It took many months but it seems like the new Rokinon MFT lens is finally going to ship soon: The estimate shipment date got updated to 2-4 weeks at Amazon US.
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Dpreview interviewed Mr.Masamichi Handa from Olympus. These are some key info:
So in short: Don’t expect Olympus to experiment on the market with new kind of cameras (video oriented). They will stick to what they have and improve it further. Which sounds pretty much ok to me :)
E-M1II at [shopcountry 65033].
Whizzle created a plugin for Lightroom (on Mac) to show which focus point was active when the picture was taken. it supports Panasonic and Olympus cameras and you can download if for free here: github.com/musselwhizzle/Focus-Points
The full GH5 Dpreview review is now online. The camera earned the Gold Award with the following conclusion:
If you’re primarily a stills shooter, the GH5 would make a fine choice if you’re looking at the Four Thirds ecosystem, but there are arguably better options out there for the money. That said, the tweaks to the JPEG engine and the 9fps burst shooting with reliable autofocus make the GH5 an excellent all-around proposition for hybrid video and stills photographers.
If you’re serious about video, it’s hard to go wrong. This camera can probably deliver the goods unless you have very specialized needs, and if you’re just learning, it’s a camera you can grow with. But what if you’re already a GH4 user? Think of it like this: the GH5 isn’t just a camera that does everything your current camera can do, plus a bunch of other things. This is a camera that does everything your current camera can do, but better (often by a wide margin)… plus a bunch of other things. So yes, it’s probably worth it.
GH5 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Panasonic US. In EU at Amazon.de, Cyberport.de and ParkCamera.
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Flashhavoc released the new Zoom Mini R2 TTL for Olympus MFT cameras. It’s already available for preorder at Adorama (Click here). Here is the Press text:
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After a very long wait, Flashpoint and Godox TTL and HSS support will soon be available for Micro Four Thirds cameras, with the release of the Flashpoint Zoom Mini R2 TTL Speedlite for Olympus!
The Zoom Mini R2 TTL for Olympus are Flashpoint’s version of the compact Godox TT350 radio Master Speedlite, and are now available for pre-order from Adorama for $84.90. Most significantly the Zoom Mini R2 TTL (and Godox TT350) provide a 2.4GHz radio Master mode, which can fire and control the complete Flashpoint and Godox 2.4GHz Flash System. Which finally opens up the Olympus Micro Four Thirds camera system to a range of popular large and small off camera strobes, with full TTL and HSS supported!
NOTE – Many of the current flash units will also require a user installed firmware update to add the Olympus radio slave mode.
A stand alone transmitter unit for Olympus will be available later in the year. And as Flashpoint and Godox are currently in the process of developing a new X2 transmitter, there is a good chance the Olympus version may go straight to the new design once ready. The Zoom Mini R2 TTL provide simple control for 3 remote slave groups, with a radio range of approximately 30 meters. Powered by just 2 AA batteries, and provide a guide number of 24 meters (ISO 100, @105mm). Recycle times are from approximately 0.1 – 2.2 seconds, and provide up to 210 full power pops per battery charge.
The Zoom Mini R2 TTL provide a USB port for firmware updates, now located inside the battery compartment. There is also no PC sync port provided. (Though a communication port for legacy clip on external radio receivers is not included in the compact speedlite).
More info at flashhavoc.com/godox-flash-system-overview/
Last week I did report about the new Gmonitor APP. Today the developer contacted me to report some surprising development:
“I’ve got some very positive feedback from some Panasonic Employees about my brand new app GMonitor (you already published it, thanks a lot for it). They really like the added Anamorphic Desqueeze option which I provided as an update. Here some information about upcoming GH5 update (original quote!).
“…We put pressure to our devs to put a proper de-squeeze for the anamorphic modes in the GH5 (let’s hope for it in the summer firmware update that’ll bring 6K anamorphic)…”
It is like my Focus Bracket app – they are killing my business :-)
Until then you can work with the new release of my app which brings different anamorphic desqueeze factors – and the ability of 1:2.35 crop marks for the video shooters without anamorphic lenses. Update is uploaded to App Store and should be available soon.
The app can be found here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gmonitor/id1219955645?mt=8
Some new screen shots attached – as I don’t own anamorphic lenses you just see the stretched image. But as reported on Facebook it really works!
