RELIEF (SLR Magic anamorphic) from Edwin Lee on Vimeo.

This is some footage taken with the SLR Magic Anamorphic Prototype 1.33x adapter on the SLR Magic 35mm T1.4 version II lens. The flare is a bit crazy but it is a test of an uncoated prototype. SLR MAgic said they will now work on lens coating to bring out the desired flare effects.

The Anamorphic adapter is scheduled to be launched in 2014.

On September 10 at around 6-7am London time Olympus will announce the new E-M1 camera and 12-40mm f/2.8 lens. Almost all specs are well-known. And we have seen pictures from all angles. So it’s time to post a size comparison roundup to see how big the E-M1 is when compared with other cameras. On top you can see the comparison made by 43rumors reader Iwert (the grip is massive!).

More comparison images can be seen at ThePhotoSoup (GH3 vs E-M1), SLRclub (E-30 vs E-M1) and Dicahub.

One more thing: Olympus will also anticipate the new 40-150mm f/2.8 lens but the final production version will come in 2014 only.

Blackmagic Pocket Camera Review Part 2: The real world from Philip Bloom Reviews & Tutorials on Vimeo.

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Phillip Bloom posted Part 1 and Part 2 of the Blackmagic Pocket Camera review (Click here). Final Conclusion will be posted by Philip soon! By the way Philip, if you read this next time call me when you are in Venice. I am very close to you now :)

And what about the Blooming Issue? At Blackmagic Forum there is an official BM statement:

Hi guys,
As promised, here’s an update on the ‘blooming’ sensor topic.
All sensors, be it CCD or CMOS, will have a ‘blooming’ effect when during severe overexposure, the pixel is over saturated and excessive charges overflow to neighbouring pixels. It just looks different depending on the sensor type.
We are not seeing this on some of our test cameras so it might be something that is calibration related. Please contact your nearest support office and we’ll run another calibration on the camera.
regards
Kristian Lam
Blackmagic Design

That’s great news! P.S.: Link found via Slashcam.de (Thanks!).

P.S.: Blackmagic Pocket Cinema preorders in USA at Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and in Germany at Technikdirekt, in France at pbs-video. In Sweden at macoteket, scandinavianphoto, protel.jetshop, webhallen.

Michael Woodford and Tsuyoshi Kikukawa

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I was happy that the Olympus manager fraud story was over…but in reality it isn’t! BBC reports that “Olympus and its UK subsidiary Gyrus Group will be prosecuted by the UK’s Serious Fraud Office.”

Olympus answered that:
“it is difficult to predict the outcome of this matter or estimate the level of fines that may be imposed on the company and Gyrus Group Limited, the potential financial impact of this prosecution on Olympus group’s business is unclear”.

I really hope the prosecution will not have consequences for the company and their effort to write Black Numbers again!

You still remember the Sony-Olympus joint press release saying they would work together on the digital dying compact camera market? This is how they are going to revive it….make “Lens-Cameras” directly for smartphones!
The New Sony QX cameras are already available for preorder at Amazon US (Click here to see them)! Here are all direct links to the two different cameras and colors and accessories:
Black QX100 (Click here).
Soft Carrying Case for DSC-QX100 (Click here).
Black QX10 (Click here).
White QX10 (Click here).
Soft Carrying Case for DSC-QX10 (Click here).

These QX cameras are based on current Sony compact camera tech. And It’s easy to guess that Olympus will launch them soon too. Just take some compact camera sensor and lens, get rid of the classic body and sell them as QX. Is that the future?
I really would like to hear opinion on that, because as a classic photographer I cannot imagine this would work for me…

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Egami spotted a new Olympus patent describing a 15mm f/2.0 lens. It’s quite an “unusual” focal length and I don’t think this lens will make it into mass production. Anyway, you never know…GX7 and Olympus 12-40mm patents now became…real products :)

Back in January Tamron announced a new 14-150mm F/3.5-5.8 Di III VC Micro Four Thirds lens. At the time they didn’t unveil neither the release date nor the price. After 9 months(!) Tamron website still doesn’t disclose the release date and price. The lens is listed on BHphoto too but without any useful info.

Some of our readers got any hint about the lens release???

Here are the lens specs: