Unmasked – by Sam KJ – Shot on LUMIX GH5

Leica 12-60mm tested at Photoreview.
E-M10 Mark II – 2.36M dots OLED Electronic Viewfinder (Olympus UK).
10 Things Photographers Can Do To Honor Earth Day (ALC).
How to Photograph Meteor Showers (Explora)
Les profils Olympus dans Lightroom (Lepidi).
2017 Roundup: Interchangeable Lens Cameras $500-900 (Dpreview).

Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.

Toivo: “This not a rumor, but my wish to Olympus, Panasonic and others:
MFT is almost complete:
there are extreme rectilinear wide angles down to 7 mm, there are extreme fisheye lenses (Entaniya), there are extreme macros with quite more than 1:1 scale.
But there is a lack of an ultra-telephoto lens.
You should make a 1,000 mm (= 2,000 mm on full frame) with f-value about 1:10 and autofocus.
Contrary to phase detection, contrast autofocus could work even at such low (of luminosiy) f-values. 1.000 mm lenses with better f-values, at this focal lenght nobody could pay.
Could be a catadioptric one. In the past Minolta has shown that catadioptrics with autofocus are possible.
Thanks!“

Our reader Michael sent me this:

A friend of mine gave me a self designed double lens cap for Micro-Four-Thirds, which I’ve testet for some weeks now. It is really cool, and now he recently started to sell it via Shapeways. Maybe that’s interesting for your readers?
He has also designed some other stuff, like very compact lens hoods for some Olympus lenses. Just take a look:
https://www.shapeways.com/shops/onzesi

Cool!

FieldMonitor 3.0 just got released and is available on iTunes.

What’s New in Version 3.0
• Name change: Wi-Fi WFM is now FieldMonitor.
• Support for Panasonic Lumix GH5, GH4, LX100, and similar cameras.
• Anamorphic desqueeze and side-crop.

E-M1 Mark II – Exploring Bali in 4K

CIPA report from March: Camera shipments number are still good….(MirrorlessRumors).
E-M1 Mark II – Discover the Difference (Olympus Youtube).
Panasonic develops Versatile 16.5-Inch FHD Video Monitor With 10-Bit LCD Panel, AC/DC Power Supply (Panasonic)

Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.

Holger: “Here is a short video from our fairground. Handheld with Lumix GH5, Leica DG 12-60 and 100-400, original file in 4k59,94p.
https://vimeo.com/214222562”

Marc: “Something crazy happened to me this week: the tables were turned on me — I was interviewed by NPR.  Having done over a thousand hours of interviews with some of the biggest names in photography, I found it refreshing to be on the other end of the microphone, answering questions instead of asking them. 
Video link: https://youtu.be/V50jwCoEDPY
The interview started right out the gate with a tough question: “What makes a picture?”
We covered a lot of ground including the use of angles, why people are passionate about photography, anticipating the action, use of geometry and loads more, all while discussing examples of my work and telling the stories behind them.“

FIRST LOOK: Panasonic Leica 8-18mm f/2.8-4 lens for Micro Four Thirds

Panasonic Leica DG Vario-Elmarit 8-16mm f/2.8-4.0 ASPH Sample Images (Photographyblog).
Panasonic Lumix FZ80/FZ82 real world samples gallery (Dpreview).
On sensor stabilization patent by Panasonic.
E-M10 Mark II – Powerful 5-Axis Image Stabilisation (Olympus UK).
Spring Resolution: Back Up Your Data (Explora)
The Defiant Girl and Gender Diversity In the Camera Industry (ALC).

Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.