Adobes lists back the $9,99 monthly plan
An additional note to the Adobe story: They did relist the $9,99 monthly plan on their main subscription page (Click here). No idea how lon it will remain there…
New patent discloses the 500mm f/5.6 lens for Micro Four Thirds
A newly published Tamron patent discloses the design of this 500mm f/5.6 Micro Four Thirds lens. Here are the specs:
Focal length: 485 mm
F number: 5.8
Angle of view: 1.31
Image height: 11.15 mm
Lens length: 275 mm
Not sure if Tamron will ever make this lens or eventually outsource the design to Olympus/Panasonic.
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(FT5) Leaked images and specs of the new TG-6
Days ago a source sent me these Olympus TG-6 images and specs and I missed his mail as I was travellin once more accross Europe. Here they are now:
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-6 Specifications
- Sensor Type
- 1/2.3″ BSI CMOS SENSOR
- Effective Pixels
- 12 million
- ISO Sensitivity
- AUTO ISO: 100 – 1600 with customizable upper limit from 100 to 12800 Manual ISO: 100 – 12800 (adjustable)
- Processor
- Olympus TruePic VIII
- Waterproof
- IJIS/IEC protection class 8 (IPX8) – Waterproof to depths of 50 ft / 15 m
- Dustproof
- JIS/IEC protection class 6 (IP6X)
- Freezeproof
- Freezeproof to 14 deg. F / -10 deg. C
- Crushproof
- Crushproof to 220 lbf / 100 kgf
- Shockproof
- Shockproof from 7′ (2.13m)
- Lens Cover Glass
- Anti-fog dual pane
- Focal Length (35mm Equiv.)
- 4.5mm – 18mm (25mm – 100mm)
- Aperture Range
- F/2.0 (wide) – f/4.9 (tele)
- Focus Range
- Throughout entire zoom range : 0.1m – infinity
(Super Macro: less than f=5.4mm, from 0.1m to 0.3m/above 5.4mm, from 0.01m to 0.3m, microscope : 0.01m – 0.3m) - Shutter Speed
- 1/2 – 1/2000 sec. (Night Scene, A mode: up to 4 sec.)
- Optical Zoom
- 4x
- Image Stabilization
- 2.5 EV (Focal length set to 18mm. 35mm Equivalent Focal Length: 100mm)
- Live View Image Stabilization
- Throughout entire zoom range : 0.1m – infinity
(Super Macro: less than f=5.4mm, from 0.1m to 0.3m/above 5.4mm, from 0.01m to 0.3m, microscope : 0.01m – 0.3m) - AF System Type
- CMOS Contrast Detection System
- Focusing Points
- 25
- AF Focus Modes
- Single AF (S-AF) / AF Tracking / Manual Focus (MF)
- AF Illuminator
- Yes
- Face Detection
- Yes
- Manual Focus Assist
- Focus knob rotation activates Live View image magnification and/or focus peaking when in S-AF+MF or MF mode
- Peaking Function
- Yes; Color selection: white, black, red, yellow
- Built-in Flash
- Yes
- Flash Modes
- Auto, Red Eye Reduction, Slow sync. (1st curtain), Red-eye Slow sync. (1st curtain), Fill-in, Manual (1/1 (FULL)~1/64), Flash Off
- Flash Intensity Control Method
- TTL Auto, Manual
- Flash Intensity Control
- Up to +/-2 EV in 1/3 EV steps selectable
- External Wireless Flash Control
- Compatible External Flash
FL-50R, FL-36R, FL-300R, FL-600R, FL-900R, FL-700WR - External Wireless Flash Control Method
- Triggered and controlled by Olympus Wireless RC Flash system
Commander Flash: Built-in flash
Channel 1 channel
Group No. 1 group - Monitor Type
- Color LCD
- Monitor Size
- 3.0″ (Aspect Ratio 3:2)
- Monitor Resolution
- 1,040k-dots
- Touchscreen
- No
- Monitor Brightness Adjustment
- +/-7 levels
- Live View
- Approx. 100% field of view, exposure compensation preview, WB adjustment preview, gradation preview, face detection preview (up to 8 faces), grid line.
Display modes: Standard, Histogram, Highlight & Shadow, Level Gauge, Off. - Removable Memory Type
- SD, SDHC, SDXC, Eye-Fi Card compatible
- Recording Format
- DCF2.0, Exif2.3
- Still Image File Format
- RAW (12-bit lossless compression), JPEG, RAW+JPEG
- Recording Image Size
- [RAW] 4000 x 3000
[JPEG] 4000 x 3000 – 640 x 480 - One Touch Tele-converter
- x2 (P, A, Movie mode), x2/x4 (Microscope mode)
- Exposure / Shooting Modes
- Intelligent Auto (iAUTO), Program Auto (P), Aperture Priority (A), Movie (Standard, 4K, High-speed), Custom1, Custom2, Underwater (Underwater snap, Underwater wide, Underwater macro, Underwater microscope, Underwater HDR), Microscope (Microscope, Focus stacking, Focus bracket, Microscope control), Scene Mode (SCN)
- Sequential Shooting
- [Sequential shooting H]: approx. 20 fps with selectable 10/20 fps
[Sequential shooting L]: approx. 5 fps
[Pro Capture]: approx. 10 fps - Sequential Shooting Recordable Frames
- [Sequential shooting H] RAW: Max. 14 frames, JPEG (LN): Until card is full
[Sequential shooting L] RAW: Max. 40 frames, JPEG (LN): Until card is full - Maximum Recordable Frames
- Prior to Full Shutter Press (Pro Capture Mode): 5 frames (fixed)
- White Balance Mode
- Auto WB, 6 Preset WBs, 3 Underwater WBs, 4 Capture WBs, Custom WB(Kelvin setting)
- White Balance Compensation
- +/- steps along A-B / G-M axis * Except for Custom WB
- Picture Modes
- I-Enhance, Vivid, Natural, Muted, Portrait, Monotone, Custom, e Portrait, Art Filters
- Gradation
- Auto, Normal, High Key, Low Key
[except when using i-Enhance, Underwater, Art Filters, Color Creator] - Scene Modes
- Portrait, e-Portrait, Landscape, Portrait +Landscape, Hand-held Starlight*, Nightscape, Portrait + Nightscape, Children, Sport, Candlelight, Sunset, Fireworks, Beach & Snow, Panorama, Live Composite, Backlight HDR
6 images are automatically captured and combined into a single image composite - Art Filters
- Pop Art (I, II / a.b.c.d.e.f.)
Soft Focus ( – / c.e.)
Pale & Light Color (I, II / a.b.c.d.f.)
Light Tone ( – / d.f.)
Grainy Film (I, II / b.c.d.g.h)
Pin Hole (I, II, III / d.)
Diorama ( I,II / d.)
Cross Process (I, II / b.c.d.f.)
Gentle Sepia ( – / a.b.c.d.f.)
Dramatic Tone (I / b.c.d.e.f.) (II / b.c.d.e.f.g.h)
Key Line (I, II / a.b.c.d.e.)
Watercolor (I, II / a.b.c.d.)
Vintage (I, II, III / a.b.c.d.e.f.i)
Partial Color (I, II, III / a.b.c.d.e.f) - Detail of Art Effect
- A. Soft Focus Effect
b. Pin-Hole Effect
c. White Edge Effect
d. Frame Effect
e. Star Light Effect
f. Blur Effect (Top & bottom, Left & Right)
g. B&W Effect (None, Yellow, Orange, Red, Green)
h. Pict. Tone (None, Sepia, Blue, Purple, Green)
i. Shade Effect (Top & bottom, Left & Right) - Color Ring for Partial Color
- 18 Selectable Colors
- Live Composite
- Update interval time / composite method
.5sec – 4.0 sec / Lighten Mode (Bright area prioritization) - Interval Mode
- Interval Time 1 sec. – 24 hours, max 299 frames. Available when automatically creating Time-lapse video.
- Exposure Compensation
- +/-2 adjustable by 1/3 EV steps
- Focus Bracketing
- Number of images 10 / 20 / 30
Focus step : Wide / Standard / Narrow - Focus Stacking
- Available*
* Angle of view becomes slightly smaller - Video File Format
- MOV (MPEG-4AVC / H.264)
- Video Modes
- [MOV]
3840×2160 (4k) / 30p, 25p (Bit rate: Approx. 102 Mbps)
1920×1080 (FHD) / 30p, 25p / IPB (SF,F,N)
1920×1080 (FHD) / 60p, 50p / IPB (SF,F,N)
1280×720 (HD) / 30p,25p / IPB (SF,F,N)
60p: 59.94fps, 50p: 50.00fps, 30p: 29.97fps, 25p: 25.00fps
FHD IPB (SuperFine / 52Mbps, Fine / 30Mbps, Normal / 18Mbps)
HD IPB (SuperFine / 52Mbps, Fine / 30Mbps, Normal / 18Mbps) - Maximum Video Recording Time
- [MOV] Approx. 29 min
- Art Filter for Movie
- Yes (Frame rates may drop when certain Art Filters are used)
- Time Lapse Movie
- [MOV]
3840×2160 (4K) / 5fps
1920×1080 (FHD) / 5fps, 10fps, 15fps
1280×720 (HD) / 5fps, 10fps, 15fps, 30fps - High Speed Movie
- 1920×1080 (FHD) / 120fps, recording time 20 sec.
1280×720 (HD) / 240fps 20 sec., recording time 20 sec.
640×360 (SD) / 480fps 20 sec., recording time 20 sec. - Image Stabilization for Video
- Digital stabilization (angle of view becomes slightly smaller)
- Audio Recording
- Wave Format (Stereo linear PCM/16-bit, Sampling frequency 48kHz)
- Microphone
- Built-in stereo microphone
- Speaker
- Built-in mono speaker
- Live View Output via HDMI
- Monitor Mode (outputs video and info display to a connected monitor)
- Wi-Fi
- Built-in (IEEE 802.11 b/g/n)
- Action Track Sensors
- GPS (GLONASS, QZSS), compass, manometer, temperature sensor, accelerometer
- PC Connectivity
- USB 2.0 (Micro-B)
- HDMI
- Micro HDMI (Type D)
- PictBridge Easy Print
- Print reservation (DPOF), Direct print (PictBridge compatible)
- Battery Type
- LI-92B Li-ion battery
- AC Adapter
- F-5AC
- Sleep Mode
- Available (1 / 3 / 5 min. off)
- Battery Life
- Approx. 340 images
Approx. 50 minute video (under standard JEITA testing)
Approx. 110 minute video (when zoom and other operational functions are not used) - Self Timer
- Operation time: 12 sec., 2 sec., custom (wait time: 1-30sec., number of shots: 1-10, shot interval: 0.5 / 1 / 2 / 3sec.)
- Languages
- 34 selectable languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Russian, Czech, Dutch, Danish, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Croatian, Slovenian, Hungarian, Greek, Slovakian, Turkish, Latvian, Estonian, Lithuanian, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Rumanian, Indonesian, Malay, Thai
- Dimensions (WxHxD)
- 113 x 66 x 31.9mm (4.45 x 2.60 x 1.26″) (based on CIPA standards, excludes protrusions)
- Weight
- Approx. 253g (8.92 oz) (with battery and memory card, based on CIPA standards)
New large Stock of Open Box Panasonic cameras/lenses at Samys
Samys restocked their offer of Open Box Panasonic cameras/lenses on eBay (Click here).
Sigma US deals on MFT lenses:
16mm f/1.4 at Amazon, FocusCamera, BHphoto,and Adorama.
30mm f/1.4 at Amazon, FocusCamera, BHphoto, and Adorama,
56mm f/1.4 at Amazon, FocusCamera, BHphoto, and Adorama.
New Olympus deals:
$500 trade-in bonus on the E-M1X, $300 on the E-M1II and $200 on PRO lenses (details here at GetOlympus)
Now $200 off on the E-M1II at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and GetOlympus.
Now $100 off on the E-M10III at GetOlympus, Bhphoto, Adorama and Amazon.
Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup…
Tom Ryan
A wet night in Perth, Scotland.
OMD EM1ii with 12-40mm lens. ISO200, f/6.3, 2 seconds.
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– 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)
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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:
Steve Speer: Interview with a legendary photographer
TheCameraStoreTV created a photographer feature on Steve Speer who is a photographer currently using the new OM-D E-M1X for his commercial photography.
E-M1X Links:
Olympus E-M1X in USA at Amazon, GetOlympus, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus E-M1X in Europe at Calumet Germany, ParkCameras, Jessops, WexUK.
a bit of everything…
17mm VS 17mm VS 17mm – RED35 Comparison
Streetfotografie with Olympus (Klaus Hoffmann).
Olympus camera rubber grip repair (FlightLevel42).
Panasonic Lumix G90 Sample Images (Photographyblog).
Godox Upgrades Portable AD200Pro TTL Flash (Explora)
Lanparte BMPCC 4K Improved Camera Cage (Personal View).
Share your best pictures on our new Instagram MicroFourThirdsGallery.
Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.