Monthly Archives: September 2016

Photokina 2016 DPReview Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II

Pretty standard interview with Eric from Olympus, but one of the major revelations is that the 5-axis image stabilization will work along side in lens image stabilization while doing video, which gives you hand held steady came performance. Image stabilization technology is getting serious. The Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II will be a power house for […]

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Additional Details on The Xiao Yi M1

The announcement of the Xiao Yi M1 made waves with it’s Leica T like design and red square log. The English site is now online for those looking to learn more about this very interesting camera from China. It will be released September 23rd in China and shortly after in the United States. This camera […]

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Panasonic G85 First Look and Lumix 15th Anniversary

The Panasonic G85 has been over shadowed by the new flagship Olympus E-M1 Mark II, but the G85 is a substantial improvement over the previous generations of Panasonic cameras falling somewhere between the GX8 and G7. There is a lot of value in the Panasonic line of m43 cameras at the moment, you just need to pick […]

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II 15fps

Olympus has drastically increased the speed of the Olympus OM-D E-M1. Interestingly the shuttler looks a little creased on the right side if you pause the video at just the right time, but someone might have done something really weird with a floor camera to cause the crease. I can’t wait to get my hands on […]

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Setsuya Kataoka Interview on Photographyblog

  image courtesy of Photographyblog Photography Blog also interviewed Setsuya Kataoka and got a few more details from him. When asked about sports “the OM-D E-M1 Mark II is more aimed at sports photographers who work a lot on their own who can support themselves, and like the portability of a smaller system.” Also this […]

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Setsuya Kataoka Interview on Amateur Photographer

Really interesting interview with Setsuya Kataoka over on Amateur Photographer. Where he makes a very interesting statement ” The in-body stabilisation itself gives 5.5 steps, and the Sync IS gives 6.5 steps with OIS lenses. 6.5 stops is actually a theoretical limitation at the moment due to rotation of the earth interfering with gyro sensors.” I guess we […]

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