Sean Robinson has been interviewed by Charbax. At the end he takes a shot on 43rumors (I mean this in a cute way) saying the G9II sales are strong. First of all, my info came from a couple of important store managers. I am only happy if for some reason they told me wrong things or if the general picture is different from the few accounts I got.

And like I told you many times, the G9II is a superb camera…while in my opinion a tiny bit too expensive.

Which Olympus/OM Camera Is Right For You? | MPB

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LUMIX Live: New Camera? Start Here
Panasonic Lumix G9 II im Test (Chip.de).
Tips for Taking Character Portraits (42West).
Top New Lenses of 2023 (Explora).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
I kindly invite you all to follow me on Youtube, Instagram, Threads for more broader camera talk :)

As you can from the video below Manny Ortize was robbed of his camera equipment ($16,000 value).

If you are afraid to get robbed and not find your gear again than you have to probably buy the Apple Airtags (now 14% off on Amazon) and the Quick Release Plate for AirTag from Smallrig (here on Amazon). It’s the best way to keep track of your camera. Although I hope one day camera manufacturers will offer some kind of in camera solution for this to keep track and eventually lockdown your camera so that nobody can access it.

Finally we got the detailed CIPA camera and lens shipment data for the whole year 2023. It contains a lot of interesting data:

• Shipment of cameras (fixed and interchangeable) did drop by 3,6% in terms of numbers and increased by 4.9% in terms of value.
• Shipment of mirrorless cameras increased by 18,6% in terms of numbers and increased by 10,9% in terms of value.
• Shipment of DSLR cameras did drop by 36% in terms of numbers and increased by 28,9% in terms of value.
• Shipment of fixed lens cameras did drop by 17,4% in terms of numbers and increased by 8,9% in terms of value.
• Shipment of interchangeable lenses did drop by 0,9% in terms of numbers and increased by 6,7% in terms of value.

What does this tell us? The decade long decline stopped. In terms of value both mirrorless and lens sames increased quite a bit. So overall we can look forward to a 2024 that should have a similar pace like 2023 had. And this is good as manufacturer now don’t have to fear the market will shrink further.

Is Micro Four Thirds “Really” In Trouble???

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This is Why I Love the Micro Four Thirds / MFT System of my OM System OM-1 Camera (Guido Van De Water).
Placing the World’s Blackest Material Inside a LENS (Mathieu Stern).
From Stills to Motion: A Photographer’s Guide to Shooting Video (Explora).
How to Overpower the Sun with Flash Photography (42West).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
I kindly invite you all to follow me on Youtube, Instagram, Threads for more broader camera talk :)

Preorders:
OM-1II at Amazon US&CA&EU, BHphoto, Adorama, Om Digital,
FotoErhardt, Calumet, WexUK. OM Germany, OM UK, OM, Italy, OM France.
150-600mm at Amazon US&CA&EU, BHphoto, Adorama, Om Digital,
FotoErhardt, Calumet, WexUK. OM Germany, OM UK, OM, Italy, OM France.
9-18mm at Amazon US&CA&EU, BHphoto, Adorama, Om Digital,
FotoErhardt, Calumet, WexUK. OM Germany, OM UK, OM, Italy, OM France.

PetaPixel posted a Safari hands-on test of the OM-1II and the new 150-600mm lens.