Angenieux 12-120mm C Mount Test on the Panasonic GH2 from Logan Stewart on Vimeo.
GH3 vs E-M5 at Hardwarezone.
Olympus 60mm macro review at Digitalcamerareview.
Second part of the 60mm macro review at Lepidi (translation here).
Panasonic 3D lens patent at Freepatentsonline.
Ben: “We took the GH3 for a “TEST FLIGHT.” Panasonic liked it so much that they posted it on their Facebook page. I thought your readers would enjoy it too. Here’s the link:
https://vimeo.com/58942114”
Nicolas: “I just posted the last post of my series on a cheap tilt adapter for Micro-Four third cameras: http://drinkcat.blogspot.sg/2013/02/tilt-adapter-for-micro-four-third-part3.html.At least for amateur work, and as long as you only want tilt, and notshift, my adapter does the trick. The only thing you need is a legacy lens (20-30$ on eBay), a body cap, a lens cap, and some plastic. I’m working on a more elaborate version that would allow to take videos,
will keep you posted ,-)”
Ryan: “Found the closest way to “Cinestyle” type profile is -5,-1,-1,-1. Shot this short travel piece with that setting on the GH3. It would be amazing if you could post this up at some point. Looking forward to NAB, waiting for rumors on a 2k or 4k micro four thirds panasonic. Its bound to happen at some point. https://vimeo.com/59450878”
Ted: “A 15-minute documentary I filmed using a Panasonic GH1 has been accepted at 5 film festivals, including the Boston International Film Festival in April, 2013. If you would like to see what the film looks like, I’ve posted a short trailer for it here: http://vimeo.com/57326102”
Anonymous: “A nice test of the Panasonic long zooms (70-200mm f/2.8 and 100-300mm f/4-5.6) on an Olympus E-M5. Great pictures of nature (especially birds). Also in the comments section and interesting remark by the author: “I always switch the lens stabilization off – the Olympus IBIS is much better in my opinion.” http://lindsaydobsonphotography.com/pets/panasonic-35-100-f2-8-and-100-300-f4-5-6-olympus-omd/”
Aron: “I just did a few GH3 iso and in camera noise reduction test.If your interested please check them out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3K3Y9r7T_U&list=PL4030B34F4B40FAC8&index=1 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJpzR46vwOY&list=PL4030B34F4B40FAC8&index=2”
Vittore: “Hi I’m Vittore Buzzi, I’m a professional photographer who uses only Olympus Om-D cameras I won the 3rd prize for sport stories at World Press Photo here http://www.worldpressphoto.org/awards/2013/sports-feature/vittore-buzzi?gallery=6096&photographer=5961. I think that this could be an interesting story for your blog. Here my sites: http://photographer.photoshelter.com/ http://www.wedding-photographer.it/“
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nice range and speed…the Angenieux, but it has alot of vignetting in the non-crop mode am i right?
Awesome pictures Vittore Buzzi and CONGRATS!
Like the GH-3 vs OMD at The HardwareZone…informative…and the cameras are so different…both with their pluses and minuses.
Victor rue Buzzi….you go boy!
One thing puzzles me is that OMD seems to be consistently warmer than GH3 in both jpeg and raw, a bit more in jpeg, if you look at the dog fur.
In the purple menu of OMD-Em5 there’s an option to turn warm colors off. I don’t understand why Olympus set it on on as default setting..
Marco has it right…you can opt out of the warm color balance on the menu of the Oly. I am going to bet that this test was shot with it on….also..I find my Pany bodies to record a little on the cool side so when comparing the two the color-balance difference appears quite extreme.
I think both cameras need a little tweaking to get it to more “natural” levels…but everyone has their own opinion on that…..
There is a big problem with “modernisation” of natural colour tones. Just watch TV. The saturation and luminance is so high that detail is lost, programs are sometimes just blobs of colour moving around. Peoples faces are pasty and devoid of character. Just like a kid with a texta color pen. One shade and density only.
I think Film and TV school lesson 1 is “ALL adjustment knobs and slides to Max, the advertisers want to out colour their competitors” End of all lessons. Unfortunately this is happening to all, programming.
The offshoot of this is many people expect to see the same saturation in pictures. Including camera makers and many users. For them massive over saturation is a better picture. And THEY are becoming a bigger group all the time.
That’s always been the case with Oly vs. Pany when comparing images.
Lindsay birds foto are nice..nice blog
Amazing how Lindsay Dobson can get such excellent photos with such a “poor, soft, mediocre etc etc” (well, if I believe 95% of the “experts” on this site) lens …
If you read what she says you would realize she had to replace her first copy due to excessive softness. Sample variation may be a true issue with this lens.
David couldn’t agree more. Makes you wonder who or what is mediocre
What is mediocre compared to the best from other formats especially FF.
Two stops DR poorer
Two stops poorer High ISO
Poorer DOF control
Poorer resolution
Poorer/narrower selection of good lenses
Dreadful C-AF
Small fiddly controls
That enough ? Though “portraits” of pets is I am sure an incredibly demanding area of photography lol
I’m not sure what you’re on about. Is taking a portrait of a pet somehow less demanding on your gear than taking a portrait of a person?
Because a lot of portrait specialists use $15,000+ medium format gear that has the same advantages over “full frame” that you list.
I think someone’s jealous of someone’s talent.
Now, now. stupid. Time to go to bed. Daddy wants the computer back. He’ll let you be silly to all the nice people tomorrow. Just don’t let them know who Daddy is. Or where Mummy shops like last time.
To 65757:
Your comment highlights exactly why field testing is so important, and why poring over data charts is often counter-productive. By the way I shoot a variety of equipment and I have done so for many years – I have no allegiance to any particular manufacturer.
Two stops DR poorer – EM5 DR IS EXCELLENT, SURPRISINGLY SO, I HAVE SEEN NO REAL WORLD LIMITATIONS
Two stops poorer High ISO – BASED AGAINST WHAT EXACTLY? IN REAL WORLD SITUATIONS YOU’D RARELY SEE THAT LEVEL OF DIFFERENCE, UNLESS YOU WERE AT THE VERY HIGHEST/EXPANDED ISO SETTINGS, AND SHOOTING AT THOSE SETTINGS WOULD NORMALLY BE RARE
Poorer DOF control – ON THE CONTRARY, THE ENHANCED DOF OF U4/3 IS GREATLY ADVANTAGEOUS MOST OF THE TIME, AND SHALLOW DOF IS EASILY ACHIEVED BY MANIPULATING THE VARIOUS PARAMETERS WHICH CONTROL DOF – SENSOR SIZE IS BUT ONE.
Poorer resolution – NOT BY MUCH, AND THE EM5 SENSOR RESOLVES AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF DETAIL
Poorer/narrower selection of good lenses – YOU ARE JOKING
Dreadful C-AF – AGREED
Small fiddly controls – YES
“That enough ? Though “portraits” of pets is I am sure an incredibly demanding area of photography lol”. I think you need to have a go at photographing a self-ruling, nervous, deaf, erratic, or wild animal to saleable or competition standards. Domestic pets aren’t much easier. But if you’re more interested in people photography (the mainstay of my business) I can confirm that (for me at least) the EM5 system is proving to be ideal. Unfortunately so many of the views I encounter on the net are from individuals who have little or no experience of the equipment in question.
To the person who mentioned ‘over-sharpening’ – I’m not sure what you’re seeing as I don’t do any sharpening beyond the low LR default. If anything I soften my shots slightly by reducing the clarity a bit. The 35-100 lens is bitingly sharp in my opinion – copy variance aside, remember that sharpness has much to do with the photographer’s technique and technical understanding (something many forum-dwellers forget especially when judging the output of longer lenses).
No, I do not know Louis Dobson.
Pictures looks oversharpened to me.
Is she family of Louis Dobson?
Correct me if I missed it, but in the E-M5 vs. the GH3 comparison, can we assume that in both cases these are tripod shots and the IBIS vs. Lens OIS are turned off?