For me the OM-D is a superb stills camera with question marks for video. So satisfied I am with it as my main stills camera I’ve replaced both my Fuji X Pro 1 and NEX 7 with it for stills. Much better AF and the lens range were certainly a factor in that, but this camera also combines the retro good looks of the Fuji with the operational fluency and…
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A week ago 43rumors published this rumour about a camera called the GX1 with a picture of a hybrid camcorder-like prototype from a patent. EOSHD has received more info about the camera.
A patent filing from 2009 and published on the 30th June 2011 reveals Panasonic have a prototype consumer camcorder with interchangeable lens mount!
[SIZE=”2″>Image source: Digitalcontentproducer.com Blog[/SIZE] Zeiss have just issued a press release at the IFA show in Berlin, saying that: “In addition to the PL-, EF- and F-mount, Carl Zeiss will soon also be offering the Compact Prime CP.2 lenses with Micro 4/3 and A-mount.”
Hot on the heals of 44Mbit AVCHD, the Panasonic GH1 just had another low light performance boost. Voigtländer of Austria have revealed a new F0.95 lens for Micro 4/3rds. The image quality of the GH1 just keeps getting better and better.
Right now, 35mm film stock producers Fujifilm are missing a huge opportunity to shape cinema’s future Band of pirates though they are, RED are a profitable company and right now their only competition comes from some unlikely sources – Arri’s Alexa and Canon’s consumer DSLRs.
2D is dead long live 2D pop-up-book-o-vision. Panasonic have announced in Japan that they’re developing a pancake proportioned 3D lens for the Micro 4/3rds system, which will be compatible with existing cameras like the GH1 with a firmware update. Presumably the GH2 will be compatible out of the box. Tokyo based Akihabara News was at the press conference and have more images of a frankly laughable prototype, which has the…
Above: Could Micro 4/3rds be shrunk even further, to catch the ultra slim NEX series from Sony? Those with a keen eye for rumours which usually turn out right, will have noticed Panasonic’s mid-term management report on 43rumors.com recently. In it, they say their aim for the interchangeable lens camera division is to make a super thin, super high image quality camera.