Our reader Lee made me notice that the GX8 and GX7 cameras may have Mechanical Shutter Issues. The serial number of all affected models seem to start with WE5J or WE5S, meaning produced September-October 2015.
There is a long discussion about this with image samples at Dpreview forum. Example:
Iridientdigital added new RAW camera support for the following cameras:
Olympus: PEN-F and SH-3.
Panasonic: DMC-ZS60 (TZ80, TZ81, TZ85), DMC-ZS100 (TZ100, TZ101), DMC-GF8 and DMC-CM10.
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PEN-F at [shopcountry 58303] GX8 at [shopcountry 58445]
This is the first test I see of the new Blackmagic Design Micro Cinema Camera ($995 at BHphoto). Simon Shasha was fortunate enough to be selected by Blackmagic to test out their up-and-coming Blackmagic Micro Cinema MFT Camera. You can see the video here:
And here is a picture of his setup:
Jurek sent me this::
Had the opportunity to play with one of SLR Magic’s new Anamorphic lenses for a few hours last Saturday. Usually 1.33x lenses are recorded to a 16:9 aspect ratio to get the Cinemascope look after de-squeezing. This time Andrew Chan of SLR Magic suggested we try recording to the 4:3 ratio normally reserved for 2x lenses.
The result is a 16:9 image (when de-squeezed) but with an anamorphic look. Really nice glass.
Panasonic GH4 set to 4/3 mode with an SLR Magic 35mm T2.4 Anamorphic lens, captured in 4K UHD with V-Log L profile in 10-bit, 4:2:2 to an Atomos Ninja Assassin. Also used, Movcam wireless follow focus and Westcott Flex LED lights.
Roham Rasai
Em10+12-40
Oslo
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Many 43rumors readers didn’t get their $99 preorder on that lens. But if you still want the Panasonic 25mm f/1.7 lens you can buy it for $179 at [shoplink 58436 ebay]Quickndone eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. This is the lowest price on the web!
Reminder: The new 300mm PRO lens will ship the coming week. Preorders here [shopcountry 58374].
Metabones (Click here) released a new firmware update for their Canon EF to MFT Smart Adapter/Speed Booster.
About the firmware update:
Name: Firmware update V2.1 for for Canon EF to Micro Four Thirds Smart AdapterTM/Speed BoosterTM
Release date: 19 Feb 2016
Benefits and improvements:
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera autofocus support.
Added support for Blackmagic Micro Studio Camera 4k.
Fixed bug with EF400mm f/5.6L and EF Extender 1.4x where even after Extender is removed max aperture remains at f/8.
Improved contrast-detect autofocus accuracy on Olympus.
Note: version 1.9 and 2.0 should NOT be updated to version 2.1 unless Blackmagic/Olympus autofocus or EF Extender support is required.
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Thanks anonymous sender!
