Opéra de Paris. The Ball Pod Test… from Pier-Yves Menkhoff Films on Vimeo.
Olympus 25mm f/1.8 vs Panasonic Leica 25mm f/1.4 Lens Battle at Admiringlight.
Olympus Stylus 1 first part review at Betterfamilyphotos.
E-M10 tested at Trustedreviews.
5 Exciting Cameras to Look Out for in 2014 (Digitalrev).
Buyers Guide: Finding the Right Mirrorless Camera for You (ThePhoBlographer).
Bill: “Thought you should see a picture of mine the LA Times ran in it’s Sunday Travel section today. I credit the (iso 6400) photo as shot with an Olympus OMD-EM5. http://www.symphony-pictures.com/photos/i-gdtv3tp/0/X3/i-gdtv3tp-X3.jpg”
David: “You may be interested in these brief reviews of several lenses (including some surprises) that have worked well for me on MFT (Panasonic) bodies…: http://donferrario.com/ruether/MFT–Lenses.htm”
Jared: “https://www.google.com/maps/views/profile/117565688403001302622 Has some of the most spectacular panoramas I’ve seen. I was looking to see what equipment he uses and found some older panoramas with exif data still: https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/117565688403001302622/albums/5947739153343402321/5947739152308789202?e This seems to use a 43rds olympus E-410 and the olympus 8mm f3.5 fisheye. Pretty stunning for not only a tiny sensor, but a really old sensor as well…Also, I see some newer panoramas mentioning olympus, so I think a lot of his panoramas are taken with 43rds gear.“
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About the 6400 ISO photo taken in Italy. I have seen dozens of that scene, I’m quite used to the amazing architecture of my Country but it’s nice to see it on an article like that.
Having said so, I believe that nowadays we can push ISOs to theses “heights” and what stops us is simply the idea that the picture won’t work due to the grainy look.
Wrong. Grain is part of the photo look, the subject, composition, story, are there, and if they catch your eyes then the picture works.
(I think the “compression” applied by the newspaper increased the noise grain: at 6400 ISO my photos don’t look like that unless I crop them a little bit). Good one Bill!
And using the DXO Prime noise reduction you could significantly improve this shot anyway, wish i had the RAW to test out.
Look at the sky in the picture to the bottom right (only part of it is seen) and the black bars when zooming in. There is definitely more grain than usual due to the newspaper processing. But good to find a picture like that there.
In the article “5 Exciting Cameras to Look Out for in 2014 (Digitalrev).”…for me (and I DO like many cameras)…none of the cameras in the article excite me. LOL! The GH4 doesn’t because I do not shoot video, and the rest…ehhhhh.
I would be more interested to see any further Penn development, ……Any? development from Canon (I have a Canon FF system) as they seem to have not much in the way of rumored camera bodies, their mirrorless is dead. I guess part of the problem is…There were soo many GREAT cameras released over the last year (A7R, M1, XT1, GX7, EP5 ), nothing on the digital Rev list excite me.
I am more excited in lenses that are coming and how they might perform. The Panny/Leica 15mm, the Sigma 50mm Art both are exciting new lenses coming down the pike. One thing I would love to see is a REALLY fast piece of glass from Olympus like a 45mm f/1.2, or a 25mm f/1.2…I would like to see what Oly can do in that arena and I would personally like to see an uber-fast piece of MFT AF glass withtout OIS (ie as small as possible), There is the rumored 7-14mm f/2.8…so I guess I will have to be satisfied with that development…..