The GH5 got announced and it’s a video camera beast!

Oh boy Panasonic surely know how a real “hybrid camera” should be made! You can preorder the $1,999 beast at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama and Panasonic US.

And these are all the review links copied and pasted from 43rumors.com:

GH5 Reviews:
First impression review at Dpreview /// Press text at 43rumors /// Panasonic GH5 interview at Cinema5D /// Cameras.reviewed /// Hands-on with the GH5 at Dpreview /// GH5 review at CameraJabber /// Jacobjamesphotography.co.uk /// Panasonic GH5 Hands-on at Cinema5D /// Presentation at ALC /// Hands-on at ParkCameras /// 8 Things You may have missed at Photogearnews /// Toma de contact at DSLRmagazine /// First impressions at ThePhoBlographer ///

Videos:
Panasonic LUMIX GH5 Product Overview /// Panasonic Lumix GH5 4K 50/60p Test Footage – Japan by Steve Clarey /// Introducing Panasonic LUMIX GH5 /// Panasonic LUMIX GH5 4K 60P Video “HAND-CUT” by Griffin Hammond /// Panasonic LUMIX GH5 Shooting Impression by Griffin Hammond /// Panasonic LUMIX GH5 Shooting Impression by Daniel Berehulak /// Panasonic LUMIX GH5 Shooting Impression by Ross Grieve /// Hands-on by ParkCameras /// Panasonic Lumix GH5: toma de contacto /// Panasonic GH5 Newsshooter interview /// Panasonic Lumix GH5 – First Look ///
Panasonic GH5 First Look + Menu Run-Thru /// First look at the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-GH5 with Nick Driftwood /// First Look: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH5 /// Panasonic Lumix GH5 | Hands-on Preview /// Preproduction Panasonic GH5 vs. Panasonic GH4: Sensor Test /// Panasonic GH5 – In Depth Specs & an Interview with Panasonic ///

Sigma could finally go “serious” with video mode on their cameras

Cinema5D posted that video interview with Sigma CEO Yamaki:

Here is a rundown of questions asked in this interview:

  • 00:17 – How was it to grow-up in a house with an enthusiastic father? (Mr. Michihiro Yamaki established the company in 1961 and passed away in 2012, at the age of 78).
  • 01:29 – Can you please share with our audience your daily routine?
  • 03:14 – How do you prioritise which mount and lenses to make?
  • 04:01 – How easy was the decision to start making the Art line of high-quality lenses?
  • 05:27 – In the past, Sigma lenses were considered affordable. Then you decided to hit the upper end of the market. What was the reason?
  • 06:53 – In such a crowded market, Sigma is producing a high-quality stills camera that does not offer any video functionality. Why is that?
  • 07:51 – Are you able to keep good sales is a declining market?
  • 09:07 – Why did you decide to produce cine lenses?
  • 09:57 – Where did people go? Why aren’t they buying lenses anymore?
  • 10:26 – What would be your dream zoom lens?

The Relounch costs $99 per month and has only one button and no LCD screen

 

Well this is certainly a weird way of trying to make money on cameras: Relounch (website here) offers a subscription service which costs $99 per month. For that you get a camera with one button only(!) and a photo development service:

At Relonch, we understand that you shouldn’t be forced to deal with a bunch of hassles to get the remarkable photos you want. We’ve replaced the traditional Chain of Pain with a single small round button. With Relonch, you get:

  1. An image capture device that is perfectly pre-configured with a large sensor and the right lens
  2. Pictured Technology – a different approach to photo development that applies the best settings for each object in the photo and takes lighting conditions into account.

Only this technology ensures that you get remarkable photos with just one click.

 

Hasselblad CEO apologizes for the X1D shipment delay and gives extra 6 months free warranty on the camera!

Luminous Landscape had a chat with Hasselblad CEO. We finally got an answer about why the camera shipment has been delayed multiple times:

Hasselblad had the problem of how to ramp up manufacturing, and how to fix issues in firmware so they wouldn’t deliver a camera that was buggy.  And, to complicate things even worse, there was the Kumamoto earthquake that severely hit many Japanese camera makers as well as the Sony chip plant. 
He (CEO Perry Oosting) certainly wishes to apologize to those that have ordered cameras and wants to reassure everyone that the team at Hasselblad is working very hard to get orders out the door. He knows they should have been more transparent and wanted me to express this to those that read this.  They need to and will do a better job in the future.

But at last the cameras are shipping:

As of today, Hasselblad is now shipping cameras with version 1 firmware.  This shipping firmware has some things added since the early firmware, and many people will enjoy these, like Auto-White Balance and especially the ability to select from 30 AF points. They feel the majority of shipments will begin in January with higher quantities of product. Hasselblad will offer anyone who ordered an X1D in 2016 an extra six months of warranty as a way saying Thank You and We Are Sorry.

And Dpreview started testing the camera and writes:

The samples I shot with it demonstrate that we have some great resolution and dynamic range to look forward to. With such a large sensor, and the ability 50 million pixels gives for magnification, there is little room for focusing error, but the amount of detail that it is possible to record is fantastic.
The dynamic range also allows for plenty exposure latitude and curves adjustments before tones begin to separate and before noise becomes an issue.
I don’t know if Hasselblad has finished tuning the sensor’s color, but I have been very happy with skin tones and the way a wide range of shades have been rendered.

Preorder the camera at BHphoto (Click here).