Panasonic G9 review by CameraJabber: “most natural yet attractive colours we’ve seen from a Lumix”

CameraJabber posted their final and full G9 review:

With the right lens, the G9 is capable of capturing an impressive level of detail and images have the most natural yet attractive colours we’ve seen from a Lumix G-series camera to date.

Panasonic Preorder links:
Panasonic G9 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Wex UK.
Leica 200mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FocusCamera. Amazon DE. Amazon UK. Amazon IT.

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First Viltrox EF-M2 Electronic Adapter review by Jim Chung: Same Metabones performance for half the price

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Few weeks ago Sharpest Light Limited announced the new Viltrox EF-M2 Electronic Adapter which is on sale on [shoplink 70099 ebay]eBay[/shoplink], Amazon US, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR and Amazon IT.

Jim Chung tested this new adapter

The MTF curves do appear to demonstrate that the Viltrox has the sharpest centers with a rapid falloff halfway across the frame but the undeniable take home message is that it is as good as the Metabones. For a whole lot less. In fact, the current eBay listing shows a price change already to $200 USD so demand appears to be healthy. I heartily recommend that this little trinket find its way to your favourite m43 user’s stocking.

And here is a Viltrox EF M2 vs Metabones Ultra 0.71x (with Sigma 18-35, Canon 50mm 1.4):

TheCameraStoreTV says the GH5 is the best video camera and the 8-18mm the best lens of the year

This is the Best & Worst Photo/Video Gear of 2017 for Chris and Jordan:

Best camera:
First place: Nikon D850
Second place: Sony A7rIII
Third place: Fuji X-T20

Best Lenses:
First place: Leica 8-18mm MFT lens
Second place: Fujinon 18-55mm
Third place: Sony 85mm f/1.8

Best Video camera:
first place: Panasonic GH5
second place: Panasonic EVA1
thirs place: C200

I bet the GH5s will be the next years winner :)

Full Olympus 17mm f/1.2 review by Mirrorlessons

The new Olympus 17mm PRO lens is set to start shipping out next month. Mirrorlessons posted the full review of this lens:

The M.Zuiko 17mm f/1.2, despite its excellent optical performance, is more of a niche product than any other PRO lens released to date. This is because its fast maximum aperture only brings a tangible benefit to certain kinds of photographers – namely professionals who shoot environmental portraits or who work in poor light conditions on a regular basis. For all other genres that require a moderate wide angle, such as street, documentary, or landscapes, the f/1.2 aperture and the beautiful bokeh that accompanies it is a nice bonus but far from a necessity.

17mm at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and GetOlympus.
45mm at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and GetOlympus.

Sigma 16mm review by Photographyblog: “we heartily recommend it”

Sigma 16mm f/1.4 MFT lens is in Stock via Adorama and Amazon.

Photographyblog tested the new Sigma 16mm f/1.4 MFT lens:

The Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN C lens offers two classic focal lengths depending on the camera system that you use – either a wide-angle 24mm for APS-C compact system cameras, or a slightly longer 32mm for Micro Four Thirds cameras, which is close enough to the classic 35mm focal length. It’s acceptably sharp when shooting wide-open at f/1.4 (at least in the centre), has good build quality, nice bokeh and fast and quiet auto-focusing, all at an affordable price.

The Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN C is tack-sharp in the centre of the frame from f/2 onwards, although you need to stop down to f/2.8 to get acceptable results at the edges of the frame. Disappointingly, as with its 30mm f/1.4 sibling, the lens does suffer from obvious chromatic aberrations when shooting wide-open at f/1.4, along with some vignetting, although stopping down to f/2 almost completely removes the purple and green fringing that is so prevalent at f/1.4.

Build quality is again very good, with the brass lens mount and sober all-black design adding to the high-quality feel, and Sigma have even generously included a very good circular lens hood. The auto-focusing system proved to be very quick and reliable on the brand new Panasonic G9 camera that we tested the lens with, and manual focus over-ride at any time is a great feature.

The £449.99 / $449.99 asking price of the Sigma 16mm F1.4 DC DN C is pretty good for such a fast, well-built lens. Although shooting wide-open at f/1.4 isn’t without some issues, we can still heartily recommend the new Sigma 16mm F1.4.