Monthly Archives: May 2018

Five Panasonic Lenses Get Firmware Updates

Firmware updates were released for the: Panasonic Lumix G Vario 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH. POWER O.I.S. Panasonic Lumix G Vario 35-100mm f/4-5.6 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. Panasonic Lumix G 25mm f/1.7 ASPH. Panasonic Lumix G Macro 30mm f/2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. Panasonic Lumix G 42.5mm f/1.7 ASPH. POWER O.I.S. You can download the updates here.  

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Yongnuo YN43

  Yongnuo has a new YN43 smartphone camera module coming soon. Specifications and pricing are not available yet, but the sensor appears to be 4/3, while the lens mount looks like Canon EF-S. There is already an iOS app available for the YN43. Other companies have made similar products in the past, but they are all gone now including Sony’s which was basically a […]

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Olympus Moving Chinese Production to Vietnam

On May 7, Olympus Corporation announced that it would shut down its Chinese production subsidiary of the company’s video business and consolidate the production of digital camera business related products in Vietnam. To date, its digital camera business related products are produced at Olympus (Shenzhen) Industrial Ltd. (OSZ) in Shenzhen, China and Olympus Vietnam Co., […]

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Sunday Savings

Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II + 12-40mm + 40-150mm f/2.8 + Grip (Save $925) B&H Photo Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II + 12-40mm + 40-150mm f/2.8 (Save $800) B&H Photo / Amazon Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II + 12-40mm f/2.8 (Save $450) B&H Photo / Amazon Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II (Save $300) B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama […]

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Imaging Resource Olympus Shigemi Sugimoto Interview

Imaging-resource interviewed Shigemi Sugimoto, Head of Imaging Business Unit, Olympus Corp. below you can find excerpts from the lengthy interview. Olympus’ top business area is medical, but their imaging technology is used in that division as well. Operating income improved 77% Mirrorless is growing because as the market declines mirrorless is remaining the same size. Camera […]

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