First time in Stock: New Olympus 300mm PRO lens at FocusCamera!

• February 22, 2016
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The new 300mm PRO lens is in Stock and shipping today(!) at FocusCamera (Click here).

And the lens just got reviewed by ePhotozine:

Considered against what users of other marques might pay, the cost of the Olympus 300mm f/4 does seem to be very reasonable. We can add to that its compact size, relatively light weight and excellent ergonomics. Quality is superb. All in all, a lot of thought and skill has gone into this lens and it is certain to find favour amongst Olympus MFT sports and wildlife photographers. The fact that close focusing brings other subjects into range is an added bonus.

More store links: Olympus 300mm f/4.0 PRO lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus. In EU at Amazon DE. AmazonUK. WexUK. Amazon FR.

E-P5 is now officially discontinued

• February 22, 2016
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The E-P5 is marked as discontinued at GetOlympus (Click here). I wonder if there will be ever a new E-P camera….

Reports about GX8 and GX7 Mechanical Shutter Issues

• February 22, 2016
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Our reader Lee made me notice that the GX8 and GX7 cameras may have Mechanical Shutter Issues. The serial number of all affected models seem to start with WE5J or WE5S, meaning produced September-October 2015.

There is a long discussion about this with image samples at Dpreview forum. Example:

Iridient Developer 3.0.8 adds support for the Olympus PEN-F and Panasonic GF8

• February 22, 2016
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Iridientdigital added new RAW camera support for the following cameras:
Olympus: PEN-F and SH-3.
Panasonic: DMC-ZS60 (TZ80, TZ81, TZ85), DMC-ZS100 (TZ100, TZ101), DMC-GF8 and DMC-CM10.

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PEN-F at [shopcountry 58303] GX8 at [shopcountry 58445]

Blackmagic Micro Cinema Camera tested by Simon Shasha

• February 21, 2016
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This is the first test I see of the new Blackmagic Design Micro Cinema Camera ($995 at BHphoto). Simon Shasha was fortunate enough to be selected by Blackmagic to test out their up-and-coming Blackmagic Micro Cinema MFT Camera. You can see the video here:

And here is a picture of his setup:

New SLR Anamorphics tested on the GH4

• February 21, 2016
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Jurek sent me this::

Had the opportunity to play with one of SLR Magic’s new Anamorphic lenses for a few hours last Saturday. Usually 1.33x lenses are recorded to a 16:9 aspect ratio to get the Cinemascope look after de-squeezing. This time Andrew Chan of SLR Magic suggested we try recording to the 4:3 ratio normally reserved for 2x lenses.
The result is a 16:9 image (when de-squeezed) but with an anamorphic look. Really nice glass.
Panasonic GH4 set to 4/3 mode with an SLR Magic 35mm T2.4 Anamorphic lens, captured in 4K UHD with V-Log L profile in 10-bit, 4:2:2 to an Atomos Ninja Assassin. Also used, Movcam wireless follow focus and Westcott Flex LED lights.

 

Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup.

• February 21, 2016
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‎Roham Rasai‎
Em10+12-40
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1) You can share your pics by using the message box on our 43rumors Facebook page (Click here).
2) All 43rumors readers pictures can be seen here: facebook.com/43rumors/photos. Like the pictures you like and chat with the authors if you want to know how they took the shot!
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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