Portrait of a Soviet Lens; JUPITER 11 by Blunty
Panasonic GH3 Shooter’s Guide (EosHD).
Digital Camera RAW Compatibility Update 5.02 adds support for the E-m1.
Stylus 1 test at DC.watch.
Olympus 12-40mm lens test at Lenstip.
12-40mm review at Johnsson-photo.
E-M1 review at CameraStuffreview.
Part one fo the Stylus 1 review at Imaging Resource.
Panasonic 20mm version one vs version two by Tyson Robichaud.
Olympus 45 f/1.8 Mini Review at Betterfamilyphotos.
E-m1 first impressions by Sergio Muscat.
Lomography Experimental Lens kit review at ePhotozine.
Michal: “Olympus CZ issued a new ad called “Photo brick”. It is currenty on web only in czech language (so not that funny for those who dont understand fully), but still you might be interested to see it. http://www.fotocihla.cz/ It is a joke about Olympus issuing a new accessories for those who feel strange about shooting with the light Olympus cameras. To complete the joke Olympus CZ even sells it for 799 CZK (approx. 30 EUR). http://www.olympusobchod.cz/katalog/prislusenstvi/ostatni-yqfqw/olympus-fotocihla-ART06218. I hope they add the ENG subtitles and let it live its own life on the web world wide. link of my blog – http://www.samudranil.in/blog/?id=69252778574“
J.S.: “I have just completed a 7500+ word review of the Olympus E-M1 from an owner/buyer standpoint: http://smithclicks.com/hardware/olympus-om-d-e-m1-review-1/“
David: “new tests… read bottom paragraph: http://www.wrotniak.net/photo/m43/em1-samp-lens.html”
Noah: “How well does Olympus service their warranties? I posted this here on G+. I’d love to hear experiences others have had with Olympus and warranty work. https://plus.google.com/107466393242613969565/posts/TzDqZCDnon6“
Ivar: “There are some great picture’s and video taken with the EM-1 on Mark Humpage’s page from Iceland: http://www.markhumpage.com/Mother-Nature/Iceland-E-M1/33381852_fpWk6K#!i=2899791048&k=b3rBcQL”
Eric: “I just got back from a trip through the Yucatan peninsula, and was lucky enough to receive my E-M1 and 12-40mm lens before heading off. I’ve written up a quick review of how the camera and lens handled here (with samples): http://wp.me/p1feV0-j2”
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Editor’s note: A readers work roundup will be posted next week. I will include all the reader work I got via mail the last weeks.
23 Responses
@Ivar Your long exposures didn’t seem to be affected by the apparent EM-1 issues with such images. Did you use special setting or is it just not an issue in real world photography? Like your steamed up images and the dynamics of the waterfalls
@Noah….jeeeeeeezzzzzz being a little paranoid aren’t you??????
First of all, you do not need a camera shop to go to bat for you…you can do it yourself…the camera will go to the same place. I think that Olympus’ online warranty repair application is simple to use and straight forward. I sent the grip for my EM 5 to them a couple of months ago with the tripod socket pulling out of the bottom thru the plastic. Included my purchase documentation and I had the unit back in less tha ten days perfectly repaired under warranty. I just sent them my E-P5 as my main dial is malfunctioning…I have no qualms that it will be repaired quickly, professionally and under warranty. My take is that they are a very professional outfit, that stands behind their products.
#WhatTheHellIsThis ?
http://www.samudranil.in/blog/?id=69252778574
Is it Michel’s blog? O_o Must be some mistake guys! Its Samudranil’s blog.
No this is not my blog 🙂
Probably admin mixed it up accidentally with something.
Ya… how weird! 😛
anyway.. post your blog’s link so that people can find you atleast 😀
Hey, you think the EOS HD Guide for GH3 might also be a good read for GY7 owners?
GX7 that is…
You don’t have to be Czech to understand that commercial. So funny! They need that in the US.
The Czech spoof commercial is perfect.
@43rumors readers
I’ve just made an Micro Four Thirds android apps channel on playboard.me http://playboard.me/android/channels/52b6a8fcefb6a612408f6715 (channel and widget can be embedded on wordpress and html websites and forums) if want any other relevant mft apps to the channel let me know…
Thank you! And you all have a nice Xmas!
no worries, have a nice Xmas too 🙂
I’ve made mft channels for iPhone and iPad too where you can review the apps and follow the channels on playboard.me follow link in my previous comment…
ABOUT ANDREW REID BOOK.
In the United States, often we confuse quantity and quality. Americans like to talk, talk, talk, talk. A book must contain at least 500 pages for a GOOD book, a Video Photo test article must contain 6 pages or more, a film must be at least 2 hours, etc. On an article, I go directly to the summary, the cons and pros. It is the same thing with the DMC-GH3 Guide written by Andrew Reid. Very interesting, but too long and too much elitist.
The book is not intended for beginners or videographers. You make CINEMA with a C majuscule. No salvation for you if you have something other than an Apple Cinema Display or Dell 2711 screen and if you shoot in an another mode than manual. I do not share this point of view. Some automatisms are very useful and are used by many videographers and filmmakers. Even when they claim otherwise. For example, the settings for white balance and iso are terribly effective on the DMC-GH3. Automatisms are an aid to the creation. It allows you to focus on another thing than the “engine”. For a documentary, a reportage, it belongs to us to adapt ourself to situations where the opposite is impossible.
Too much talk and too many images. Five pages for the contents, three pages of interview, one page for Andrew Reid, fifty pages for the lens samples gallery. Too filling. The real book starts on page 12. Andrew did not know that the DMC-GH3 Pal also have 24p. He explains that we must shoot in 25p to avoid flickering in 50Hz. It is the same in the USA and Japan. We must choose the 30p to avoid flickering under 60Hz. The progressive mode is not an obligation. All LCD TV automatically convert movies and video in 720p or 1080p.
The function settings are welcome. Andrew details the methods one by one and explains why. PERFECT. I regret that he has excluded AVCHD of his choice. Who care about those who are still working with Final Cut Studio which does not accept progressive !! I challenge anyone to do the difference between MOV and AVCHD after post treatment of images with Color, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve, etc. Do not forget that over 90% of the films will be watched on “Lounge” LCD TV and not on professional monitor.
The choice of lenses is biased and unfair. It was unnecessary to devote a page per lens with a link to… eBay. When I pay $ 19.00 for a book, I do not want advertising or links that direct to businesses or others. Or the book is FOR FREE. You will not find Panasonic lenses as the 12-35 mm, 20 mm, 14 mm, 35-70 mm, 70-100 mm. I say STOP to the dictatorship of Voigtlander Nokton and SLR Magic lenses. Today, all movies are alike. Everyone mimics everyone. The depth of field has become an obligation in opposite with the interest of the film. It is often a makeup that is used to disguise the poverty of a scenario. Customers now no longer respect the writing of a director. They want what they have seen elsewhere. I do not care. I am Pier-Yves Menkhoff and I do Pier-Yves Menkhoff films. If you do not like my films, go elsewhere. I am not opposed to Voigtlander and SLR Magic lenses. You just need to use it with moderation and in the interest of the film.
The most useless in the book are the 50 pages dedicated to lens samples gallery. 105 to 155. The following pages are a catalog of accessories. Andrew advises you in term of his commercial interests and not in relation to the value of the products. You can find on eBay others lightings than the Switronix TL-BT200 at prices four times lower. For example, the Aputure Amaran AL198C or 144AS lighting is excellent. It cost only $ 90 each. For a film production, you can also use the Aputure Amaran 30W 528 LED. It costs only $ 150.
To summarize this book hundred pages would have sufficed to advise a DMC-GH3 user. However, I hardly recommended Settings, Video Recording, Features for Filmakers and Post Production Technical pages…
Cheers,
> To complete the joke Olympus CZ even sells it for 799 CZK (approx. 30 EUR).
To complete the joke, and at that price, the brick should have have the tripod socket!
Looks like lots of those old Soviet lenses are up for sale on ebay. After seeing Blunty’s pix it is very tempting to give one a whirl.
some old lenses are really interesting..I had the Helios 40-2 for a while but somehow it could not show its full potential on a smaller sensor, it needed the full image circle to show its famous twirly aberation in oof areas(a phenomenon very unpopular here on the forum). This one of the reasons I prefer to use some old lenses on the format they are made for. I recently got me an Aero Ektar 178mm f/2.5 plus a portable Graflex 4×5. the constant swapping between the 2 formats in this case is a very welcome one as both give an image extremely different from each other
Jupiters are known among the conoisseurs, because they were issued from the Zeiss factory equipment moved from Germany to the URSS after the war – those who also made the submarine periscopes 🙂
I have a Jupiter 9 85/2 a Zeiss Sonnar which allows me to laugh at the Oly 75mm. It took me some ingenuity to make the stuck grease fluid again, but the long focus mechanism allows to extract all the definition it holds in the perfect Sonnar glass.
Soft colour signature unparalleled: in fact it gives a time warp, when you had all the time of the world to take a picture in summer villas on the Black Sea. Originally a portrait lens, thanks to 2x, and IBIS turned into a landscape dreaming device.
PS: you can see samples here, and discussion:
http://mirrorlesscameras.net/lens-sample-photo-archive/jupiter-9-85mm-f2-lens-samples-*****/msg114045/?topicseen#new
which mount version you recomend to buy ? m42 or m39 ?
I use a M39 one, my lens is from the 1970 and was in good shape. Others have the M42 one and nobody complains. The M42 is shorter, the M39 has just an additional metal ring to fit the flange, so they are really the same. Up to you. I’d care more about the coating (more recent=better) and that the focus be fluid.
I have m42 czj 50/1.8 and 135\3.5 which consider as legendary lenes.. I do not use them on my gx1.
Must Say about legacy lens,,the optic and build are fine, but the amount of missed shoots is tremendous.and this is something that people miss in those reviews,a kit lens will give you more flexibility And way more aqurate shoots,I was not impressed by the results shown in video,,I can show you good photos taken with every combo but the question is does it feats your needs.
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