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The Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 30mm F3.5 Macro is a new design that claims to provide good performance and 1.25x magnification without too much price. We took it out for a little shooting and found, even handheld, it produces some pleasing results. Our first impressions are very good, with the bokeh and sharpness both being a nice surprise.

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The new Olympus 25mm F1.2 is a ground-up design where Olympus engineers aimed to build the perfect lens. Quick autofocus and new coatings are certainly a plus, but how good is 'perfect'? We took the new prime out to try and find out.

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E-PL8 Key Specifications
  • 16MP Four Thirds CMOS sensor
  • 8 fps continuous shooting
  • 3-axis image stabilization
  • Tilting 1.04M-dot touchscreen LCD
  • 8.5Wh battery
  • Built-in Wi-Fi
  • Enhanced controls for shooting self-portraits

The E-PL8 valiantly takes place at the bottom of Olympus' Micro Four Thirds lineup, though don't assume that it's low-end. It replaces the E-... more

Fujifilm made a bombshell announcement in the camera world today by officially revealing the development of its new medium format mirrorless camera. The GFX 50S, the first camera in the new GFX line, is a 51.4 megapixel medium format mirrorless camera.

The new camera, which has been rumored since June, “will deliver... more

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Fujifilm is getting (back) into medium-format. A major player in the days of film, Fujifilm has announced its first medium-format digital camera, the GFX 50S. The camera is built around a new 'G mount' that will include zoom as well as prime lenses.

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Sony today announced its new a99 II, a full frame single lens translucent (SLT) camera. With rumors of the A-... more

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It was all the way back at CES in January when Nikon first unveiled the KeyMission 360, a shockproof and waterproof spherical 360-degree action camera. Now Nikon is... more

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Sony has announced the a99 II, an 42MP A-mount SLT camera to mark the tenth anniversary of the Alpha series. It features 5-axis image stabilization and 4K video capture with no pixel binning. The camera will sell for $3200/3600, body only, when it... more

Key Specifications
  • 20MP Four Thirds sensor
  • 3" 1.04M-dot touchscreen LCD
  • 81 Point Contrast Detect AF system rated to -4EV
  • Touch to focus and one touch image capture
  • 5fps continuous shooting
  • 4K/30P video recording capability
  • Built in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth LE

This is unexpected: The YI M1, a 20MP Micro Four Thirds mirrorless... more

YI, or Young Innovators, is a China-based company that has already made its mark in the action cam market, earning a recommendation in our recent roundup. But it clearly has ambitions beyond this and has announced its entry into the consumer based compact ILC market.

YI has introduced the M1- a mirrorless ILC with 20MP Sony designed CMOS sensor that boasts Raw capability in the form of DNG output... more

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