Monthly Archives: February 2012 »
Olympus OM-D E-M5 vs E-P3: Comparing JPEG image qualities
Pekka Potka (yes, its him again!) punished an article that compares JPEG image quality at various ISO levels between the two cameras. In my eyes, E-M5 clearly brings about 2 stops improvement over E-P3 in ISO
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 grips
Pekka Potka has published an article that looks into the two grips to be sold alongside E-M5. These are called landscape grip(HLD-6G) and portrait grip(HLD-6P). Check out the source for more details. Grips are
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Configuring Olympus OM-D E-M5
Pekka Potka has published an article explaining how E-M5 can be configured. It gives you a good indication on how each dials and buttons can be configured and utilized
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A review on Samyang/Rokinon 7.5mm f/3.5 fisheye lens
Micro 4/3rds Photography Blog has published a review on Samyang/Rokinon 7.5mm f/3.5 fisheye lens. According to this review, the 7.5mm gives nothing to much more expensive Panasonic 8mm fisheye, except for one feature – autofocusing.
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More rumors on Panasonic Lumix GH3
Ok, so even the source link says this may not happen, so you can take it more like an educated guess but here it is: Sensor: 15.5MP ISO: 160-12800, extends to 80-51200 Speed: 6.7fps
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DXOMark publishes results for Olympus 17mm f/2.8
DXOMark has published results for the first prime lens in m43 system – Olympus 17mm f2.8. Its a pretty well known fact – this lens isn’t exactly a great lens as far as quality
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Confirmed: New Olympus MMF-3 4/3 adapter + E-M5 does NOT improve AF performance of 4/3 lenses
Pekka Potka has been performing some test on the AF performance of E-M5 using the new MMF-3 adapter on some of the legacy 4/3 lenses. What he has confirmed was that although E-P3 managed
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Olympus OM-D E-M5 goes through a dynamic range test
Pekka Potka published another interesting article which tests the dynamic range of E-M5 then compares it against the result of E-P3. Just look at that result! Make sure to come back to this link
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A first look into Olympus OM-D E-M5
Trusted Reviews has published a first look review of Olympus OM-D E-M5. Another positive review with minor complaints such as a placement of fn1/playback buttons. Verdict: The Olympus OM-D E-M5 is an interesting addition to
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5-axis IBIS demonstration using Olympus E-M5 with firmware v1.0
Pekka Potka published an interesting article that demonstrates how well Olympus’ new 5-axis based IBIS. It really is quite impressive! It just might be good enough to render even Panasonic’s OIS useless. OIS is
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Panasonic GH3 for sale? NOT!
Just look at this…. This appears to be a sad attempt to rip people off: The 3 pictures of the camera don’t even match! Obviously this is a badly photoshoped GX1. If there is
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More E-M5 full-sized samples from Olympus
Here are some additional samples from Olympus site. These are full-resolution JPEG images. ISO200 (download here): ISO200 (download here): ISO400 with a filter applied (download here): Source: http://olympus-imaging.jp/product/dslr/em5/sample/index.html
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A new hands-on review on Olympus E-M5
ePhotozine has published a hands-on review of Olympus E-M5. This one is one of the best hands-on review of E-M5 published so far by anyone. Source: http://www.ephotozine.com/article/olympus-om-d-e-m5-hands-on-review-18549
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Panasonic GX1 vs Sony Nex 7 for street shooters
Mike Kobal published an article on GX1 vs NEX-7 from street shooter’s perspective. If you are into street photography, check out the source link. Source: http://www.mikekobal.com/blog/?p=3459
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DXOMark tests Panasonic Leica Summilux DG 25mm f/1.4
DXOMark.com has published their test results for Panasonic 25mm f1.4. M43 users would know this already – DXO also confirmed that Panasonic Leica 25mm is an excellent high quality lens through their testing. Their
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