Panasonic Won iF Design Award 2017 for 22 Products Including Digital Single Lens Mirrorless Cameras

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Hannover, Germany – Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic) received 22 design awards for highly-regarded product designs at iF Design Award 2017, which was held and hosted by iF International Forum Design. The award-winning products include digital single lens mirrorless cameras, the cordless stick cleaner IT, a wiring device, and eneloop batteries.

This year, over 5,500 products from 59 countries were examined by jurors consisting of professionals from various countries. Panasonic’s award-winning products are listed below.

22 products that received the iF Design Award 2017

About the iF Design Award

The iF Design Award is a design award established in 1953 with the aim to promote industrial design. This award is hosted by the iF International Forum Design, which is based in Hannover, Germany, and consists of seven categories, i.e., Product, Packaging, Communication, Interior Architecture, Professional Concept, Service Design, and Architecture. Every year, top-class designers and design managers of corporations examine products and select excellent designs. As a prestigious award in Europe, the birthplace of industrial design, the iF Design Award is one of the most famous international design awards.

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Max Yuryev reviews the E-M1II: Says it’s great for stills but disappointing for video

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Let’s turn the world upside down and report about the E-M1II video review from Max Yuryev and the GH5 stills quality review from Imaging Resource.

Max Yuryev says that the camera is disappointing for video shooters. I am not sure all will agree here but check out the video on top to hear why he believes that.

And Imaging Resource tested the GH5 Stills Quality and concluded:

In side-by-side comparisons, the GH5 and GH4 appeared to have no noticeable change in image quality at the same sensitivities through the range. Though colors are better on the GH5, any high ISO improvement is negligible, at least in still photos.

I know both conclusion do not sound great. But keep in mind the GH5 excelles when it comes to video performance while the E-MII is clearly designed for photographers and not film makers.

GH5 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Panasonic US. In EU at Amazon.de, Cyberport.de and ParkCamera.
E-M1II at BHphoto, Amazon, GetOlympus and Adorama. In EU at ParkCameras. WexUK. Digitech.ch.

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SLR Magic 8mm review by Martin Tang

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In this video review Martin Tang tests the new SLR Magic 8mm f/4.0 MFT lens (here at BHphoto):

Things I love:
☑ Low wide angle lens distortion
☑ Lightweight and tiny, great for travelling
☑ Perform the best when set to F5.6 or F8

Things I don’t like:
? The silver manual focusing nob is located in the lower right hand, need time to get used to it
? Your finger might turn the aperture ring when you manually focus the lens. (because it’s extremely small)
? Reduce sharpness at the corner of the frame when set at F4.

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