There will be one more Olympus announcement before the big Photokina event in September. And this is what Olympus is rumred to announce:
1) New E-PL8 camera
2) The first 25mm f/1.2 PRO Zuiko MFT lens
3) New action camera (Stylus Tracker).
The announcement should happen sometimes between now and June.
VLOG #47 PEN-F Tips from the car. Unedited/uncut by Jamie McDonald
The joy of digital “lomography” (featuring the Panasonic GX8 review) at Eyesuncloudedphoto.
New autofocus patent by Panasonic (pdf file here).
Jan: “I did a test about lens sample variation useing three copies of the Panasonic 25mm F/1.7: http://www.janundseinekamera.de/lens-sample-variation/”
John: “Surprise to me when I got a package late last night that contained the mysterious adapter which I purchased through Indigogo last Feb or March.
Initially, it looked well made with a great tripod mount (which I intend to use with other lenses). However, when I tried to fit it to my E-M5 this morning I found that due to the size of the rear flange the adapter can’t clear the EVF housing and mate to the camera. There appears to be a 2-3mm clearance problem. So I took the Dremel and a couple of files to the adapter last night with good results. Fits my E-M5 nicely although I can’t show it because I dropped it off for servicing this afternoon. Here it is with my Nikkor 50mm f1.4 and my trusty backup AIR:”
A new company named Craft (website here) announced a modular camera that has swappeable mounts (including MFT mount).
Technical Specifications (Full technical specifications will be announced early this summer):
HD Video Element, Super 16mm CMOS Sensor with Global Shutter (1920×1080, 1280×720)
4K Video Element, Super 35mm CMOS Sensor with Global Shutter (4096 x 2160, 1920×1080, 1280 x 720)
Frame rates 23.98, 24, 25, 29.97, 30, 50, 59.94, 60
Fast and slow frame rate speeds at intervals up to 120fps
Recording Formats Cinema DNG and ProRes (additional formats will announced).
Dimensions (W x H x D)
Video Elements: (97.15mm x 96mm x 39.68mm) (3.7” x 3.6” x 1.5″)
Store, Battery, Audio Elements: (97.15mm x 96mm x 33.4mm) (3.7” x 3.6”x 1.3″)
LCD Elements: (97.15mm x 96mm x 30mm) (3.7” x 3.6” x 1.2″)
Fully assembled cinema camera: (97.15mm x 96mm x 170mm) (3.7” x 3.6” x 6.6″)
DPReview Field Test: Claire Bangser and the Olympus PEN-F
Win with the mandarin oriental hyde park london & olympus uk!
PEN-F VLOG #48 It’s a Legacy thing (Jamie McDonald).
Photographing Wildlife In Costa Rica (Photographylife).
Delight Photo: “Panasonic Lumix G7 in combination with the Panaleica Summilux 15mm f1.7 – and the Elmarit 45mm f2.8… Great combo for this kind of stuff…http://delightphoto.zenfolio.com/blog/2016/3/bejing-duck-in-shanghai”
Martin: “Solitudes, a video project with Olympus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBF1EFwHEyE“
You only have few hours left to save 20% on all Outlet Olympus gears sold at GetOlympus (Click here). And BHphoto (Click here) launched a long list of NAB specials.
More deals:
Silver GX8 for $829 only at [shoplink 59308 ebay]QuickNdone eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
The Sigma 30mm f/1.4 DC DN MFT lens is finally in Stock for the first time via BHphoto (Click here).
LX100 for $569 in [shoplink 59207 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink] or [shoplink 59208 ebay]Silver (Click here)[/shoplink].
Panasonic GH4 for $1114 at [shoplink 59181 ebay]Quickndone eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
The Silver Panasonic GX8 is for sale for $839 only at [shoplink 59093 ebay]Quickndone eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Olympus is having a Trade Up Campaign through 4/30. You can learn more about it on that special page at Adorama.
