The Japanese site DC.watch (google translation) interviewed the designers of the Olympus 25mm f/1.2 PRO lens. There is a lot of in deep technical talk about the new lens. The engineers also shared two info about why they did choose the f/1.2 aperture and if there are more fast lenses to come:

1. It would have been possible to make the lens even faster but the size would have become a lot larger and autofocus a lot slower.
2. The f/1.2 series is going to be expanded with new lenses. Olympus collected the customers request at the CP+ show

We reported in previous rumors that Olympus already designed two more fast f/1.2 primes. And of them is for sure a new 17mm f/1.2 PRO lens.

Note: The current Olympus 25mm f/1.2 is in Stock at [shopcountry 64545].

Venus Optics is now taking preorders on the new Laowa 7,5mm f/2.0 MFT. There are two versions of this lens:

Standard Version: $499/pc (Shipping start from mid May)
Lightweight Version: $519/pc (Shipping start from July)

The lightweight version is optimized for Drone use.

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Thanks Mistral!

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hsc.tv Shoots Network Sports, Documentary Features With its Full Line of Panasonic VariCam Cameras (Panasonic).
How does ZEISS define Bokeh – An Interview with Dr. Stefan Ballmann (Lenspire).
Casey Neistat switches to Pansonic Lumix GH5 (Giulio Sciorio).
GH5: first impressions and continuous AF in video (Newsshooter).
GH5 – @Daniel Peters How To Fix Slowmo Exposure Drop (Stronz Vanderploeg).
E-M1II with 25mm PRO test at DC.watch.

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

Movcam announced a new GH5 cage. Here is the Press text:

Monday April 24th 2017, Las Vegas NV, USA – Professional camera accessory manufacturer Movcam is excited to announce it has extended its popular range of camera cages to support recently released cameras from Canon and Panasonic.
Movcam’s camera cage for the Panasonic Lumix GH5 offers protection for the camera body while adding multiple points for mounting both shoe-mount and threaded accessories. The main cage element is comprised of a single piece of magnesium to provide the ultimate in strength while being incredibly lightweight, and the kit also includes a top handle, riser block and baseplate with support for 15” LWS rods.
Continuing the company’s range of accessories for professional cinema cameras, Movcam has also announced fully-featured camera cage kits for both the Canon CinemaEOS C700 and the Panasonic Varicam LT.
All three products are designed with a core focus on being lightweight and compact, so that they can augment the features and capabilities of each camera without becoming an obstruction.
View these new products alongside Movcam’s wide range of professional camera accessories at the NAB Show in Las Vegas from April 24-27th in Central Hall (booth C10308).

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And Zacuto show us their new GH5 cage at NAB 2017:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FC2BTYPHqlw