Today only: Save $300 on the Rokinon 24mm T1.5 Cine MFT lens

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This runs today only: Save $300 on the Rokinon 24mm MFT Cine lens at BHphoto. There is also a Gold Box deal on the Canon FD adapter on Amazon US.

Panasonic trade-in:
You get up to $300 trade-in bonus when buying a new GH5, G9 or GH5s camera at Bhphoto (details here) and  FocusCamera (details here).

Olympus rebates:
We got new rebates on OMD and PEN camera at GetOlympus. In detail:
Now $300 off on the E-M1II at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, GetOlympus.
Now $300 off on the E-M1II at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, GetOlympus.
Now $200 off on the E-M1II at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, GetOlympus.
Now $200 off on the E-M1II at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama, GetOlympus.

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Olympus financial report discloses Olympus will keep focusing on high end mirrorless

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Olympus released the 2018 year fiscal results and the medical business helped them to achieve a revenue (+6%) and gross profit (+7%) increase. The imaging business had a loss of 4% but this is due a one time event:

Operating loss posted due to expenses incurred in relation to the ceased operation of a Chinese manufacturing subsidiary (operating profit of ¥0.3 billion was recorded when excluding these expenses)

This is their forecast for the next year:

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Panasonic full year financial report: Net sales and operating profit increased

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Panasonic released the full financial report. The good news is that net sales and profit increased. The only bad news is that there is an extraordinary loss on parent companies (PDF report here).

The camera business is aggregated within the “Connected Solutions” segment. And while this segment did show positive numbers there is no info about how the camera business did:

And this is the forecast for next year:

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a bit of everything…

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First look at the Olympus PEN E-PL9 and new M.Zuiko ED 17mm, 25mm and 45mm f/1.2 Pro prime lenses

Fashion Photography with Joe Edelman (GetOlympus).
Darktable 2.4.3 adds E-PL9 and GX9 support.
NAB 2018: DJI Launches Master Wheels and Force Pro Gimbal Control Solutions (Explora).
Edelkrone Motion Box (Personal View).
5 of the best features and kit for wildlife photography (Olympus Imagespace).

Share your best pictures on our new Instagram MicroFourThirdsGallery.

Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.

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Olympus 17mm f/1.2 Pro Lens Review at IR: “The best wide-angle prime for Micro Four Thirds”

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17mm at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and GetOlympus.

Imaging Resource tested the Olympus 17mm f/1.2 Pro Lens. The conclusion:

All in all, the Olympus 17mm f/1.2 Pro lens is an amazing optic. It boasts excellent image quality even at f/1.2, and the outstanding build quality that Zuiko Pro lenses are known for. But all these niceties and high-performance features come at a cost. At $1200, the 17mm f/1.2 is a serious prime for serious photographers, much like other Zuiko Pro lenses. But fear not, as out of Olympus’s lineup as well as the rest of the Micro Four Thirds playing field, the Zuiko 17mm f/1.2 Pro is one of, if not the best wide-angle prime lens for Micro Four Thirds photographers available.

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Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup…

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Martin Gallego
Polistes dominula
Olympus EM1 MKII + MZuiko 60 macro + Flash FL14
http://martingallego.blogspot.com/
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#microfourthirdsgallery

1) To submit your picture for the weekly readers roundup post you can choose one of the following two options:
Instagram: Follow @microfourthirdsgallery and tag us on your picture to give us the permission to repost your image on the instagram gallery and on 43rumors (we will credit you)
Facebook: Submit your picture on our group: facebook.com/groups/microft. Please add the hashtag “#microfourthirdsgallery ” to grant the permission for reposting on 43rumors. Without the hashtag we will not add your picture!

2) Like and comment the pictures from other readers here: instagram.com/microfourthirdsgallery and facebook.com/groups/microft
3) A selection of most liked pictures by the community and by me 43rumors admin will be posted weekly on 43rumors.

Note: When sending a pic feel free to also add a link to your site to promote yourself! And please do share one single picture per week only. Do not spam :)

This is the weekly selection:

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Final Panasonic Lumix GX9 review at CameraLabs: “image quality that can compete with rivals with bigger sensors”

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CameraLabs finalized their very long and very detailed GX9 review. The conclusion:

Panasonic’s Lumix GX9 is a feature-packed mid-range mirrorless camera, featuring a 20 Megapixel Four Thirds sensor that’s stabilized within the body, an electronic viewfinder and touchscreen, both of which can tilt vertically, 9fps bursts with continuous autofocus, 4k video with Panasonic’s array of clever 4k Photo modes, and Wifi complemented by Bluetooth for easy location tagging and seamless connections. Vloggers will wish it had a microphone input and a screen that flipped-forward to face them, while serious action shooters will be better-served by a camera with a phase-detect hybrid AF system; I’d also personally like it a lot more if Panasonic had used an OLED viewfinder panel which, to my eyes, delivers a steadier image. But there’s no denying the appeal of the broad feature-set which covers most bases, image quality that can compete with rivals with bigger sensors, and the chance to use the largest catalogue of native mirrorless lenses. A recommended all-rounder.

GX9 at BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. FocusCamera

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