For the next two days BHphoto has a ton of deals running on their MegaDealZone page (Click here). These do include massive storage deals on Memory cards (Click here) and portable storage (Click here) and tripods (Click here) and Bags (Click here) and Flash lights (Click here).
Here are some hot selling storage deals:
With Panasonic completely silent and OM having released only the new OM-3 Astro version, I was ready to call it a day at CP+. But now we have a little surprise! Chinese company Songdian is previewing the launch of a new MFT camera!
There are no specs yet but at leats we will get some kind of new camera…
OM System OM-1 MKII Weather Sealing Tested in a Code Red Blizzard
Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
Returning to Where My First Long Exposure Photo Was Taken (Chris Baitson).
A photographer’s journey through Pakistan with the Olympus E-1 and E-3 (Olympus Passion).
Portable Storage Shopping Guide (Explora).
How to Make Your YouTube Videos More Cinematic (42West)
Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
I kindly invite you all to follow me on Youtube, Instagram, Threads for more broader camera talk.
For the next three days BHphoto has a ton of deals running on their MegaDealZone page (Click here). These do include massive storage deals on Memory cards (Click here) and portable storage (Click here) and tripods (Click here) and Bags (Click here) and Flash lights (Click here).
You can now preorder the new OM-3 Astro at BHphoto, Amazon, Adorama, Fotokoch, FotoErhardt, Calumet, Clifton.
The new Astro variant has an infrared cut filter in front of the filter enabling 100% transmission of Hα wavelengths. This is perfect to capture nebulae emitting Hα light. The camera also has two new color profiles:
The camera also has a new Starry Sky AF and a Night vision mode. It also has C1 is set for stacking for astrophotography, C2 is for stacking a starry landscape, and C3 is for handheld shooting of a starry landscape.
OM also released two new special filters for astrophotographers.
OM also announced this new TG-7 Industry edition (here at BH).
The TG-7 INDUSTRY is a kit-exclusive variant of the black Tough TG-7 digital camera widely popular on adventure and job sites alike. Sold alongside the NY-TGV Super Adapter for standard microscope eyepieces, the full kit allows users to take 12MP resolution images in examination, research, and testing applications with a binocular stereoscopic microscope.
The camera facilitates the use of large monitors for observation of microscope images, along with remote capture with the optional RM-WR2 Wireless Remote Control. The INDUSTRY also features two new custom settings on the mode dial, a Focus Stacking Mode for compositing images taken at multiple focus points and a Microscope Adapter mode for use attached to a stereoscopic microscope.
Panasonic has officially registered two new cameras in China (Source: E8M on Weibo). According to the few details we got we can expect to get one nee entry level and one new high end camera. There is no way to know from the papers if one of these cameras is MFT or not. This is all we know:
The entry level camera: This could be a Lumix ZS99 successor or another fixed lens affordable compact camera. On paper also the G97 successor could be a possibility but I have not heard anything about this yet.
The High End camera: Here we have a couple more options in the L-mount range. The GH8 is not coming in 2026 so the only MFT camera I can see coming is a new GM/GF kind of camera or a G9III. But again, I got no indication yet that a MFT camera will be announced soon.
When will those be announced? It takes a maximum of 3-4 months for a newly registered camera to be released on the market. Therefore, the announcement will be made between the end of February and May.
