Olympus M.Zuiko 100-400mm F5-6.3 – A Mini Photography Project
Best On-Camera Monitors for All Budgets (Explora).
Syrp Unveils the Genie Micro, a $160 Smart Controller for Your Camera (Petapixel).
BOKEH explained in intense detail (Northrup).
A Short Break & Some Changes Moving Forward (Robin Wong).
Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
Mark:
Having updated one of our studios E-M1 ii bodies we were testing the “improved image stabiliser in video” and saw a marked deterioration in stability. This held true in all modes. We checked against the non-updated units (The second M1.2, the M1X and the M1.3) and the difference is stark. Fiddling with the yaw axis “stickiness” (which is what I gather was done to “improve” panning) seems to have made the whole thing more skittish and when walking at a slow pace the whole thing wobbles about. For video users this is not an “improvement” at all! And now there is no way to “undo” the downgrade on that one body. Holding off on updating the X and mark iii bodies until this is remedied. If you do a lot of video and rely on the stabiliser, be cautious.
Use the code “08YZE72X” to save 8% on the newly announced TTartisan 50mm f/1.2 MFT lens sold on Amazon US.
Preorders: Olympus 150-400mm lens at BHphoto, GetOlympus, Adorama.
Daniel J. Cox tested the new Olympus 150-400mm PRO lens:
Insane Beginner M43 Portrait Lens, Pergear 50mm f1.8 HD MC – RED35 Review
Modified tripod collar to fit Olympus 50-200mm classic zuiko with 3D print (Witono).
8 Tips for Improving Framing and Depth in Your Landscape Photographs (Explora).
Ben:
I recently produced a video I thought might be of interest to yourself and your readers. I set myself the challenge of capturing a cinematic sequence with one restriction…I could only use focal lengths of 100mm or greater. I feel that like a lot of filmmakers, I tend to use wide lenses a lot of the time, so wanted to learn more about the purpose of long lenses and the unique shots that they can achieve. It was a fun experiment and my little girl was very patient while I asked her to walk up a hill…again and again and again: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwM5A2KN9JQ
Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
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