Meike 6.5mm f/2.0 Fisheye Lens Review by ePhotozine

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ePhotozine posted the full Meike 6.5mm MFT lens review:

The circular fisheye lens is a fairly specialised tool, the frame filling designs being much more prevalent and arguably more generally useful. However, who could argue with that f/2 aperture, with the quality of the results, with the excellent price, with the solid construction? The only difficulty is that judging manual focus is well nigh impossible, but the huge depth of field can cover most situations very well.
If we want to delve into the fisheye world at a reasonable cost and no compromise on quality, then this could well be a very strong contender.

The Meike 6.5mm is available at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.de.

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a bit of everything…

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Updating Your Olympus Camera’s Copyright Info

Gh5 at CES by Daniel J.Cox.
E-M1II test at Photoreview.
Olympus M. Zukio Digital ED 7-14mm (Photofocus).
The RED Helium is the new DxOmark sensor king (MirrorlessRumors)
A Buying Guide for Solar and Solar Eclipse Viewing (Explora).

Kasey: “This is a really funny video comparing the Panasonic G85 and GH4 vs the full frame Sony a7 line up, as well as the Canon 80d and G7X.  I think your viewers would like it ;)  Shows that micro 4/3 cameras can achieve that creamy shallow depth of field comparable with the full frame cameras.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baXN5IuIcAs“

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E-M1II will be back in Stock by late January (and new comparison with E-M1)

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It’s quite a while the E-M1II is out of Stock in US stores. But there is a small update. The camera will ship in late January according to BHphoto. And Amazon reports a 1-2 months delivery.
UPDATE: A small Stock is now in Stock at FocusCamera (Click here).

Mat sent me this:

We just completed our full comparison between the E-M1 and E-M1 II after using both for over a month side-by-side. Hope you enjoy it!
Part 1: http://mirrorlesscomparison.com/olympus-vs-olympus/omd-em1-vs-omd-em1-ii/
Part 2: http://mirrorlesscomparison.com/olympus-vs-olympus/omd-em1-vs-omd-em1-ii/2/

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Now you can turn your MFT camera into a full 360 degree camera!

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Sphereoptics launched a new Sphere lens which can be used on any MFT camera with the proper F to MFT mount adapter.

The lens captures a full spherical 360° omnidirectional  field of view in a single image — the  first of its kind. This allows the creation of spherical video content with no stitching using a conventional camera, vastly streamlining the content creation process and enabling shots that were previously impossible.

  • Captures a complete 360° sphere without gaps in a single shot
  • Eliminates stitching process
  • Shoots extremely close (1mm) without stitching artifacts or parallax errors
  • Uses your existing professional camera and workflow

The CEO from Sphereoptics talked to Newsshooter about their new product and said:

“Originally we designed the system specifically for the Sony A7s2 because of its low light capability and ability to shoot 4K. The fact the GH4 allows 4:3 (or 1:1) enabled us to squeeze a touch more resolution out, but unfortunately it does some minor cropping.”

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a bit of everything…

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Introducing the Long-Awaited Panasonic LUMIX GH5 at CES 2017

10 Tips and Tricks for Photographing Holiday Lights and Candles (Explora).
The Image stabilization Olympus patent.
German Olympus Zuiko Digital 50-200mm review at ThePhotoNerd.
Olympus 30mm f/3.5 Macro Lens Review (Imaging Resource).
The most sold camera during USA Christmas time wasn’t digital…(Mirrorlessrumors)

Jim: “I noticed you ran a Peter Gregg video about the Metabones EF-m43 Speed Booster adaptors.  My blog has a much more scientific discussion on how the different generation Speed Booster actually improve IQ. https://jimchungblog.wordpress.com/2016/12/29/first-blog-post/“

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