Music Video Camera Shootout GH4, GH3, 5d mark iii, 7D, C100
New New Russar+ M-mount lens at Lomography.
Panasonic 12-32mm pancake zomm tested at Photographyblog.
M.Zuiko 60mm macro for butterfly photography on the Pen E-P5 at Bestmirrorlesscamerareviews
LEE filters Little Stopper and HandlePod with the E-P5 for long exposures at Bestmirrorlesscamerareviews
Japanese E-M10 test at Itmedia.
Olympus OMD EM1 Review: Travel Photography by Daniel Cheung.
preliminary brochure for the GH4 at Panasonic.net.
Chris: “celebration of 5 years of micro four thirds. Okay, it’s s a shameless plug for my blog. http://www.chrispattison.co.uk/a-bakers-dozen-13-images-taken-with-13-micro-four-thirds-cameras/”
David: “I have penned what will likely be my last blog/review of Oly gear for a while. The 12~40/2.8 PRO zoom gets magnificent reviews. I bought one and over-all, the
reviews are warranted. But the lens suffers from significant “Moustache” distortion. I have a review of the problem, and it’s cure, along with my other six Olympus reviews, at: http://www.FURnFEATHER.net/Reviews/ReviewIndex.html”
Eric: “This isn’t a rumor — but I’ve posted a couple of reviews lately on my blog that 4/3 Rumors readers should find interesting. A comparison of wide-zoom lenses:
http://www.seldomscenephotography.com/2014/01/23/wide-zooms-for-micro-43-cameras-compared/.
And a review of the 14-42mm EZ “pancake” lens:
http://www.seldomscenephotography.com/2014/04/08/the-olympus-14-42mm-f3-5-5-6-ez-lens-a-user-experience-review”
Anonymous: “Pretty impressive footage with cheap 9mm bodycap+Gh3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGTLyZeNJVY“
Gami: “Brokenman Trailer vimeo.com/92023803 GH3+voigtlander 25mm+tokina 11-16mm, thanks for sharing”
Gnat: “No rumor here, just a Panasonic GM1 impressions post blog as a bike touring and carry everywhere camera system. https://olyallthetime.squarespace.com/blog/2014/4/13/panasonic-gm1-impressions Paired with a Panny 14mm & 20mm and a the spectacular Oly 45mm it is really a super lightweight, compact and capable camera system.“
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Again that Panasonic 12-32 is useless at 12mm. Every review picture I have seen so far had very soft right side. Just look at this sample picture which speaks for themself.
http://img.photographyblog.com/reviews/panasonic_lumix_g_x_vario_12_32mm_f3_5_5_6_asph/sample_images/panasonic_lumix_g_x_vario_12_32mm_f3_5_5_6_asph_20.jpg
Why is that ? If it was ok at 12mm this would be my lens of choice. Sadly it’s not the case.
Yeah. I still can’t believe that a cheap kit zoom can’t perform on the same level the best 12mm prime lens. What a shame. /s
The wide end is dangerous territory that requires better optics to avoid distortion. It’s amazing to have any kit zoom reaching 12mm at all. I’d say it does just fine given its purpose, not as the pinnacle of photographic equipment, but as someone’s easy-to-use lens that comes as part of a package.
Are the 14-42mm lenses great or anyone’s lens of choice?
Any freelance creative that gets so hung up on the minor differences in image quality that these (relatively cheap) modern cameras offers rather than actually going out and doing stuff…well, they got issues.
We all got great access to incredible imaging power for next to nothing. If you know what you’re doing behind a lens, you can create motion pictures on a camera/lens that costs less than $500 –that easily rivals what Kubrick or Hitchcock was using during their early careers.
Deep level pixel peeping is more appropriate for high end technicians.
I suppose it’s also for folks that don’t really do much stuff, but DO like to play with new equipment and boast that they have “The Best!”. Nothing wrong with the latter, (I’m one) but don’t fool yourselves into thinking your imagined expertise matters much.
Ultimately it’s what you do with it. A camera’s perceived limitations, especially these days, aren’t going to hinder your ability or inability to tell a film making story. THAT ability is rare and uncultivated by most. You want to be a better film maker or photographer? Worry about story. Worry about light. Don’t worry so much about the camera.
I still haven’t found any serious or unexpected flaw of the optics of the Olympus 12-40mm lens. It works as I would expect from any lens with 12mm on the wide end and the image quality is consistent with the price. It certainly beats my Olympus 14-35mm f/2.0 at the wide end, since it can’t get to 12mm no matter what.