.
Top features of Lightroom mobile
Lightroom mobile consists of three components: Lightroom for iPad and iPhone, Lightroom 5 for desktop, and the Lightroom mobile service in Creative Cloud, which handles sync between Lightroom on your mobile devices and Lightroom 5 on your desktop.
Go to www.adobe.com/go/lrmobile to learn more or www.adobe.com/go/lrmobile_getstarted to get started with a free trial.

a little bit of everything…


Introducing 4K Video Advantages – A Revolution in Videography – II

Best lenses for the Olympus OM-D EM-10: Standard and Short telephoto primes and zooms (DxOmark).
Panasonic GX7 article at DC.watch.
Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 15mm f/1.7 ASPH lens tested at Photoreview.
Olympus 25mm test at Nikkei.
Limited edition E-M10 at Akihabara.

Marc:My latest work shot with an Olympus E-M5 and the lovely Olympus 25mm 1.8 lens at marcprovins.blogspot.co.uk

Robert:100 Euro off on the GM1 in France at Redcoon.fr. Info at Photo-Panasonic.

This is the Panasonic 150mm f/2.8 MFT lens patent.

Egami spotted a new Panasonic patent describing exactly the soon to be announced new Panasonic 150mm f/2.8 lens. The lens will be announced at Photokina in September. These are the specs

Description and self-interpretation of the patent literature

  • Patent Publication No. 2014-38304
    • Publication date 2014.2.27
    • Filing date 2012.7.20
  • Example 1
    • Focal length f = 146.2142-139.0971mm
    • Fno. 2.91065-2.92693
    • Half angle ω = 4.1995-3.5203 ​​°
    • Image height Y = 10.8150mm
    • Total length 132.5800mm

And here is a picture of the prototype shown last year:

a little bit of everything…

Grading GH4 with ImpulZ LUT from Sherif Mokbel on Vimeo.

Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 15mm f/1.7 ASPH Sample Images at Photogrpaphyblog.
Panasonic GH4 RAW vs. JPEG High ISO Comparison at Photographybay.
Olympus Tough TG-3 real-world samples gallery at Dpreview.
First Impressions of the Panasonic FZ1000 at ThePhoBlographer.
Frank Kretschmann und die E-M5 am El Capitan (Pen And Tell).
100 pound cahsback on the Panasonic GM1 in UK (via Dealsrunner).
Panasonic GH4, cadrage et distorsions (LeMondeDeLaPhoto).
New Panasonic Leica 15mm album from our friend Gordon @ Cameralabs on Flickr.
Oly 45 mm, Voigtlander 42,5 mm and Panasonic 42.5 mm with a lot of samples on the Dutch site Pixelmania.
Olympus Stylus SP-100EE Real-world Samples (Dpreview).
The Best Mirrorless Camera Under $1,000 (TheWireCutter).

Klaus:The Pana 100-300mm is unsually seldom part of interest: I have just posted an article regarding its use at shooting American Football games. Feel free to visit at http://in-meinem-fokus.blogspot.com/2014/06/sharks-attack-first-steps-with-lumix.html

Travis:I have been using the GH4 since day 1. Honestly, it is very close to being the perfect camera for my needs. The biggest issue I have is that Program Priority mode with Auto ISO will never use faster than 1/60 of a second shutter duration if you have a wide angle prime on the camera. Here is a video that explains why we need a minimum shutter duration setting for Auto ISO in Program priority mode for both stills and video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jWzbXczUnE

Jonas:Here’s a few shots I took with the PanaLeica 42,5mm and Oly Em1: Jonaslinngard.tumblr.com

Cem:Full Battery and it looks like camera used only 50% of the battery to take 2680 pictures. (All JPEG only no RAW). Also i have set the camera to A and ISO to 200 16:9 aspect ratio. I hope you all enjoy. Here is the youtube link (4K version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fysqpfIuRU&feature=share

Xiyu:I got my GH4 one week ago and have been doing some test shots these days. This is a new short film of GH4 4K ansmorphic in 3840X1080p. http://vimeo.com/97636475

Patrik:Great comparison by Neumannfilms between these 3 cameras (GH4 vs EPIC vs 5D3). http://youtu.be/8kwMWb2KPB4