Annie tested the rare [shoplink 56147 ebay]MS Optical Sonnetar lens[/shoplink] on the GH4:
“The lens at wide open is too soft for our taste, and has a lot of purple fringing. A bit hard to use at wide open, especially on the 4K. The footage was taken in 4K, and Youtube downsized to 1080!”
You can fin (if you are lucky) the lens for sale on [shoplink 56147 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Olympus OM-D E-M10 mark II Review (with OM-D E-M10 comparison)
XEEN Cinema Lenses First Impressions (Cinema5D).
Olympus OM-D EM10 II Erster Eindruck (Deutsch) on Youtube.
P13: “A commercial for @Urban_esquire by @CLBeatsHD filmed on a GH4 with @slrmagic 2x Anamorphot & Rangefinder https://t.co/SpukddvYUK”
Fredrik: “Here’s a yoga video I shot with a GH4, GH3, 25mm f/1.4 and 12-35 f/2.8. Thought it might be interesting :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z20RzyrZP3Q”
Christian: “Bei einer Irland Rundreise habe ich alles mit einer OM-D E-M1 und ein paar guten Linsen fotografiert.
Dabei hat mir die Kamera immer gute Dienste geleistet. Auch wenn das Wetter mal nicht so perfekt war.
Die OM-D sind für die Reise und das leichte Gepäck ideal.
http://www.christianmari.at/irland-roadtrip-2015-teil-1
http://www.christianmari.at/irland-roadtrip-2015-teil-2
http://www.christianmari.at/irland-roadtrip-2015-teil-3“
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Robertscamera added another great Olympus deals:
$400 off on the E-P5 body with EVF [shoplink 56420 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. You can also have it in [shoplink 56421 ebay]Silver (Click here)[/shoplink].
They also do sell the E-P5 with lens and with EVF with a big $300 discount again on [shoplink 56295 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Reminder:
You save an EXTRA 15% on Reconditioned Products sold at GetOlympus (Click here). Use coupon code “BOO” in your cart for savings. Ends 11/3/15 at 11:59:59 PM ET. Quantities extremely limited!
Image courtesy: Photozone
Photozone (Click here) tested the Olympus 7-14mm f/2.8 PRO lens and it writes that “left a bit of a mixed impression.”:
Actually prior of this test I took it on vacation but the results were a bit short of my expectation – primarily because of the field curvature issue at 7mm which I didn’t know about at the time. When keeping the field curvature in mind and act accordingly, you can certainly achieve very good results. The center quality is breathtaking whereas the outer image region has be handled with care when shooting below 10mm at least (pull the focus a bit). Image distortions aren’t relevant from a user perspective. That being said it is also obvious that the auto-correction comes at the price of a bit of softness – it is simply not lossless. Vignetting as well as lateral CAs are a lesser concern. Despite its immense front element it is also worth to emphasize that the M.Zuiko is surprisingly flare-resistant (relative to others in this class).
In terms of build quality, the Olympus is up there with the very best and it’s a joy to use in the real life. The noiseless and fast AF are something we got used to in the Olympus universe but it’s worth to mention nonetheless.
Store links to the lens at [shopcountry 56408].
The Tokina 100mm Cine lens is now available for MFT mount too. Full details here: tokinacinema.com/100mmMacro.html
Panasonic MEGA O.I.S. vs. POWER O.I.S. for video shooting
Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 – In-Depth Review And Reappraisal Of An Underestimated Camera (Soundimagesplus).
Cinema Cameras: What Filmmakers need to Know (Explora).
Miguel Ortiz: “History (https://vimeo.com/141315301), how it was made, in this picture: https://flic.kr/p/vFcxTb”
Jim Chang: “Over the years, I have collected many anamorphic projection lenses for my own video projects and experiment. But I have always been puzzled by adapting anamorphic projection lens to my taking lenses, even though I tried every type of adapter that I can buy, but I am still not fully satisfied. So I developed the Rapido Anamorphic Lens Adapter. Please check it out at www.rapidotechnology.com
Basically, the adapter offers:
1. a better concentric alignment
2. a more stable connection
3. a repeatable alignment: use the marker on the side of the inner ring for quick alignment
4. a reusable and more flexible solution: for different anamorphic lenses, just find the customized step-down ring, and connect to your existing Rapido Anamorphic Adapter, and you are done. No need different, some time hard to find adapter, for each of your anamorphic lens
5. a simple and easy online instruction with illustrations, to show you how to adapt each anamorphic lens at: www.rapidotechnology.com
Even though I tried to include all the anamorphic lens that I can find, but I know there are still some are left out, please let me know if you have some anamorphic lens you like to adapt, I typically finish design/manufacturing in 2-3 weeks.
Hope you will like it. Thanks”
There is a major price drop ont he E-M1 which now sells for the lowest price ever at Amazon US (Click here). And Amazon US alreayd launched their special Black Friday Mirrorless deal page (Click here to see it).
Reminder:
Olympus updated their list of lens savings on their GetOlympus page (Click here). Check it out!
New large Stock of refurbished MFT stuff at GetOlympus cameras (Click here) and GetOlympus lenses (Click here):
