I know Tony Northrup got a lot of critic after posting a video saying Micro Four Thirds is a dead-end system. Well to cheer you up check out his new video :)

He believes the Panasonic L-mount, Canon M and Pentax mounts have far less chance to survive than MFT. Well I call this an improvement for us :)

His bases his assumptions on some data collected here and there (like this Amazon Camera ranking). My very personal unscientific feeling is that MFT is pretty save…while I tend to agree that L-mount is in serious trouble. Why so?

Olympus and Fuji are the only two serious players in the small sensor segment. While in the Full frame world you have all the big guns like Canon, Nikon and Sony. Moreover the MFT basis is well established while the new Panasonic L-mount cameras started very late in the game. And from what I am hearing sales are indeed not good for the Panasonic S.

CameraLabs posted their first preview report about the new G90 (or G91-G95-G99). And here is Lok’s take on the new G95:

Preorders:
G95 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.
14-140mm II lens at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.

Imaging Resource tested the new Olympus 12-200mm lens. The conclusion:

If you’ve made it this far, you’ve probably already made up your own mind about this lens: either it’s not as amazing as you want it to be for an all-in-one lens, or it’s fine for the purpose you have in mind for it. In the field of all-in-one zooms, it actually does quite well. We’ve seen our fair share of superzoom lenses with some glaring issues, and while no superzoom lens is going to rival a bag of prime lenses, the Olympus 12-200mm performs very well. Although sharpness is decent at brighter apertures, performance is best around f/8 until f/11, so if you’re shooting outside in plenty of sun, your shooting experience is going to be fine. Indoor use is going to suffer with this lens if you need to zoom in at all, as you’ll need to make up the shortfall in light given the restricted aperture with a corresponding increase in ISO sensitivity or a slower shutter speed.

The Olympus 12-200mm is probably in the right ballpark for price: if it exceeded the thousand-dollar price point you might see eyebrows raised a bit higher, but at just around $900, it’s probably just right for what it offers.

The Olympus 12-200mm is in Stock for the first time at GetOlympus, Adorama and Bhphoto

TheCameraStoreTV created a photographer feature on Steve Speer who is a photographer currently using the new OM-D E-M1X for his commercial photography.

E-M1X Links:
Olympus E-M1X in USA at Amazon, GetOlympus, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus E-M1X in Europe at Calumet Germany, ParkCameras, Jessops, WexUK.

David Thorpe:

The S1 and the G9 Panasonics are a truly unique digital double act. How do the Full Frame S1 and Micro Four Thirds G9 stand up against one another? Is bigger better? Or is nimbler nicer?

Photographyblog tested the new Panasonic G90 (G95). The conclusion:

Panasonic have moved the Lumix G90 in a different direction to previous versions. They’ve added several major new features to make it more video-friendly, namely the unlimited recording time, free built-in V-Log L profile, slow-motion recording at 120fps, and the addition of a headphone jack, making it a great B-cam to accompany the flagship GH5/GH5s cameras.

There have also been some improvements on the stills side of things, too, most notably the latest 20 megapixel sensor with no low-pass filter, USB charging and power delivery, new Live View Composite mode, new dedicated buttons for white balance, ISO and exposure compensation, and Bluetooth connectivity. Whilst these are all nice-to-haves, there’s definitely less to get excited about for stills photographers than for videographers in terms of new features.

Both user groups will be less than impressed by the price hike that all of these new features have warranted, with the G90’s launch price jumping up some £$200 when compared to the G80’s launch price back in 2017. With the street price of the G80 naturally now much lower, we feel that photographers who mainly shoot stills should definitely consider the older model if they can find one on sale, whilst videographers will definitely be best served by the new Lumix G90.

Preorders:
G95 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.
14-140mm II lens at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, FocusCamera.

Olympus launched a $500 trade-in bonus on the E-M1X (details here at GetOlympus)

Dpreview published the full Olympus E-M1X review. The camera earned the Silver Award and Editor Carey Rose says:

The E-M1X is a truly impressive camera. It is – somehow – even better built than the E-M1 II, and comes with capable autofocus, incredible stabilization, good battery life and a lineup of excellent lenses. I still don’t think it’s the camera that most of the Olympus faithful were really asking for (cough, E-M5 III), but it demonstrates the company’s continued commitment to making the Micro Four Thirds system work for photographers of all walks of life.

E-M1X Links:
Olympus E-M1X in USA at Amazon, GetOlympus, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus E-M1X in Europe at Calumet Germany, ParkCameras, Jessops, WexUK.