Monthly Archives: March 2019

Olympus Might Be Forced To Exit The Digital Camera Market By Activist Shareholders‽

Olympus hasn’t been doing well for a while now and their last set of financial results has shareholders extremely upset. Many Olympus shareholders happen to be foreigners and they are starting to make headway, which could eventually lead to Olympus either discounting their camera sales or going in a fundamentally new direction. Digicame-info via biz-journal Japan […]

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Olympus IM015 Registered Most Likely a Tough or Stylus Model

Olympus ‘ IM015 ‘ has also been registered with Taiwan NCC. Wireless Wi-Fi only (Bluetooth not included). The battery is “LI-92B” (Charger corresponds to “UC-92”). USB terminal is Micro-b (AC cable “F-5AC-1”, USB cable “CB-USB12” compatible). via Nokishita

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2019 CP+: Yongnuo YN450 4G Android-Based Micro Four Thirds Camera

The Yongnuo YN450 looks like a smaller more simplified Zeiss ZX1. This kind of hybrid camera might become a lot more popular in the near future if these early cameras do well. Support Android 7.1 operating system 5-inch incell 1080P multi-touch display Support Canon EF DSLR lenses Panasonic’s M4/3 CMOS sensor, 16MP, equipped with Qualcomm […]

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Micro Four Thirds Catalog Updated

The Micro Four Thirds Catalog has been updated. You can view it here.

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Cinima5D: Sigma Interview About Full Commitment to L-Mount

Cinima5D interviewed Mr. Kazuto Yamaki from SIGMA corporation about their L-mount alliance announcements at CP+ this year. Below are some key points: Sigma has new 11 lenses coming by the end of the year and an adapter 14mm f/1.8, 20mm f/1.4, 24mm f/1.4, 28mm f/1.4, 35mm f/1.4, 40mm f/1.4, 50mm f/1.4, 70mm f/2.8 macro, 85mm f/1.4, […]

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Sigma L-Mount Body and Lens Roadmap

It’s going to take Sigma until 2019 to release their Foveon L-mount Full Frame sensor due to research delays, but the sensor is just about finished today. Sigma plans for the sensor to have three 20MP layers which will give 60.9MP. Sigma will also go back to their 1:1:1 design instead of the newer 1:1:4 […]

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