Skylum released the new Luminar 3.1.1 update. The new version mainly focuses on speed improvement and as you can see from the image on top it’s really much faster. If you plan to buy Luminar use our coupon code “AMB43R” at checkout to save $10.

What’s New:

Mac

– Change the language. Now you can set the language in Luminar regardless of your system settings. Simply go to Main menu > Language and choose one from the list.

– Easier navigation. Want to quickly find the folder that contains a specific photo but have too many folders to go through? Now all you have to do is right-click on the photo and select Go to > Folder in Library and you’re there!

– Improved launch time. Now, starting from the second launch, the average launch time for Luminar is significantly faster. Even if you have hundreds of thousands of photos in your Library.

– Faster album creation. In this update, we’ve boosted the speed of Luminar when creating new albums with large numbers of photos.

Win

– Easier navigation. Want to quickly find the folder that contains a specific photo but have too many folders to go through? Now all you have to do is right-click on the photo and select Go to > Folder in Library and you’re there! You can even find all photos from the same date by right-clicking and selecting Go to > Images from the same date.

– Improved launch time. Now, starting from the second launch, the average launch time for Luminar is significantly faster. Even if you have hundreds of thousands of photos in your Library.

– Masking Brush. With this update, the masking brush becomes even smoother and more pleasant to use – and almost 2.5 times faster!
updated “What’s new”

BCNretail published the market shares data between April 2018 to March 2019.

Canon did hold 37.3% of the overall camera market shares (fixed lens plus system cameras)
Nikon did hold 26,7% of the overall camera market shares
Sony did hold 13,1% of the overall camera market shares
Olympus did hold 6% of the overall camera market sharesa
Ricoh did hold 5.8% of the overall camera market shares

Compared to the previous year:

Canon sold -1,3% cameras (units of sales)
Nikon sold -15% cameras
Sony sold -6,6% cameras
Olympus sold -13,8% cameras
Fuji sold +19,4% cameras

Overall value:

Canon camera sales value dropped -11,4%
Nikon camera sales value dropped -28,5%
Sony camera sales value increased +14,5%
Olympus camera sales value dropped -21,3%
Fuji camera sales value increased +0,6%

Olympus had a very bad year in 2018 and this is no secret. Olympus officially stated that the closing of their production plant in China and the opening of the new one in Vietnam forced them to stop the announcement of new cameras. It’s now very important for Olympus to release their new models to get back to break even.

via Digicameinfo

Olympus Japan organized a special PEN-F Owners Meeting and PEN WEEK.

While our sources said the PEN-F project is dead for now I do hope Olympus will reconsider it. The PEN-F is the most beautiful camera in their line up and I do hope they will find the resources to continue to develop it!

Laowa 7.5mm f/2 Review – Tiny Ultra Wide Lens for Micro Four Thirds

How do you use the Olympus Focus Stacking mode? (CameraJabber).
Panasonic Lumix DC-FZ1000 II sample gallery (Dpreview).
Panasonic Lumix S1 & S1R Review from TheCameraStoreTV (L-rumors).
15 Tips for Better Train and Railway Photos (Explora).

Share your best pictures on our new Instagram MicroFourThirdsGallery.

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

If you missed some of the issues here they are all: olympusmag.co.uk/magazine

Martin Gallego‎
Summer dreams
Olympus EM1 MKII + MZuiko 60 macro
http://martingallego.blogspot.com/
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