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Olympus OM-D EM1 Mark II vs Panasonic GH5

Imaging Resource and DPReview have updated their comparison tools to include the Panasonic GH5 and Olympus OM-D EM1 Mark II. The Olympus seems to be a hair ahead of the GH5 in ISO performance, but you can check out the tool yourself. The Image Resource Comparometer can be found here and the DPReview studio scene can be […]

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Panasonic GH5 10bit Flaws in Vlog and Coverage Round-Up: Updated

Cinima5D has completed their extensive review of the Panasonic GH5 and while the over all results are very good, but they discovered a few issues. “It seems that none of these cameras truly records 1.1 billion colors and, unless my skin is made up of distinct color patches, there seems to be more to “10-bit color” than we […]

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Olympus Interview by Imaging-Resource at CP+ 2017

A very lengthy, but informative interview with Haruo Ogawa and Toshiyuki Terada from Olympus. The bullet points cover the key points, but the lengthy autofocus and sensor discussions are interesting. I imagine they will eventually design chip based instruction sets to speed up some operations, while reducing power consumption, but it will most likely come from […]

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Olympus Trade-In Event Makes Olympus OM-D EM1 Mark 2 Reasonably Priced

B&H Photo’s latest promotion makes the Olympus OM-D EM1 Mark2 reasonably priced finally! It also applies to other Olympus cameras, but the OM-D EM1 Mark2 bundle is by far the best deal in my opinion. Trade in any camera or lens to B&H Buy any of the specified cameras or lenses on the link below Use […]

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Olympus Invests Heavily in Hamburg

Olympus invests heavily in Hamburg: medical technology manufacturer is building a new building in the City Süd and is expanding the development and production location in Jenfel 15.02.2017 • Hamburg – Olympus is on a growth course and is expanding its location in Hamburg massively. In the district of Hammerbrook the company is building a new […]

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II Reviews and UHS-II Card Speed

Mirrorless Lessons completed their review of the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II and they are very impressed with the camera, but of course price came up. The biggest problem with the price of the Olympus at this time is that the Fujifilm X-T2 and Sony a6500 both out perform it for less money, while the Panasonic […]

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Smartphone Multi-Angle Attachment For Olympus Air

DMM made this multi-angle attachment for the Olympus Air. It looks very useful for attaching the Olympus Air to your smart phone while shooting. You can order one here. Olympus Air B&H Photo/Amazon  

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