a little bit of everything…

GH4 4K does Super 8 anamorphic from Seb Farges on Vimeo.

Panasonic Leica DG Summilux 15mm f/1.7 ASPH Review at Photographyblog
Olympus 9mm f/8 fisheye review at M43photo.
FZ100 test at DC.watch.
High ISO Test: Canon G1X Mk II Vs Olympus OMD EM5 (ThePhoBlographer).
Olympus Magazine June edition at Olympusmag.
12-40mm lens test at DC.watch.
Leica 15mm review at Itmedia.

—EU refurbished deals reminder—

MFT cameras:
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MFT lenses:
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FT stuff:
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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: