Bokeh-licious lenses – Tech Thursday with David Smith

Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
the BEST VALUE every day camera that actually fits in your pocket (Micro Four Nerds).
Feiyu Introduces the SCORP-Mini and Dual Handle Rig (Explora).
Best Lights for Film Production (42West).
Filming Redwings in awful light (Mike Lane).

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

The phase detection autofocus of the Panasonic S5 II finally addresses the biggest complaint about the Lumix camera line-up: inconsistent focus performance. Now that Panasonic has the technology, what does this mean to the rest of the Lumix camera lines?

7Artisans announced this new 7.5mm f/3.5 MFT lens. Image samples are available on their Chinese website.

People often discuss the big features like camera speed, performance, sensor size, computational AI capabilities but when it comes to camera use I also look at some less talked about characteristics. Some of them can make a world of difference and affect the overall photography outcome!

Low light photoshoot with the Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm f1.8

Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
GH6 | 5.7K 60fps Video Footage (Panasonic Lumix Youtube).
Olympus Pen EES review at Kitamura.
Capture 4K Video, Raw Photos with OWC Atlas Pro UHS-II SDXC Memory Cards (Explora).
Tips for Winter Macro Photography (42West).

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

Of course this ain’t a MFT camera, but it marks an important turning point in Panasonics cameras history: Phase detection AF has come and it’s going to stay. Expect all future MFT cameras to feature the same kind of AF tech!

Preorders:
S5II at Bhphoto, Adorama, Amazon US&EU&CA, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, WexUK, Ipln.
S5IIx at Bhphoto, Adorama, Amazon US&CA&EU, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, WexUK, Ipln.
14-28mm S lens at Bhphoto, Adorama, Amazon US&CA&EU, FotoErhardt, WexUK, Ipln.

Reviews and Hands-on:
Dpreview.

Video reviews: