May CIPA report shows 36% increase in system camera shipments

• July 6, 2017
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There is a small hope that 2017 may be finally the year Olympus and Panasonic will have to worry a bit less about the future of the camera market. According to CIPA in May Japanese companies did ship 36% more system cameras than the previous year. But the old glorious time will definitely not come back. This is why all companies will slow down their release cycle and keep their focus on more profitable higher end models. But in such a small market if you do a mistake you are out. I wonder what long term plan Panasonic and Olympus managers are having in their heads…

a bit of everything…

• July 6, 2017
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Olympus M.Zuiko 30mm F3.5 Macro Product Overview

2017 Roundup: Interchangeable Lens Cameras $900-1200 (Dpreview).
Lume Cube Dual Review (ePhotozine).
Panasonic GH5: Two Months Later (Michael Lathrop).
Macro Lens Buying Guide (Explora).
Using the Flashpoint Xplor 600 HSS for On-Location Jungle Portraits (ALC).
how to survive a music festival with your camera (Olympus Imagespace).

Plenty of news on the facebook E-M1II group and the GH5 group.

This runs today only: Save $70 on the Silver Rokinon 12mm MFT lens

• July 5, 2017
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BHphoto is running a DealZone action on the Silver Rokinon 12mm MFT lens.

More deals:
You get the GX85 with two lenses for $597 at BHphoto (Click here).
New long list of Panasonic (Click here) and Olympus (Click here) deals. These do include new deals on the E-m1II at BHphoto and GetOlympus.
You save $100 on the grey imported Samyang 35mm F/1.2 MFT lens sold on eBay (Click here).
The Panasonic G7 got a $100 price drop and sells for $497 at Amazon, Bhphoto and Adorama.
You save $200 on the new 12-35mm II lens sold by ProDogital on eBay (Click here). This is NOT grey imported. This is a regular lens with normal 1 year manufacturer warranty.

Sainsonic will launch the Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 MFT lens this month

• July 5, 2017
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Christopher Frost wrote on the text of his youtube review that Sainsonic will launch the Kamlan 50mm f/1.1 MFT lens this month. The E-mount version of this lens is already on sale for $169 on Amazon US and Amazon DE.

via Fujirumors

Ikelite announces water housings for the LX10 and TG-5

• July 5, 2017
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Ikelite annoucned the housing for the TG-5 (specs here) and the LX10 (specs here).

Panasonic and Olympus 4th of July deals overview

• July 4, 2017
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Today US readers can grab the new 4th of July deals listed on BHphoto (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). You also save $10 on all Macphun products, including Aurora HDR 2017, Luminar, Creative Kit 2016 and all Single CK Apps.

(FT5) German manufacturer Goerz will announce a new 35mm pancake MFT lens this week

• July 4, 2017
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On SonyAlphaRumors you can find an image of a new Goer 35mm lens. While the image shows it on the Sony A7II this lens will also be available with native MFT mount. I got no info about the other specs of the lens but this is NOT a pinhole lens like the Olympus body cap lens series. So it will be of higher quality and of course higher price….