Texas Store listed the price of the Panasonic GH4 (price found via dealsrunner). We had a couple of stores in EU and Asia accepting preorders and some of them listed a price for the cameras that were likely just….pure guess!
Anyway, if $1,699 is really the final price than this is a fair price for a 4K camera! You have to pay much more for the Blackmagic Design Production Camera 4K (here at BHphoto).
Tresor Mukonkole (english subtitles) from Hapax Films on Vimeo.
Rachid (video on top): I know it’s the GH4 rush right now (the gear-head I am is lusting on thoses specs!) but I wanted to share a piece I’ve done recently using m43 on a fine artist. There is some optionnal english subtitles on vimeo. It’s my first video as a freelancer and I hope to tell the story of many creators in every fields. https://vimeo.com/85867865
For thoses interested in gear I’ve used :
GH3
GH2
Olympus 12mm
Voigtlander 25mm
Canon FD 50mm
Elicar Macro FD 90mm
Sennheiser G3 wireless
Sanken Cos. 11 lav
Edelkrone slider V2
Glidecam HD1000
that’s it ! Hope you’ll enjoy
Frank: “Here’s a Shawn Blanc podcast episode where he talks about moving from taking iPhone pictures to an E-PL5, and now to an E-M10. The m43 stuff starts at about 7 minutes: http://weeklybriefly.net/photo-mojo/”
Joe: “I just want to highlight a fashion editorial that was recently published in print for Elegant Magazine February issue. I shot them with the Olympus E-M1, Panasonic 12-35mm, and the Olympus 45mm. Hope you guys like them! https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/108896848372137852224/albums/5979582819640243713. You can see more of my fashion and commercial work where are mostly shot with micro 4/3 camera (GH2 and GH3): www.fotosiamo.com“
Robert: “A music video for my brother’s band, The World Record. Includes one hex bug, one cat and a butler. Shot with the Panasonic GX7 and SLR Magic HyperPrime Cine 12mm T1.6. I previously had the original version of this lens and traded it in for the new version which was released recently. It does not disappoint. Better control over the flare and better handling. It’s a wonderful lens to shoot video with. In this video the close focus ability worked very well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqayds0JyaM”
Vincent: “not a rumor. Just a video I shot on my GH3. Thought it demonstrates how well the 1080/60p feature works. http://youtu.be/Rout5y73Z88”
Ryan: I recently flew to Thailand with my girlfriend. We had two GH3’s and an Edelkrone slider. Everything flew by very quickly while we were there and getting good footage meant being ready for the shot in the matter of seconds. The GH3’s really stepped up in terms of size and image quality. We shot mostly on the Panasonic 12-35 2.8 and Olympus 75 1.8, which covered a good amount of range (especially with ex-teleconversion) I hope you can post this up to your next round-up. Link to video: https://vimeo.com/87152721”
Vincent: “I just finished a short promo video project for the school where I teach, which I made with the GX7 along with the Olympus 12-40mm f2.8 and the Olympus 17mm f1.8.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bc36XNbBy4o“
Egami spotted a new “holy grail” alike Olympus patent :)
Olympus is working on a technology that permits to have different exposures time for different image areas. A bright sky for example will have a shorter exposure times than a darker ground. Sounds a bit like science fiction but I am sure this kind of tech will be ready within a couple of years. And we will have no more over- or underesposure problems!
An anonymous source sent me these images of a new “Chinese” G5 and G& battery grip. I don’t know where you can buy this. Installation guide showing how to install the battery grip on a Panasonic Lumix G5 camera can be found at Youku.com.
Let me know if you know where you can buy this! Thanks!
The special new E-M5 and 12-40mm kit will start to ship worldwide from today (Source: DC.watch).
And Panasonic launchedGold Series SDUC Card which are suitable for 4K video. Here is the Press Text:
Panasonic Announces SDXC/SDHC UHS-I Card
Today, Panasonic is introducing new SDXC and SDHC UHS-I cards, the Gold Series “SDUC”, complying with UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) and suitable for 4K video recording. UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) is the standard announced in November last year by the SD Association responsible for establishing an SD card standard to respond to market needs for 4K video, defining a new Speed Class that guarantees a constant minimum write speed of 30MB/s.
The Gold Series “SDUC” introduced by Panasonic can provide this UHS Speed Class 3 (U3) and is capable of stable and continuous real-time video recording at a minimum write speed of 30MB/s (240 Mbps). It can be used not only for unlimited 4K video recording in MOV/MP4 format, but is also capable of ultra high bitrate video recording at 200 Mbps (ALL-Intra) or 100 Mbps (IPB) for enabling smooth and beautiful high-quality video without the dropouts caused by an insufficient writing speed.
With products not compatible with UHS Speed Class 3, the Gold Series cards are compliant with UHS Speed Class 1 or Speed Class 10 with a constant minimum writing speed of 10 MB/s (80 Mbps). The stable writing performance ensures highly reliable recording of low bit-rate 4K videos as well as Full HD and standard videos. Further, the Gold Series cards are a perfect match for the New LUMIX-G “DMC-GH4”, which is capable of providing awesome video quality for unlimited expressiveness.
The other features of the Gold Series “SDUC” are shown below.
1. Ultra High Speed Transfer – – With UHS-I Bus Interface
The Gold Series can work with the UHS-I bus interface, which is capable of ultra high-speed read/write operations. When used with a UHS-I compliant product, the card can have a maximum read speed of 90MB/s and maximum write speed of 45MB/s*1. The high-speed read capability enables a smooth transfer from the SD card to a PC or tablet as well as quick preview on such products, while the high-speed writing capability is ideal for photo burst shooting by a D-SLR or D-SLM camera.
2. Tough and Long Lasting
The Gold Series offers long lasting data retention thanks to MLC flash memory, which is suitable for repetitive writing and offers long lasting data retention. The Gold Series is also equipped with the Proof 7 feature (water-, shock-, magnet-, X-ray-, electrostatic-, temperature-proof, and built-in fuse) to withstand severe conditions like those seen during heavy field use. Even if the internal destruction of the card occurs, the built-in fuse prevents it from overheating or igniting.
The new Gold Series “SDUC” cards will be available in memory capacities of 64 GB, 32 GB and 16 GB.
*1- Under UHS-I bus interface. The speed shown in the table above is not possible with a non-compliant UHS-I device. In that case, high speed mode or default mode is implemented. The actual speed depends on devices and conditions.
*2- Both the Speed Class and UHS Speed Class can only be implemented with Speed Class / UHS Speed Class compliant products.
*3- The SDXC memory card can be used with products that comply with SDXC, and the SDHC memory card can be used with products that comply with both SDHC and SDXC.
Image courtesy: Personal View (Click here).
As usual Personal View (Click here) did a great job summarizing in graphs the Japanese camera shipment data (contains exact number of shipped cameras manufactured by Japanese companies). And there are two important news we can learn from the January report:
1) DSLR shipment dropped down to the lowest level since two years.
2) While mirrorless shipment to EU slightly increased (from 39,483 in December to 48,321 in January) and America where constant the shipment in Japan surprisingly dropped in Japan.
It’s really a challenging time for all companies producing system cameras! I am now wondering if sales will ever go up again…
More graphs can be seen at Personal View (Click here).
There is a ne toy for all people who want to buy a new Olympus lens. Over at GetOlympus (Click here) you can use a dynamic tool to choose the lens that fulfills your needs. It’s really well done!
