In an interview published by Asahi, Setsuya Kataoka, the Chief Technology Officer of OM Digital Solutions says that they plan to launch “many” products in the next year including one that will come either towards the end of 2021 or in early 2022 that will make us go “Wow”. The company once again reaffirmed their commitment to the Micro Four Thirds system, and we might even see a PEN-FII. The interview also speaks a little about the name of the cameras themselves....

A new lens manufacturer, Omnar Lenses, has just introduced its very first product. The Omnar CN26-6 is a 26mm f/6 fixed-aperture lens for Leica M-mount, and it has an interesting twist. It gives a new life to the old Canon AF-10 point-and-shoot camera by using its optics. The Omnar CN26-6 is a rangefinder coupled from 0.67m to infinity and optionally can have uncoupled focusing down to ~0.3m. It’s a result of a collaboration between Hamish Gill and Christopher Andreyo, manual focus lens specialists and film photography enthusiasts....

CineD just posted an interview they had with Panasonic’s Director of Imaging Business Unit, Yosuke Yamane. During the interview, they discuss a number of different topics including the influence of coronavirus both on the industry as a whole as well as how it’s affected Panasonic’s production, that 8K camera, and how well the G100 has performed since its release. The interview was primarily about the new Panasonic S5, but it also offers a glimmer of home for Micro Four Thirds shooters who’ve patiently been waiting for news of a GH5 successor....

Well, Panasonic has a new announcement page ready for debuting what is expected to be the Panasonic G100 – a camera aimed squarely at vloggers. Whether or not the announcement page will have a live stream or simply a promotional video to coincide with the official announcement is currently unknown, but I guess we’ll find out tomorrow. What is quite interesting, though, is that 43Rumors is reporting that the Panasonic G100 will actually let you shoot vertical videos for things like Instagram Stories and TikTok....

Panasonic has announced that their LUMIX Streaming (Beta) software is now available for the Mac. Unfortunately, it’s the same hacky workaround as it is on Windows. But it seems that the modified LUMIX Tether software is merely a stop-gap solution to help get people up and running quickly while Panasonic works on the real deal. Yes, that’s right, Panasonic has also announced that they’re soon coming up with an actual software driver so that your computer (Windows or Mac) will see your Panasonic camera as an actual USB capture device....

A couple of new cameras isn’t the only thing Panasonic announced today. Along with the official announcement for the Panasonic Lumix S1 and S1R full frame mirrorless cameras, comes three new Panasonic L mount lenses. There’s the Panasonic S PRO 50mm f/1.4, the Panasonic S PRO 70-200mm f/4 OIS and the Panasonic S 24-105mm f/4 Macro OIS. Panasonic reaffirms the alliance between Panasonic, Sigma and Leica, stating that it’s “a user-friendly solution that will allow photographers to ‘mix and match’ any of the three manufacturers’ […] cameras with any lens from each other’s product portfolios”....

There you are, paragliding away at 2,500ft, so you whip out your phone to take a quick selfie. Who wouldn’t, right? Well, this one unnamed paraglider thought the same. Not only did he pull out his phone, but he also put it on the end of a selfie stick. After a few seemingly successful shots, he pulls it back in and as he removes the phone from the stick, it falls and plummets to the ground....

Ever wondered what it takes to photograph world-renowned athletes? Greg Smith, PhotoShelter member and the Official Australian Team Photographer for the Paralympics, is here to shed some light. Advertisements Before heading off to Tokyo for the Games, we caught up with Greg to find out more about his workflow, COVID-19 restrictions, what gear he’s bringing and how his team is attempting to get a captivating image of every single Australian athlete....

A recent tweet from Japanese photographer Kimio Tanaka, a regular source of Ricoh/Pentax insider info, states that they have no plans to introduce a mirrorless camera in either 35mm or 645 medium formats. This time, it isn’t just a rumour leak. Tanaka says that in this case he is speaking on behalf of Ricoh and is not merely expressing an opinion. The Google-translated tweet reads… I’m not entirely sure what the deal is with the swinging sleeves (if somebody is able to explain that, I’d be very grateful), but given the tweet that Mr Tanaka was responding to, the intent is quite obvious....

Reading photography books is a great way to learn new things and to get inspired. If you enjoy a good book, Photobook Collective is a perfect place for you. It’s a website that’s all about photography books and you can buy them, sell them, or trade them with other members. While some photography books are easy to find in book stores or online, many of them are not so easy to get anymore....

Have you ever asked a complete stranger to take their photo? Have you ever felt connected with someone you’ve never seen before? It can be strange, right? New York-based photographer Richard Renaldi focuses his project Touching Strangers around these situations. Richard finds random strangers in the streets and poses them like they’re family, friends or even partners. The result is an incredible series of photos which shows the connection we can form with others even though we’ve just met....

We’ve seen all kinds of cool projects with the old Game Boy camera: from portraits to astrophotography; from color photos to Game Boy webcam. Conor Merrigan modified his Game Boy camera to use Cannon DSLR lenses and used it to take some awesome car racing photos. We featured Conor’s modification work before and his video showing how he modified the Game Boy camera. He designed a 3D-printed adapter himself and it allows him to add a Canon DSLR lens to the modest toy camera....

Photos or videos of storms rarely fail to impress. Still, some just capture your attention on the first sight and take your breath away. Tel Aviv-based photographer Sam Jakobson made this amazing photo of a lightning storm that did just that for me. He was kind to share some details and tell DIYP more about how he took this amazing image. Sam tells me that he made the photo by stacking 23 frames, and simply decreased saturation....

Photographer Steven Burton started an ambitious project, photoshopping out the tattoos from 27 ex-gang members. He did this to understand the effects tattoos have on people escaping the gangs, how they are judged by society and ultimately how they judge themselves. While the photoshop aspects of removing tattoos are quite fascinating (over two years and 400 photoshop hours), it’s the affect that the shopped photos had that caught my eyes....

Q&A With Nick Bondarev – Northern Culture and Travel Photographer I position myself as a photographer who takes pictures of the northern regions, people, nature and their interaction. I have been engaged in photography for 9 years, and I managed to work practically in all its directions, reporting, weddings, portraits, fashion and so on. I prefer to select a series of pictures, since I shoot stories. I think this is a series about eagle hunting in Mongolia (click here for the complete series) and about our trip on a sailing yacht around the eastern fjords of Greenland....

During this year’s STORY conference in Nashville, TN, photographer Blake Wylie turned one “half-crazy” idea into reality. He transformed Schermerhorn Symphony Center into a massive darkroom and created a tintype live, on stage, in front of 1,400 people. It was challenging, but he did it – and he kindly shared the details of this fascinating project with DIYP. The whole thing started on Twitter merely as an idea. Blake has been working with STORY for the past two years, creating tintypes for the conference’s speakers and VIP guests....

I’ve just uploaded the first in a series of short films I’m making called “Photography Is…” I’ll be exploring what photography means to people and what it’s benefits are, as well as it’s drawbacks. They won’t all have such as a serious tone as this one, in fact, I’m hoping the opposite is true! For me, photography is an escape. It offers a creative release which isn’t generally available in everyday life....

A Getty contributing independent photojournalist Maranie R. Staab recently covered an anti-mask protest in Portland, Oregon. She was captured in a video photographing a child throwing a mask in a burning barrel. The video caught her fierce criticism for the community, and she got under fire for allegedly staging the image. Staab was covering the so-called “Mask BBQ Party,” organized by Free Oregon. It took place outside the Oregon Health Authority building, and the group was protesting against the state’s mask measures, as a response to this never-ending pandemic....

When it was first broadcasted in 2006, BBC’s series Planet Earth was truly groundbreaking. And now, more than ten years later, there is its brand new sequel – Planet Earth II. It’s the most cinematic wildlife film yet. You could sit back and watch it, and feel like you’re watching a movie. But what’s the secret to this cinematic feeling of the series? The resolution has advanced from HD to Ultra-HD, which is a great change....

This is a year for monumental anniversaries of events in American history—particularly the WWII 75th anniversaries of the D-Day invasion, Operation Market Garden, and the Battle of the Bulge. With those in mind, I started a project in April photographing WWII veterans, knowing that the numbers still surviving are dropping rapidly each day. I called the project WWII Portraits of Honor. I simply wanted to use my talent as a photographer to give something small back to as many WWII veterans as I could meet and provide them and their family with a nice portrait....