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By 43rumors, on January 30th, 2011%
The Panasonic 45mm lens is now in Stock for less than $700 at Amazon and BHphoto . That’s a much more affordable price than the almost $900 we had to pay for it months ago. You can read a review of the lens at Photozone . And also the new Panasonic 100-300mm lens gets a new discount. It’s in Stock for less than $540 at Amazon (Click here) . Combine those deals with the recent Panasonic 7-14mm price drop and you will notice that Panasonic is lowering the price of some of their best lenses. To bad the prices in Europe and Asia are still high. Look at the price trend of the 7-14mm lens in Germany: Pretty boring
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US deal: Panasonic 45mm for sub $700 (+ more lens price drop)
By 43rumors, on January 30th, 2011%
John Brawley tested the Panasonic GH2 and the AG-AF100 cameras. He complains one particular issue the AG-AF100 has: “ Listen to the noise picked up by the camera mike as I change the iris on the camera. It actually sounded worse to me than what was recorded in this clip This is a test clip shot on an AF 102 (AF100). that was done using the Olympus 7-14 and a Panasonic m4/3 adaptor . I tested it with a great many 4/3 lenses from both Panasonic and Olympus. They all make the same noise. The interesting thing is that the same lenses and adaptors on the GH2 didn’t seem to make the same noise .” More at johnbrawley.wordpress.com AG-AF100 preorder links at Adorama or BHphoto.
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AG-AF100 lens iris noise…
By 43rumors, on January 30th, 2011%
As you know SLRmagic makes cheap quality and cheap priced m43 lenses based on current CCTV lens design (like the 26mm f/1.4 and 35mm f/1.7 lenses). Via Twitter they are asking m43 owners what kind of lenses they would like to be developed by the company. I thought it would be nice to help them by creating that poll: Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post’s poll. Click here to see the current 26mm f/1.4 lens auctions on eBay . Click here to see the current 35mm f/1.7 lens auctions on eBay .
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SLRmagic needs your advice (50mm, 40mm, 12mm lens?)
By 43rumors, on January 29th, 2011%
Today the RED Olympus E-PL2 is in Stock at Adorama (Click here) ! The Black E-PL2 is already in Stock at Amazon (Click here) , Adorama (Click here) and Bhphoto (Click here) .
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Red E-PL2 in Stock at Adorama
By 43rumors, on January 29th, 2011%
DCresource tested the new Panasonic GF2: “ It offers very good photo quality, snappy performance, a touchscreen LCD with a customizable interface, the best Auto mode on the planet, and Full HD video recording. The bad news is that it has issues with redeye, underexposure, and highlight clipping, and one of the available kit lenses isn’t great, either. ” GF2 shop links: Amazon US , Adorama , BHphoto , Amazon UK , Amazon DE and eBay . Focus Numerique tested the Olympus XZ-1 and the results are astonishing! The lens is super sharp even wide open (at f/1.8)!!! Distortion is minimal. The only moderate issue is Vignetting. Image quality is good from ISO 100 to 400. Dynamic range is a little bit less than the Panasonic LX5 . Message to Olympus: Great acamera, but please we want more good lenses for our Micro Four Thirds system! Thanks Olympus XZ-1 direct shop links: Amazon US , Adorama , BHphoto , Amazon DE , Amazon UK , Amazon FR
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Panasonic GF2 review at DCresource (+Olympus XZ-1 test at Focus Numerique -> f/1.8 lens super sharp!)
By 43rumors, on January 29th, 2011%
AF 100 / 101 Testscenes by CINEMATICZ Field Review (Day 5): Olympus E-5 at ThePhoBlographer . Leica D-Lux 5 vs. Panasonic LX 5 image comparison ( Leicarumors ) GH2-EPL-E620-Comparison ( Flickr ) Lumix TZ22 • Hands on ( Flickr ). Olympus E-PL2 test at mobile01 and yesky (Both google translated). Penpal module test at DC.watch . LUMIX GH2 vs. Leica M8 at Systemkameraforum (but you have to be a registered member to download the test!). Panasonic GH2 sensor data analysis at chipworks (Attention: You have to pay to download the data). Why Panasonic want to block hacked firmware ( EosHD ).
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a little bit of everything…
By 43rumors, on January 28th, 2011%
Panasonic UK just released a press release saying the GF2 will be in Stock (in UK) starting from today. There are a few very interesting info: 1) 1 of 4 system camera sold in December (in UK) is a mirrorless camera (Panasonic calls it CSC=Compact System Camera). 2) Mirrorless share grow 194% vs. the previous year! 3) 1 of 10 of all changeable lens cameras sold were from the Panasonic! Those are good news for Panasonic. I hope this will convince the head office to increase the camera production to satisfy our demand for a shorter time supply! The GF2 is already in Stock at Amazon UK , via third party resellers at Amazon DE and at asian+european eBay resellers (Click here to see current auctions) . According to BHphoto (Click here) the GF2 will arrive in February. Also Amazon US and Adorama are accepting preorders. Click the button to read the press release: Panasonic changes the Digital Photo market forever Following a year of great success in 2010, Panasonic is ready to kick start 2011 with a bang as tomorrow marks the launch of the next great Lumix G camera, Lumix GF2, in a store near you. Already awarded 5 magazine awards since announced in November, the GF2 is the smallest and lightest system camera from Panasonic, boosting DSLR like photo performance and Full HD movies with stereo sound. At the end of last year we saw that the total changeable lens (DSLR + CSC) market was up 22.8% in December 2010 vs. December 2009. Panasonic believe that this growth has come from a dramatic increase in consumer demand for creative and high quality photos. 1 in 4 changeable lens cameras sold in December came from the new breed of Compact System Cameras (CSC), as product and lens ranges in this developing format grew. CSC actually grew an impressive 194% vs. the previous year (1). This significant shift can be put down to the smaller size and easier to use attributes of a CSC compared to a DSLR camera – Anyone who enjoys photography can now take professional looking photos without hassle. The good news for Panasonic is that in December 2010 over 1 in 10 of all changeable lens cameras sold were from the Panasonic Lumix G system camera range, making it the best selling CSC range in Christmas 2010 (2). Panasonic is very proud to hold 11.3% market share with the DMC-G2 as its best selling model. To prove that anyone can take creative shots look out for the new GF2 which launches on 28th January and is a must have camera of 2011.
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Panasonic UK success report
By 43rumors, on January 28th, 2011%
I had the “feeling” that Panasonic would not announce the G3 or the new lenses at the CP+ show and now one trusted source confirmed it. He told me Panasonic will not announce the Panasonic G3 at the CP+ show which will take place in Yokohama on February 9th. The G3 announcement will be held the month after (March). This is a bit surprising as the CP+ show is the biggest asian show of the year. The source believes that also the lenses (25mm 1.4 and 12-50mm) will be announced along the G3 in March. So let’s hope the rumor about a possible Olympus press release on February the 8th turns out to be true. Because we don’t want a boring CP+ show! You can read more about the possible product announcements at Mirrorlessrumors.com . P.S.: Read the rumored G3 specs: http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-panasonic-g3-with-a-complete-new-design-new-sensor-and-fullhd/
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(FT4) No new Panasonic Gr (or lenses) at the CP+ show?
By 43rumors, on January 28th, 2011%
Olympus Japan just announced the new XZ-1 will start shipment on February 18. But according to Adorama and Amazon UK the camera will be available in March only! Olympus XZ-1 direct shop links: Amazon US , Adorama , BHphoto , Amazon DE , Amazon UK , Amazon FR
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Olympus XZ-1 starts worldwide shipment on February 18.
By 43rumors, on January 27th, 2011%
The chrome-silver color from the Sony NEX 18-55 kit I am still “struggling” to get info about the price and availability of the new Panasonic 12-50mm f/2.5-3.3 zoom lens. The only new thing we heard form a new source is that the lens will come in SILVER. To be more specific I have been told that the lens color is close to the Sony NEX lens (Chrome). As you know all current Panasonic lenses are Black. A wonder why Panasonic should change the color. The only thing that came into my mind is that this is the very first Panasonic “pro” zoom lens and maybe they want to mark it with the new color. Sounds like that lens is going to be very expensive! I also have a small update about the Panasonic mirror lens. I have been told that Panasonic will announce not one but two mirror tele-lenses. One has a 500mm focal length (it’s a redesigned Minolta 50omm f/8 lens) and the focal length of the second lens is still unknown. One lens will be announced late 2011 and the other lens by early 2012. As usual. Feel free to contact me at 43rumors@gmail.com if you have some info to share. You Can also contact me anonymously using the contact form on the right sidebar. Thanks!
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(FT2) Lens update: 12-50mm lens is SILVER? (FT4) Two tele lenses from Panasonic.
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