Olympus Air Firmware 1.3

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 22, 2016

Olympus released a firmware update for the Olympus Air A01 today, but its currently only available on the Japanese site. Hopefully it hits the US site soon.

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Panasonic at CES 2017 January 4th

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 21, 2016

Panasonic is expected to announce pricing and specs for the GH5 at their CES Press Conference on January 4th at 10:00am PST.

via Panasonic

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ZY Optics Releases The Zhongyi Mitakon 20mm f/2 4.5X Super Macro Lens

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 20, 2016


Shenyang China, Dec 19, 2016 – Zhongyi Optics (ZY Optics) has released a new compact Super Macro Lens for full frame cameras, the Zhongyi Mitakon 20mm f/2 4.5x Super Macro Lens and it features a high reproduction ratio up to 4.5:1. Read More »

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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Firmware 4.3 Released and Potentially Broken

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 19, 2016


Olympus released firmware 4.3 today for the OM-D E-M1. Firmware 4.3 comes after the removal of 4.2.

Unfortunately there are some reports of this firmware update having issues too so be careful. They aren’t as specific as the last issue so I don’t recommend updating unless you absolutely have to.

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Panasonic GH5 Pre-Order Date Briefly Listed

By Louis Ferreira | Published: December 16, 2016

The Panasonic GH5 was briefly listed as having pre-orders starting at 1pm on January 4th 2017 by B&H Photo, but the text has been removed. Let’s hope this is true. The only specs we are sure about so far are

  • Newly developed 18MP Micro Four Thirds sensor
  • DCI 4K video recording at up to 60 fps
  • 4:2:2 10-bit internal recording
  • 6K Photo & 4K Photo modes
  • Sensor Stabilization
  • Dual SD Card Slot
  • The price of the GH5 camera is expected to be around $2,000 (as much as the Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II).

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