Celebrity photographer David Bailey: The man behind the (Olympus) camera! (via Imaging Resource).
Panasonic 14-140mm lens review at Photographyblog.
GH4 shooting report at Yodobashi.
15mm shooting report at Yodobashi.
Alex Majoli’s Mad Men set photos shot on an em1 at Lightbox.
about a novice getting great results with a mft camera…(Buchangrant).
Olympus OMD EM1 rear dial issue by Daniel Cheung.
Olympus E-M1 rebates in France (Lepidi).
Jim: I have seen several people asking about the cheap focal reducers. I have a series of test images on flickr using a pancolar 50/1.8 shots from f1.8 to f22. 3 x series
I posted this in the panasonic/dox post in response to a question. Maybe others might be interested in my post and the link.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54912595@N02/with/13906394982/”
Walter: “The actual issue of the german magazin ‘camera’ (www.camera-magazin.de) has an interesting article with the title ‘Size does not matter’. It’s an article about a test made by ‘Warentest’. According to them the Olympus OM-D E-M1 is a little bit better rated then the Nikon Df. MFT beats full frame! But we all know: it’s not about the equipment, it’s about the photograph 😉“
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The focal reducer (FD version) shots are using what I think is the original RJ model. It was advertised by the seller (Fatull on ebay) as having the potential to blue spot. Indeed it does, the blue flowers in the plastic terracotta planter shot show the makings (just) of a large blue spot at f11 through f22. I was facing the sun which was about 15 degrees in the 2 o’clock position and had no lens shade on, but was using a skylight filter.
I had to make small infinity adjustments with the reducer lens as it went way beyond infinity. I did the electronics thing and sealed the thread with the wife’s nail polish.
I found when the using ACDSee pro7 circular gradient tool on the fence images the light fall off was about 1/2 to 1 stop. No distortion and some softening on the sides is seen. The softening is mostly irrelevant if the combo is used for a central object at f1.8 to f5.6 anyway. Would I buy it now I have tested it? Yes, I would.
OOPs!
I have the dreaded rear dial syndrome and I go for a fix on Thursday. I also noted the playback button gave up as well and the FN1 is intermittent. Seems like it is a component or contact fault. But that’s what a 2 year warranty is for.
Is it just me or is there no newsletter anymore? The last e-mail I received from 43rumors was on April 18th.
Bailey used an E-1 after it was introduced
Very nice shots with the new 15mm and (I assume) GH4 on Yodobashi! If I wasn’t full-up in the lens department, I’d be very tempted!
Agreed.
And finally, someone shows what the hood looks like.
Yes, nice looking lens hood!
It seems to be vented, or were those reflections on it?
David Bailey is using a Leica in the video.
Good video. I enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.