PEN-F II – Is There Still Any Hope? Let’s Talk

Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
Is XIAOMI The FUTURE Of Micro Four Thirds? (Robin Wong).
The Lumix S1R II Proves How Good the GH7 Is – But YouTubers Didn’t Defend It. Why? (Pragmatic Filmmaking).
Vintage Full-Frame Looks in a Modern Design from Tokina (Explora)
Photography 101: Part One, the Exposure Triangle (42West).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
I kindly invite you all to follow me on Youtube, Instagram, Threads for more broader camera talk.

Topaz released the new Photo AI v.3.6 update (Click here)

Press text (full release info here):

We’re excited to announce another major update to Photo AI

• Super Focus v2: A second-generation of Super Focus and now our most powerful sharpening and focus recovery model EVER. Powered by the same architecture as Recovery v2, this model is 500% faster than before.
• Super Focus is MEGA FAST in the Cloud: It’s true! This model is even FASTER in the cloud than some of our standard sharpening and upscaling models. This means the credit cost is super low in comparison to before. If you can’t run Super Focus v2 on your machine – no worries, because you’re gonna love this in the cloud.
• Color Correction, Highlights, and Shadows with Adjust Lighting v2: Our second generation AI color and lighting filter is incredible, and now you can pick whether you want color correction on or off when applying the model to your images. You can also adjust highlights and shadows to boot.
• More Improvements are also packed into this release, including a much-requested Zoom to Fit preference, new image formats and extensions (fancy JPG or JPEG? TIF or TIFF? no problem), and of course many other fixes and optimizations under the hood as well.

Reminder: Topaz launched the new Gigapixel 8.3 update (Click here). You save 15% for a limited time!

OM-3 at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, OM store USA.

Getnavi has listed the bestsellers in their big Yodobashi shop for the first half of March:

Best selling mirrorless system cameras:

1. Sony α7C II Body Silver | Black
2. Sony α7C II Zoom Lens Kit Silver | Black
3. Nikon Z50II Double Zoom Kit
4. Canon EOS R5 Mark II Body
5. OM SYSTEM OM-3 Body
6. Canon EOS R10 RF-S18-150 IS STM Lens Kit
7. Canon EOS R6 Mark II Body
8. Nikon Z8 Body
9. Nikon Z50II 18-140 VR Lens Kit
10. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-E10 II Power Zoom Lens Kit Black | White

Best selling fixed lens cameras:

1. Fujifilm X100VI Silver | Black
2. Ricoh GR IIIx
3. Canon PowerShot SX740 HS Silver | Black
4. Ricoh GR III
5. Panasonic LUMIX TZ99 Black | White
6. Canon IXY 650 Black | Silver
7. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-1 II Shooting Grip Kit Black | White
8. Canon PowerShot SX70 HS
9. Sony VLOGCAM ZV-1 II Black | White
10. Nikon COOLPIX P1100

Best selling lenses:

1. Tamron 28-75mm F/2.8 Di III VXD G2 (E-mount)
2. Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM II
3. Sony FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
4. Tamron 28-200mm F/2.8-5.6 Di III RXD (E mount)
5. Canon RF100-400mm F5.6-8 IS USM
6. Nikon NIKKOR Z 28-400mm f/4-8 VR
7. Canon RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM Z White | Black
8. Canon RF70-200mm F2.8 L IS USM
9. Canon RF100-500mm F4.5-7.1 L IS USM
10. Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120mm f/4 S

Smallest Micro Four Thirds Camera Battle – Panasonic GM1 Vs Olympus E-PM2

Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
Why M43 In a Full Frame Dominated World? (Robert Grant).
Illuminate Wedding Photographs with Versatile Outdoor Lighting (Explora)
6 Highly Giftable Printers that Make at Home Photo Printing Easy (42West).
OM-3 review by Asobinet.

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
I kindly invite you all to follow me on Youtube, Instagram, Threads for more broader camera talk.