Zone-10 is starting the rumor game for 2010 ;)

“By moving up the E-P2, this creates space for the model that I am projecting to come in the next few months. This projected model is not styled like the E-P1 or E-P2 but will be more “modern” in shape with a plastic body similar to that of a slightly downsized E-330. The recent financial reports coming out of Olympus indicate several new models of Micro FourThirds and FourThirds cameras coming out in the next few months. In fact, if history and financial disclosures are any indication, I am expecting a wholesale upgrade of ALL existing models in FourThirds. I am still expecting the next rash of cameras to have a higher pixel-count, possibly as high as 14.7MP.”

Is that a Zone-10 speculation or do they know something we don’t know?

+ TS-E45mm f2.8　movie test

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New Tripod Adaptor for DMC-GF1 (source: panasonic.net)
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Some very nice E-P1 + Sigma 30mm pictures have been posted inside the dpreview forum
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Trendy.nikkeibp.co.jp E-P2 hands-on. Read in japanese or the google english translation
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In case you missed it here you have a triple Olympus link list:
– Find your perfect lens
– Compare D-SLR lenses and PEN lenses
– And finally the famous matching simulation!
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We closed our poll. We had over 2.100 unique voters. Every person had three votes. 29% of the voters came from US, 34% from Europe, 23% from Japan and 14% from other regions.

What do we learn from the poll results?

1) It came with no surprises that people needs prime lenses (and possibly fast lenses!). Almost half of the voters voted for it!

2) The first surprise came on position three: 28% of the voters wants a camera with built-in electronic viewfinder (rangefinder look!)

3) 26% of the voters wants Olympus and Panasonic to continue the “classic” FourThirds line development. And many people (26%) is wants a High-End camera model that includes all the best features (wheatersealed body, fast autofocus and all the gimmics you need inside a High-End model).
Duarte (a 43rumors reader) added the following conclusion “The interesting issue here is that both of these groups are probably 4/3 hardcore users. The conclusion is that half of them are on jump ship mode (4/3 -> m4/3).”

4) “Only” 14% needs a fullframe camera.

Feel free to add your considerations! Comment this post!

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P.S.: I voted for my “monochrome sensor camera” option, and only 2% voted for my idea :)

The final results are here:

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pixel peepers episode 2!!!

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Some fun…Ricoh goes MFT! (source: dpreview forum)
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Panasonic GF1 Receives DIWA Gold Award (source: photographyblog)
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Luminous Landscapes tested the Leica X1 and they also made a comparison with the Panasonic GF1.
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And finally something really cool! The first waterproof housing is here! Read in japanese or the google english translation. There are many images!
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