There is a completely revamped tool for photographers that want to promote and their photos on Zenfolio (Click here).

Press release:

Zenfolio launches eagerly anticipated, highly-scalable solution for photographers

(Menlo Park, CA. 15 April 2021) Zenfolio, the market leader in creative and business solutions for photographers, announced the launch of its new, reimagined SaaS solution built from the ground up drawing on 15 years of experience, extensive customer research and a multi-million-dollar technology investment.

Designed by photographers for photographers, this comprehensive solution provides tools to run all aspects of their business with an easy-to-use, responsive interface to show, share, market, and sell photography via mobile, desktop or tablet.

“The strategic decision to build a new platform using the latest, cutting-edge technology was a huge undertaking,” says Munib Siddiqi, Chief Product Officer. “Initial feedback indicates that it is exceeding expectations with its intuitive, feature-rich interface and its powerful sharing and selling options.”

The platform is built on an advanced machine learning infrastructure that provides valuable analytical insights and recommendations, and enhanced photo searching options. It enables integrated booking, invoicing, and digital payment features, intuitive selling, advanced promotional coupon creation, and a simple ordering system for digital downloads and select lab photo products. People Filter, which utilizes facial recognition software built on multiple layers of data protection with a focus on privacy, helps photographers and their clients search through hundreds of photos in seconds, streamlining the photo proofing and selection process.

Two plans, Portfolio and PortfolioPlus are now available in the U.S. Additional plans will be released in the coming months with advanced features targeting studios and specialized photography genres.

John Loughlin CEO remarked, “We have taken extensive research and feedback from our customer base, coupled with cutting edge tech and best in class practices to create the next generation platform empowering photographers to build and grow their businesses in the decades ahead.”

For more information visit zenfolio.com

Lumix G100: The Internet is Wrong – A Quick Review as a Vlogging Option

Just how good is Adobe Super Resolution? We put it to test with some classic 12MP ILCs (Dpreview).
This Full Frame Lens Makes M4/3 Obsolete? (Camera Conspiracies).
Upgrade Your Lens First and Not Your Camera (Explora).
LUMIX Live: The Lesser-Known Features

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

Dpreview published their interview with OM Digital CEO Aki Murata. Here are a couple of highlights:

• “I can confirm that will be an exciting product announcement in 2021”
• focus will continue to be on Micro Four Thirds, and on mid to high-end products.
• In the fixed lens compact camera business demand for action cameras and cameras for 360-degree imaging is increasing (Tough line will continue)
• “we’re more flexible now, compared to when we were a part of Olympus”
• Why mirrorless is here to stay: A smartphone will never be able to capture a fast-moving bird, for example, from a great distance.
• The size of the Four Thirds sensor offers the possibility of fast readout speeds, which makes this format ideal for computational imaging
• The Micro Four Thirds system is not limited to 20 Megapixels. Our Pro lenses have excellent resolution and performance, enough to work well even with a 100 Megapixel sensor.
• Technology will develop, and the physical disadvantages of smaller sensors will be eliminated in future. Once this happens, the last variables will be the size and weight of the hardware. And that’s where we have a big advantage with the Micro Four Thirds system.

I really wanna see a 100MP MFT camera :)