Micro Four Thirds

18 July 2012 – Panasonic has announced the LUMIX DMC-G5 Micro Four Thirds digital camera. Following on from the G3, the G5 is packed with a raft of new features and updates, including a newly integrated 16.05-megapixel Live MOS sensor and redesigned Venus Engine. You only have to read the many LUMIX G5 reviews on-line to see that [...]

11 July 2012 – Olympus have released firmware v1.2 for the excellent OM-D E-M5 Micro Four Thirds digital camera. Here are the improvements the firmware brings: Improved sleep recovery operation. AF target is indicated when using C-AF+TR while shooting sequential images using Sequential L setting. Added function to automatically move focus to the following zoom [...]

Panasonic has announced it’s latest offering in the compact mirrorless camera sector, in the form of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF5. Along with a redesigned Venus Engine, the GF5′s maximum ISO has been expanded to 12800, and incorporates an AF system that Panasonic claims is the world’s fastest, at just 0.09 seconds. Videographers will be pleased [...]

Olympus announce the Olympus O-MD E-M5 mirrorless interchangeable lens camera. Sporting a 16.05 megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor, a world’s first 5-axis movie and image stabilisation system, Full HD movies, and 9 frames per second continuous  shooting, the Olympus O-MD E-M5 sets out to compete with Sony’s Nex-7. [...]