You may have noticed that Olympus is advertising their lenses on many photography sites. And if you happen to see that picture look more closely. It shows the 300mm PRO lens with IS switch. The announcement is really close to happen!
P.S.: The 300mm lens is listed at BHphoto which still shows the “older” non-IS picture version.
As you know the new Leica SL Full Frame mirrorless system camera has been made with lot of Panasonic tech inside. It even uses Panasonic’s own V-LOG profile. But it seems Leica didn’t implement it well. Newsshooter reports:
Log curves are supposed to be flat, but it seems the Leica version was so flat that it makes grading difficult, perhaps impossible.
And EosHD writes:
I first noticed it with the lens cap on that the blacks in LOG mode seem to start around 100 on the 0-255 luma range. This makes the footage essentially un-gradable, severely limits dynamic range and is an obvious flaw. Who does Leica have testing the video features!?
So this doesn’t seem to work as smooth as a “Full Frame GH4” yet :(
Panasonic Lumix FZ300 Review / Ghosting Issues / Rant?
Gold Box deal on the Olympus E-P5 at Amazon.de (details here).
German Panasonic 30mm macro review at Digitalkamera.
The Olympus M.Zuiko 7-14mm F/2.8 – Just A Fast Lens Or Something More? (Soundimagesplus).
V-Log L on the GH4: don’t panic (ProVideoCoalition).
Fort drum to host portraits of love project – lumix luminary rick gerrity (Lumixlounge).
JR: “Here is a no-budget scifi-comedy I shot some time ago on the GH3 and SLR Magic lenses. Since work with the GH4 now I’m really happy to see how well images shot with the GH3 still hold up today. https://youtu.be/kZRAgSm1fog”
Germany:
Bis zu 150 EUR Sofortrabatt auf Olympus Objektive at Amazon.de.
100 EUR Amazon Aktionsgutschein beim Kauf einer Kamera E-M5II/E-M1 at Amazon.de.
50 EUR Amazon Aktionsgutschein beim Kauf einer E-M10/E-M10II Kamera at Amazon.de.
UK:
Up to £150 Cashback with Selected Panasonic Cameras and Camcorders at Amazon.co.uk.
Claim up to £100 Cashback when Purchasing a Selected Olympus Lens or Camera at Amazon.co.uk.
France:
Offre de remboursement OLYMPUS – Jusqu’à 150€ remboursés sur une sélection de produits at Amazon France.
Panasonic US launched greta rebates on MFT lenses. Among them we have that crazy 25mm f/1.7 deal which you know get for $99 only at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic Store. Those are all lens rebates you can get right now (biggest savings on top):
$200 off on the Nocticron 42,5mm f/1.2 OIS Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic Store.
$200 off on the 12-35mm f/2.8 ASPH Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$200 off on the 7-14mm f/4.0 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$150 off on the 25mm f/1.7 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic Store.
$1o0 off on the Panasonic 14-140mm Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$70 off on the Leica 15mm f/1.7 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$50 off on the Panasonic 100-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Panasonic 45-150mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$50 off on the Panasonic 42,5mm f/1.7 lens at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
$50 off on the Panasonic 30mm macro lens at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
$30 off on the Panasonic 20mm II pancake at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$30 off on the Panasonic 14mm pancake Amazon, Adorama and Bhphoto.
The GM5 sells for $499 only at Adorama.
And Olympus will launch some more impressive rebates on Wednesday! Check out the list of deals that will be avialble for 5 days at Getolympus (Click here).
The 100-400mm lens displayed recently at Salo De La Photo (Image via Focus-numerique).
A second trusted source confirmed the new Leica 100-400mm lens will be announced in February at Cp+ show. And yes the price should be around $2,500 (Panasonic did not share him the exact final price info).
The source also had the final prototype lens in his hand and said he was actually “impressed how small it is” compared of the impression you get from the pictures. It’s close to the [shoplink 56517 ebay]size of the 35-100mm X lens[/shoplink].
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Lensbaby Composer Pro II: Product Overview with Marcin Lewandowski
Gold Box deal on the Wallimex 7,5mm MFT lens at Amazon Germany.
Panasonic 25mm f/1.7 review at Addicted2light.
Panasonic GX8 Field Test: Great design & great sensor make for a fantastic camera (Imaging Resource).
Panasonic Lumix GX7 review at Photo Daniel.
German Panasonic 42,5mm review at Digitalkamera.
Fredrik: “I have compared five different fisheye lenses: http://m43photo.blogspot.com/2015/11/fisheye-lenses-compared.html
My conclusion is that the Samyang 7.5mm lens is the best for Micro Four Thirds use, with a low price tag and a very good performance. The Olympus 9mm body cap lens is also interesting, with a quite good image quality for the price.”
Germany:
List of todays Gold Box deal at Amazon.de (full page here).
Bis zu 150 EUR Sofortrabatt auf Olympus Objektive at Amazon.de.
100 EUR Amazon Aktionsgutschein beim Kauf einer Kamera E-M5II/E-M1 at Amazon.de.
50 EUR Amazon Aktionsgutschein beim Kauf einer E-M10/E-M10II Kamera at Amazon.de.
UK:
Up to £150 Cashback with Selected Panasonic Cameras and Camcorders at Amazon.co.uk.
Claim up to £100 Cashback when Purchasing a Selected Olympus Lens or Camera at Amazon.co.uk.
France:
Offre de remboursement OLYMPUS – Jusqu’à 150€ remboursés sur une sélection de produits at Amazon France.
The very first Black Friday deals started today!
The GX8 got a $200 off at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. And you can save up to $400 if you buy some lenses along it (Click on “Build Bundle” at BH to see how much you save).
Same rebate runs on the G7 which is also $200 off at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. Also here you got some lens bundle savings
