Olympus 40-150mm PRO IQ beats the Zuiko FT lenses (Pixelmania).

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Side by side comparison of the new M.Zuiko 40-150mm and the older Zuiko 35-100mm en Zuiko 150mm on Dutch website Pixelmania.nl

Does the new 40-150mm PRO really outperform the best Zuiko FT tele lenses as said by Olympus? The Dutch site Pixelmania compared the new PRO lens versus the Zuiko 35-100mm en Zuiko 150mm FT lenses. Just watch the images on their site and click on them to compare. And indeed they conform the new lens beats their Image Quality and what impresses the reviewer is that they achieved that goal on a lens that’s less heavier and smaller than the other lenses! Consider also that the 40-150mm PRO lens is priced lower than the other and that’s why it earned the “Pixelmania Award”

40-150mm PRO shop link:
In USA/Canada at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus and GetOlympus Canada.
In Europe at Wex UK, Technikdirekt and Amazon.
In Asia at Digitalrev and Amazon Japan.

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Gold Box on the GX7 in Germany.

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Last chance to grab some Christmas present. Today German readers can grab the Panasonic GX7 which is on Gold Box in Germany:
Black GX7 body (via DL),
Silver GX7 body (via DL),
Gold Box on the G5 kit starts tomorrow (via DL).

More EU deals:
Plenty of refurbished PEN cameras at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink]..
Wallimex 10% Sofortrabatt bei Amazon Deutschland (Click here).
Olympus E-M1 mit Gratis Batteriegriff und 100 EUR Aktionsgutschein bei Amazon Deutschland (Click here).
Up to £100 Cashback on Selected Panasonic Cameras & Camcorders at Amazon UK (Click here).
27% off on the E_M5 superkit at Amazon UK (Click here).

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A bit of everything…

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Venice in 4K | Panasonic Lumix LX100 from Otabek Djuraev on Vimeo.

Voigtländer Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95 review… dayum (Tysonrobichaudphotography).
Panasonic LX100 Shooter’s Report Part I (Imaging Resource).
New reworked LumixLounge site: http://lumixlounge.com/
First impressions of the Lumix LX100 at Mirrorlesslessons.
Panasonic Lumix CM1 review at Digitalversus.
Shooting a concert with m43 (Lessgearmorephotos)

Karsten: “Cause I know that you´re a father too I send you this litte movie about bright children eyes and the magic of Christmas time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_cEQNOrOio&list=UUpKcE6d9o5KnYTkOAhp8J5w”

Robert: “I just wanted to share a short profile on sydney based photographer I shot on the gh4: https://vimeo.com/114507893”

Kevin: “https://vimeo.com/114710457 The Night’s Dance Panasonic GH4 by Moonlight.“

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Many Panasonic MFT deals: GF6 kit for $396. G6 kit for $599. Up to $200 off on lenses.

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The cheapest new Panasonic cameras you can buy are here:
The GF6 with kit lens sells for $397 only at Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).
The G6 with kit lens sells for $397 only at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

All Panasonic MFT lenses got a discount:
$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.

Reminder:
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.
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.

 

 

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E-M5II rumors so far….will you buy it?

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The Pixel shift tech from the Hasselblad H5D-200c. Something similar is coming from Olympus.

I am 95% sure that the latest info on the E-M5II are correct. The camera will be announced in early February and so far it’s rumored to have one single main fetaure:  The camera has a 16 Megapixel sensor that can shoot up to 40 Megapixel by shifting the sensor (in up to 8 frames of single shots).

For the rest the camera didn’t change a lot from the previous E-M5 model:
Same E-M5 16MP sensor
Update processor (improves slightly the IQ)
No PDAF
Smaller design changes
Improved 5 axis stabilization

Based on those early and still incomplete rumors I ask you:

Would you buy the E-M5II?

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GH4 firmware update postponed by Panasonic.

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Panasonic Japan announced that it will postpone the GH4 firmware update release to January. Those are the features that will be added:

Update Information
  • With this firmware, time code and RSS(Recording Start/Stop) signal can be embedded to the HDMI output signal*.
    * Available when DMC-GH4 or DMW-YAGH are connected with the products of Atomos Global Pty. Ltd. or the products complying with the extended specifications of Atomos Global Pty. Ltd..
  • FHD at 30p/25p native output via HDMI is available while recording video in FHD at 30p/25p.
  • FHD at 30PsF(Over 60i) / 25PsF(Over 50i) output via SDI is available while recording video in FHD at 30p/25p.
    * When DMW-YAGH is used for SDI output.

 

GH4 North American store links:
GH4 camera at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Ritz Camera and Panasonic. Price: $1,698. In Canada at Vistek.
GH4 camera with interface unit at Adorama and BHphoto. Price: $3,298
Interface unit only at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. Price: $1,998

GH4 Europen store links:
Germany: Wexcameras, Marcotec-shop.de.
UK at Wexphotographic, CameraWorld, UKdigital, CVP, TipTop.
Holland at Fotohanskeuzekamp.
Belgium at Fotokonijnenberg.
Norway at Fotovideo.
Sweden at Cyberphoto, Skandinavianphoto.
Finland at Telefoto, Topshot, Verkkoauppa.
France at Photocineshop.
Spain: Fotoboom.

Asian store links:
Digitalrev and Digidirect Australia.

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First look on the new Veydra Mini Primes for Micro Four Thirds.

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ProVideocoaltition (Click here) is the first site testing the new Veydra MFT Cine lenses:

If I had to describe Veydras in one pithy phrase, I’d say, “scaled-down Ultra Primes for micro four thirds cameras”. They’re sharp, rectilinear, and clean: good, workmanlike optics with no nasty surprises.
They aren’t the fastest lenses available, but they also avoid the soft, soapy renderings you get WFO on lenses like Super Speeds, Rokinon T1.5s, and Nokton f/0.95s: you can shoot these puppies wide open and intercut them with T5.6 shots from the same lenses and not worry about a substantial change in the look.

Official Veydra website: http://www.veydra.com/

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