Teaser on a project about Sevillanos universe shot by Steph on GH2 with Voigtländer 0.95 and Noktor 12mm.
An Olympus camera sculpture at Henry Road.
OLYMPUS SH-21 12.5x optical zoom, High-sensitivity shooting, Touch shot (Olympus Global).
GF2 with Olympus 45mm lens samples at Google Plus.
Will Canon buy Olympus? (Zone-10).
The Panasonic GF1 – A Landmark Camera by KJ Vogelius (SteveHuff).
New aluminium grips for the E-P3 (DC.watch).
Mitmachen: Lumix Festival für jungen Fotojournalismus 2012 (Photoscala).
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Hi Admin. Do you have some news about the mft 12-60 ?
Should have news soon…
BTW, we don’t even know if it is “the mft 12-60”; we suspect it will be 12-something. So the same way it can be 12-48 or 12-36.
Why are advanced features from SH-21 not in Olympus m4/3 cameras? Where are Backlight HDR, Hand-Held Starlight, Smart Panorama, 7 and 15fps continuous shooting in cameras that are several times more expensive? I know that the sensors are completely different, but most of those modes can be added via software upgrade…
Some of these features are likely built into the OEM modules Olympus use in their P&S models so Olympus just add the function to the menu were they want it. It’s not a coincidence that the same functions turn up around the same time from several manufacturers, it’s because they all buy it form the same source, which might be Sony, but could also be third party specialist companies.
You’re absolutely right about Sony – those are features that first appeared in their P&Ss and Olympus, Fuji, Ricoh and others are using their sensors. I guess some ( high fps for example ) are sensor and data bandwidth size related, but HDR and some other stacking modes are not that hard to implement with E-PL3’s 5.5 fps at 12 MPx. I suppose Olympus does not have access to the way those functions work or cannot simply port them to m4/3 models that use Panasonic sensors, because of some patents and/or contract clauses, but they surely have the people able to develop similar functions for another sensor. Or are they buying some kind of (sealed) 4/3 OEM modules from Panasonic as well?
I agreed with the writer , GF is a true innovation in it’s era . Panny should start thinking what is next after GX1 .
I still insist GX1 is not as bad as some might thought , the problem is we face true competitors from the rest of manufacturers .
Panay have to come out something really serious in future if they want stay in the race .
I like the design of NEX 7 .
GF1 is what it is since it was sold with the 20 mm.
Even a broken clock is right twice a day. Random stroke of straight thinking there. Expect that accident never to happen anymore.
A friend’s wife bought a Sony NEX. I was looking around for some lens proposals for her. The 1000 euro Zeiss seems to be the only bright prime. Or then legacy glass. The whole NEX system still seems like a bad choice.
@Miroslav
15fps continuous shooting in cameras is old film reel and can not be considered a photographic feature.
“Backlight HDR, Hand-Held Starlight, Smart Panorama” will probably feature in the EP-4 etc along with some other goodies 😀
Is that a FT5? E-P3 successor named E-P4 I mean 🙂 ?
sssshhhhh… lol
@zone-10
totally flawed arguments from a month ago 🙁
@Steph
nice video 😀 although white balance looks way off (looks like auto white balance everywhere)
@Zone-10
Ken Norton considers GX1 as a P&S camera. Moreover, everything not weather sealed is in fact P&S.
Niiiice approach!!! 😀
Ken Norton is a complete idiot. That article doesn’t deserve any “clicks”. The only thing is right about is that Canon will gain nothing buying Olympus camera division.
Just another canon fanboy with a blind over is eyes.
I wasn’t aware that there were another Ken blogging about photo. Same high level of insights. It couldn’t be Rockwell in disguise could it?
@ Vitor: No, he’s neither an idiot, nor a Canon fanboy. He just seems to have gone a little bit grumpy with Olympus cameras as time goes by.. He simply had too high expectations regarding Olympus. I understand him, speaking from my own experience 😎 More and more of us Oly fans are getting cured..
I stand by my argument. Someone that calls the m43 system “P&S cameras” several times in the article is an idiot.
Personally i own a Canon 7D and a Panasonic G3 (that replaced a smashed GF1). Comparing the iQ of my G3 with my brother’s Canon t2i there’s very little separating the two. As for a system that has about 3 years old the range of native lenses is starting to be very good contrary to the nex system that got “praised” also in the article.
M43 has on MAJOR problem and that is very very very poor marketing.
I was trying to diagnose between idiot or alienated, but after reading the whole comment, I think he’s mostly a disgruntled guy who should have taken some reflux pills when the time was right.
“I may be a little premature in my projection here, but just as the OM system is dead, the Four-Thirds system is dead,”
HA-HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!
A “Little” premature?? HAHAHAHA!!!
*Grabs the MFT camera and leaves the DSLR at home*
It as nice of you to trim off the sentence. Your edit changed the whole meaning. The entire sentence is this:
“I may be a little premature in my projection here, but just as the OM system is dead, the Four-Thirds system is dead, it is just a matter of time before Micro Four-Thirds is dead.”
So, I’ve been accused of being a Canon Fanboy, hating Olympus and worse of all not understanding that m43 is NOT a P&S camera line. Obviously, none of you know me very well as I’ve never been called a Canon Fanboy before in my life. I bleed Olympus and the only m43 bodies Olympus has brought to market ARE P&S cameras with a lens mount. P&S is a formfactor, not a judgement call.
The m43 system has not been fleshed out to the point yet where it is anything but a secondary system to another system for the professional photographer. If Olympus/Panasonic’s goal is to not support the professional photographer ever again, then by definition the camera falls into a P&S realm. So far, not a single Olympus model is able to support both a viewfinder AND Pocket Wizard.
So, if you disagree with my viewpoints, that’s fine. But calling me an “idiot” because you are of a different opinion just shows that you are either not understanding exactly what it is I’m saying or because you yourself are closed off to other viewpoints as well as the evidence supporting mine.
you got any news on this gh2 firmware broham?