Sigma says the 30mm f/1.4 has issues in C-AF with the E-M1II
Sigma Japan said the new 30mm f/1.4 doesn’t work properly in C-AF mode on the new E-M1II. They are working to fix this via firmware update.
Sigma Japan said the new 30mm f/1.4 doesn’t work properly in C-AF mode on the new E-M1II. They are working to fix this via firmware update.
The Olympus 300mm PRO lens is in Stock at via multiple third party sellers at Amazon US. It will be in Stock soon at BHphoto too. So hopefully this marks an end of a very long production shortage.
Reminder:
The new 12-100mm PRO lens is in Stock via Amazon itself.
You save 30% on Olympus BAGS – CASES – STRAPS – BATTERIES sold at GetOlympus (Click here). Use code “SAVE30” to get the discount!

A source just sent me three additional info about the new GH5 that will be announced on January 4th at 10am Las Vegas time.
1. Slow motion up to 180 fps!
2. much larger number of focus point: 225 vs 49 in the GH4.
3. Same body weather sealing as the E M1 II – up to minus 10 degrees of cold.
He also confirmed our previous rumors about the GH5 having a new 20MP sensor with 5 axis ibis and 2 SD card slots are correct.
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David sent me that video (see on top) and writes:
“Check out what YouTube says: 2160 60p! Yet shot on the Panasonic 42.5mm f1.2 lens….& Griffin Hammond is a Panasonic brand ambassador.
You connect the dots! ;-)”
There is also a busy discusson on the GH5 facebook group about that video :)
Tested: Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera
Best of 2016: Sigma Lenses (Explora)
Review: Olympus Pen-F + 17mm f/1.8 (Erickimphotography).
Help! How Much Should I Charge For My Photography? (Adorama Learning Center).
E-m1II first look at Photofocus.
Gramas LCD protector for the E-M1II (DC.watch).
James: “I received my preordered Olympus EM1 II camera yesterday. I am not a happy camper. Because this camera is so fast, I ordered a 128-GB Lexar Professional SDXC II 300 MB/s card for this camera. This card refused to format in the Olympus.
The slower 256–GB Lexar Professional 150 MB/s SDXC II card formatted. However, when I took a long movie as a test, the camera froze up, and this card was totally trashed. It is not recognized by either the camera, Windows, or MacOS. Hopefully, Lexar will replace it. I could not even turn the camera off. I had to pull the battery.
Then, I was assured by Olympus via an e-mail (that alas I cannot find) that it could take movies longer than 29 minutes by seamlessly opening a new file when the 4 GB limit is reached. If this mode exists for 4k movies, I cannot find it. Every movie mode I try shows 20 minutes remaining at the start. I take symphony videos, and this makes the camera useless.
http://jamesrome.net/drupal/olympus”
The new Rokinon 20mm f/1.8 MFT lens is in Stock for the first time via BHphoto (Click here). And Amazon has a Gold Box on those Transcend cards (Click here).
Reminder:
The new 12-100mm PRO lens is in Stock via Amazon itself.
You save 30% on Olympus BAGS – CASES – STRAPS – BATTERIES sold at GetOlympus (Click here). Use code “SAVE30” to get the discount!

On January 4th Panasonic will not only announce the full GH5 specs but also announce the new GF9 camera!
Those are the first images and the full specs:
16MP sensor with no low pass filter
4K 30p / FHD 60p video
“4K Selphy” “4K Photo” “Focus Select” “Focus Composite”
Spatial recognition AF using DFD technology
180 degree tilt type approximately 1.04 million dots 3.0 type touch panel monitor
Wi-Fi installed, USB charging compatible
Size: 106.5 x 64.6 x 33.3 mm
Weight: Approximately 239 g (body only)
Color: Silver, Orange
Kit: Double lens only (12-32 mm F 3.5-5.6, 25 mm F 1.7)
Reservation start date: January 6, 2017
Expected release date: January 19, 2017
Mass store sales price (tax included): Double lens kit around 97,000 yen



via Nokishita