Olympus is displaying some unique stuff at their CP+ booth (Source: DC.watch). The image on top shows a Titanium color version of their new E-M5II. Olympus said they will only sell it if there is a demand for it (to be evaluated at CP+). And below you cans ee the 300mm f/4.0 PRO lens which will be released the second half of the year.
A very curious image is that one:
It’s the Olympus AIR MFT “lenscamera” with grip and dot sight attached. Looks really cool! And here below you see the transparent PEN which has been printed with a 3D printer. It’s has an Olympus AIR “lenscamera” inside of it:
The camera you see on top is a 3D printed PEN body. It’s displayed on their CP+ booth. I am sure the day will come when you will be able to print the exterior body of the camera :)
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera works w/ ZY Optics Mitakon Lens Turbo
Indiegogo and Vimeo Partner to Support Filmmakers (Indiegogo).
Panasonic Lumix TZ70 / ZS50 review (CameraLabs).
Street Shooting with the Olympus 9mm Body Cap Fisheye (TheDigitalStory).
Making Of, Fashionshoot with the Olympus OMD EM-1 (Passportsandlenses).
Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ70 Review (Photographyblog).
New 256 GB SD card announced by Green House (DC.watch).
Colby: “Just wanted to share this winter-themed video I shot in NYC throughout January. Filmed entirely on GH4 in FHD 200Mpbs 60p mode and conformed to 24p in post. Most shots were filmed on either Canon 24-105mm F4 L or 35mm F2 IS lens using Metabones Speedbooster EF to MFT. Hope you enjoy it. http://vimeo.com/118384332”
Izhar: “I’d love you to add to “a bit of everything” this short film shot in anamorphic with the GH4. https://vimeo.com/116503773“
Groucho: “http://portostreetshooting.blogspot.com/ My name is Ricardo Porto and I shoot strangers in the streets of Porto, Portugal. I’ve been doing it for the last 4 and a quarter years, a hobby turned crusade. I always shoot alone and most of my pictures are posed portraits. I choose people that I find interesting and I ask them for a pic. They usually say yes. I have one camera, one fixed lens, two batteries, one gray card and one lenspen and this is the only gear I use. No backpack, no photo bag, no tripod, no flash, no mega-zoom. I usually walk the same city areas, mainly downtown, but as I like it to be kind of random, I never prepare my photowalk in advance. I publish daily on my blog and all portraits are captioned with the place where they were taken and a brief description of what caught my attention.“
The Swedish Magazine Fotosidan (google translation here) interviewed Setsuya Kataoka (General manager Olympus Imaging Corp). And there is some talk about the future Olympus products:
1) Right now Olympus is considering whether to develop a bright super telephoto lens, or a super-telephoto zoom with a little lower brightness. 2)When the pro series is getting full, it may be necessary to develop a bit more specialized or extraordinary lenses, such as lenses with ultra-high brightness. 3) No Tilt Shift lenses are coming 4) Working to update the IS for new astro-photography features.
Let’s go with the f/1.2 and f/1.0 prime lenses Oly! We already saw your patents on those ;)
The combination of great build quality and performance alone are enough to recommend this lens. The fact that it offers a unique zoom range, whilst maintaining a fast f/2.8 throughout is even better. It’s capable of delivering excellent image quality too, and is even fairly reasonably priced. For the most part, it handles well too, thanks to its robust build and relative light weight and compact size, although it’s worth noting that it still may be a little large for use with the smallest Micro Four Thirds bodies. On the whole, this lens is an excellent addition to the Micro four Thirds line up, that will win over many fans.
