The new Panasonic 25-50mm f/1.7 is now available for preorder at Amazon US
You can get the new lens at Amazon US (Click here).
LEICA DG VARIO-SUMMILUX 20-50mm / F1.7 ASPH. H-X2550 lens is built for mirrorless Micro Four Thirds (MFT) mount cameras, enabling F1.7 aperture brightness throughout the entire 50-100mm (35mm camera equivalent) zoom range. Its exceptionally high optical performance is suitable for both professional photographers and videographers. Comprising 17 elements in 12 groups, the lens system features three aspherical lenses and four ED (Extra-low Dispersion) lenses that effectively suppress the axial chromatic aberration and chromatic aberration of magnification. Spherical aberration and distortion are also corrected by the aspherical lenses for stunningly high resolution. The use of aspherical lenses and the optimum design of the lens system results in a compact size and light weight. Compatibility with a maximum 240-fps high-speed sensor drive realizes high-speed, high-precision auto focusing. In addition to the silent operation achieved by the inner focus drive system, the stepless aperture ring and micro-step drive system in the aperture control section help the camera to smoothly catch up to brightness changes when zooming or panning. The optical design achieves exceptional barycentric stability to minimize image shifts during zooming. A focus ring is equipped for intuitive, precise focusing and linear/ non-linear setting can also be switched with this ring.
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New GH5s firmware update released for the GH5s and BGH1 to fix an issue
The new firmware fixes the following problem:
There were cases that distorted images are taken depending on the timing of recording after updating to firmware Ver.2.0. This phenomenon has been solved.
Donwload here: av.jpn.support.panasonic.com/support/global/cs/dsc/download/
(FT5) Panasonic 25-50mm f/1.7 lens specs leaked
Here are the leaked specs:
Panasonic “LEICA DG VARIO-SUMMILUX 25-50mm / F1.7 ASPH.” Has a lens configuration of 16 elements in 11 groups (1 aspherical lens, 3 ED lenses, 1 UHR lens), and the shortest shooting distance is 0.28m (25mm). Hour) /0.31m (at 50mm), maximum shooting magnification 0.21x (35mm format equivalent 0.42x), filter diameter 77mm, size φ87.6×127.6mm, weight 654g
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COSYSPEED and VAUDE collaborated to create this new Hiking Backpack for Photographers
This is a project I can vouch for as I personally know the person behind Cosyspeed for years now. And he just launched his new Hiking Backpack for Photographers on Kickstarter (Click here).
What’s special on this bag is that this isn’t a photographer bag suited for hiking. But this is a professional Vaude hiking back modified by Cosyspeed to perfectly work for photographers too. Which means it’s REALLY comfortable to wear for long time. Watch the video to learn more about it:
Check all detailed specs of the new Hiking Backpack for Photographers on Kickstarter (Click here).
GH5 II Review by Photographyblog: “well-thought-out, comprehensive hybrid video/still camera”
Preorders:
GH5II at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon. Calumet DE, Park Uk.
GH6 at BHphoto.
25-50mm f/1.7 MFT lens at BHphoto.
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Photographyblog published the full review and concludes:
The new Lumix GH5 II is a rather modest refresh of the original GH5 that’s designed to keep the series relevant in 2021 and pique the interest of new users, rather than convince current GH5 owners to upgrade.
With the upcoming GH6 already pre-announced and on the near horizon, you may be wondering why Panasonic have even bothered with the GH5 II. After all, the original GH5 was one of their best-selling cameras of all time and even to this day remains a model that has lots of appeal for hybrid stills and videographers.
Clearly ahead of its time in a lot of ways, the GH5 remains a great buy even a full four years after its release back in 2017, so much so that if you’ll never use the Mark II’s main new feature, Live Streaming, the original camera is still more than worth tracking down on sale.
Having said that, live streaming alone will be enough to turn the heads of some users, as the GH5 II is currently one of the only cameras that supports it without having to use a computer to do so. Being able to wirelessly stream direct from the GH5 II to YouTube or an RTMP compatible platform via a mobile or a Wifi hotspot certainly frees you up.
The other new features are more nice-to-haves rather than must-haves – the smaller but higher resolution LCD screen and the larger battery have presumably been introduced because of parts availability in the supply chain, while the new processor allows for Lumix S5-series levels of auto-focusing and video options that are great to see.
With support for USB-C charging, improved image stabilisation and a now free V-Log L profile, these relatively small changes do add up to undoubtedly make the GH5 II a “better” camera than its predecessor, helped in no small part by a lower price tag on launch than the GH5 enjoyed.
Overall, whilst it may not offer any earth-shattering new features or innovations (they’re presumably reserved for the GH6), the GH5 Mark II remains a well-thought-out, comprehensive hybrid video/still camera, just like its predecessor, which given that we liked it so much first time around is a high accolade indeed.