The latest issue of Amateur Photography Magazine reports this:
Olympus may assemble more cameras in Vietnam, where labour costs are lower, Olympus president Hiroyuki Sasa says. The Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II, is already made there, with more models possibly to follow.
Don’t know if that’s actually bad or good news…
Panasonic G7 4K Test with Cheap Vintage Lenses
Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO Goes On Safari (Fotozones).
Lunar eclipse with the gx8 (Mirrorlessons).
Panasonic AG-DVX200 4K Camera A Day in life… Motorbikes (Cinescopophilia).
A new Olympus PEN Moleskine (Dc.watch).
Stephan: “Equipped with a Gh4 and Bmpcc i was in the street jungle and outback of Bosnia and Herzigovina and found the following story about Tito’s Shelter: https://vimeo.com/imadeafilm/tito“
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Canadian ebay seller QuickNdone is selling more MFT stuff for a much lower price than US stores. And they ship to US with full 1 year warranty:
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[shoplink 55856 ebay]Panasonic GH4 for $1,099 (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 55857 ebay]Panasonic LX100 for $599 (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 55852 ebay]Black Olympus 25mm f/1.8 for $269 (Click here)[/shoplink]
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I have been told by a Panasonic source that we will still have to wait 2-3 years before the organic sensor developed by Panasonic and Fuji will make his way into a real mass production camera. At least for 2016 don’t expect anything fancy new on Panasonic sensors (no organic no foveon or so). The GH5 will have a classic Bayer sensor and bring certainly have major improvements in terms of image quality
Reminder: Fuji-Panasonic announcement (article here on 43rumors).
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Olympus Europe launched a new up to 100 Euro rebate on OMD cameras. You can read the details here at Amazon Germany (Click here) and Amazon UK (Click here).
And don’t forget there is this one too:
You get up to 150 Euro off on Olympus lenses at Amazon Germany (Click here to read the terms).
Amazon created a special Olympus camera+lens bundle savings page (Click here).
Canadian ebay seller QuickNdone has plenty of super deals on Olympus and Panasonic cameras:
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[shoplink 55855 ebay]Silver Olympus E-M5II for $799 (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 55856 ebay]Panasonic GH4 for $1,099 (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 55857 ebay]Panasonic LX100 for $599 (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 55852 ebay]Black Olympus 25mm f/1.8 for $269 (Click here)[/shoplink]
[shoplink 55853 ebay]Silver Olympus 25mm f/1.8 for $269 (Click here)[/shoplink]
The Panasonic-Leica 100-400mm f/4.0-6.3 lens is coming in Spring 2016
In 2015 Panasonic announced the G7, GF7 and GX8. And I do not expect them to announce any other MFT camera this year. So what’s coming as next?
What’s highly likely to come in 2016:
1) The Panasonic-Leica 100-400mm f/4.0-6.3 in Spring
2) GH5 sometimes in 2016
3) New GM camera sometimes in 2016
What’s Panasonic is also doing:
1) Strenghten the partnership with Leica and make many parts of their new Leica SL T-mount Full Frame mirrorless autofocus camera.
2) Develop the organic sensor with Fuji
3) Develop new fast MFT prime lenses
What could be the surprises?
1) The launch of an organic sensor camera
2) The official join of the Leica T-mount system with their own branded Panasonic FF camera and lenses
3) Extension of the Noctilux f/1.2 prime lens series
And you, what are you hoping to see from Panasonic in 2016?
