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OM System has been crazy busy over the past 12 months. From the launch of the brilliant OM-1, to OM-5 and the stunning 90mm Macro lens, it’s time to reflect what OM System has now and what I think, as a heavy user and a fan, about what’s happening now and the future of the micro four thirds format and the brand.

FUN time with the Panasonic 35-100mm f/4-5.6 (Micro Four Thirds Photography Vlog)

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Panasonic GH6 After 3 Months (Matt Fowler).
Celebrate 50 Years as the Professional’s Source at B&H’s Bild Expo, September 6-7 (Explora).
What is Lens Flare? And How to Avoid It (42West).
Ritratto in esterna (Micro43Italia).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.

TTArtisan announced the Micro Four Thirds version of their 50mm F1.4 Tilt Lens. You can get it now at Amazon US&EU and at Pergear.

It’s launching late August in Indiegogo. You find the currently available Nanomorph lenses on this BHphoto page.

At a Chinese fair Venus Optics displayed this new pancake 15mm f/5.0 lens. The image shows the E-mount version but there is a MFT version coming too.

Micro Four Thirds Photo Vlog with the Panasonic 14-140 and GX85 near Mt. Merapi

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Bird photography at drinking pools in Bulgaria. Part two of three films (Mike Lane).
Olympus E M5 Mark III AF Touch, Live View Boos, Custom Settings (Rob Trek)
The Best Vlogging Cameras of 2023 (Explora).
Best Cameras for Indie Filmmaking (42West).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.

As you all know OM Digital is actually owned by Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) with a small minority stake still from Olympus. Latest news is that JIP now also owns Toshiba. The Stack writes:

Japanese electronics giant Toshiba says it will be going private thanks to a $14bn domestic buyout offer.
Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) has finalized a $32 per share deal to acquire Toshiba and take the company private as a state-owned industry.
The merger dates back to a March proposal by the joint stakeholders to bail out Toshiba. While the company initially declined the buyout offer, the proverbial “uncertain macro-economic outlook, and the challenging environment” made the tech giant reevaluate its position.
JIP holds a number of Japanese properties including branches of Sony and Hitachi.

Didn’t know they had a stake in Sony and Hitachi too! Seems like that JIP is a sort of vacuum cleaner of Japanese companies :)