First video with the new SLR Magic 10mm T2.1 lens.

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SLR Magic 10mm T2.1 on GH4 4K World premiere, the very 1st shots from Seb Farges on Vimeo.

Seb farges posted this first video made with the brand new SLR Magic 10mm T2.1 Micro Four Thirds lens and he writes:

My very first impressions : solid, heavy (420g), compact, sharp at full aperture T2.1, only 2cm minimum focus distance.
The ND filter : good first impressions, and two great options on it : lever and hard stop ! Perfect for video !

The press release of the new lens can be read here at 43rumors.

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Seriously: You now get the GH3 for $665 only at BHphoto!

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With 4% reward ($32 back) and with an additional $100 gift card you basically pay $665 only for the Panasonic GH3 at BHphoto (Click here). Great deal!!!

More deals:
Refurbished Black E-PM1 camera with kit lens for $199 only on [shoplink 47995 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
$300 off on the Panasonic GH3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here)and BHphoto (with 4% reward).
$300 off on the Panasonic GX7 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the Panasonic G6 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (with free SanDisk 32GB).
Receive a free Panasonic LUMIX G Vario 45-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ASPH Lens with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 14-42mm lens bundle in Black (Click here) or Silver (Click here).

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If you want the best lens on your MFT camera it’s coming: Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4!

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Image via Digicameinfo

What you see here is the new Zeiss Otus 85mm f/1.4. And from what I heard this lens should beat the current Zeiss Otus 55mm optical performance and therefore become the best lens on market! It comes in Canon and Nikon mount and if you adapt it on a MFT camera you would get a nice 170mm fast prime lens. Or just use the Metabones Speedbooster (here at BH) and you will go back to the “original” focal length and gain 1 stop too!

Don’t know if such a lens is something for you considering the $4,000 price :(

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Olympus itself confirms launch of a new OMD camera and a new lens.

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Olympus Japan confirmed the launch of a new OMD camera and a new lens. But don’t get too excited, the new OMD they are talking about is the Silver E-M1 :)
And the new lens will certainly be the 40-150mm PRO MFT. I think the real big news may be the new firmware update which I repeat is said to bring massive improvements like Tethering, EVF quality improvements, Keystoning and other features, Live Composite, more new APPS, and plenty fo fixes…

Both Olympus and Panasonic will announce their new MFT stuff on September 15! As usual you can follow the event live here on 43rumors!

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a little bit of everything…(with some new EPL7 stuff)

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4k Aerial 56th Street Newport Beach Hurricane Marie Swell // Wednesday, August 27th (shot on GH4) from Vertical Prime on Vimeo.

E-Pl7 hands-on at DC.watch.
E-PL7 image samples at Pen And Tell.
E-PL7 test pictures at Fotopolis.
E-PL7 vs E-Pl5 size comparison by Pen And Tell.
Insect-D-Sight video which was shot with a full-spectrum Olympus OMD EM-5 and Coastal Optics 60mm F4 APO lens at Myphotojourney.

Kai-Duc:Just wanted to share with you my latest wedding video created in Chicago with Panasonic GH4 / GH3 / GH2 & G6 cameras, so your audience can see how a real event can be covered in a cinematic fashion using all these cameras at once. There are a few aerial shots using a GoPro Hero3 + DJI Phantom quadcopter & a couple 5D mark III shots if you can spot them – everything else is pure m43 with manfrotto tripod, slider, and steadicam merlin. Lenses used are Pana 12-35 X F2.8 / 20 F1.7, SLR Magic 25 0.95, Canon FD 50 F1.4 & 55 F1.2 with RJ Lens turbo, Carl Zeiss Jena Tessar 50 2.8, Helios 44-2 58mm F2, Olympus 9 – 18.
For more info: info@kaiducluong.com | www.kaiducluong.com

Sol:GH4 owners looking for a cage that doesn’t block the camera’s hand grip or controls might be interested in this review of Wooden Camera’s Quick Cage: http://suggestionofmotion.com/blog/wooden-camera-quick-cage-review/

Karsten:Even if I own both GH4 and E-M1 I often prefer the Olympus in taking pictures. GH4 is a great movie cam, but I love the colours of the E-M1 pictures. And the following link may help to reduce some prejudices against mFT: There isn´t any chance to play with DOF? And mFT will fail in lowlight situations? Of course not!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/elenovela/sets/72157646666580988/
All pics taken by E-M1 and Zuiko 14-35 f2.0, Zuiko 150 f2.0, Minolta Rokkor 58 f1.2 with Speedbooster.

Lorenzo:I thought readers might be interested in my short documentary on the gusmiths of Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso: https://vimeo.com/104285129. Filmed with a GH2 and Olympus lens.

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$100 off on Open Box GH4 cameras.

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If you don’t care about the box being opened already once than you can save $100 on these brand new [shoplink 48027 ebay] Open Box Panasonic Gh4 cameras sold on eBay (Click here).

More deals:
Refurbished Black E-PM1 camera with kit lens for $199 only on [shoplink 47995 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
$300 off on the Panasonic GH3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here)and BHphoto (with 4% reward).
$300 off on the Panasonic GX7 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the Panasonic G6 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (with free SanDisk 32GB).
Receive a free Panasonic LUMIX G Vario 45-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ASPH Lens with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 14-42mm lens bundle in Black (Click here) or Silver (Click here).

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(FT5) E-M1 firmware, Silver E-M1 and 40-150mm PRO lens to be announced on Sept 15 (just like Panasonic)

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Just like Panasonic also Olympus will have a major announcement on September 15. There will be the Silver E-M1, the new 2.0 E-M1 firmware update and the 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens. Probably Olympus will also update the lens roadmap and reveal some more tidbits. I don’t know if there will be some extra surprise (I don’t think so).

Reminder: Panasonic will announce the GM5 and LX100 on the same day.


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