a bit of everything…

A Look At The Laowa 50mm f/2.8 2:1 Macro Lens For Micro Four Thirds Cameras

Did Olympus throw in the towel too early? (Naturalexposures).
Hands-on with the Sirui 35mm F1.8 1.33x anamorphic lens (Dpreview).
Manfrotto Announces Befree 3-Way Live Advanced Tripod (Explora).
A new lens on the world: Improving the metalens with liquid crystal (Phys.org).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.