Monthly Archives: January 2019

New Kamlan FS Lenses: 50mm f/1.1, 28mm f/1.4 and 7.5mm f/3.2

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 31, 2019

Kamlan has three new mirrorless lenses – FS 50mm f/1.1, 28mm f/1.4 and 7.5mm f/3.2:

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Panasonic Cameras Need To Go On A Diet!

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 31, 2019

Micro Four Thirds was supposed to allow for a very compact/light camera system, but today only the lenses are compact and light, while the bodies have bulked up. It’s disappointing that modern Panasonic cameras have grown to be the size of full frame cameras like the new Panasonic S1R. Further even the S1R could be […]

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Panasonic L-Mount Lens Specs Leaked

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 31, 2019

LUMIX S 24-105 mm F4 Macro OIS Lens construction: 13 groups 16 pieces (including 2 aspheric lenses and 2 ED lenses) Minimum shooting distance: 0.3 m Maximum shooting magnification: 0.5 times Filter diameter: 77 mm Size: φ 84 x 118 mm Weight: 680 g Dual IS 2 compatible Dustproof · Drip-proof · Low temperature-10 ° […]

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Panasonic Lumix S1R/S1 Specs Leaked

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 30, 2019

Panasonic Lumix  S1 24.2 MP full frame sensor Maximum standard ISO 51,200 It can create 96 million pixels (12,000 x 8,000) images using high-resolution mode Size: 148.9 x 110.0 x 96.7 mm Weight: 899 g Overseas price: body only is £1,999, lens kit is £2,999 Panasonic Lumix S1R 47.3MP full frame sensor (no low pass filter) […]

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Olympus Elija Shirota, Tetsuo Kikuchi, and Hisashi Yoneyama Interview With DigitalTrends

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 29, 2019

Digital Trends sat down with General Manager Elija Shirota, Team Leader and autofocus expert Tetsuo Kikuchi, and Senior Supervisor and deep learning expert Hisashi Yoneyama for an interview about the company and the Olympus OM-D E-M1X. Below are excerpts from the interview: Olympus wants the Olympus OM-D E-M1X to be the most reliable camera around The dual […]

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Olympus Once Considered Releasing a Medium Format Camera

By Louis Ferreira | Published: January 28, 2019

CameraJabber is reporting that Setsuya Kataoka (Olympus Division Manager, Imagining Product Development) said that the company once considered developing a medium format camera like Fujifilm did with the Fujifilm GFX, but decided against pursuing the larger format. Olympus is very focused on making the smallest/lightest camera system they can and m43 is perfect for that goal. […]

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