Olympus 40-150mm PRO lens gets tested by Robin Wong and BMCR. More mind blowing pics from Frank Rückert

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150mm, 1/1600sec, F2.8, ISO500 (Image courtesy: Robin Wong).
We have plenty of new tests and image samples taken with the new Olympus 40-150mm PRO lens.

Robin Wong posted the full review and writes:

The amout of fine detail this lens is able to resolve is amazing, with plenty of micro-contrast. The sharpness is also uniform from edge to edge of the frame, showing no corner softness. The quality of the M.Zuiko 40-150mm Pro lens’ bokeh does not disappoint, creating creamy, buttery smooth blurred out of focus area. The subjects in focus was easily “popped” out of the bokeh background, and looking three-dimensional. 

On his site you can download the full size image samples (direct link here).

Bestmirrorlesscamerareviews writes:

I think that the image samples speak for themselves. The 40-150mm PRO zoom lens can deliver impressive results in terms of sharpness and bokeh and proves to be a very versatile lens especially with the MC-14 teleconverter. There are many usages I can think of.

And our reader Bobby noticed that there is a new set of mind-blowing samples from Frank Rückert at Pen3.de.

UPDATE: Jamie MacDonald has another video answering questions submitted to him about the new 40 to 150mm lens: http://youtu.be/Pb_iFlJt_rU?list=UURsTTR_hQfeYryM6_2Wx3zQ

Olympus preorders:
Silver E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus. In Europe at Wex UK.
40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus. In Europe at Wex UK, Technikdirekt and Amazon.
LH-76 lens hood at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
MC-14 1.4x teleconverter at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
PRF-ZD62 Z protection filter at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
PRF-ZD72 Z protection filter at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
General links to all new Olympus stuff at Adorama.
ALL new stuff announced at Photokina at Amazon.

Panasonic preorders:
LX100 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto. Europe at WexUK.
GM5 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto. Europe at WexUK.
GM5 in red at Adorama.
35-100mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.

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New video samples shot on the new SLR magic 10mm t/2.1 lens.

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SLR Magic 10mm/2.1 – First day with a BMPCC from framearts on Vimeo.

Framearts posted that test video shot on the new SLR magic 10mm T/2.1 MFT lens:

For my first test video i chose the BMPCC because first of all i wanted to try out the filmic quality of the lense. Test for sharpness i will do with my GH4.
It is a very solid lense and feels really good in the hand. Focus and iris are working really smooth. I see nearly no CA and the distortion is on a minimum. I really like the the colors, also the skin tones look really good. So for me, just my first conclusion is, that it is a very good lense for a filmic look and it seems to be a nice combination with the BMPCC.
I also was looking how good you can shoot run and gun with no IS on the BMPCC with that lense. As you can see, when you have time and don´t stress too much it´s ok, although not perfect at all. But i guess when you take a rig it´s much better and for sure an option. So for filmic purposes yes, but if you do documentary shooting and don´t want to be recognized, for me, the 12-35 Panny lense with its superb OIS is the only option.
The Variable ND filter feels very solid, fits perfectly on the lense and has a very smooth setting. Just the stick for turning the filter could be a little bit smaller.

P.S.: Original press text of the new lens can be read here: 43rumors.com/slr-magic-announces-the-hyperprime-cine-10mm-t2-1-and-slr-magic-77-nd-0-4-nd-1-8-filter/

UPDATE: Two more videos:
http://vimeo.com/107976413
https://vimeo.com/108021072

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Panasonic predicts mirrorless to take 34% of the system camera market by 2016.

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How does Panasonic see the future mirrorless market? At an event in Japan Panasonic projected that slide showing that by end of 2016 mirrorless cameras should increase up to 34% of the overall system camera market (via MirrorlessRumors). DSLR will still keep 66% of the market.

One more news: Cipa published the August shipment data and you can see the nice graphs as usual at Personal-View. There is no big news but mirrorless keeps growing slowly.

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