Camera Raw 5.5 supports the E-P1 raw files!
Very good news for all owners!
(UPDATE) Canon releases the S90. A new Panasonic LX3 competitor?
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0908/09081907canons90.asp
Canon S90 Key Features
- Lens Control Ring
- 10 million pixels sensor
- RAW shooting
- Fast f/2.0-4.9 maximum aperture range
- Lens covering the classic 28-105mm range
- Dual Anti-Noise System (high sensitivity sensor and Digic 4 noise reduction)
- 3.0 inch PureColor II LCD
- Optical Image Stabilization
- Smarter Scene Detection
- Low Light mode
- DIGIC 4 image processor
- HD output
Amazon has it available for preorder only at $449.95
The LX3 has a far wider angle (24mm vs 28mm)Â but to me it seems the S90 could be a real LX3 competitor. Someone close to Panasonic told me today that we will not see any LX3 successor this year. Should I believe him? We will soon know it!
Which camera is better? Lots of discussios here:
http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/readflat.asp?forum=1033&thread=32730540
Panasonic-Leica 25mm f/1.4 is in stock at bhphoto, amazon and adorama!
Something rare is happening. Amazon US
– Amazon US has only one Panasonic 25mm f/1.4 lens
– Adorama has the cheapest price $999.95 and free shipping.
– BHphoto has it for $1,049.95 and free shipping
Havn’t found the lens in german stores and only one lens is in stock at amazon UK
You want to know how well the lens performs? Read the following popphoto review!
New Olympus E-P1 review by Eli Reed
A nicely review written by Eli Reed. He strongly recommends the camera!
http://www.digitaljournalist.org/issue0908/camera-corner-olympus-e-p1-review.html
Zeiss-Leica-Samsung-Nikon rumors summary
The huge MicroFourThirds tecnology success will shortly move other competitors to release cameras with the same or a similar concept.
Nikonrumors found a new Nikon patent for a mirrorless camera system. Zeiss will probably not make any digital rangefinder camera. Latest report are saying that Samsung delayed their first NX camera release. Chasseur d’Image magazine predicts a Leica M9 in September. There are no reliable reports about possible Canon and Sony moves but I suspect they are working on mirrorless cameras.
The only thing we know is that Olympus and Panasonic both will soon release new MicroFourThirds cameras ;)
noisy cameras crazy speculations ;)
The very good noisy camera website speculates with the idea that Panasonic and Olympus may want to combine to get Pentax! Of course this sounds crazy to me but may you want to read it for yourself…
Ken Rockwells old FourThirds prediction…
I just found an old Ken Rockwell prediction (http://www.kenrockwell.com/olympus/e1.htm) he wrote back in the year 2004:
He wrote:
“My intellect says 4/3 is a fantastic idea, and my crystal ball derived from over 30 years of experience watching trends come and go says 4/3 will be passed over and forgotten. I will not be surprised if this format goes away by 2007. It’s a minority format, like APS and Elcassette.”
Now we are in year 2009 and the camera is selling very well, the is the best hybrid-camera for videos (The Canon 5d is wonderful for stills but gives you less setup choices and no dedicated video-lenses)
What does it mean? Nothing! Only that Ken Rockwell isn’t on the same level as Chuck Norris ;)