Kodak to launch an “Instamatic 15 Ultra” with Micro Four Thirds mount in 2015. And a 24-260mm f/2.4-5.3 lens!

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As you know Kodak already has a Micro Four Thirds camera named Kodak S-1 which you can find on sale on [shoplink 50392 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon US (Click here).
Well there is another one coming. Kodak will launch a new Instamtaic camera with Micro Four Thirds mount. There is yet no picture of that camera (what you see on top is an image of the fixed lens version). But here are the specs from instamatic2014.com/specs/:

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As you see the camera comes with a PixPro 24-260mm f/2.4-5.3 lens. Nice fast at the wide end and quite useful long 10x zoom range. If the optical quality is decent it may be an interesting option for all us current Olympus/Panasonic camera owners!

Thanks Andrea for sharing!

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A bit of everything…

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A Certain Time Of Year (GH4) from Colby Moore on Vimeo.

Panasonic Lumix FZ200 Review (Wrbdigitalcamerareviews).
Olympus Stylus 1s hands-on at DC.watch.
Panasonic patent to obtain a high-resolution image from the RGB and IR (Egami).
Sony RX100 III, Canon G7X, Canon G1 X II, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX100 and Fujifilm X30 battle at Lonelyspeck.
Panasonic HX-A500 Quickreview + RAW Footage (ActionCameraRumors).
Digimanie.cz FZ1000 4K test videos (one and two).
New GM5 bag in Japan (DC.watch).

Gary Yost:Well, here’s another Micro 4/3 piece that I think your readers will appreciate. I was the colorist on a holiday video for a popular San Francisco Italian restaurant called Delfina, and the video asks the question “What is Happiness?”.
It was entirely shot on the GH4 in 4K (with the Lumix 12-35 and the Nokton 42.5, using the Natural picture style. I was the colorist on the project and graded the entire piece in Davinci Resolve and it looks quite beautiful… extremely filmic with no crunch “video look.”
Here’s the piece:
https://vimeo.com/115015228
and the before/after comparisons between straight-out-of-camera footage and the graded final work.
https://vimeo.com/114977553
A typical node graph in Resolve for one of these shots would start out like this:
1st: primary adjustment for global exposure, contrast and white balance.
2nd: power windows to separate foreground subject from background (usually two ovals… one for head and one for shoulders, linked and tracked together). This window optimizes subject contrast and lighting, adds eye sharpening, in some cases pro-mist for skin treatment
3rd: outside node inverting the power windows to darken background and in some cases also desaturate background slightly.
4th: Osiris M31 LUT at somewhere between 40-60% along with final global contrast and exposure adjustment.
Beyond the above, there were plenty of shots that needed additional HSL qualification for doing things like recovering green in the parsley, doing Hue vs Sat and Hue vs Hue adjustments, and operations like that. Probably 50% of the shots needed additional work with these types of secondaries.”

Jonas:I made some pictures that move, using the Panasonic LX100 and the GoPro Hero4 Black. http://youtu.be/CT2gavQUfQA

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Panasonic 14-42mm lens for $99 ($130 off). Gold Box on Sandisk cards.

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You save $130 on the Panasonic 14-42mm lens sold for $99 only by [shoplink 50403 ebay]RobertsCamera on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. It’s the same store that sells the new GF6 camera with kit lens for $349 only again on [shoplink 50298 ebay]their eBay Store (Click here)[/shoplink].

And there is again a 24 hour Gold Box on Sandisk SD cards sold at Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

Reminder:
Free stuff ($126 value) and 4% reward on the Silver LX100 sold by BHphoto (Click here).
GF6 with kit lens sells for $349 at [shoplink 50298 ebay]RobertsCamera on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
$100 gift card for free when you buy the Panasonic FZ1000 4K camera at Amazon (Click here).
Gh3 now sells for $569 only (-130$) on [shoplink 50191 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
Free Rode mic ($199 value) along the GH4 sold by BHphoto.
Save $250 you can buy the Open Box GH4 sold by [shoplink 50115 ebay]Samys on eBay[/shoplink] GX7 now sells for $477 only at Amazon and Adorama
Free $100 gift card along the Panasonic FZ1000 sold by Adorama.
The GF6 with kit lens sells for $397 only at Amazon and Adorama.
The G6 with kit lens sells for $397 only at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$175 savings on the E-M10 premium kits sold on GetOlympus.
$500 off on the Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 sold at BHphoto.
Full list of Olympus deals at GetOlympus and on that Amazon US page.
$200 off on the Nocticron 42,5mm f/1.2 OIS Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic Store.
$200 off on the 35-100mm f/2.8 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$200 off on the 7-14mm f/4.0 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$200 off on the 35-100mm f/2.8 ASPH Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$170 off on the Panasonic 14-140mm Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$160 off on the 8mm fisheye Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$130 off on the Leica 25mm f/1.4 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Panasonic 100-3000mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Leica 15mm f/1.7 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$100 off on the 12-35mm f/2.8 ASPH Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$80 off on the Panasonic 20mmII pancake at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$80 off on the Panasonic 45-200mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

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Panasonic interview at DC.watch: Says 8K is coming and Megapixel race continuing.

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The Japanese site DC.watch interviewed Panasonic manager to talk about the present and future of photography.

– High Megapixel cameras are coming (from all manufacturers). Megapixel race will never go away says Panasonic
– Panasonic is working on 6K and 8K video recording. 8K will come before 2020 (Olympic year).
– The ultimate “dream” is to beat the human eye performance
– There is the potential to use pure electronic shutter only
– Micro Four Thirds is the perfect sensor size for Panasonic. But they not rule out to create a second larger sensor size system.
– A medium format camera from Panasonic is highly unlikely to happen :)

 

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Brand new GH4+YAGH+LENS savings. Up to $1.500 off!

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Just after the big Christmas shopping time Panasonic US launched a huge deal on the GH4 with YAGH combo:

$1,500 off on the GH4 with YAGH with 14-140mm lens, SD card and Shoulder Case kit at Adorama (Click here).
$800 off on the GH4 with YAGH kit at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

Quite a good deal, particularly the one from Adorama!

Reminder:
Free stuff ($126 value) and 4% reward on the Silver LX100 sold by BHphoto (Click here).
GF6 with kit lens sells for $349 at [shoplink 50298 ebay]RobertsCamera on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
$100 gift card for free when you buy the Panasonic FZ1000 4K camera at Amazon (Click here).
Gh3 now sells for $569 only (-130$) on [shoplink 50191 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
GM1 with kit lens sells for $497 only at Amazon US (Click here).
Free Rode mic ($199 value) along the GH4 sold by BHphoto.
Save $250 you can buy the Open Box GH4 sold by [shoplink 50115 ebay]Samys on eBay[/shoplink] GX7 now sells for $477 only at Amazon and Adorama
Free $100 gift card along the Panasonic FZ1000 sold by Adorama.
The GF6 with kit lens sells for $397 only at Amazon and Adorama.
The G6 with kit lens sells for $397 only at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$175 savings on the E-M10 premium kits sold on GetOlympus.
Free 40-150mm lens and free bag with the E-M10+14-42mm kit at Amazon US and GetOlympus.
$500 off on the Ibelux 40mm f/0.85 sold at BHphoto.
Full list of Olympus deals at GetOlympus and on that Amazon US page.
$200 off on the Nocticron 42,5mm f/1.2 OIS Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic Store.
$200 off on the 35-100mm f/2.8 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$200 off on the 7-14mm f/4.0 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$200 off on the 35-100mm f/2.8 ASPH Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$170 off on the Panasonic 14-140mm Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$160 off on the 8mm fisheye Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$130 off on the Leica 25mm f/1.4 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Panasonic 100-3000mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Leica 15mm f/1.7 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$100 off on the 12-35mm f/2.8 ASPH Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$80 off on the Panasonic 20mmII pancake at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$80 off on the Panasonic 45-200mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

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Panasonic CES live streaming on January 5.

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You can follow the Panasonic CES press conference live on that page: panasonicces2015.com. I am yet not sure Panasonic will announce new MFT cameras at CES. CP+ show is the more “ideal” event for that. But there may be new compact cameras and video cameras they will show at CES. Panasonic itself writes about CES:

In addition to 4K camcorders and twin camera compatible camcorders, visitors will also be able to try LUMIX cameras equipped with the “4K Photo” function, which enables users to capture one-of-a-kind, memorable still photos from 4K videos, as well as a wide range of semi-professional 4K products.

 

 

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