Olympus EM10 II Mirrorless Camera

Olympus EM10 II is an upgrade of the EM10 model.  It is a micro 4/3 camera.  The camera was announced on August 25, 2016.   The canera features a updated design with a new 2,360K dots OLED EVF with new touch capabilities on the swiveling 3-inch screen, a 16 Megapixel 4/3 MOS sensor and enhanced 5 axis stabilization. The viewfinder is bigger than the old model.  It can now shoot at 4 frames per second with autofocus.  It has full HD 1080p video recording at 60 fps.  Wifi is also included. The kit lens is M.ZUIKO ED 14-42mm F3.5-5.6 EZ Lens.

Panasonic GX8 Mirrorless Camera

Panasonic GX7 micro 4/3 mirrorless camerafeatures: 20.3MP Digital Live MOS Sensor, Venus Engine Image Processor, Tilting 2.36m-Dot 0.77x OLED EVF, 3.0" 1.04m-Dot Vari-Angle Touchscreen, 4K UHD Video Recording at 30/24 fps, Built-In Wi-Fi Connectivity with NFC, 10 fps Shooting with AF-S and ISO 25600, DFD AF System, 4K Photo Modes.

Panasonic G7 Mirrorless Camera

Panasonic micro 4/3 mirrorless camera features a 16 MP live MOS sensor, Venus Engine 9 Image processor with 2.36m-Dot OLED Viewfinder.  In addition, the camera incorporates 3.0" 1.04m-dot free-angle touchscreen, 4K UHD video recording at 30/24 fps, built-In WiFi connectivity, up to 8 fps shooting with AF & ISO 25600 and DFD AF system, 4K photo modes.  The include kit lens is a 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 II MEGA O.I.S. lens.

Panasonic GF7 Mirrorless Camera

Panasonic just announces the micro 4/3 GF7 camera. It is designed for the popular selfie.  The LCD can flip up facing the photography object. It features16MP live MOS sensor, Venus Engine Image Processor, 3.0" 1040K-dot touch Screen LCD, built-in WiFi, with Lumix Vario 12-32mm F/3.5-5.6 lens.  It can capture 1080 video.

Panasonic LX100 Micro 4/3 Non Interchangeable Lens Camera

Panasonic LX100 micro 4/3 non-changeable lens camera was just announced which incorporated 16.8MP 4/3" Multi-Aspect MOS Sensor with Leica DC Vario-Summilux f/1.7-2.8 zoom Lens 24-75mm (35mm Equivalent). The electronic viewfinder has 2,764k-Dot.  The camera is built with 3.0" 921k-Dot Rear LCD Screen.  The video can take 4K Ultra HD Video at 30/24 fps in MP4 and full HD video at 60fps in MP4 or AVCHD. It has a manual control rings and dials which provides  control of aperture, zoom, while dials on the top of the camera provides access to shutter speed and exposure compensation.   Built-in Wi-Fi Connectivity with NFC is one of the features.  There is no built in flash but external flash Included.

The upcoming release of the new Olympus OM-D camera

The upcoming release of the new Olympus OM-D camera senior. News from multiple sources, Olympus's upcoming release new camera is an advanced Olympus OM-D camera.  It is reported that the camera is not only not the successor of model E-M5 but its specifications and price are higher than E-M5

Olympus E-PL6 Announced

E-PL6 is announced to replace the E-PL5.  Basic Specifications is  almost identical E-PL5, carrying 16.1 million M4 / 3 Live MOS sensor, TruePic VI image processor, TruePic VI image processor with 3-inch 460,000 pixel flip-touch LCD. Only minor functionally equivalent E-P5, expected to be released in late June in Japan. Its  key Specifications included:

     16100000 M4 / 3 Live MOS sensor
     TruePic VI image processor
     35 District FAST AF focusing system
     324 division ESP metering
     8 shooting speed
     ISO200-25600
     60s-1/4000 shutter speed
     1920X1080 @ 30p, MOV / AVI file format
     MPEG-4/H.264 encoding formats, stereo radio
     3-inch 460,000 pixel flip-LCD (up to 170 degrees, down 65 degrees)
     SD / SDHC / SDXC (supports UHS-1, Eye-Fi)
     BLS-6 Lithium Battery
     Number of shots 360
     Weight 279g
     110.5x63.7x38.2mm
     Silver / White / Black / Red

E-PL6 Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camera

New functions substantially improved from the OLYMPUS PEN Lite E-PL5, such as "Short Release Time Lag mode'', "ISO LOW setting'', "Interval shooting'', "Time Lapse movies'' and "Level Guide''.

Inexpensive Large Aperture CCTV Lens Can Takes Stunning Effect Pictures on a Micro 4/3 Camera or Mirroless Interchangeable Lens Camera

CCTV lens is used on the CCTV security camera.  It can be used on a Micro 4/3 camera with stunning effect.  The CCTV lens is inexpensive and you can get it for around US$15 or up from eBay.  The most popular one is the 35mm F1.7 and the 25mm F1.4.  In order to mount on a micro 4/3 camera, you need a c mount adapter made for the micro 4/3 camera.

25mm CCTV Lens

35mm CCTV Lens

25 mm F1.4 Hands On

 

 

 

28mm CCTV Lens Sample Picture

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35mm F1.7 Hands On

35mm  CCTV Lens Sample Picture

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Using Old Lens on Olympus or Panasonic Micro 4/3 Cameras

An adapter can be used to mount the old Olympus film camera lens (i.e. OM Zuiko lens) or other brand to a micro 4/3 digital camera body. This kind of adapters are available in eBay for around US$10 or up. Since the micro 4/3 camera has a factor of 2, the legacy lens mounted on it double the focal length of the legacy lens. Adapting larger format legacy lens to smaller format sensors (i.e 35mm to micro 4/3) provides excellent edge-to-edge sharpness. The smaller image field helps minimize the effects of lens distortion and aberration by using the 'sweet spot' or center of the larger lens image circle.

OM Lens to Micro 4/3 Mirrorless Interchangeable Lens Camaera Adapter

Micro 4/3 Camera with Legacy Lens

Sample Picture Link of using OM 50mm F1.8 Lens

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