Scott and Marco discuss these new products and mirrorless topics on this episode of the Photofocus #Mirrorless Show:
- Panasonic announced the price and availability of the Lumix DC-GH5. It will be available for US-$1999 at the end of March 2017 and Scott has ordered one to compare it to His Olympus OM-D EM 1 II.
- Panasonic has also announced four updated lenses. The updated lenses are:
- LUMIX G X VARIO 12-35mm F2.8 II ASPH. POWER O.I.S. (H-HSA12035) ($1000)
- LUMIX G X VARIO 35-100mm F2.8 II POWER O.I.S. (H-HSA35100) ($1100)
- LUMIX G VARIO 45-200mm F4.0-5.6 II POWER O.I.S. (H-FSA45200) ($450)
- LUMIX G VARIO 100-300mm F4.0-5.6 II POWER O.I.S. (H-FSA100300) ($650)
- The 12-35 F2.8 II and the 35-100 F2.8 II both start shipping in March. The 45-200 F4.0-5.6 II and the 100-300mm F4.0-5.6 start shipping in February.
- Fujifilm has announced the X-Pro 2 and X-T2 Graphite Editions. The X-Pro 2 graphite edition comes with a graphite color coated body and an XF 23mm f2 plus lens hood kit in graphite for US-$2299. The X-T2 graphite ships with a graphite color coated body for US-$1799.
- Fujifilm announced the new little brother of the X-T2 the X-T20. The X-T20 has a 24 MPix X-Trans sensor and advanced AF-system of the X-T2.It can shoot 4K UHD video at 30 fps. It also gains a tilting touchscreen LCD ( the X-T2 does not have a touchscreen). The Fujifilm X-T20 will be available in late February and will cost US-$900.
- Fujifilm also announced the fourth generation of their X100 fixed lens compact camera. The X100F has the same 24 MPix sensor that can also be found on the X-Pro 2. It also gains more AF-Points (increased from 49 to 91) and it also has the ISO-Dial and AF-Point selection joystick that can also be found on the X-Pro 2. But weather sealing, a tilting LCD or touch control screen still did not make it into the fourth version of this camera… The X100F will cost US-$1299 or €1399.
- Fujifilm has also announced the price and availability of the GFX 50S mirrorless medium format camera. The Fujifilm GFX 50S is expected to be in stores in late February 2017 and the price for the body will be US-$6500.
- Marco had the opportunity to test the recently announced Leica M10. Leica goes back to the roots with this “real rangefinder” camera and streamlined the size, functions and button layout, while improving the quality of the 24 MPix full frame sensor. Marco really likes this new M10 that costs US-$6595.
- As promised, Scott shares his real world experiences after a month and a half in the field with the Olympus OM-D EM1 II. Do all those great specs actually work in the field to make this a serious competitor to the big DSLR’s?
- We have a Photofocus Mirrorless Flickr group that is open to our listeners and photos taken with all mirrorless camera brands. If you want to join just let us know through the “request invitation” button on the group and drop us a quick line there. We’ll add you to the group then. And please ask for the invite via the web browser and not via the Flickr App. The invite process via the app has not been working reliably.
- We have picked our monthly featured photographer and image from our Photofocus Mirrorless group. Our monthly Photofocus Mirrorless feature photo and photographer of the month is: Dominick with his image “Untitled”.
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About this show:
On the monthly #Mirrorless episode of the Photofocus podcast, Scott and Marco will discuss the news from the mirrorless camera world related to innovations, trends, gear and accessories. And they will introduce mirrorless camera manufacturers by interviewing the respective managers of those manufacturers. And they invite pro photographers who make their living working with mirrorless cameras to share some tips and tricks on their workflow.
I would like Panasonic to provide an option between the G85 and GH5 both in price and performance. 20mp, 8fps, weather sealed with USB tethering. Does not need all the video features but a bump up from G85. Sort of a GH5 light.
Hi Jon, that is an interesting suggestion. I will forward your suggestion next time when I talk to a Panasonic manager. Leica has just thrown the video function out of the new M10 to keep it a simple photographers camera. I wonder if Panasonic would do the same on a new camera model given their strength in video and the growing demand for photographers to offer photo and video production at the same time…
I was not asking for a stills only camera like the Leica, just a smaller video feature set than the GH5, but a bit more than their lower offerings. I do mostly stills, but some video work and I would want to get very good video too.
Hey guy’s. Enjoyed the podcast. We are so spoiled with all the great camera gear we have these days. :) Thanks for selecting my image. I am not sure why it showed up as untitled? I did title it on my Flickr page as ” Reflections in Fog” Thanks again and thanks for all the work you do on the podcasts!
Dominick