Setup Your GH3 Like a BOSS – Part 1 of 4 Function Buttons. Other three parts on Discovermirrorless.

Our friend Amos Chapple just sent me a message: “The Atlantic photo blog have just gone live with my pictures from three trips to Iran, with the last one finishing up a couple of weeks ago. All photos shot with a GH2, hopefully I’ll be getting a new GH3 soon!”

10 Reasons Why I’m Switching to the OM-D from the Canon 5D Mk 2 by Jonathan Posner.
Sony 35mm 1.8 for NEX tested at ThePhoBlographer.
Michael Woodford Exposed book review at Photographyramblings.
New Mecablitz firmware update for MFT (Photoscala).
Panasonic Lumix G VARIO 14-42mm II Lens Review at ePhotozine.
Review of Leica DG Summilux 25mm f-1.4 Lens for Micro Four Thirds (TheDigitalStory).
Olympus E-M5 review at Johnsson-photography.

JR: “I just wanted to share a casual low-light test I’ve done with the new SLR Magic 25mm T0.95: https://vimeo.com/61443115”

Gene: “I had just finished posting my article on what the Nex-FF camera might be, when my mind finally clicked at it all makes sense. Sony is going after Leica. Now the pricing and feature set makes perfect sense. Just updated the piece on http://preferredaperture.blogspot.com/”

Lawrence sent me that link to his E-M5 monkey shots :)

Andre: “I’m from Brazil and together with my wife, we left 11 months ago on a RTW trip on bikes that will take 3 years more. I sold almost all my pro Nikon gear to buy a GH2 system, a GoPro and a Sony small camcorder.
We are working hard to feature our content on TV and we have pretty good chances since I’ve already photographed as a still photographer for some major TV channels and there’s also a new law that’s good for us. A foreign channel must have at least 50% of content shot by brazilians or about Brazil.
9000km so far I’m loving my GH2 despite it’s poor performance on highlights, noise/shadow banding and continuous AF… I just don’t care anymore but it was a little bit disappointing in the beginning. I carry a 14-140 kit lens, a 20mm f1.7, a 45mm f1.8 and I gave myself a little (heavy) treat that I use for a portrait series about people that help us… a Voigtlander 17,5mm f0.95 that I love. Always shooting wide open using a Heliopan Variable ND.
You can check some pics at www.facebook.com/BikesAndSpices
There, there’s a nice clip featuring our first 3500kms. Now we are heading to Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Bosnia and Slovenia.
Cheers!”

P13DigitalMedia sent me that picture with the following text: “If you want some trivia, the world’s most watched TV show, Top Gear uses the Lumix GH2 for aerial shots (pic via twitter).” BBC uses very strict rules regarding image quality and I am glad to see they uses the GH2! :)

To bad the Gh2 is now slowly fading out from stores. I only found some new and sometimes overpriced cameras via third party resellers at Amazon (Click here) and some auctions on [shoplink 16254 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. We want it back in Stock!

Dpreview posted updated the studio comparison tool and added the GH3 images. Now you can have some fun comparing the image quality with other cameras!
GH3 in Stock status check: [shopcountry 33624].

Panasonic (Click here) launched the new GH3 minute movies campaign: “Panasonic is providing RFP with 3 x DMC-GH3 cameras and an array of lenses for them to produce 3 x 3 minute films. Aptly named ‘GH3-Minute Movies’, this campaign will showcase the GH3’s professional videography capabilities in a real setting.” More about the 2 filmmakers here: Lumixgexperience.

Shiv: “I just received the latest issue of Popular Photography (www.popphoto.com) and the review the DMC-GH3 with a question on the front “Best ILC ever?” and gave it an excellent review.“. News also on SmallCameraBigPicture.

GH3 price and in Stock status check: [shopcountry 33624].

SLR Magic cine lens Hyperprime 25mm T0.95 1st hands on from Seb Farges on Vimeo.

New Olympus 75-300mm image samples at WhatDigitalCamera.
GH3 video quality test at Quesabesde (translation here).
Olympus EPM2 review at ThePhoBlographer.
Panasonic Partners With Rankin For Lumix GH3 Campaign (ePhotozine).
Panasonic Leica 25mm f1.4 review at CameraLabs.
Ikelite Releases Housing for Olympus XZ-2 (Divephotoguide).
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm f/4-5.6 Review (ePhotozine).
Panasonic 100-300mm F/4-5.6 OIS review at KurtMunger.

Eric: “Not a rumor but thought this may be of interest to some….and maybe not. Timelapse video of Eastern Kentucky.  Shot on a GH2 and G3.  Finished in 4K http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9ZKKf84ma4”

Emeric: “Here is a video I shot with the Olympus PEN E-PL5 while testing it for my website hybridcams.fr: https://vimeo.com/60811697”

Henrik: “I did some MTF lens tests of all the interesting MFT lenses and will continue to publish my resolution tests at my blog;
http://www.mopswerk.de/category/blog-en/light-works/lens-test/
More to come in the forthcoming weeks …”

Guthrie & Olivia: “My partner and I are doing a multi-month bicycle trip through the American Southwest, and I brought my Panasonic GH3  & 12-35 along to document, and do videography. The link is to our blog post, and (short, 4 minute) video. http://wp.me/p36V55-Ep. The video was shot and edited entirely with the equipment we carry by bicycle! Here’s the link to just the video too, if you only feel like posting that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwwSpSuWD2U“

I just have been informed that Metabones will launch the new Speed Booster adapter for MFT in April and not in March as previously reported on their website. They are still not sure what kind of lenses will supported yet but I have been told the adapters will be manually only (no electronic support). Price may be around $399 (still not final decision yet).

Officially the Nikon, Leica R, Contax C/Y, Contarex, ALPA and Rollei lenses are on roadmap plus OM lens adapter may come too. I am pushing Metabones to make an OM adapter as some of these lenses are owned by many 43rumors readers and by me :)

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List of OM prime lenses. Click on the link to check the price and auctions on eBay: [shoplink 28869 ebay]21mm f/2.0 and 21mm f/3.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28870 ebay]24mm f/2.0 and 24mm f/2.8 and 24mm f/3.5 shift lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28871 ebay]28mm f/2.0 and 28mm f/2.8 and 28mm f/3.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28872 ebay]35mm f/2.0 and 35mm f/2.8 and 35mm f/2.8 shift lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28873 ebay]40mm f/2.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28874 ebay]50mm f/1.2 and 50mm f/1.4 and 50mm f/1.8 and 50mm f/2.0 macro and 50mm f/3.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28876 ebay]55mm f/3.5 macro lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28880 ebay]85mm f/2.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28881 ebay]90mm f/2.0 macro lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28882 ebay]100mm f/2.0 and 100mm f/2.8 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28884 ebay]135mm f/2.8 and 135mm f/3.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28885 ebay]180mm f/2.0 and 180mm f/2.8 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28886 ebay]200mm f/4.0 and 200mm f/5.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28887 ebay]250mm f/2.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28888 ebay]300mm f/4.5 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28889 ebay]350mm f/2.8 lens[/shoplink],, [shoplink 28890 ebay]400mm f/6.4 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28891 ebay]500mm f/8.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28892 ebay]600mm f/6.6 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 28893 ebay]1000mm f/11 lens[/shoplink].

Sigma Japan announced that they are going to ship the 19mm and 30mm f/2.8 lenses this month.

Here are some preorder links:
Black Sigma 19mm f/2.8 lens at Bhphoto (Click here).
Silver Sigma 19mm f/2.8 lens at Bhphoto (Click here).
Black Sigma 30mm f/2.8 lens at Bhphoto (Click here).
Silver Sigma 30mm f/2.8 lens at Bhphoto (Click here).

And EU readers might be interested to hear that you can grab the Nokton 25mm f/0.95 lens for 689 Euro at Pixmania Germany (Click here). For 699 Euro (10 Euro more) you can grab it at Pixmania France, Pixmania Italy, Pixmania Spain, Pixmania Holland.

Olympus released his latest issue of the Olympus Magazine. You can download it for free on iTunes (Click here).