In a few hours Panasonic will announce the new Compact Cinema Camera. It will be 1am in the morning here in Europe and I am not going to cover this (I prefer to sleep to fit for hiking tomorrow).
You can follow the live stream here: facebook.com/panasonicprovideoUSA
All info about the camcorder can be found here at 1am CET time: business.panasonic.co.uk/professional-camera/new-compact-cinema-camera
DxOmark tested the GH5 sensor. And unsuprising it has the best sensor of all Panasonic cameras yet:
Like its predecessor the GH4, there’s no doubt the Panasonic GH5 is oriented toward videographers, but there’s still plenty to like about the camera for stills use. In spite of the increase in pixel count to 20-MPix, noise remains at the same level as the earlier 16-Mpix GH4. Even when compared to the maker’s GX8 that uses a similar 20-MPix sensor, the GH5 has slightly improved dynamic range and color sensitivity.
GH5 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Panasonic US. In EU at Amazon.de, Cyberport.de and ParkCamera.
The new Laowa 7.5mm lens will be in Stock on June 12 at BHphoto. It’s in Stock at Laowa store
We got a handful of new Laowa 7.5mm MFT lens reviews.
Cinema5D writes:
This lens is great for what it is. It’s really small and lightweight, and is a perfect option for a GH4 shooter like me. Would I take this lens with me on my next holiday? Yes, of course. It’s just great and handy. Would I use it on paying shoots, like music videos or commercials? Yes, if I needed a small camera to put in a confined space like a car, or if I wanted to have a camera ready on a light gimbal. I would probably not use it on my main setup, because I work with a Speed Booster that never leaves my camera. For those shoots, I’d probably use the Laowa 12mm full-frame lens.
Amin Sabet writes:
The Laowa 7.5mm f/2 is tiny, light, fast, relatively affordable, and is an excellent performer. I was supposed to send the review unit back, but I will be purchasing it instead. Disclosure: I am getting a 20% discount in purchasing the review lens copy.
Laowa 7.5mm review by Sapphireker
New Laowa 7.5mm f/2 MFT footage on gimbal:
Olympus 12mm prime vs Laowa 7.5mm prime on a DJI Inspire 1 X5:
The new Pinhole PRO lens is selling for $50 on Kickstarter (Click here). And it’s quite impressive to see how this lens sold nearly 8 times more than the original target! The lens sells in all different mount versions including of course MFT.
Panasonic Lumix GX800 GX850 review
GH5 V-Log Installation & Firmware Upate — PhotoJoseph
Waterbird Bendable Slider – The Future of Sliders? (Cinema5D).
Daniel Norton Tests the New Panasonic Lumix GH5 (ALC).
E-M10 Mark II – Huge Lens Variety (Olympus UK).
NAB 2017: Atomos Sumo Enters the Ring (Explora)
Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.
CIPA released the shipment data for April 2017. And we have two good news:
One reason could be also the good sales of the Panasonic Gh5. Panasonic stated multiple times the Gh5 sales were much higher than expected.
Image Sensor World reports:
Panasonic publishes a paper in Japanese “Development of Simultaneous Capture Wide Dynamic Range Technology and Global Shutter Technology for Organic Photoconductive Film Image Sensor” describing, essentially, a way to control sensitivity on per pixel basis. It’s quite similar to the sensor presented at ISSCC 2017, but without the IR sensitivity.
It’s years now that Panasonic is developing the organic sensor technology with Fuji. I don’t think we will see this tech on MFT camera any time soon…
