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Metabones introduces Nikon G-type Speed Booster for NEX and Micro Four Thirds

04 Jul

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Metabones has introduced Nikon G-type versions of its Speed Booster lens adapter for Micro Four Thirds and Sony NEX cameras, which include a control ring for aperture setting with lenses that don’t have aperture rings of their own. The Speed Booster itself is a lens adapter that that reduces the focal length by a factor of 0.71x, and increases the maximum aperture by 1 stop, effectively allowing lenses to give very similar angle of view and depth of field control on APS-C mirrorless cameras as they do on full frame. The Nikon G-type adapters are available to buy now for $ 429 from Metabones’ website. 

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Olympus launches PEN E-P5 high-end Wi-Fi enabled Micro Four Thirds model

10 May

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Olympus has announced the PEN E-P5, the fourth in its range of enthusiast-targeted, rangefinder-style Micro Four Thirds cameras. The E-P5 takes the 16MP sensor that has appeared in the company’s other models and adds a five-axis image stabilization system and shutter capable of shooting at 1/8000th of a second amongst a host of tweaks and feature improvements. The camera will available from May at around $ 1,000/€1000. The company has also announced black versions of its 17mm, 45mm and 75mm F1.8 prime lenses, priced the same as their silver counterparts. There is also a 2.4M dot LCD electronic viewfinder, the VF-4.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Metabones delays shipment of ‘Speed Booster’ for Micro Four Thirds

13 Apr

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Metabones has announced the schedule for the Micro Four Thirds version of its innovative ‘Speed Booster’ lens adapter has slipped to the second half of 2013. Like the existing version for mounting Canon EF lenses on Sony NEX cameras, the forthcoming version will allow the use of full-frame lenses, reducing the focal length by a factor of 0.71x and increases the maximum aperture by 1 stop. The Micro Four Thirds version will give a 1.4x overall ‘crop’ – giving a similar field of view to APS-C stills cameras and the Super35mm video format.(via 43rumors)

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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SLR Magic releases Monster Lens II spotting scope for Micro Four Thirds

28 Mar

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SLR Magic has announced its Monster Lens II spotting scope for Micro Four Third cameras. The optic mounts directly on the camera body, allowing users to shoot distant images, commonly referred to as ‘digiscoping’. The 12-36×50 ED lens gives an equivalent optical zoom range of 840-2,520mm and aims to keep image quality high with extra-low dispersion optics and multi-coated glass elements. It will be available in June 2013 at a suggested retail price of $ 799. Click through to to read more.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Olympus’ Toshi Terada discusses the future of Four Thirds and compacts

02 Feb

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The long wait for the next generation of cameras for Four Thirds may soon be over, suggests Olympus’ Toshi Terada, Manager, Product Planning SLR products. He also discusses the role the OM-D has played in increasing uptake of mirrorless cameras in the USA and the future of compact cameras now that smartphones have become many users’ cameras of choice.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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CP+ 2013 – Micro Four Thirds lenses from Tamron and Olympus

31 Jan

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CP+ 2013: Tamron is showing off it newly-announced 14-150mm F3.5-5.8 Di III VC, stabilized superzoom lens for Micro Four Thirds, while Olympus has a revised version of its 75-300mm F4.8-6.7. While Tamron hasn’t yet announced the price or availability of the 14-150mm, the prototype it has on display is working and the company gave us a hint about how much it will charge.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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Tamron develops 14-150mm F/3.5-5.8 VC for Micro Four Thirds

30 Jan

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Tamron has announced that it’s developing an image stabilised superzoom lens for Micro Four Thirds cameras. The 14-150mm F/3.5-5.8 Di III VC (Model C001) is poised to become the first third-party zoom for the system, and will offer a 28-300mm equivalent focal length range. It uses the company’s Vibration Control (VC) system to counteract hand-shake, and a stepper motor for fast and silent autofocus. The lens will also feature a metal barrel and be available in a black or silver finish. Price and availibility are still to be confirmed.

News: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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JK Imaging, Blackmagic Design and others confirmed as joining Micro Four Thirds

22 Jan

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Olympus has issued a press release confirming JK Imaging and four other companies have formally signed-up to the Micro Four Thirds standard. JK Imaging announced last week that it would be offering MFT cameras under the Kodak brand. Australian company Blackmagic Design, which already offers a movie camera with a passive Micro Four Thirds mount and is rumored to be working on a fully compliant version, also joins. The other three signatories are less consumer-facing.

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Kodak licensee shows off Micro Four Thirds camera in China

19 Jan

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Just a week after announcing it was licensing the Kodak brand name, JK Imaging has been showing a Micro Four Thirds camera at a press conference in China. Details are vague but the camera, reported to be called the S1, does appear to be sporting the official Micro Four Thirds logo. The camera, which will offer Wi-Fi for communication with smartphones, is said to be based around a Sony CMOS sensor. (via PetaPixel)

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Zeiss announces recent 135mm F2 and 15mm F2.8 for Micro Four Thirds

09 Nov

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Carl Zeiss has said it will offer its recently-announced Apo Sonnar T* 2/135 and Distagon T* 2.8/15 in the Micro Four Thirds mount. We suspect some of the people willing to spend the $ 2000 and $ 2950 these lenses command will also have DSLR systems, and will continue to buy these lenses in Nikon (ZF.2) or Canon (ZE) mount and adapt them to Micro Four Thirds, but it’s a positive move to see the mount being natively supported.

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