New large Stock of reconditioned Olympus stuff: E-M10II for $299, E-PL7 for $1,77 and zoom lens for $59!

• September 5, 2017
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Olympus is selling a new large Stock of reconditioned stuff on GetOlympus (Click here). Some of the hot deals:

40-150mm for $59.
E-PL7 for $199.
25mm f/1.8 for $229.
E-M10II for $299.
17mm f/1.8 for $329.
E-M1II for $1,699.

New Olympus trade-in program at BHphoto, Adorama and GetOlympus.

The Olympus 17mm f/1.8 got a new price drop and now sells for $349 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto and GetOlympus.

Interview with Panasonic General Manager Tsutomu Mori (talks about the GH5 tech)

• September 5, 2017
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Panasonic posted three pieces of video with Panasonic General Manager Tsutomu Mori. He explains the tech behind the GH5.

Advanced DFD AF | LUMIX GH5 | Technical Director Interview:

Image Stabilizer 5-axis Dual I.S.2 | LUMIX GH5 | Technical Director Interview:

Miniaturization and heat dissipation | LUMIX GH5 | Technical Director Interview:

Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 Mark II to be announced soon

• September 5, 2017
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The current super fast and super expensive Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 lens will soon get a replacement. According to Fujirumors the new lens will ship in October:

There will be improvements in the mechanical design, a better smoother bokeh, and let’s see what else.

New low price on the Olympus 17mm f/1.8 lens. Now $349!

• September 4, 2017
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The Olympus 17mm f/1.8 got a new price drop and now sells for $349 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto and GetOlympus.

There is also a new Olympus trade-in program at Adorama and GetOlympus.

First GH5 video tests with the new 2.0 firmware

• September 4, 2017
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Here comes a set of videos shot with the new 2.0 GH5 firmware:

Heirloom Trailer: Lumix GH5 High Resolution Anamorphic HDR (HDR10) HEVC:

Panasonic LUMIX GH5 4K HDR Video “Isobel”:

James Miller writes:

I really liked filming in HLG for SDR. Here is a really quick test I shot a few weeks back. Shot in 400Mbps 4k. https://vimeo.com/227876962/f0870fce76 Deluts updates for my GH5 pack coming shortly.

Olympus E-M10 Mark III – video 4K vs Full HD vs E-M5 II

• September 4, 2017
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This video froum the russian site Kroupski shows the 4K performance of the new E-M10III vs the E-M5II.

There is also a new German test at D-pixx.de.

Preorders:
Silver or Black E-M10III at GetOlympus, BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon. In Eu at WexUK and ParkUK.
E-M10III with kit lens at GetOlympus, BHphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
Special E-M10III superkit at Amazon and Adorama.
CS-51B Body Jacket for the E-M10III at BHphoto.

a bit of everything…

• September 4, 2017
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Best Compacts and Mirrorless Cameras 2017

Panasonic GX8 & 15mm ƒ/1.7 review by Marius Masalar
What Picasso Can Teach Us About Filmmaking (ThisGuy).
Ethical Photography: Where Do We Go From Here? (Luminous Landscape).
Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.

Chermicum: “MFT sensor has an advantage over FF due to larger DoF. This quite extreme macro video was shot with Panasonic GH5 camera and Olympus 60mm macro objective:
https://youtu.be/Bq1awUmqZcM
It would have been impossible with larger sensors due to too small DoF.”