ePhotozine (Click here) posted the very first review of the new [shoplink 35724 ebay]Jackar 34mm f/1.8[/shoplink] Micro Four Thirds lens: “For landscape shots and situations where image quality is more important, it may not be the ideal lens, but for low light, wide-open shooting, and portrait shots, it could be ideal.”

The lens itself can be bought via US, German and Hong Kong retailers on [shoplink 35724 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] (found via Slidoo).

Fall from Caleb Roberts on Vimeo.

Time to catch up with some GH3 videos and test:
The GH3: It Sounds Real Good (Frugalfilmmakers).
User report at Redsharknews.
Panasonic Australia GH3 Tech Tips on Youtube.
Panasonic GH3 – remote control with Android phone on youtube.
The GH3 shipment may be delayed but one Bay you can find the [shoplink 35719 ebay]battery grips (Click here)[/shoplink] and original [shoplink 35720 ebay]Panasonic batteries (Click here)[/shoplink].

GH3 store links and in Stock status check:
12-35mm GH3 kit: Wex UK, Wex DE, [shoplink 35309 ebay]Photoexpress UK[/shoplink], FotoHansKeuzekamp (NL),
14-140mm GH3 kit: Wex UK, Amazon UK, [shoplink 35310 ebay]Photoexpress UK[/shoplink], Wex DE, Amazon FR,
Body only: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Panasonic store, Samys, Henry, Vistek, Wex UK, FotoHansKeuzekamp (NL), Amazon FR, [shoplink 35311 ebay]Webdistirbution FR[/shoplink].

Panasonic GH3 aboard the Cinestar 6 multirotor. from GravityShots.com on Vimeo.

More and more GH3 videos and user test are being posted. Here is the next roundup that may help you to get an imrpesion about the potential of that nice camera:

GH3 skateboarding documentary by EosHD.
Panasonic GH3 Field Notes: Monterey Pier Video (Outbackphoto).
Panasonic GH3 – Review and User Experience – Part 1 – This IS different (Soundimagesplus).
Silkypix now supports the GH3.

Twills: “Here are some sample Astro Photographs I took with the GH3. I was able to capture 15 objects in a single night. All of these images were out of the camera jpgs. Most were single exposure shots with no post processing at all.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UehRwMBEQR4
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/thread/3351947
However, some were in camera HDR shots. That mode works extremely well if you select the +-2 stop option and then shoot a 15 second ISO 3200 base image. The camera then will combine that image with a 60 second and a 4second image to give you an image that compresses the scenes dynamic range by 4 stops.
This works very well on Orion’s Nebula. However, I would like to find a way to use the bulb function with HDR so that we could use longer shutter durations. Also it would be nice to be able to do RAW HDR shots. The camera already can do unlimited in camera RAW stacking. However, it can’t align those shots like the HDR mode does.
Looks like the GH3 needs to be hacked after all. However, this time it is more for stills than video. The video is essentially perfect for what the sensor is capable of in my opinion.”

Where can you find the GH3 in Stock right now? Some bodies are available in Canada on eBay (via Slidoo) and in UK (via eBay again), Wex UK and Wex DE.

Panasonic GH3 Review Part 7: GH3 Demobbed from Nick Driftwood on Vimeo.

Nick just sent me the link to his latest video (Thanks!). It’s definitely the funniest GH3 vs GH2 video comparison ever made :)

And the first GH3 battery grip are now in Stock and shipping at [shoplink 35553 ebay]Handbdig (here on eBay)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 35549 ebay]Kenmorecamera (here on eBay)[/shoplink]. Also in Stock is the DMW-MS2 Stereo Shotgun at [shoplink 35554 ebay]Handbdig (here on eBay)[/shoplink]. All stuff found via Slidoo GH3 search (CLick here).

And I have a correction to report. Our Japanese readers pointed out an error in the google translation tool on the Panasonic press release. The Gh3 body has been delayed by two weeks but the GH3 kits will ship in December (not in May as stated by Google translation)! That is a huge difference! (Source: DC.watch).

GH3 store links and in Stock status check:
12-35mm GH3 kit: Wex UK, Wex DE, [shoplink 35309 ebay]Photoexpress UK[/shoplink], FotoHansKeuzekamp (NL),
14-140mm GH3 kit: Wex UK, Amazon UK, [shoplink 35310 ebay]Photoexpress UK[/shoplink], Wex DE, Amazon FR,
Body only: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Panasonic store, Samys, Henry, Vistek, Wex UK, FotoHansKeuzekamp (NL), Amazon FR, [shoplink 35311 ebay]Webdistirbution FR[/shoplink].

Ballade in Louvain-la-Neuve, with the GH3 from Nicolas Degrave on Vimeo.

First test video by Outbackphoto. 72mbps all-i. test shot with the Nokton 25mm on vimeo. Snow video are ideal to check the dynamic range (vimeo).

By the way, I am getting feed-backs from dealers saying the GH3 is a very highly requested camera. Particularly in Europe. Hpe the production delay in Japane will not delay the good sales start!

Check the GH3 availability by clicking those links: [shopcountry 33624] and on Slidoo.

SLR Magic 35mm t1.4 – Test 1 from scumliner media on Vimeo.

And here is the next work done with the new SLR Magic 35mm T/1.4 lens. And you can read the short initial impression at www.scumliner.com.

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Current SLRmagic lenses for Micro Four Thirds:
SLR Magic 12-36×50 ED Straight Spotting Scope lens (w/ hand grip) is now available on [shoplink 26994 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
SLR magic 11mm f/1.4 lens you can preorder on [shoplink 22154 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Toy Lens 26mm f/1.4 lens on [shoplink 18603 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
SLR Magic 35mm f/1.7 MC lens on [shoplink 14881 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Noktor SLRmagic 50mm on [shoplink 25691 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]

Lumix GH3 vs GH2 – Continuous autofocus

43rumors readers keep sending me links to their early GH3 test videos. And of course I post them all :)

ThePhotoSoup posted a set of GH3 video test on youtube. Florian Walter shows you that there is a sort delay on the iPad Gh3 remote control (youtube). GH3 vs GH2 presentation video by Griffin Hammond (youtube). Pilpop in Berlin (vimeo). Christoph has quite many wild house-animals to show…lol (vimeo). This is probably the most…let’s say minimalistic :) GH3 video I found on vimeo.

And I didn’t get any new report about the possible production delay of the GH3 because of a viewfinder production issue. Let me know if you find some news related to this. Thanks!

Check the GH3 availability by clicking those links: [shopcountry 33624].