In USA you can now trade in any camera and/or lens and get up to an $800 Bonus on Olympus cameras and lenses. Detailed info can be found on those special pages at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Panasonic-Olympus deals and in Stock status updates:
Full special deal pages at BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Full special Panasonic deals page at BHphoto.
There is a new Olympus interview at Imaging Resource. Most of the talk was about the new E-M1II, But Mr.Haruo Ogawa gave us a couple of “extra” interesting info:
So it looks current sensor technology doesn’t allow major leaps forward. But I am pretty sure new things will happen in the future. Something like three layer sensors, graphene sensors and so on could still give us major improvements.
GH5 Prototype TEST#2 Paris Place de la concorde
Eagle-eyed lenses (Science Magazine).
Telephoto Prime Shootout and the OM 500mm f/8 Reflex Lens (Jim Chung).
Finding your style (Olympus Imagespace).
Buying Guide: The Best Cameras for Vlogging (Adorama Learning Center).
10 Recommended Full-Sized Tripods (Explora).
ND Filters and Long Exposures with Olympus cameras (OlympusPassion).
Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.
Thomas Hogben: “Short film made of my recent trip to Iceland with the Panasonic GX80/GX85 .. it might be small but it packs a punch – https://vimeo.com/201404180”
Fredrik: “Here’s a fun video I shot with the GX85 and Panasonic Leica 25mm. Loving how easy it is to get good colors out of the new generation Panasonic camera https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI8pSER4mV0“
Detailed info can be found on those special pages at BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
Panasonic-Olympus deals and in Stock status updates:
Full special deal pages at BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Full special Panasonic deals page at BHphoto.
$400 off and free 12-50mm EZ lens with the E-M5II at BHphoto.
$150 off on the 40-150mm f/2.8 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama and GetOlympus.
CIPA releases the December camera shipment data from Japanese companies. And there is finally some good news: The system camera shipments were higher than in 2015 and 2014! Let’s hope this trend will continue in 2017….
Frank Rückert
” L’Àgora ” – in Valencia – Spain – http://pen3.de/
OMD E-M1II – Zuiko2,8/7-14mm – 1/500sek. – F/5,6 – ISO64
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The new SLR Magic 8mm f/4.0 MFT lens is now available for $299 on [shoplink 64948 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Newsshooter tested the new lens and writes:
This is not a lens that is designed to be manually focussed on the go. Instead it is designed to be preset at a distance and left. There is a locking screw that can hold the focus in position to prevent accidental movement. With focus set at f4 it is said to be sharp from 2.8m to infinity – which should be fine for drone work. For handheld gimbal work it can be stopped down, or left at F4 the focus can be set closer, with it not extending to infinity.
The unique design of the SLR Magic 8mm F4 means that is it much lighter than other ultra wide angle lenses. Weighing in at 110g it is light enough to be carried by the DJI Inspire 1 and Inspire 2 drone cameras, as well as handheld X5 series camera/gimbals. Many popular Micro 4/3 lenses needs small counterweights or filter rings to balance properly with a DJI camera/gimbal.
