Bad news folks! There will be no new GF camera from Panasonic at Photokina. Three sources contacted me and said the new Panasonic GF2 will be announced in February 2011 only. All three told me the Panasonic GF2 is expected to be a very compact model like the Sony NEX-5 but with much better ergonomy and usability.

To compete against the Sony NEX and the future Samsung NX100 cameras Panasonic will lower the price of the current Panasonic GF1 kits.

More Panasonic rumors will follow during the next days. We expect Panaosnic to announce the new products on September 21. Olympus will announce the E-5 on September 14.

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At DChome someone posted this picture of a new Fuji camera. He claimed that this is the new Fuji mirrorless camera. James, one of our readers quickly noticed that this is only the Fujifilm FinePix HS10 prototype   Thanks!

Source: DChome (via: Photorumors)

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UPDATE: Zone-10 can’t believe this specs are true. They made a list with all rumored special features of the new E-5. But that’s only speculation. The specs below are probably correct

New rumors about the E-5 do confirm the specs we posted few days ago:

• Magnesium weather proof  body
• Dual memory card slots (not sure if CF+SD or 2xSD)
• 12MP sensor
• 11 AF points
• 6fps
• Image stabilization
• Anti-dust feature
• Some kind of a rotating/tilting LCD display
• HD video @ 720P with 30fps
• Built-in wireless flash
• 100% viewfinder coverage

Source: photorumors

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via: mirrorlessrumors.com

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The latest 24hours have been very busy. I am currently on a trip at the sea and it’s an adventure posting on 43rumors from here. I didn’t expect Olympus to announce new stuff tomorrow. There will be two different announcements on August 31 and September 14. It’s time for a resume of all latest rumors:

On August 31 Olympus will announce:

1) a new E-P2 kit with black 17mm lens and black external flash. A perfect Stealthcamera!
There will be also two new MFT lenses:
2) The new M.Zuiko ED 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 (equivalent of 150-600mm in 35mm)
It is the world smallest 600mm zoom lens. It weighs 430 grams and has a diameter of 7cm and 11.6cm length.
It allows nearly silent HD movie recording.
The new lenses are made with ED (extra-low dispersion)
It will be available in December 2010 for $899.99
3) the new M.Zuiko ED 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 equivalent of 80-300mm in 35mm)
It weighs 190 grams.
It will be available in November 2010 for $299.99

On September 14 Olympus will announce the E-5:

It has 12Megapixel, two more than the “older” E-3. It has the new TruePic 5 engine for better detail, 720p hd video at 30p, 11 pt af, 920k dot res lcd, 3 inches, art filters and a mic jack.

Here the image of the new 75mm-300mm lens:

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P.S.: At the very first moment we thought also the E-5 would be announced on August31. Sorry for that, the sources did forget to mention us that.

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I will give an important update about the new Olympus products:

1) The E-5 will be announced on September 14!

2) The new E-P2 kit + 2 new MicroFourThirds lenses will be announced tomorrow August 31!

Sorry for the mistake, the sources did forget to tell me that

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According to 43rumors sources Olympus will announce two new MicroFourThirds lenses:

1) The new M.Zuiko ED 75-300mm f/4.8-6.7 (equivalent of 150-600mm in 35mm)
It is the world smallest 600mm zoom lens. It weighs 430 grams and has a diameter of 7cm and 11.6cm length.
It allows nearly silent HD movie recording.
The new lenses are made with ED (extra-low dispersion)
It will be available in December 2010 for $899.99

2) the new M.Zuiko ED 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 equivalent of 80-300mm in 35mm)
It weighs 190 grams.
It will be available in November 2010 for $299.99

The current Olympus m43 lenses are the:
- 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6
- 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6
- 14-150mm lens f/4.0-5.6
- 17mm f/2.8

According to our sources prime lenses will be announced in the months after Photokina.

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Amazon: Panasonic 7-14mm f/4.0 for $999 (Click here)