Olympus E-PL5 Pen Camera – Featured User Review

Thanks to Heather S for her Olympus E-PL5 Pen camera user review. Her review was selected as a Featured User Review because it’s well-written with plenty of detail and she represents the perfect Olympus E-PL5 buyer – a point-and-shoot photographer looking to move up to an unintimidating but high-performance interchangeable lens camera. And the E-PL5

Olympus 17mm f/1.8 Micro Four Thirds Lens – Price & Availability Announced

By Photo-John November 15, 2012 Featured Lenses Mirrorless News Olympus

Olympus has added a new, fast prime lens to their Micro Four Thirds lens lineup. The M.Zuiko Digital 17mm f1.8 lens is equivalent to a 34mm lens on a full-frame (35mm) camera, a traditional focal length for photojournalists and street photographers. The new 17mm f/1.8’s Micro Four Thirds lens mount is compatible with Olympus Pen

Olympus Adds 75mm f/1.8 Prime To Micro Four Thirds Lens Lineup

By Photo-John May 29, 2012 Lenses Mirrorless News Olympus

To complement their impressive new OM-D E-M5 camera, and hot on the heels of Panasonic’s 12-35mm f/2.8 zoom lens announcement, Olympus is introducing another fast prime lens for the Micro Four Thirds system. The new M.Zuiko Digital ED 75mm f/1.8 prime lens is equivalent to 150mm on a full-frame digital SLR, making the f/1.8 aperture

Panasonic Announces 12-35mm f/2.8 Pro-Level Micro Four Thirds Zoom Lens

By Photo-John May 21, 2012 Featured Lenses Mirrorless News Panasonic

This is a great announcement for Micro Four Thirds mirrorless camera owners. Panasonic has announced a much-needed addition to the Micro Four Thirds lens options, a fast, fixed-aperture zoom lens. The new Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm/F2.8 Asph./Power O.I.S. zoom lens has a large f/2.8 aperture and the 12-35mm focal length is equivalent to

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Studio Sample Photos

By Photo-John May 07, 2012 Camera Reviews Featured Mirrorless Olympus Samples

My reaction on looking at my first batch of Olympus OM-D E-M5 photos was, “this camera is better than it has any right to be.” I am really amazed by what Olympus has been able to get out of the E-M5’s new 16-megapixel Four Thirds sensor. I assumed we were reaching the point of diminishing

Olympus OM-D E-M5 Hands-On Video Intro

By Photo-John February 11, 2012 Featured Mirrorless News Olympus Videos

There’s a brand new Micro Four Thirds camera in town – the Olympus E-M5. It’s got a built-in electronic viewfinder (EVF) and it’s dust and weather-sealed. Instead of making the E-M5 part of their Pen camera line, Olympus decided to differentiate it and pay tribute to their camera-making heritage by creating a whole new line

Olympus E-P3 Review

By Photo-John November 21, 2011 Camera Reviews Featured Mirrorless Olympus Videos

The Olympus E-P3 is the third-generation flagship camera in the Olympus Pen line of Micro Four Thirds format mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras. It has a 12-megapixel Live MOS sensor, seriously improved auto focus, full HD video, a beautiful OLED (organic light emitting diode) touchscreen display, a solid metal body and pro-level exposure controls. The Olympus

Hands-On With The Panasonic Lumix GF3

By Photo-John November 01, 2011 2011 PhotoPlus Camera Reviews Events Featured Lenses Mirrorless Panasonic

The Panasonic Lumix GF3 camera was announced this June and I believe it’s the smallest interchangeable lens camera Panasonic has ever made. Its part of the Micro Four Thirds partnership between Panasonic and Olympus, who both make compact, interchangeable lens Micro Four Thirds cameras. I finally got a chance to see the GF3 in person

Olympus E-P3 Studio Sample Photos

By Photo-John October 12, 2011 Camera Reviews Featured Mirrorless Olympus Samples

High-resolution studio sample photos taken with the 12-megapixel Olympus E-P3 Pen Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens camera. These tests were shot RAW in aperture priority on a tripod in the PhotographyREVIEW.com studio at ISO 200 through ISO 12,800. They were converted without adjustment to TIFF files with Lightroom 3. The logo, text and graybar were

Olympus E-P3 Pen Super Compact Travel Kit

By Photo-John September 19, 2011 Camera Reviews Featured Lenses Mirrorless Olympus Photography Tips Videos

Traveling with photography equipment is always tricky. Either you sacrifice comfort and convenience for quality or you sacrifice quality and versatility for convenience. International travel with multiple plane changes is even trickier. In the past I’ve traveled with a suitcase, a laptop shoulder bag and a 30-pound camera backpack. If you end up on a

Olympus E-PM1 Pen Camera – First Look

By megan September 06, 2011 Camera Reviews Featured Mirrorless News Olympus

On the eve of Olympus announcing the launch of a new camera in the PEN series, I was given the opportunity to try it out. I and a group of testers were taken behind the scenes at Arthur Ashe Stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, Queens, NY to put the camera through its paces shooting top-tier

Panasonic Announces Two Micro Four Thirds Power Zoom Lenses

By Photo-John September 02, 2011 Lenses Mirrorless News Olympus Panasonic

Panasonic Announces New Micro Four Thirds Power Zoom Lenses

Panasonic made an interesting announcement last week – two new power zoom lenses for their G-Series Micro Four Thirds cameras. I believe these are the first compact system camera lenses with power zoom – usually that’s a point-and-shoot camera feature. The Panasonic LUMIX G X VARIO PZ 45-175mm/F4.0-5.6 ASPH./POWER O.I.S. and the LUMIX G X

Olympus E-PL3 Pen Camera Details And Pricing

By Photo-John July 27, 2011 Featured Mirrorless News Olympus

A few weeks ago Olympus introduced three new Micro Four Thirds Pen cameras, including the E-PL3. Today, they’ve announced that the E-PL3 will be available in September, with a lens, for $699. Like the E-PL1 and E-PL2, the E-PL3 is a smaller more affordable alternative to the flagship E-P3 Pen camera (Olympus E-P3 Pen camera

Olympus E-P3 Pen Camera Alaska Adventure

By megan July 06, 2011 Camera Reviews Featured Mirrorless Olympus

I was recently asked if I wanted to go to Alaska for a few days of techie fun – drive around in an innovative Chevrolet Volt and shoot with the new Olympus E-P3. A new camera and cutting-edge electric car at my disposal? A dream road trip!

Olympus E-P3 Pen Camera Hands-On Intro And Video

By Photo-John June 29, 2011 Camera Reviews Featured Mirrorless News Olympus Videos

Olympus has announced a new flagship Micro Four Thirds Pen camera. The Olympus E-P3 Pen is a solid, metal-bodied camera with a new 12-megapixel sensor, 1920 x 1080 AVCHD video and a new 3-inch OLED touch screen display. Olympus sent me an E-P3 a couple of weeks ago so I could play with it, shoot

Panasonic Lumix GF3 Micro Four Thirds Camera Announced

By Photo-John June 15, 2011 Mirrorless News Panasonic

Panasonic Lumix GF3 Micro Fiour Thirds Camera Announced

Panasonic has a new compact, interchangeable lens Micro Four Thirds camera, the GF3. The Panasonic Lumix GF3 gets many of the features introduced a few weeks ago in the G3 (Panasonic Lumix G3 announcement) but in a smaller package and with a lower resolution 12-megapixel sensor. As far as basic specs, it’s very similar to

Olympus PEN Your Short 48 Hour Film Contest at the 2011 Vail Film Festival

By aquadog February 22, 2011 Contests Events News Olympus

Today, Olympus and the Colorado Film Institute announced the Olympus PEN Your Short 48 Hour Film Contest, which runs from March 31 through April 3. The Olympus PEN Your Short 48 Hour Film Contest will challenge filmmakers to make a film in a 48-hour time period, during the Vail Film Festival. Registration for the contest

75 Years Of Olympus Zuiko Lenses – Plus – Mystery Lens!

By Photo-John February 08, 2011 Events Featured Lenses Mirrorless News Olympus Uncategorized

At the CP+ tradeshow in Japan this week (Feb 9-12, 2011), Olympus will be celebrating 75 years of Zuiko lenses by showing off one of the original Zuiko lens cameras and a model of a new M.Zuiko Micro Four Thirds mystery lens scheduled for later this year. Stop and think about that for second –

Olympus E-PL2 Hands-On Sneak Peek Video

By Photo-John January 11, 2011 2011 CES Camera Reviews Featured Mirrorless News Olympus Uncategorized Videos

Olympus has announced the E-PL2, the second generation of their entry-level E-PL Pen Micro Four Thirds camera. They sent me an E-PL2 a few days ago so I could get to know it and post a hands-on intro when it was announced. Compared to last year’s E-PL1, the Olympus E-PL2 is more of a refinement

Panasonic Lumix GF2 – Touchscreen & Full HD Video

By Photo-John November 04, 2010 Featured Mirrorless News Panasonic Uncategorized

Panasonic has announced the follow-up to their popular Lumix GF1 Micro Four Thirds camera. The new Panasonic Lumix GF2 is smaller and lighter and trades the traditional camera controls found on the GF1 for a more consumer-friendly touchscreen control interface. It appears to use the same 12-megapixel Live MOS sensor as the GF1 but has

Lensbaby Composer with Tilt Transformer for Micro Four Thirds and Sony α NEX Cameras

By aquadog September 21, 2010 2010 Photokina Lenses News Nikon Olympus Panasonic Sony

Today, Lensbaby announced the new Composer with Tilt Transformer creative effects lens for use with Nikon mount lenses on Micro Four Thirds cameras, such as the Panasonic Lumix G Micro system and the Olympus PEN system and Sony α NEX cameras. The Composer with Tilt Transformer gives a photographer control over the size and placement

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 Hybrid Touch-Control Digital Single Lens Micro Camera

By aquadog September 21, 2010 2010 Photokina News Panasonic

Today, Panasonic announced the new Lumix DMC-GH2 hybrid touch-control Digital Single Lens Micro camera that is compatible with the Micro Four Thirds System standard. The Lumix DMC-GH2 features a 16.05-megapixel multi-aspect LIVE MOS sensor, 3D shooting capability with the newly announced Lumix G 12.5mm f/12 lens, a 3.0-inch LCD with Multi Aspect Wide Screen LVF

Three New Panasonic Lumix G Lenses

By aquadog September 21, 2010 2010 Photokina Lenses News Panasonic

Today, Panasonic announced three new lenses for the Lumix G Series cameras on the Micro Four Thirds System standard, the Lumix G 12.5mm f/12, Lumix G 14mm f/2.5 ASPH, and Lumix G Vario 100-300mm f/4.0-5.6 MEGA O.I.S..

Samsung NX100 With In-Lens Camera Controls

By Photo-John September 17, 2010 2010 Photokina Featured News Samsung Uncategorized

This week, Samsung announced a new, compact addition to their NX line of mirrorless, interchangeable lens cameras. The new Samsung NX100 adds to the growing list of digital SLR alternative “EVIL” (Electronic Viewfinder Interchangeable Lens) cameras, which also includes the Panasonic and Olympus Micro Four Thirds system, Sony’s NEX and SLT Alpha lines and Samsung’s

New All Black Olympus E-P2 Pen Camera Kit

By Photo-John August 31, 2010 News Olympus Uncategorized

There’s a sexy new color-coordinated Olympus E-P2 in town! I think the two new Micro Four Thirds lenses are a bigger deal, but the new all black Olympus E-P2 Pen camera kit is getting a lot of buzz. The E-P2 is a compact, 12-megapixel Micro Four Thirds camera with interchangeable lenses, 720p HD video and

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