Viltrox releases two new Canon to MFT electronic adapters

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Viltrox announce the development of two new Canon to MFT adapters:

EF-M1 and EF-M2 are electronic adapters for Canon EF and EF-S lenses to be used on Micro Four Third camera. EF-M2 also equipped with 4 elements in 4 groups which increase aperture by 1 stop and reduce focal length by 0.71x.
All adapters come with USB port for firmware update. Retail price, product details and launch date to be confirmed. Please LIKE our FB page for latest announcement.

 

 

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a bit of everything…(Weatherproof test, 360 degree cam, GH5 change petition)

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What Would You Like in a GH5 Review? TheCameraProject

Introduce 4K 4:2:2 IPB 400mbps and FHD 4:2:2 IPB 200mbps modes for Panasonic GH5 (Change.org).
E-M1 Mark II – Discover Mongolia (Olympus Youtube).
GF9 hands-on by DC.watch.
How Weatherproof Are Olympus Cameras? (TheOnlinePhotographer).
E-M1 Mark II – The Sunrise of Bali in 4K (Olympus Youtube).
Panasonic unveils 360-Degree Live Camera System With Uncompressed 4K Output (Panasonic)

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

Pascal:Hi, it would be great if you could share my latest documentary about an amazing elephant shelter in Thailand, shot with the GH4 and almost exclusively the 12-35 2.8. It is part of a project I have with my wife called Animal360, we are going to make a trip with the theme of animal welfare around the world. Feel free to share it!
https://vimeo.com/213980197
our website: https://www.animal360.fr/welcome/

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The new Olympus and Panasonic savings recap (up to $300 off)

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Overview of all Olympus rebates at Adorama and GetOlympus and Olympus/Panasonic rebates at BHphoto:

Save $200 on the E-M10II with kit lens at Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon, GetOlympus
$500 off on the GH4 at BHphoto and Amazon.
$300 off on the G7 at BHphoto and Amazon.
Save $200 on the Olympus PEN-F at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama, GetOlympus.
Save $200 on the Olympus E-M10II double lens kit at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama, GetOlympus
$200 off on the GX8 at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$150 off on the 30-100mm lens at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.

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Panasonic interview at Dpreview: “For the future we will focus on high end mirrorless cameras”

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Dpreview talked to the Director of Panasonic’s imaging business Yosuke Yamane. And he gave quite a few insights on Panasonic future focus:

GH5 fimware update coming:
it will improve the smoothness of DFD for video

About on sensor phase detection:
On-sensor phase detection doesn’t work any darker than F8, [which can be a problem in video]. It’s not necessarily true that phase detection is better than DFD plus contrast detection. We think our DFD is going to be better than [the best phase-based AF]. That’s our target and we want to realize that accurate autofocus

Goal on the US market:
For Lumix, the United States is a very strategic market. Our target is to double the business volume by 2020. For the future, to double the business, we’re going to focus on high end product: mirrorless cameras and high-end compacts. We expect a decent increase of the compact market to be sustainable.

LX100 successor:
As the customer expects LX200 we will also strengthen the successor of LX100. How will we answer to the passionate customers of the LX100? We will study how we’re going to answer these customers.

Trickle down tech:
we would like to expand the [GH5’s] technology to other models

8k:
In 2020, when the [Olympics] are in Tokyo, the era of 8K will start: we will develop the hardware to develop the 8K picture

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New Olympus rebates: $200 off on the PEN-F and on the E-M10II

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Olympus US launched new savings:
Save $200 on the Olympus PEN-F at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama, GetOlympus.
Save $200 on the Olympus E-M10II double lens kit at Bhphoto, Amazon, Adorama.

Rokinon MFT deals:
For the next two days you save $$$ on these Rokinon lenses:
$30 off on the Black 12mm f/2.0 MFT lens at Adorama.
$30 off on the Silver 12mm f/2.0 MFT lens at Adorama.
$150 off on the 50mm T/1.5 MFT Cine lens at Adorama.

All Panasonic deals:
$500 off on the GH4 at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$300 off on the G7 at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
$200 off on the GX8 at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.
New superdeal: GX85 with two MFT lenses and a free $100 gift card for $697 at BHphoto (Click here).
$150 off on the 30-100mm lens at Adorama, BHphoto and Amazon.

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2016 financial report: After 7 years Olympus registered first profit in the camera division

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Olympus released their full 2016 financial year report. And in the imaging division we got quite some good news:

Full-year operating income achieved for 1st time in 7 years due to benefits of new products and exhaustive cost controlling
Olympus had a profit of 0,5 billion YEN. And the forecast for the year 2017 is an increase of the profit to 1 billion YEN despite declining sales:
Profitability to be sustained, despite decrease in sales, through further business streamlining and exhaustive cost controlling
The key word used by Olympus is “exhaustive cost controlling”.
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