Panasonic's development of the four-thirds sensor format (17x13mm approx.) continues apace with the DMC -G1 and its HD video endowed sibling, the GH1. Both cameras are fitted with the latest LIVEMos sensor developed by Panasonic in partnership with Olympus Optical Co Ltd.


1. The new Olympus Micro Four Thirds camera E-P1. The company promises further developments for this format and one can hope there might be an all black version, preferably in Urushi lacquer.

Thus far, products from both companies deliver an extraordinary level of equipment and image sophistication for their sensor size, although it is apparent that both also arrive at visibly different levels of image aesthetic and technical quality.


2. This was made on the Panasonic G1 at approximately four times life size using an old Visoflex mirror box, a set of M bellows and the lens head from of an Elmarit f/2.8 90mm (first launched in 1959.). The image is exceptionally micro-detailed and sharp right in the centre of the full size image.

I have limited experience of exploring files from Olympus kit. It includes hands-on an OM e400 and subsequent screen use and printing from that model; handling and inspection of large scale prints (A2) out of an e3 and whenever possible, assessing mechanical print reproduction of OM digital files from the earliest days of the e10 through...

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span style="font-weight: bold;"Another recent rummage through the shelves of used bookshops - which, incidentally, seem to be diminishing in number around these parts - turned up another collection of Cowboy pictures; that's if you can call a few pages devoted to the subject a collection./spanbr /br /This notwithstanding, the book in which they feature was something of a find for several reasons.br /br /Entitled, span style="font-weight: bold;"America, I love You,/span the author, the Swiss dentist and amateur photographer Milan Schijatschky, takes the reader on an extravagent pictorial tour of the USA; a selection of photographs edited from his several trips by car, coach and train criss crossing North America over several years.br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kbF8SbLANHc/SdpWs0-xNUI/AAAAAAAAA2U/17yVXhOOk8s/s1600-h/1_MILAN_BOOK_525.JPG"img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 151px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_kbF8SbLANHc/SdpWs0-xNUI/AAAAAAAAA2U/17yVXhOOk8s/s200/1_MILAN_BOOK_525.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321661237827810626" border="0" //abr /br /span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" Another great find! Milan Schijatschky's America, I Love You./spanbr /br /The book is in landscape format, about A3 plus in size. That means a double page spread is A2. Printed and published in 1988 with film separations and litho work on semi gloss paper in Germany, the book showcases some excellent repro becoming available at the time.br /br /a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kbF8SbLANHc/SdpWtFI5kUI/AAAAAAAAA2c/miM7BVp9os4/s1600-h/2_COWBOYS_1_566.JPG"img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 106px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kbF8SbLANHc/SdpWtFI5kUI/AAAAAAAAA2c/miM7BVp9os4/s200/2_COWBOYS_1_566.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5321661242165268802" border="0" //abr /span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" br /Just a few pages, but worth a look. The 50mm SMC Pentax lens has been added to give an idea of page size./spanbr /br /But more fascinating perhaps for some, will be the fact that a high...

Here’s what’s really been hot this year as far as digital cameras and photography books go. We start with DSLRs... Popular Digital SLRS Canon EOS 50D 15.1MP Digital SLR (pictured right) Nikon D90 DX 12.3MP Digital SLR Canon EOS 5D 12.8 MP Digital SLR Nikon D60 10.2MP Digital SLR Canon Digital Rebel XSi 12.2 MP Digital SLR Olympus Evolt E510 10MP Nikon D80 10.2MP Digital SLR Canon Digital Rebel XT 8MP Digital SLR Pentax K200D 10.2MP Digital SLR Nikon...

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bybr /span style="font-weight: bold;"Jonathan Eastland/spanbr /br /Photokina 2008 is almost upon us once more and there is much talk in the wings of how silly some manufacturers who have invested heavily in recent times into the production of special glass for the smaller APS-C type sensors are beginning to look now that a href="http://nikoncameras.ajaxnetphoto.com/"Nikon/a is ramping up its full frame programme.br /br /It hardly seems likely a company like Nikon is about to dump its DX line and focus all attention on FX. Enthusiasts and many pros are more than satisfied with the image quality the smaller sensor delivers and many also prefer the slightly less bulky hardware designs of the DX systems. With new models for this format being introduced now (D90), the speculative scenario seems way off track.br /br /What I find more curious is the recent announcement from a href="http://olympus.ajaxnetphoto.com/"Olympus/a and a href="http://lumixcameras.ajaxnetphoto.com/"Panasonic/a concerning their micro-four thirds system aimed, it seems, squarely at capturing a segment of the market that does not want to be encumbered by hardware that will not fit into a handbag. The companies involved are going down this road because they can and no doubt the tactic will, in the short to medium term, jack up additional and much needed sales.br /br /In the past, I have been sorely tempted on occasion by the innovative design of Panasonic's L1 camera (aka Leica Digilux 3) and although in the several tests I made of both models the 25mm f/1.4 Leica designed lens used produced...

New Digital Single Lens Reflex camera's from Pentax and Samsung on the way soon.



On the left, possible version of the Pentax K200D.
On the right, Samsung GX20 supposedly a variation of the 14mp Pentax K20D.
Both due to be announced Jan 24th 2008

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