Lenses for Micro Four Thirds compared.

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43rumors reader Dave sent me a huge file (download the PDF here) whcih collects all the MTF charts from MFT lenses (Some of the MTF charts are from DxO and ePhotozine). Dave writes:

The object of the exercise is to present the bulk of the Olympus, Panasonic and third party lenses for the Micro Four Thirds (mFT/m43) compact system camera mount in one place, grouping lenses that might be the subject of some comparison prior to purchasing. (You can cut and paste rows if  necessary.) Only lenses native to the m43 system and the prior Four Thirds (FT) mount – which can be used with an official system adapter – are shown. Bear in mind that FT lenses from third parties are usually re-purposed full frame and APS-C sized lenses and as such are often significantly larger and heavier than even their native Four Thirds counterparts, let alone their m43 descendants. The point of considering older FT and compatible lenses really comes down to two features: the fact that some older lenses can be had quite cheap and that lenses designed for a larger format utilise just part of the image circle. This second aspect means that those lenses that typically score poorly when paired with a larger sensor can actually be quite good on the smaller FT sensor *, as the corners and edges are cropped away.
Equally, some of the more modern native mount lenses with large, fast apertures (for example the Voigtlander Hyperprimes) are big and heavy by m43 standards. Other specialist lenses, such as those for cine and special effects are not shown, as I think people wanting those will not really want or need to compare them with standard lenses, nor may sharpness be the starting point for a comparison.

* Note that the FT and mFT sensors are exactly the same size – it is just the flange distance that differs. You can use an older four thirds lens on the newer micro four thirds bodies with an adapter, but not the other way around. However, focussing performance is generally significantly poorer for the older lenses.

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Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup.

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Tom Gabrielsen‎
Feistein lighthouse, 40-150 @ 210mm

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3) The most liked pictures and some pics selected by myself will be posted weekly on 43rumors

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Olympus Bundle and save page at Amazon

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There is a bundle and save page at Amazon US (Click here). You save up to $200 on lenses!

More deals:
You get a free $25 gifts card with the nice Silver Panasonic 20mm II lens sold by Adorama (Click here) and [shoplink 58765 ebay]Adorama eBay store (Click here)[/shoplink].
GX8 for $888 only through Canadian sellers in [shoplink 58709 ebay]Silver (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 58710 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink].
You get additional free estra stuff with the new Panasonic 12-60mm lens on sale at FocusCamera (Click here).

New MFT lens preorders:
Panasonic 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 at BHphoto (Click here) and at Adorama (Click here).
Sigma 30mm f/1.4 MFT at BHphoto (Click here) and at Adorama (Click here).

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Panasonic Lumix TZ100 review by CameraLabs

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The new Panasonic TZ100 is not a MFT camera but one of the best fixed lens compacts on marked. CameraLabs posted their TZ100 review and writes

There are 1in class cameras with pocket bodies and brighter lenses, but their zoom range is much shorter, typically 4x or less – for example the Canon G7X, Canon G9X and Sony RX100 IV. There are 1in class cameras with longer zooms, but their bodies are much larger too – for example the Canon G3X or Sony RX10 II. But right now there’s nothing out there which couples a 1in sensor with a 10x zoom in a pocketable body, and impressively also gives you a built-in viewfinder and 4k video.
As of early 2016, there’s nothing to match it if you desire the quality of a 1in sensor with a longish zoom that will fit in your pocket.

TZ100 store links: [shopcountry 58630].

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Panasonic says Android-powered cameras are in the works!

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The so far only Android powered Panasonic “camera” is the [shoplink 58774 ebay]Lumix CM1[/shoplink]

StuffTV reports:

At a round table session at Panasonic Benelux, Panasonic’s Michiharu Uematsu told Stuff Netherlands that an Android-powered camera would be on the way “very soon”. “The interface from our cameras is sometimes experienced as too difficult,” Uematsu explained. “This will be solved quickly [with Android]. It’s an open OS and easy to use.”

I would be surprised to see Panasonic using Android on MFT cameras. So far the implementation we saw was made on the [shoplink 58774 ebay]Panasonic Lumix CM1[/shoplink]. What do you think about it?


Thanks Jan for finding and sharing this!

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