Professional photographer Ian Cook shoots Rugby with the G9 and 200mm lens
Professional photographer Ian Cook did share some image samples on our Panasonic G9 Facebook group. As you can see from the image on top the G9 and 2000mm lens is really a lot smaller than his “usual gear” :)
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.
New Olympus f/1.2 PRO lens test roundup
Preorders:
17mm at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus.
45mm at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. Amazon DE. Amazon UK.
Here is a roundup of new test and videos of the new PRO lenses.
45mm PRO lens test by Jakubkazmierczyk.pl (also in english).
Test Zuiko 1.2/ 45 at Digitalkamera.de
Sample Images from the Zuiko 1.2/17mm by Hahn-photograpy.
45mm PRO image gallery on Flickr.
M.Zuiko F1.2 PRO Product Announcement
Panasonic Lumix G9 Video mode Autofocus Tracking test
Above you can see a quick video to demo how the Panasonic Lumix G9’s DFD autofocus tracking performance is when shooting video. And below same kind of test using the Leica 25mm f/1.4 and tested at f/1.4.
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.
Dpreview tested the Panasonic G9’s high-res mode
Dpreview tested the new G9 High Resolution shooting mode. They tested it with moving object in the frame to see what kind of “artifacts” you get
As with similar technologies from Ricoh and Olympus, it’s not necessarily recommended for scenes with moving subjects in them. But we wanted to see if we could make it work.
We overall found that a shutter speed between 1/4 sec and 1/8 sec gave a reasonably natural look to the average pedestrian in motion – of course, for faster and slower moving objects, you’ll have to adjust accordingly. Do take note, though, that there are some interesting colorful streaks in our moving subjects, and a reduction of resolution in static objects that can be seen behind them.
And Photobyrichard.com added new sections to his very long G9 review.
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Preorder links:
Panasonic G9 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama.
Panasonic-Leica 200mm lens at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. Comes with 1.4 tele converter included!
2x converter at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama.
G9 battery grip at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama.
G9 battery charger at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama.
G9 eye cup at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama.
G9 shoulder strap at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama.
Discussions:
Join the G9 Facebook group to discuss the camera details.
Panasonic 200mm lens test by Imaging Resource: “Superb Image Quality”
Imaging Resource tested the new Leica 200mm lens:
“The image quality thus far from this lens has proven superb, as have the images with the 560mm eq. 1.4x teleconverter engaged, and I look forward to seeing our forthcoming lab results. This lens represents mobility combined with versatility, and I personally find that combination tempting indeed. To be sure, this is a nice lens and a versatile package given the included 1.4x teleconverter.”
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.