Josh Cameraon tested the 9mm Brightin Star L-mount lens.

Asobinet spotted this Panasonic patent that describes the optical design of a full-frame lens that appears to be exactly the same as the new Leica Q3 43mm camera. Panasonic is well known for making some Leica cameras (SL and Q series). I did not expect this lens to be made by Panasonic as well.

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Showcasing Panasonic Lumix S9 + $30 Soviet Vintage Pancake Lens – Industar 69

There is a list of photography-related projects that you can back:

• The new UNiFyDrive UTS is now available for preorder on Kickstarter (Click here). This is an external SSD hard drive (up to 16TB) made for creators. One of the useful features is the one-click backup function from SD and CFexpress cards.
• Thew new Korin Anthi-theft Backpack is available for preorder at Kickstarter (Click here).
• The new Sidekick Pro camera bag can be preordered on Kickstarter (Click here).
• And a curiosity: The inkless tiny PEN that lasts FOREVER raised a crazy amount of money on Kickstarter (Click here).

Piotr sent me his video with the following text:

I have just posted a 50 minute LUMIX S9 in-depth walkthrough for hybrid shooters. It is packed with great info and I also cover 2 custom settings that I think a lot of S9 owners would find really useful.

1. Red Record button is programmed to be a ‘Leica Monochrome’ button – handy for quick B&W shots.
2. LUT Button was a bit limiting out of the box, so programming it to ‘My Photo Style 1’ gives a lot more options like stacking 2 LUT’s and not losing grain settings every time you change the LUT (Which happened when you use the Real Time LUT menu).

Thew new Korin Anthi-theft Backpack is available for preorder at Kickstarter (Click here).

And a curiosity: The inkless tiny PEN that lasts FOREVER raised a crazy amount of money on Kickstarter (Click here).