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Olympus Pen F, what is all the hype?

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Mushroom for a Fungi? Micro Four Thirds Macro Photography (Chris Baitson)
LUMIX Live: Live View Composite & AMA
Godox Announces the Compact and Handy iM30 Mini Flash (Explora).
Doing Street Photography in 2024: The Age of Privacy Concerns (42West).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
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Topaz released a new major Photo AI 3.3 Update

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The new Topaz Photo AI 3.3 (Click here) introduces a suite of improvements:

  • Super Focus: Our most popular enhancement is now more powerful, using generative AI to recover focus in images that were previously unfixable.
  • Recover Faces Gen 2: Experience a dramatic improvement in face recovery, with options for both realistic enhancements or creative fixes for low-quality images.
  • Improved Autopilot strengths for Denoise and Sharpen
  • Updated Remove tool design
  • Improved Color Accuracy for Nikon and Sony RAW files

Recently Topaz also announced the new GigaPixel Ai (click here to see all new features with ton of examples).

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3 REASONS Why Micro Four Thirds is PERFECT for Travel Photography!

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Did Panasonic actually design the new Leica Q3 43 lens? (MirrorlessRumors).
Spanish | Perspectiva macro. Fotografiando el otoño con Iván Gonzalez (OM System).
The Nanuk 930 is for Gimbals on the Go (Explora).
10 Specialized Lenses for Different Photography Niches (42West).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
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Just released: Topaz GigaPixel AI 8.0 with new incredible restoration and creative upscaling

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Topaz just announced the new GigaPixel Ai (click here to see all new features with ton of examples).

Press text:

Gigapixel 8 brings powerful new models that push the limits of image enhancement, offering unmatched control for both restoration and creative upscaling. Whether you’re recovering lost details or generating imaginative visuals, Gigapixel 8 has the tools to elevate your images like never before.

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    • Redefine Model (Creative Upscaler): This new model pushes the boundaries of creative upscaling while staying true to your input image. With diffusion-based generative output and text prompts available for more specific results, this tool offers a new level of freedom for producing imaginative visuals.
  • Recovery Model: This model goes beyond the capabilities of our standard models, restoring missing details in images that would have been unusable otherwise. It’s especially useful for restoring old photos, scanned images, and improving faces and text, delivering results that were previously impossible.
  • Gen2 Face Recovery: With two modes—Realistic and Creative—this model offers enhanced results for faces, even in low-quality or damaged images. Whether you’re refining details to stay true to the original or creating imaginative reconstructions, this feature delivers high-fidelity, creative enhancements.

New Gigapixel Cloud Service

Alongside Gigapixel 8, we’re introducing Cloud Rendering, a credit-based, server processing option. Cloud Rendering allows anyone to offload processing tasks for faster and more efficient image enhancement, making it ideal for those with lower-powered hardware or users wanting quicker results with our Recovery or Redefine models.

Key benefits include:

  • Faster processing speeds for higher-quality results
  • Allows simultaneous enhancements for multiple images
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Panasonic is considering the possibility of establishing a community for LUMIX Lab

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Phototrend interviewed Mathilde Lécuyer, Product Manager for Lumix France, and Jérémy Hoffmann, Marketing Manager for Lumix Southern Europe. Most of the talk is about L-mount but some points are of interest for the MFT community too like the possibility of establishing a community for LUMIX Lab:

About the French photography market

  • It remains a leading brand in France.
  • No. 3 in the French mirrorless market.
  • They are particularly strengthening their presence in the full-size market.
  • Over the past 12 months, the full size segment has grown by 6% and is gaining market share.

Have Panasonic added any LUTs since the release of the S9?

  • At launch, there will be around 100 LUTs available.
  • We are exploring the possibility of creating a community within the application so that creators can use their own LUTs in the application.

S5 II, S5 II X, and G9 II also support Lumix Lab

  • LUMIX Lab’s long-term vision is to become a truly central platform for creators, enabling them to do a variety of things.

Firmware Update Strategy

  • They are very responsive to user feedback.
  • Local teams in each subsidiary around the world play a key role in this process, providing direct feedback to engineers.
  • Once you invest in the equipment, they promise to support you as a creator with regular updates to optimize the product.
  • LUMIX does not charge creators for minor updates.

Why LUMIX S5D now?

  • For those on a budget there is the S5D.
  • The S5D comes with an 18-40mm kit lens, whereas the S5 had a 20-60mm.


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