(FT5) Panasonic GX80 and 12mm lens announcement on April 5

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According to two of our sources Panasonic Japan scheduled a press event for April 5. It’s highly likely they will announce a new entry level GX80 camera with integrated viewfinder and the new Leica 12mm lens.

The GX80 specs are:
– 16MP sensor
– About 10% improvement in resolving power by getting rid of the low pass filter
– New Venus engine
– 4K video, 4K Photo
– 5-axis camera shake correction (on sensor+lens)
– AF 0.07 seconds. DFD technology
– 4K post focus (focus Select)
– 2.764 million dot EVF. Magnification 1.39x (35mm equivalent 0.7-fold)
– 3.0 inches 1.04 million dot LCD monitor. Tilting. 80 degrees upward and 45 degrees tilt down
– Wi-Fi built-in
– Creative style. 22 types of filters. New Monochrome mode.

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a bit of everything…

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Olympus 300mm f/4 IS PRO Review – Olympus’ sharpest lens?

Olympus PEN-F Review: Blending modern Micro Four Thirds features with premium style (Imaging Resource).
Panasonic Lumix TZ100 Review (ePhotozine).
Olympus TOUGH TG-870 Review (Steve Digicams).
Niko collection is now available for free: google.com/nikcollection/

Martin: ” I just released this music video for Niklas Petri’s song ”A Life I Care About” which was shot mostly with the GH4 and DIY anamorphic lens setup using a vintage 60’s Ricoh Auto Rikenon 50mm f/2 taking lens and the Sankor 16C 2X projection lens. For the anamorphic shots I used Atomos Shogun to record 10-bit V-Log, and there are also some night timelapses shot with the GX8 and Leica 15mm f/1.7 at insanely high ISO’s. For the anamorphic walking shots I used the DJI Ronin-M. The purpose of the music video and song is to raise global awareness about Addison’s Disease, a rare and life-threatening medical condition that can affect anyone, in any age group. But the disease is very often mis-diagnosed and knowledge is No.1 key to survival! We sincerely hope for people to be moved by this and help us by simply spreading this on social media. :) https://vimeo.com/160627653
Camera gear used: GH4 (with V-Log and without), GX8, Leica 15mm, Lumix 35-100/2.8, Lumix 12-35/2.8, FZ300“

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Panasonic-Leica 100-400mm lens will ship on April 30. New test by Imaging Resource.

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If you are waiting to get the Leica 100-400mm lens well…you have to wait longer than expected! The lens will ship on April 30 only according to BHphoto (Click here).

Imaging Resource tested the lens and writes:

I shot everything in this batch handheld, as I wanted to really push the limits to see how well the I.S. would hold up in the real world. I have fairly steady hands, though not rock-solid like our senior lens technician Rob Murray, so my results are likely in the middle ground for average hand-shake. I found the I.S. to be remarkably effective though, and have a shot at 1/80s below that’s handheld at 448mm eq. It was dusk, so at ISO 3200 there is a trace of noise, but without I.S. it’s unlikely I could have achieved this shot handheld without cranking the ISO much higher and incurring a bit too much noise.

Leica 100-400mm store links: [shopcountry 59084]

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Hybrid E-M10II with Pen F mockup by Eearl

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Earl sent me this image:

“FT 0.01… a Hybrid E-M10II with Pen F….lower cost with excellent ergonomics of E-M10II with corner EVF of Pen F. Retains grip, tilt, built-in flash. The camera I was hoping for…can’t seem to put pictures into forums…“

Don’t think sucha a camera makes sense :)

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Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup.

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Miguel Ortiz‎
Direct raw from camera, double exposure.
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3) The most liked pictures and some pics selected by myself will be posted weekly on 43rumors

This is the weekly selection:

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