ePhotozine reviews the new 42.5mm f/1.7 ASPH lens and says it “gives outstanding sharpness”.

• April 1, 2015
• reviews
• 88 Comments

ePhotozine reviewed the brand new and yet not shipping new Panasonic 42,5mm f/1.7 lens:

Currently, this lens is available for around £350. The closest equivalent available is the Olympus 45mm f/1.8 lens, which costs almost half as much at around £180. As this lens lacks optical stabilisation, it will be a harder deciding between the two lenses if you’ve a Panasonic, or other MFT camera that lacks in-body stabilisation.
As far as the performance of this lens is concerned, there is little to find fault with. Sharpness is outstanding from maximum aperture, falloff, distortion and fringing are all well controlled too.

Victor: “I borrowed the new Panasonic 42.5 F1.7 lens on the panasonic boot on professional imaging in holland. And shot this quick review of it. It is the first review online of this lens! My YT channel is just hobby so it is quite nice to be the first one with test footage of this lens! http://youtu.be/vCTnrMNFtS8”

New Panasonic lens preorders:
Panasonic 42.5mm f/1.7 POWER O.I.S. Lens at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
Panasonic MACRO 30mm f/2.8 MEGA O.I.S. Lens at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.

Canon’s GH4 competitor is a fixed lens cam with 1 inch sensor.

• April 1, 2015
• Rumors
• 41 Comments

A couple of weeks ago Canon said they are working to make a new GH4 competitor and hinted that it would come soon. Now I know it’s fools day but that image is a real leak and shows the “rumored GH4” competitor. It’s a fixed lens camera with 1 inch sensor. Don’t think we should call that GH4 competitor :)

via Canonwatch.

 

A bit of everything…

• April 1, 2015
• news
• 2 Comments

Goodbye No More (4K Street Video) – GH4 and Atomos Shogun from Nick Driftwood on Vimeo.

Olympus OMD EM10 Short Review at Yannickkhong.com.
Stunning photos (with MFT cameras) of the American desert from an Instagram artist who just raised $13,000 (Businessinsider).
OLYMPUS OM-D E-M5 II And The M4/3 ‘Benefits’ (Soundimagesplus).
2.5K BMCC Gets Compressed RAW Recording – How Much Does it Save? (Cinema5d).
Smart cap for the LX100 (DC.watch).
E-M5II test at Polish Optyczne.

Dario Viola‎: “Gh4, Voigtlander 25mm f0.95 , Panasonic 7-14mm f4, Carbon Fiber Jib. https://vimeo.com/123280243“

$100 off on the Rokinon 16mm MFT lens.

• March 31, 2015
• deals
• 4 Comments

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For a limited time you get the 16mm Rokinon f/2.0 MFT lens with a $100 discount at [shoplink 52365 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].

Olympus lens savings:
$100 off on the 12mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 75mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 45mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$80 off on the 40-150mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 75-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 12-40mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 60mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.

No GH5 or MFT 4K photocamera is coming at NAB.

• March 31, 2015
• Rumors
• 107 Comments

Time to kill all your dreams :=)
I am pretty certain there will be no GH5 or other 4K capable Micro Four Thirds photocamera is coming at NABshow in Las Vegas (start April 12). But we can hope to finally get the long time rumored Big GH4 firmware update.

And of course absolutely nothing is coming from Olympus!

A bit of everything…

• March 31, 2015
• news
• 16 Comments

The Mirrorless Party 2015

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II review at DigitalCameraWorld.
OLYMPUS OM-D E-M5 II – The Bad News – Manual Focusing 3rd. Party Lenses (Soundimagesplus).
Reader Comment: Olympus E-M5 Mark II High-Res Mode (Diglloyd).
E-M5II test at Mynavi Japan.
Olympus OMD E-M5 Mark II: Hi-Res Sensor Shift Mode vs Standard-res, NOISE Compared (Diglloyd).
11 tips for capturing Sping at Olympus.
Setting Up Back Button Focus for Olympus OM-D (TheDigitalStory).

Mesq: “This musical youtube channel, only use M43 cameras, GH2, Gh3 and GH4. Check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ju1UFNx1VI“

Panasonic GM1 with it lens for $499. One-day sale on select SanDisk Memory at Adorama.

• March 30, 2015
• deals
• 1 Comment

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The smallest of all MFT camera kit now sells for $499 only on [shoplink 52349 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. It sells for $20 more on Amazon US (Click here). Third part sellers are also selling the Orange GM1 kit for $484 on Amazon US (Click here).

There is also a One-day sale on select SanDisk Memory at Adorama:
SanDisk 32GB Ultra Compact Flash Memory Card $28.95
SanDisk 32GB Class 10, Extreme Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC) Memory Card $19.95
SanDisk 64GB Class 10, Extreme SDXC UHS-I Memory Card $39.95
SanDisk 16GB Cruzer Extreme USB 3.0 Flash Drive $17.95
SanDisk 32GB Cruzer Extreme USB 3.0 Flash Drive $24.95
SanDisk 64GB Cruzer Extreme USB 3.0 Flash Drive $39.95
SanDisk Extreme 32GB microSDHC Class 10 UHS-I Memory Card w/ microSD Adapter (New Faster Version) $19.95
Sale Prices will be live at 1 am EST on 3/30 and will expire at 11:59pm EST 3/30