Most of the huge camera and lens savings are still running:
Full overview page of the Olympus deals at Adorama, GetOlympus and BHphoto.
Full overview page of the Panasonic deals at BHphoto and Adorama.
Highly trusted sources confirmed the new Leica 12-60mm lens will ship in March/April along the new GH5. Price has yet to be determined.
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark 2 Rolling Shutter VS FF Camera
Panasonic FZ2500 test by Photoreview.
Interactive photography tool to learn how to shoot (Photography-mapped).
Top 10 On-Camera Video Lights (Explora).
M.Zuiko 30mm vs 60mm (Mirrorlesscomparison).
Erster Eindruck: Spiegellose Systemkamera YI M1 (Photoscala).
E-M1II Rauschen und Dynamik (Pen And Tell)
Olympus just released a note on their E-M1II GetOlympus page (Click here) which says: Due to overwhelming demand new orders may not ship until January. And Olympus Japan today issued an official note to apologize for the slow shipment which is caused by the higher than expected demand. Bad news for customers but good new for Olympus :)
At Amazon (Click here) you will get the E-M1II on Christmas if you order it now.
I still shoot film (with the [shoplink 60642 ebay]Mamiya 7[/shoplink]) and I always wondered if it would be possible to get that “natural” and “irregular” film look on digital cameras. Ming Thein has an idea about that:
Here we come to the crux of the matter: I think the limitation of digital lies in the geometry and shape of the photosites, not the number or density. If we had irregular pixels (which could be a repeating pattern over a much larger area) the sensors would be able to better match the irregular nature of the subject (which in turn forms an irregular input signal). The pixels could be each the same area to avoid gain problems, and they could be fairly large in order to maintain good noise, color and dynamic range characteristics. Fuji tried to change the sensor with diagonal arrays and small-large arrays, but they were still fundamentally too regular – resulting in even worse strange artefacts because we were now trying to output an image with an underlying 45 degree structure onto a 90 degree orthogonal output medium. The files printed well, however, because of the dithering process during print explained previously.
If that would really work I hope Panasonic-Olympus will do such a sensor one day!
Olympus OM-D E M1 Mark II Review – Real World Video Samples and First Impressions (Cinema5D)
Quick entry note: E-M1II will now ship on December 28 at Amazon.
Two well known video centric sites gave their opinion about the video performance of the E-M1II.
Cinema5D writes:
It is one of the best video-capable photo cameras that I have recently tested. The higher video data rate along with the excellent stabilisation system makes it a valid option as an A-camera working tool.
Newsshooter writes
The camera is great if you don’t have access to, or can’t afford, other stabilisation. If you can only carry a single camera and little else, then there is no better option right now. If I were routinely shooting in war zones or bouncing around filming extreme sports I would be putting this camera towards the top of my list (although I might wait to see what kind of stabilisation Panasonic bring with the GH5 before committing).
Olympus OMD E-M1 II walking image stabilisation test – can it rival a gimbal? (Newsshooter)
Olympus E-M1II preorders:
In USA at BHphoto, Amazon, GetOlympus and Adorama.
In Europe at ParkCameras. WexUK. Digitech.ch.
