Photokina 2016 DPReview Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II

By Louis Ferreira | Published: September 23, 2016

Pretty standard interview with Eric from Olympus, but one of the major revelations is that the 5-axis image stabilization will work along side in lens image stabilization while doing video, which gives you hand held steady came performance. Image stabilization technology is getting serious. The Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II will be a power house for video and photographers of all kind.

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Additional Details on The Xiao Yi M1

By Louis Ferreira | Published: September 22, 2016

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The announcement of the Xiao Yi M1 made waves with it’s Leica T like design and red square log. The English site is now online for those looking to learn more about this very interesting camera from China. It will be released September 23rd in China and shortly after in the United States. This camera sounds like a pretty incredible value and could lead to a micro four thirds explosion. Pre-orders have already started for the black body with the 12-40mm F3.5-5.6, 42.5mm f1.8 and double lens kit on Amazon.

YI M1 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 12-40mm F3.5-5.6 Lens Storm Black
YI M1 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 42.5mm F1.8 Lens Storm Black
YI M1 Mirrorless Digital Camera with 12-40mm F3.5-5.6 Lens / 42.5mm F1.8 Lens Storm Black

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Panasonic G85 First Look and Lumix 15th Anniversary

By Louis Ferreira | Published: September 21, 2016

The Panasonic G85 has been over shadowed by the new flagship Olympus E-M1 Mark II, but the G85 is a substantial improvement over the previous generations of Panasonic cameras falling somewhere between the GX8 and G7. There is a lot of value in the Panasonic line of m43 cameras at the moment, you just need to pick the body that is right for you.

Panasonic G85
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Panasonic G85 + Kit lens
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Panasonic G85 Handgrip
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark II 15fps

By Louis Ferreira | Published: September 21, 2016

Olympus has drastically increased the speed of the Olympus OM-D E-M1. Interestingly the shuttler looks a little creased on the right side if you pause the video at just the right time, but someone might have done something really weird with a floor camera to cause the crease. I can’t wait to get my hands on one to see how responsive it is in person.

DPReview also goes hands-on

 

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Setsuya Kataoka Interview on Photographyblog

By Louis Ferreira | Published: September 20, 2016

 

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Photography Blog also interviewed Setsuya Kataoka and got a few more details from him.

When asked about sports “the OM-D E-M1 Mark II is more aimed at sports photographers who work a lot on their own who can support themselves, and like the portability of a smaller system.” Also this is not the same sensor in the Pen F and reads out twice as fast, which is pretty impressive.

The two newest lenses that offer 6.5 stops of stabilization are the 12-120mm and 300mm at the time. The rest offer 5/5.5 stops. You have to use a tripod to use the 50megapixel mode, which is similar to their other camera that offers the same technology.

You can read the rest of the interview over at the photography blog.

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