Panasonic and Olympus — now OM System — jointly announced the Micro Four Thirds System standard in 2008. Since then, it has grown to more than 60 members, and it’s still growing. Lensmaker Guangdong Sirui Optical Co., Ltd. is the newest member of the standards group. Commonly known as “Sirui,” the optics company promises to … Read more
A pair of Canada geese (Branta canadensis) with their goslings May is a time of significant change across much of the northeast. There are newborn baby animals, unusual visitors, and much growth. There are no baby loons yet — it’s too early for them to have been born — but the adults have built a … Read more
Venus Optics has announced a pair of new Laowa cinema zoom lenses. The Laowa OOOM 14-60mm T2.9 MFT Cine and 20-85mm T4 S35 Cine lenses are available in Micro Four Thirds and PL mount, respectively, and promise high-end cine zoom performance at an affordable price. Each zoom offers a zoom range of just over 4.2x, … Read more
Logitech’s Mevo Core — which was teased last week — is a new $999 interchangeable lens camera that uses the Micro Four Thirds standard to deliver high-quality streaming and on-device 4K capture for up to six straight hours. Designed for those already interested in — or already using — Logitech’s Mevo system, the Core dramatically … Read more
Logitech appears poised to announce a new interchangeable lens streaming camera under its Mevo line next week that uses the Micro Four Thirds mount. The Mevo system is now a few years old and was Logitech’s launch into the streaming video space directly. Billed as a way to make what is typically complex and expensive … Read more
One of the main advantages of Micro Four Thirds is that the cameras and lenses can be much smaller because the sensor is more compact. It is seen by some as odd, then, that the G9 Mark II is so physically large; or at least as large as Panasonic’s full-frame S5II. Speaking to PetaPixel during … Read more
This past week, the PetaPixel team came across an opinion on another photography blog that we didn’t think was fair. In short, it argued that all “small sensor cameras suck,” which is just not true. The opinion hinges on a couple main points: small sensor cameras (specifically APS-C and Micro Four Thirds) feel cheap compared … Read more
The OM-1 Mark II has landed with more of a whimper than a bang. It’s a great camera but there’s not much new about it. However, the rush to pass judgment on what the lack of novel features means for the future of OM System and Micro Four Thirds at large is premature. When Olympus … Read more
OM System may have only announced one lens last year, but it’s starting 2024 much stronger with two new Micro Four Thirds offerings: a 9-18mm f/4-5.6 II and the 150-600mm f/5-6.3 IS. The two new lenses sit at opposite sides of OM System’s lens lineup, with the former coming in at an 18-36mm wide-angle full … Read more
OM Digital Solutions Corporation has unveiled the OM System OM-1 Mark II. The successor to 2022’s OM-1 flagship camera includes everything that made the OM-1 “the best Micro Four Thirds camera ever made,” but the “Mark II” moniker doesn’t include the substantial upgrades photographers may be expecting. There have been no changes to the camera’s … Read more