Ansel Adams’ Biggest Secret for Stunning Photography

“New” E-M5II and 12-40mm kit option in Japan (DC.watch).
7 Reasons Why Fisheye Lenses Are Awesome (PetaPixel).
Taking Inventory of My Family’s Cameras (Explora).
European Olympus ref. items list at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].

Aaron: “A GH4 centric Reel through Rokinon, Lumix, Olympus, and Mitakon glass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ1fPgzmv_k”

Guglielmo: “Hi, this is my last work: https://youtu.be/CaALncsU0d8 filmed with my Panasonic GH4 & LX100. It’s a chemical trip about love&sexual deviation. Hope you like!“

Olympus patented a new les design for two crazy cool MFT tele zooms:

1) 300-500mm f/2.8-4.0 MFT lens  (33,8 cm lens lenght)
2) 200-300mm f/2.8-4.0 MFT lens (22,8 cm lens lenght)

For comparison: The current Olympus 300mm f/4.0 PRO lens has a length of 22,7cm. The 300-500mm MFT lens would be 10cm longer. I think Olympus should really bring that one on the market! So let’s make a poll:

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Patent details: freepatentsonline.com/9395520.pdf

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Note for site reposting this patent news: I spend quite some time to search through the patent literature. So if you repost this please link me back :)

Panasonic issued a new firmware update for the G7 and GX8 cameras

GX8 improvements:

1. New functions are added in Fn button.
   The option “Wireless Setup(Flash)” has been added to [Setting in REC mod] on the [Fn Button Set] of [Custom] menu.
   The option “Wi-Fi” and “LVF/Monitor Switch” have been added to [Setting in PLAY mode] on the [Fn Button Set] of [Custom] menu.
2. The phenomenon that rarely freeze at the time of tracking AF usage is improved.

G7 improvement:

1. New functions are added in Fn button.
   The option “Wireless Setup(Flash)” has been added to [Setting in REC mod] on the [Fn Button Set] of [Custom] menu.
   The option “Wi-Fi” and “LVF/Monitor Switch” have been added to [Setting in PLAY mode] on the [Fn Button Set] of [Custom] menu.

A Review and Test of the Olympus E-M10 Mark 2 Micro four Thirds Camera by David Thorpe.

10 Tips for Capturing Spring at OlympusAmerica
Lumix associate advocate Jordan Bunch: Carrying the Lumix GX85 everyday for 1 month (LumixLounge).
Olympus xa – mighty micro machine – guest review by Michael Rennie (35mmc).
Panasonic 10mm F1.4 lens patent for a 2/3 inch sensor camera (Egami).
Panasonic GX8, premiere contact (LeMondeDeLaPhoto).
Lumix Award 2016 (Dc.watch).
European Olympus ref. items list at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].