Author Archives: Louis Ferreira

Laowa 7.5mm f/2 vs SLR Magic 8mm f/4

image courtesy of Linghk Just found an interesting comparison buried in my inbox that’s worth sharing. The Laowa 7.5mm f/2 vs SLR Magic 8mm f/4 comparison, done on the Olympus OM-D EM10 can be seen at DPReview and Flickr. The comparison simply consists of images and some discussion via the forums, but I also received another […]

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Panasonic and Olympus Savings Sunday

Panasonic GH4 Kit ($800): B&H Photo Panasonic GH4 ($500): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Panasonic G7 with 12-42mm lens ($300): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Panasonic GX8 ($200): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Panasonic GX85 ($100): B&H Photo / Amazon / Adorama Panasonic G Vario 7-14mm f/4.0 ASPH. ($100): B&H Photo / […]

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DXO: Panasonic GH5 Second to Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II

If you’re looking for IQ the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II get’s top marks, “Comparing the image quality results of the Panasonic Lumix DC-GH5 with the high-end Panasonic DMC-GX8 and the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II, we can see that although all three appear to share the same or a similar sensor, the Olympus may […]

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Panasonic High Dynamic Range Organic Sensor Tech

Image Sensor World reported: Panasonic publishes a paper in Japanese “Development of Simultaneous Capture Wide Dynamic Range Technology and Global Shutter Technology for Organic Photoconductive Film Image Sensor” describing, essentially, a way to control sensitivity on per pixel basis. It’s quite similar to the sensor presented at ISSCC 2017, but without the IR sensitivity I […]

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Panasonic GH5 Firmware Fix Recommendations

12 Things Panasonic should fix in their next firmware update AF should work before recording in variable frame rate Auto ISO doesn’t tell you the ISO the camera is choosing while recording Manual focus assistance while recoding More control over custom settings Record audio with more frame rates Record at 48 fps with audio Access to […]

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