Novoflex Tilt- and Shift Bellows System for CSCs via Photographyblog.
And here is a new list of Photokina related news:
An image sample with the 15mm lens at TheDigitalStory. Nokton 17.5mm hands-on at ePhotozine. E-PL5 samples at ePhotozine. Nokton 25mm at ePhotozine. E-PM2 image samples at ePhotozine. E-M5 with the new 17mm f/1.8 lens by FourThirds-User. 35-100mm X at OpenPN. E-PM2 hands-on at Digitalcamerainfo. 35-100mm hands-on at m43.eu. DC.watch (Translation here) posted an Interview of Olympus. No bog deal here. It’s again obvious how Olympus wants to focus on the improvement of the EVF quality and dynamic range of the pictures (more than on the increase of Megapixels). Hands-on at DC.watch. Photokina impressions on Flickr. Shcneider Kreuznach won the Photokina Star Award. A roundup from ePhotozine. Swarowski lens on the G2 at m43.eu.
43rumors reader Nils wrote an interesting Photokina report:
“Just came back from Photokina. This is what I could find out about the GH3:
– Definitly the camera people where interested in at the Panasonic stand.
– Ergonimcs seem great to me. Feels like a real workpeace. Not overly big (exspecially if you compare to other Pro cameras) and just the right weight. Did compare it to an OMD with battery grip and the Olympus felt heavier and uncomfortable edgy in my hands.
– Firmware version was 0.4
– 5 copys made it to Photokina
– No information wether AF Light works with external flashs.
– ATM internal flash doesnt seem to work with electronic shutter, just as with the G5, might be due to early firmware.
– EVF is 16:9 ratio and gets cropped in other modes, making the viewable area rather small. Image is fast to respond no noticeable lag when moving fast. I could see the pixel grid the EVF picture. G5 EVF looked better in comparison. I hope its not the final version.
– Panasonic representatives reinforced that the sensor is multiaspect. With the current (0.4) firmware resolution is shown as 16M for 4:3, 14M for 3:2, 12M for 16:9.
– Reps only got their hands on the cam this morning.
– No words about XLR accessorie, wasnt on display either.
– Couldnt try and of the flash units whith the cam. Reps where afraid that it would freeze the cam due to early firmware.
– According to the guys filming the HDMI output looked great to them, and judging from the monitor they had hooked up to one cam the picture looked very clean with no discernable noise at ISO 1000. They hadnt tried out the clean hdmi mode, overlays where shown on the monitor.
– One rep hinted a kit with the 35-100mm 2.8 lens.
– Buttons felt nice and responsive not mushy like the OMD.
– No word about new version of the 7-14mm lens.
– Didnt try focus peaking, its not that important to me.
– Noticed with the “exploded” camera on display that the handgrip area of the cam seems to be rather hollow.
Maybe you can get more detailed info from the reps at the end of the exhibition when they got more time to play with the cam themselves.
With just 5 copys and firmware 0.4 it feels like the rushed quite a bit to make it to Photokina. The GH3 is clearly Panasonics headline for this show.
I really liked the cam. The EVF was a bit of letdown though. If it gets improved until the camera hits the shelves, along with the multiaspect part, its a definite buy for me. Otherwise I might wait for a GH3x.”
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Panasonic and Olympus Preorder Links with specs and price:
Special GH3 page at Amazon (Click here) and a full Olympus presentation page at Amazon (Click here).
GH3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) and in Europe at Wexphotographic UK (horrible price in UK!).
35-100mm X lens at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
E-PL5 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here). In EU at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, Amazon France,
E-PM2 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here). In EU at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, Amazon France,
XZ-2 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
60mm macro at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
12mm Black prime lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
15mm cap-lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
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just to say thank you, admin!
great job during the Photokina season!
I like the word ” workpeace. ” great invention.
Did you figure out that he meant “workhorse”? 😉
Is this The Eye? Or the imposter? 😉
Hover your pointer over my name above my post. If I’m logged in I must be the real TheEye! 🙂
Made me giggle myself reading it. I rushed the report after the first day of photokina, hoped it would be one of the first GH3 infos getting out, funny it turned out to be one of the last. By now there is much better and accurate info available.
And I’m at peace working with horses… 😉
“Panasonic representatives reinforced that the sensor is multiaspect. With the current (0.4) firmware resolution is shown as 16M for 4:3, 14M for 3:2, 12M for 16:9”
How is that multi-aspect? In the sense that you can change the aspect ratio? Seems there is some cropping happening!
Yes, this is the great advantage of the field-sequential LCD and simply cannot understand why everybody does consider OLED displays something greatly superior.
I will get a chance to look at the GH3 in 2 weeks. If the EVF is not as good then I will bypass the GH3.
I love the Panasonic G2 on the Swarovski scope!
I agree with many statements, except of the EVF. On the models that I’ve tried the 1.74Mp OLED EVF, which has a better reaction time (time lag) and a contrast ratio of about 10000:1 in comparison with the G5 & GH2 EVFs, which had contrast ratio of lower than 500:1.
Considering that Philip Bloom was shooting with the firmware 0.1, the 0.4 firmware seems had a plethora of bugfixes, but definitely it was not the not the final version. Thus, there was no possibility to test some of the announced options and the external equipment, such as the WiFi-capable TTL Flash Panasonic FL360L.
The camera is really a pleasure to hold: while the GH3 is noticeably larger than GH2, their weight difference (about 100 g) is less noticeable and compensated by much better on-camera grip. I can easily shoot with the GH3 holding it with one hand. The optional external battery grip adds an extra weight, but attached to the GH3 it is comfortable to hold with two hands. Overall, all of us had very good impression about the GH3 size and weight.
The GH3 handles well, and we were impressed with the low light detail and sharpness in the photos and videos, http://www.personal-view.com/photokina/coverage/gh3
I like that 17mm 1.8, still looks very compact.
“Didnt try focus peaking, its not that important to me.”
I don’t believe the GH3 has focus peaking (but sounds like current contrast-focus cameras can support it with a software update to the camera, just haven’t heard that Panasonic was going to have it in the GH3. Being a still photographer who has mostly manual-focus lenses, focus peaking is critical to me and will likely draw me back to my m43 lenses.)
Oh and the tilt-shift bellows is fascinating and will likely go on my “pre-order” list. I thought Samyang was coming out with a TS lens too…Haven’t heard much about it.
A decent T/S, but implementation favors shooters of Macro/Micro without addressing the needs of creative commercial still-life shooters that need perspective control but that wish to use normal or slight wide focal lengths at tabletop distances.Not everyone that needs TS is shooting architecture OR macros of insects and postage stamps.
In an ideal implementation of the Novoflex TS Bellos, the compendium bellows is interchangeable with a bag bellows to accommodate shorter focal length lenses. Further– a 40mm/50mm is the longest lens that I would use for most of my tabletop work, preferring the slightly exaggerated perspective distortion afforded by a 40mm/50mm optic, coupled with apochromatic design. A UNI-APO-DIGI 90mm lens by Schneider Kreuznach is the equivalent of 180 (2X) on a ff camera. That’s WAY longer than anything I’d shoot with on M43 for TS control. Are ANY professional photographers advising these manufacturers?
So is it a multi-aspect (GH2-like) sensor but crops in the current firmware with true multi-aspect in the future. Or did Panasonic marketing redefine conveniently multi-aspect and multi-aspect is by cropping only?
Keep in mind we are likely dealing with content “lost* in translation.”
* Content may have been misinterpreted, altered, incorrectly translated or otherwise butchered
i also like this.. nice one..
Yeah, now that they dropped the larger sensor, all the M4/3 cameras can be called mulit aspect ratio sensors, but the GH1 and GH2 are the only ones that are not cropped. I guess in a couple years people will forget the lie and it will be business as usual.
So, the GH3 view finder isn’t better than GH2 and became smaller for cropped aspect ratio? That would be a deal breaker for many. No multi aspect, worse view finder, no focus peaking -> if that becomes true, the GH3 is rather disappointng. The strategy should not be to withdraw from features or make things worth, that happened already with the transition from G2 to G3. Didn’t they learn?
Buyers are moving in crowds from G/GH to OMD. Perhaps because of a bad product strategy? Panasonic, what are you doing?
Don’t forget 30% more than the GH2!
I bought something like this on ebay for 10 Euros for Minolta MD. For what a new one??
I really don’t get all the fuss with the GH3. First of all it’s a very big body the same size with a Rebel. Second it’s almost the same image quality with the Rebels but at least two times the price. Third the rebels do have a vast selection of lenses yet to be seen in m3/4. Forth the rebels have a OVF much better than any evf i’ve seen. (yes i’ve seen the OM-D and i do own a m4/3 camera).
Not everyone who buys a new body wants to buy into a new system.
Also, The GH3’s ergonomics and haptics make perfectly sense, since ergonomics and not sensor size should determine body size of cameras that are primarily tools and not P&S compacts.
This information is INCORRECT. The GH3 sensor is most certainly not multi-aspect ratio. I went to Photokina myself and used the GH3 for about 15 minutes with various lenses I brought myself to test this completely. Cine lenses that used to vignette in 16:9 mode now didn’t. How come? Because it wasn’t using the full sensor, it was being cropped. On a multi aspect sensor you’d get vignetting with such a lens.
The representatives (2) of Panasonic confirmed with me that it’s not a multi-aspect sensor. So maybe you misunderstood them, but they were very clear on this subject to me. No one mentioned or told me it was multi-aspect, they all told me it wasn’t.
The EVF for me was just excellent, it felt very well done. I’ve seen better, but it’s certainly not a let down in any way.
Focus peaking was not possible / implemented at all, and representatives told me would not come at launch.