Panasonic Lumix GH5S sample gallery (Dpreview).
Sevenoak SK T1 Durable Mini Tripod Review (Personal View).
Things We Love: Really Right Stuff Base Plates and Brackets (Explora).
The new bokeh champs? Olympus cracks the code for beautiful bokeh with its F1.2 Pro prime lens series (Imaging Resource).
Les paramètres de la photo: du connu à l’inconnu (PhotoDanielM).
Ab: “I recently rented a 6D plus Zeiss primes to compare to the EM1.2 and VL primes. The results were unexpected with the VL primes really keeping neck and neck despite the talk of them being “unusable” wide open etc. Here is the link to the DPR forum thread;https://www.dpreview.com/forums/post/60761165“
Click on image to enlarge. Image courtesy by Norifumi
At the Cp+ show Panasonic is displaying that history tree table. They are also giving away this box for free. Don’t know what it contains but I want one! :)
Venus Optics Laowa 7.5mm f/2 for M4/3 Review by Darren Miles
A rough mock-up and possible specs for a new DVX (www.dvxuser.com).
PowerVision PowerDolphin Water Drone (Personal View).
Announcing the G-Tech mobile USB 3.0 Hard Drive (Explora).
Winter Street Photography (GetOlympus).
Je suis en Pen (-F!): Impressions françaises sur l’Olympus PEN-F (PhotoDanielM).
Marc: “Here’s a new video from AYP with the legendary Joe McNally sharing his biggest tip to regard light as language, and his advice and inspiration for how to approach it and to learn to overcome any fear of its use.
It serves as a quick reminder that can be played anywere…your audeince should enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlKPlS_szU0”
Firmware 2.0 for E-M1 Mark II was a minor upgrade. There was no rework of features or huge improvements. Unlike the multiple firmware upgrades for the original 2013 E-M1 that fixed the shutter shock issue, better burst sequential shooting from 6.5 fps to 9 fps, silent shutter option, better video functions (options to shoot at 24 and 25p) and the introduction of important game-changing features like live composite.
Personally, my wish-list of improvements for the E-M1 Mark II in future firmware upgrades are as follows: 1) Ability to group the burst sequential shots together in a folder, and enable quick selection during playback to decide which images to keep, and an option to delete the entire lot of unwanted batch of images at once. 2) Improved in-camera software correction and image optimization for non-Olympus Micro Four Thirds lenses. Come on, show some love for Panasonic lenses! 3) A quick shortcut for Live View Boost ON/OFF as a customization option for the Fn buttons on camera. I found myself switching back and forth from live view boost on and off from time to time, especially when I deal with flash photography. 4) Automatic switch to use of electronic shutter for shutter speed faster than 1/8000 sec. It is troublesome having to manually set this when needed. Now that there are plenty of F1.2 prime lenses available, to make full use of these lenses shooting wide open, higher shutter speed up to 1/32000 using electronic shutter can make a huge difference.
Something 43rumors readers like to add on that list?
Possible to use focus stacking photography with “M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO”.
Small targets have been added to AF target mode.
Possible to set a maximum of 35 pre-shutter frames for Pro Capture shooting.
Display has been improved to show that Pro Capture shooting is recording.
“Flicker Scan” has been added so it is possible to reduce flickering by fine adjustment of shutter speed while looking at the live view when using electronic shutter.
Fisheye compensation photography has been added for use of M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 8mm F1.8 Fisheye PRO. You can view the effects in live view while shooting images.
Possible to set zoom ratio during playback. Also, added pixel equivalence display to zoom ratio.
Pro Capture shooting is available for additional lenses.
Display of remaining battery power has been improved.
Response when assigning AF to AEL/AFL button has been improved.
Stability of camera operation when using OLYMPUS Capture has been improved.
Stability of image stabilizer operation when shooting video has been improved.
Performance of C-AF when shooting still images has been improved.
Color reproduction of photographed images has been improved.
Stability of operation when shooting still images has been improved.
Corrected issue of autofocus (AF) function not operating correctly when using the “LEICA DG ELMARIT 200mm F2.8 / POWER O.I.S. (H-ES200)” interchangeable lens produced by Panasonic.
E-M1 firmware features:
Corrected issue of autofocus (AF) function not operating correctly when using the “LEICA DG ELMARIT 200mm F2.8 / POWER O.I.S. (H-ES200)” interchangeable lens produced by Panasonic.
E-M5II firmware features:
New art filter [Bleach Bypass] has been added.
Focus Stacking has been added. (“M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-100mm F4.0 IS PRO” is also compatible.)
Corrected issue of autofocus (AF) function not operating correctly when using the “LEICA DG ELMARIT 200mm F2.8 / POWER O.I.S. (H-ES200)” interchangeable lens produced by Panasonic.
PEN-F firmware features:
New art filter [Bleach Bypass] has been added.
Possible to set shading effects for Color Creator and Color Profile Control.
Possible to use OLYMPUS Digital Camera Updater to save monochrome profiles and color profiles of images you like to the camera’s monochrome profiles and color profiles.
Corrected issue of autofocus (AF) function not operating correctly when using the “LEICA DG ELMARIT 200mm F2.8 / POWER O.I.S. (H-ES200)” interchangeable lens produced by Panasonic.
12-100mm firmware features:
Stability of image stabilizer operation has been improved.
300mm firmware features:
Stability of image stabilizer operation has been improved.
You save $350 on the E-M1II with battery grip sold by BHphoto.
Reminder:
If you use the code “BHWPPI18” you save $$$ on Sigma MFT lenses at BHphoto.
Full list of WWPI specials on that BHphoto page.
You save $65 on the E-M1oIII sold by GetOlympus, Bhphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
You now get a lot of free extras with the GH5 at Amazon.
