SLR Magic 1.33x Anamorphic – Sunset BMCC RAW
GM1 review at AdmiringLight.
12-32mm review at AdmiringLight.
TexBlend 1.1 released (Outbackphoto).
GX7 owner assessment at Soundimagesplus.
Nocticron 42,5mm lens test at Kasyapa, Yaotomi and Yodobashi (Japanese text and wonderful images).
Olympus Stylus 1 test at Trustedreviews.
E-M1 review at Buchangrant.com.
E-M1 vs D800 at Qamera.com.
Comparison between E-M5’s 5 axis stabilisation and E-M10’s 3 axis stabilisation at Bestmirrorlesscamerareviews.
E-M10 with 25mm lens at Bestmirrorlesscamerareviews.
LCD Loupe for the GM1 at r73.
E-M10 vs E-M5 by Jamie on Youtube.
Shooting Spiders with Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro (Facebook).
E-M1 and 300mm F2.8 in the wild at Fullcirclepix.
A closer look at the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema Camera (Engadget).
Guillermo: I just calculated the precise ‘ISO LOW’ in the Olympus E-M5 firmware 2.0 update: it is an ISO160, not ISO100. But it is real, it affects RAW data so good news for RAW shooters. Perhaps you like to comment: http://www.guillermoluijk.com/article/em5isolow/”
Lacza: “I have written a post about street shooting with Thomas Leuthard – when he was using 2 EM-1 bodies. https://medium.com/street-photos/a0f8f2053b87”
Ioup: “I wanted to share this with your readers, I shot this short movie with a GH3, and I guess it shows well what you can achieve with this camera! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyR2Ze7C-EE”
Joe: “My friend Mark Toal and I just started (1/1/14) a new blog called Mirrorless Photo Tips (http://www.mirrorlessphototips.com).”
Mike: Just in case there’s some interest, this is a video link to a report I posted in my day job as a Voice of America correspondent, on some women photographers, interviewed at last weekend’s photo show Photo LA — http://www.voanews.com/content/photos-as-windows-on-the-world/1836538.html”
David: “It is a field test of Olympus’ older, 4/3rds, 50-200 f2.8-3.5 SWD lens (and it’s matching 1.4x converter) and the E-M1. I used the combination to shoot the crazies who race motocross bikes across frozen lakes, at -20C! You can find it, along with my other Olympus reviews, here: http://www.furnfeather.net/Reviews/ReviewIndex.html”
Robin: “Actually it’s no rumor I’d like to share, but my E-M1 review. I tried to sign up for the page, but it wasn’t working. Hope it’s ok I use the ‘share news and rumors’ box. My review is available in english and german and it contains tons of real word images, taken on the streets in asia. If you like my review, I would be happy if you could share it with the community. 🙂
english version:
http://www.fotodesign-rs.de/olympus-om-d-em-1-review/
german version:
http://www.fotodesign-rs.de/olympus-om-d-em-1-review/“
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There is also Robin Wong’s 25mm review (part 1): http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2014/02/olympus-mzuiko-25mm-f18-review-part-1.html
And his friend’s body cap lens samples: http://www.jackieloi.com/2014/02/chinese-new-year-shooting-at-pudu-wet.html
I thought the 9mm shots look pretty good, centre looks pretty sharp, corners are awful. Think I’ll be getting one though 🙂
I want it too asap. Easier to save the money for it than the Noctitron.
And just crop the centre out of the shot and pretend!
It wasn’t even on my radar, and then after seeing the pictures, I decided I wanted one, too.
wow the nocticron sample @yodobashi is really great,specially the tree with a brick wall house background its so pop out 3D
that is a rather underwhelming demonstration for the pop effect in non close ups. The beach shot demonstrates the strength of the nocticron better. I find it a bit disappointing that none of the photographers, while making good photos, explored it’s speciality as a people/portrait lens, but instead treating it as a general lens.
I fully agree with you Ulli!
Why on earth do “reviewers” insist on not using this lens for it primary purpose
being portrait lens. No decent portrait images taken under different light conditions were
posted in any of those “reviews”.
It is a bit like reviewing Ferrari and using it to go to nearest grocery store och shopping mall.
Give us indoor images with challenging conditions (low light), give us some studio shots etc!!
btw review of Oly 1.8/25mm is up by Robin Wong
http://robinwong.blogspot.com/2014/02/olympus-mzuiko-25mm-f18-review-part-1.html
Yes , the Nocticron samples are impressive .
Yodobashi is great .
Hmm .. Confirm will get the lens once available .
Lacza: “I have written a post about street shooting with Thomas Leuthard – when he was using 2 EM-1 bodies.”
This is a very rare pattern of behaviour – excluding the practices of high professionals. I, a tourist photographer, have been using AT LEAST two Olympus interchangeable lens cameras simultaneously for 6 years now and I have taken no less than 200 000 pictures in this manner, in tens of countries. That is why I maintain a “fleet” of 5 or 6 cameras, not counting compacts. And I am, and have been, absolutely happy with my production – though it may not be of a very high photographic standard. It is for fun. And, in connection with the above, to me it has always been a mystery why photographers – mainly non-professional, but even professional too – usually look at me with bewilderment when I tell them I carry 2-3-4 cameras. Dogmatism is a typical human trait – even now that there are many small mirrorless cameras, it is very rare to see somebody like me carrying more than one camera. It doesn’t stand to reason, but most people think one must have one camera and must change lenses!?!? IMO, carrying more than one camera is the most natural and easy way to be able to take more and more interesting pictures. But things will probably change and with the falling prices of serious small cameras there will be more and more people around the world with a DSLR and a mirrorless camera (or two mirrorless).
Jankoff,
I have an Em-5 for 2 years. I recently bought a Sony a7 and a gm1, for different purposes. The Sony was for shooting manual lens and the gm1 was for on the go activities, like bday parties and family activities.
The a7 while produce stunning photos, its ergonomics just did not satisfy me. When I on a trip now, I carry both my em and my gm. What an enjoyable experience to shoot with 2 sets of lens. This is going to be the way I shoot from now on. And the compactness on the system allows this. When the fuji announced the xt, I thought hmm… Hmm… Interesting. But no chance of changing system, now. Photographing, for me, is about fun and creativity. The extra iq from fuji probably will give me the excitement of the a7 for 2 weeks, then it will be back to the m43 again.
I can’t speak for others, but I agree with you 100%.
Em-5, Sony a7 and gm1 – a great combination that has always been on my mind. Why the problem with the Sony? It is compact and has a good grip. Is it too heavy? Or because manual glass is a bore, while still there are too few AF lenses. Anyway, glad to hear there are other people like me.
TThe af of the Sony is so unreliable. Maybe I have been spoiled by the em. I have the kit lens and the fe 35mm. At 70mm, forget about focusing at dim light. Un addition, the lens size are ridiculously large. I may as well get back to my nikon d600, which got sold before getting the a7.
For manual lens, it is fine but I am still learning. I am always on the run even when I am on a trip, problems with kids and family. The a7 speed just doesn’t cut it. Maybe when I am alone. Honestly speaking, I am tired of trying different gears. Enough GAS.
Recently, I havd been printing my favourite works from my m43, at least 2 to 3 feet wide. The results are great.
I will spend my money on a few good lens. And gear ain’t going to improve my skills. Practice will. And I enjoy practicing with my m43.
The gm1 is a pretty amazing tool. It got its quirks but bearable, given its size. The wheel…. Wish panasonic didn’t make that clickable…. Hard to adjust aperture quickly. The touchscreen is so sensitive.
I just have one body&lens because i am used to it. Financialy, it would be tough for me to realise a multi camera setup. I do have a film based setup which gives completely different output, and was rather cheap(except the 4×5 sheets are costly). I could list my mobile phone as the solution for candid situations. Hmm so, 3 cameras after all.
I have 2 e-m5s and an e-m1 (and e-p1 and e-420 and e-620 and e-3). Currently I have an e-m5 with 45/1.8 and e-m1 with 12-35 with me, but then, I’m returning from a payed for photoshoot (and hence also carry a tripod various flashes etc.
But it doesn’t take that much to realize this is the exception and not something most people would do, especially not when not getting payed for it. Tourists? I’ve been a tourguide in the city I live in for many years, and tourists using more then one camera aee quite exceptional here, and those that do typically use a camera phone + somewhat more serious camera, using 2 dslrs? I’ve never encountered one that does (so it looks like we never met…). Doesn’t mean they don’t exist, but makes it rather reasonable those are the exception and far from the ‘rule’.
Ouch that lens cap is much softer than I thought..
🙁
(I know, I know, it’s a toy lens and blah blah)
As I said in the comments of the D800 vs E-M1 review:
Comparing two cat pics in good lighting is hardly a good comparison. He say’s
“Why didn’t I set up a shot that shows the same subject from the same vantage point? Because I’m a real life photographer, not a lab photog.”
which if he was honest is
“Why didn’t I set up a shot that shows the same subject from the same vantage point? Because I know very well that an E-M1 FT sensor will not perform at the same level as a D800 35mm for resolution or noise but I want to hide that”
This is the sort of drivel that makes MFT users look like clowns – an MFT camera is a tool that has advantages and disadvantages the same way that a FF camera does – he shouldn’t dishonestly try and mask those disadvantages because the only thing he is doing is embarrassing himself as some sort of deluded fanboy.
D800 owner I presume. Atleast we don’t go to Nikon sites and talk crap about their cameras. That’s a big differense between 4/3, m4/3 fanboys and fanboys (or fangirls) for other brands.
@Richard…… So why are u here again ?
If you scroll to the top of this page, it says 4/3 rumors, not Nikon rumors or perhaps you can’t read.
I am a proud m43 owner but she is right up to a point. At least, right to the technical point; when Sarah then GENERALIZES saying the (all?) m43 Users are CLOWNS then I lost her. I mean, I for one (but many, many others on this forum) I am totally aware of the limitations of my equipment and I don’t hide them. Please call out the fanboys as CLOWNS if you really want to not all the users of a system.
And Rchard you are totally wrong, of course 🙂
thanks both.
Are you kidding me? The D800 couldn’t even manage to get the cat’s black hair! 😉
More seriously, I agree with you: it’s not a “scientific” comparison and it’s totally biased. Should 43rumors link to that kind of useless blog? Surely not. But I wouldn’t state that this kind of bias is something special to m43 owners… That would be as irrelevant as comparing 2 pictures of different cats, shot at different settings…
“it’s not a “scientific” comparison and it’s totally biased.”
That’s as maybe.
But it still shows that in the real world of users its composition and exposure that’s more important than “mine’s bigger than yours” or “mine’s smaller than yours”.
Indeed, but then let’s compare “shots” or “shooting techniques” and not “cameras”.
Read to the end of article. D800 is better, but e-m1 is more than good enough for lots of jobs and uses. So if IQ is good enough it’s time to think about other things, like which system is more comfortable and reliable for example.
“Which is better? Both are perfectly suitable for professional shooting for both digital and print publications. The D800 is definitely better for fine art printing and fashion. Neither is stellar for low-light sports photography. So for me, it comes down to this: which do I use more often? That’s easy. My entire M43 gear – two bodies, three lenses, and two flashes – travels with me at all times in a tiny sling bag (more on that later). The D800, much as I love it, has been relegated to specific shoots and sometimes on road trips. About 80% of my photos are with the smaller M43 system and about 80% of my pro photos for magazines, are also with the M43 system. Do I still love the D800? Absolutely! I just don’t find it nearly as useful, in nearly as many situations, as the E-M1.”
I have to agree. He starts saying that there’s no point in looking at 100% crops and then gives us 100% crops.
As it stands, this comparison is useless.
“Why didn’t I set up a shot that shows the same subject from the same vantage point? Because I’m a real life photographer, not a lab photog.”
Actually, a real life photographer would have set the shots from the same vantage point.
That is rather debatable. Different cameras with different weight, size, handling and optics tend to also get used in different ways. A ‘real’ photographer would try to get the best possible picture withtge given tools instead of trying to emulate what (s)he would do with a totally different camera.
If you’re comparing two cameras without a lot of fuss, you put equivalent lenses in each and and shoot the subject with one camera, then the next. Same subject, same light, same position. You don’t move back and forth to make the 100% crops equivalent.
Of course, the Nikon is going to win in either situation, but the point of the comparison is to know how close the E-M1 can get to it. This comparison doesn’t provide that.
If the goal is to compare the output of 2 cameras taking the exact same picture, yes. My comment concerned real world use, where you are likely not going to use those different cameras in the exact same way.
Both approaches are just as valid, but tell you totally different things.
I guess Guillermo’s findings makes sense, as the E-M5 already underexposes at base ISO. Most of the time i compensate with +0.7 to +1.0 already at ISO 200.
duh!and now he added a last minute notice that he will rewrite his whole findings.
something about the low iso being an ISO 250..what a cliffhanger for a soon to be published re-interpretation 🙂
Shooting Spiders with Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro (Facebook) 😛 ? it doesnt point to Facebook 😛 😀