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Olympus E-P3 Pen Camera Hands-On Intro And Video
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 […]
Read More »Gary Fong Puffer Flash Diffuser Review
By Photo-John
Accessory Reviews Featured Mirrorless News Olympus Panasonic Photography Tips Studio & Lighting
Gary Fong has announced a flash diffuser called the Gary Fong Micro Four Thirds Puffer Pop-Up Flash Diffuser. It has a plastic frame that slides into the Olympus Pen and Panasonic Lumix GF Micro Four Thirds camera hot shoe and places a white plastic diffuser in front of the flash. Besides diffusing light from the […]
Read More »Think Tank Retrospective 5 Bag For Micro Four Thirds Cameras
Think Tank Photo has a new camera bag designed especially for Micro Four Thirds and rangefinder camera systems. The Think Tank Retrospective 5 shoulder bag can carry a complete Micro Four Thirds or rangefinder camera system or a digital SLR with a couple of extra lenses. The throwback canvas styling of Think Tank’s Retrospective camera […]
Read More »My Red Carpet Photography Experience
I shot the red carpet. Well, actually it was yellow. It wasn’t the Academy Awards or anything that glamorous but it was my first taste of that kind of mob scene – although on a much smaller scale. Olympus invited me to attend the Vail Film Festival with them and one of the things they […]
Read More »Olympus 75-300mm Micro Four Thirds Zoom Lens Review
One of my favorite things about the Olympus Four Thirds digital SLR system is their 70-300mm zoom lens. Now there’s Micro Four Thirds version for the Pen system cameras, the Olympus 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 ED MSC zoom lens. I was in Vail, Colorado with Olympus last week, playing with their camera gear and one of the […]
Read More »Hands-On With The Olympus Tough TG-610 Waterproof Camera
I’m at the Vail Film Festival with Olympus and they’ve given me their latest waterproof, shockproof camera to play with, the 14-megapixel Olympus Tough TG-610. Apparently this is one of the first available working models so I figured it would be cool to get a little quickie hands-on article and video posted (see below). The […]
Read More »Olympus SZ-30MR Super-Zoom Digital Camera
Today, Olympus announced the new SZ-30MR super-zoom digital camera. The SZ-30MR includes a 25-600mm (35mm equivalent) 24x wide optical zoom + 4x digital zoom lens that can capture 16-megapixel still images and 1080p Full HD video at the same time with Olympus’ new Multi-Recording mode. The Multi-Recording mode also uses the dual TruePic III+ Image […]
Read More »Olympus Tough TG-810 Rugged Camera With GPS
There’s a new rugged outdoor camera in the Olympus TG “Tough” camera family. The new 14-megapixel Olympus Tough TG-810 camera is waterproof, shockproof, crushproof and freezeproof. It can capture 720p HD video, 3D still photos and it has nine Magic Filters that work for still photos and movies. But what really sets it apart from […]
Read More »Olympus PEN Your Short 48 Hour Film Contest at the 2011 Vail Film Festival
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 […]
Read More »Olympus XZ-1 Camera Studio Sample Photos
The new Olympus XZ-1 is one of the coolest new compact cameras to be introduced this year. It’s got a super-fast f/1.8 Zuiko zoom lens, RAW, manual exposure and the same accessory port as the Olympus Pen cameras. I got a pre-production XZ-1 from Olympus so I could have an article and video posted when […]
Read More »75 Years Of Olympus Zuiko Lenses – Plus – Mystery Lens!
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 – […]
Read More »Olympus SZ-10 Ultra-Zoom Digital Camera
Today, Olympus announced the new SZ-10 ultra-zoom digital camera that is packed with features all in a slim, lightweight body. The SZ-10 features 14-megapixels, a 28-504mm wide-angle lens with 18x ultra-zoom, 3D Photo mode, a 3.0-inch LCD, 720p HD video recording, TruePic III+ Image Processor, Dual Image Stabilization, Magic Art Filters and Magic Filter Movie […]
Read More »Olympus VR-320 Digital Camera
Today, Olympus announced the new VR-320 compact digital camera. The VR-320 features 14-megapixels, a 24mm-300mm equivalent 12.5x extra-wide-angle optical zoom lens, a 3.0-inch LCD, 720p HD video recording, Dual Image Stabilization, AF Tracking, Shadow Adjustment Technology, Magic Art Filters including Pop Art, Pin Hole, Fish-Eye, Soft Focus, Drawing, Sparkle and Punk, Face Detection of up […]
Read More »Olympus VG-110 Digital Camera
Today, Olympus announced the new VG-110 compact and affordable digital camera. The VG-110 features 12-megapixels, a 26mm 4x wide-angle zoom lens, a 2.7-inch LCD, AVI movie recording, Dual Image Stabilization, AF Tracking, Perfect Fix in-camera editing, Magic Art Filters including Pop Art, Pin Hole, Fish-Eye, Soft Focus, Drawing, Sparkle and Punk, Face Detection of up […]
Read More »Olympus XZ-1 Premium Compact Camera Preview Video
Olympus steps up to the premium compact camera plate with their new XZ-1 camera. The Olympus XZ-1 digital camera is designed to compete with high-end compact cameras like the Canon PowerShot G12, Nikon Coolpix P7000 and the Panasonic Lumix LX5. To do that it has a large, 1/1.63-inch 10-megapixel sensor, a 4x f/1.8 iZuiko zoom […]
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