Olympus launched a dedicated E-P5 website you can see here: http://www.olympuspen.com/. It’s a nice website but the only thing that I didn’t like and scared me a bit is the video announcement from the Olympus Group President. The problem is not the president. The speech itself is very interesting. And the Olympus President says a lot of interesting things. I am only surprised by the rather uninspiring “ambiance” chosen for an official product presentation. That “grey atmosphere”. It almost looks like a speech from a boring serious bureaucrat in a huge communist soviet building

Specs, Price and Preorders:
Full dedicated pages to the new Oly stuff at Adorama, Bhphoto.
E-P5 Black at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto. In Europe at Wex UK.
E-P5 White at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto. In Europe at Wex UK.
E-P5 Silver at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto. In Europe at Wex UK.
E-P5 Black with 17mm f/1.8 lens and VF-4 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
E-P5 Silver with 17mm f/1.8 lens and VF-4 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
E-P5 Black with 14-42mm lens at Wex UK.
E-P5 Silver with 14-42mm lens at Wex UK.
17mm f/1.8 Black at Adorama, Bhphoto.
45mm f/1.8 Black at Adorama, Bhphoto.
75mm f/1.8 Black at Adorama, Bhphoto.
VF-4 viewfinder at Adorama, Bhphoto.

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Specs, Price and Preorders:
Full dedicated pages to the new Oly stuff at Adorama, Bhphoto.
E-P5 Black at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto. In Europe at Wex UK.
E-P5 White at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto. In Europe at Wex UK.
E-P5 Silver at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto. In Europe at Wex UK.
E-P5 Black with 17mm f/1.8 lens and VF-4 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
E-P5 Silver with 17mm f/1.8 lens and VF-4 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto.
E-P5 Black with 14-42mm lens at Wex UK.
E-P5 Silver with 14-42mm lens at Wex UK.
17mm f/1.8 Black at Adorama, Bhphoto.
45mm f/1.8 Black at Adorama, Bhphoto.
75mm f/1.8 Black at Adorama, Bhphoto.
VF-4 viewfinder at Adorama, Bhphoto.

Previews and Hands-on:
Preview at Dpreview, Robin Wong, ThePhoBlographer, Pekka Potka, TVSmith, Whatdigitalcamera, Torontowide, Hands-on with images by Ming Thein, E-P5 vs E-M5 at ThePhoBlographer, FourThirds-User, CNET Australia, E-M5 vs E-P5 size comaprison at Photogaphyblog, Hands-on with video at Engadget, Gizmodo, DSLRmagazine (Google translation here). Hands-on photos at Photographyblog, Techradar, Quesabesde (Spanish), ePhotozine, E-P5 vs E-M5 at ePhotozine, PenAndTell (German), OpenPN (French).

Image samples:
Olympus Imaging, Ming Thein.

Videos:
Presentation by Whatdigitalcamera, Key fetaures overview on youtube, Unboxing by Blunty, Official Olympus commercial on youtube, video overview by Adorama, hands-on Starintech, video of the launch in Malaysia,

Press Text:
Dpreview, DSLRmagazine (google translation here), LesNumeriques (French), Techradar, Photographyblog, DC.watch (Japanese), NeoCamera, Amateur Photographer, Photoscala (German), Quesabesde (Spanish), In Japane the E-Pl6 got announced too (DC.watch), Photoreview, LeMondeDeLaPhoto (French), VF-4 at OpenPN (French), SystemKameraForum (German).

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The new stuff still hasn’t been officially announced yet but preorders can already be placed at BHphoto. You can see plenty of pictures and specs too:

E-P5 Black at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
E-P5 White at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
E-P5 Silver at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
E-P5 Black with 17mm f/1.8 lens and VF-4 at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
E-P5 Silver with 17mm f/1.8 lens and VF-4 at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
17mm f/1.8 Black at Bhphoto (Click here).
45mm f/1.8 Black at Bhphoto (Click here).
75mm f/1.8 Black at Bhphoto (Click here).
VF-4 viewfinder at Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).

Not that in USA only there is not E-P5 with 14-42mm kit option yet. That kit will be available from the start in Europe and Japan only. The bad news is that the body only is a tiny bit too expensive (in my opinion) but there are also two good news: The E-P5 with VF-4 and 45mm lens makes you save $220. And the Black Lenses have exactly the same price as the Silver version.

AF during video comparison, GH2 vs GH3

Panasonic pancake zoom patent at Freepatentsonline.
New Olympus WOW and Experience days (Damian McGillicuddy).
Olympus OM-D Photography Playground Berlin Trip (Photographyblog).

Chris: “Just if you are interested to share this with the 43 Rumors readers. Most of this film (about 95%) was shot on a GH2 and an OMD EM-5. There are a few sequences from an iphone (pancakes section is iphone and a one or two others): https://vimeo.com/64437121”

Byron: “Hey there, your viewers might like this. Here is an interview that I shot of Zakk Wylde, guitar player for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society. The interview was shot with a GH3 with the 12-35 f2.8 on Zakk, a hacked GH2 with the 14-140 on the host and another hacked GH2 with the stock kit lens as the wide two shot. The handheld shots were shot with a Nikon D800E. It was color graded using Premiere Pro CS6 and Magic Bullet Looks. Really loving the GH3, looks the best out of the bunch! Cheers!
https://vimeo.com/65030628”

Joe: “Every Monday is Micro Four-thirds Monday on my blog (www.joefaraceblogs.com) and has  tips and informations on MFT cameras and lenses. For example, this past Monday is was on using the Sigma 19mm f/2.8 DN lens for travel photography.”

Anonymous: “Found this 1-shot music video, all done on the GH3 with 12-35mm lens.  https://vimeo.com/65240570”

We had plenty of new stuff the last few weeks. Here are some preorder links to check price specs and place your preorder:
Blackmagic Pocket Cinema camera specs and preorders at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Panasonic GF6 specs and preorders at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Technikdirekt, Wex UK,
Panasonic G6 at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and at Wex UK (Click here).Shipment End of June.
Panasonic 14-140mm lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and at Wex UK (Click here).
Panasonic LF1 at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and at WexUK (Click here). Shipment End of June/early July.

The new Panasonic GF6 just got his first review thanks to ePhotozine (Click here): “The Panasonic Lumix GF6 offers almost everything you could want from a mirrorless camera, with the most likely complaint about it likely to be the lack of flash hot-shoe, making it less appealing to the more serious photographer”

Panasonic Germany listed the G6 and relative pricing. I still haven’t found preorder options in Europe. Feel fre to comment this post with store links if you find them!

P.S.: Also in Europe the E-P3 got some price drop. For exmaple you can find new bodies with kit lens for 499 in Black (eBay Germany) and Silver (eBay Germany).