Panasonic is celebrating its centennial this year and they are kicking things off with a website dedicated to Panasonic innovation over the past 100 years. Corporate culture is very important to stand the test of time and Panasonic has a rich one that’s worth exploring so check it out if you have some time over the […]
B&H Photo still has a variety of Panasonic and Olympus bodies and lenses on sale. Panasonic/Olympus Body Savings m43 Lens Savings
Olympus released firmware 2.1 for the OM-D E-M1 Mark II and it addresses issues with the Leica 200mm Corrected issue of C-AF not operating correctly when using the “LEICA DG ELMARIT 200mm F2.8 / POWER O.I.S. (H-ES200)” interchangeable lens produced by Panasonic. You can download the update here.
LensRentals compared their 40mm range of m43 lenses and came up with some surprising results. The Voigtlander 42.5mm f/0.95 was a great performer that sharpened up very quickly as it was stopped down, while the Panasonic Leica DG Macro Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 showed some worrisome sample variation, which led to disappointing results. I was surprised to see […]
ON1 released their first major update for 2018 and they have some special pricing. You can get your copy here. NEW IMPROVEMENTS Debayering – The algorithms have been improved to increase the amount of micro detail while reducing aliasing, yielding photos that are noticeably crisper with less color artifacts. HDR – HDR alignment and deghosting have improved, yielding […]
The Panasonic GH5S received a lot of attention when it was launched as a specialty camera and it’s kind of surprising that DPReview selected it as their top camera over the Panasonic GH5 since it lacks IBIS and can be more difficult to use, but this is their reasoning. The GH5S’s sensor allows it to continue […]
YodaYeo‘s 120p/150 degree AF Improvement shutter hack for 4k 25p/30p footage seems to work quite well from what I have seen online and some people are addicted to testing the solution. Max Yuryev did a very thorough test of the hack and it doesn’t work all of the time, but at least it offers an improvement […]