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Eleven days with GH4 4K Super 8 anamorphic from Seb Farges on Vimeo.

Gh4 review by M43photo.
Olympus 9mm 1:8.0 Fish Eye Body Cap Review at Shotslot.
Cage Fight! 5 Cages for the Panasonic GH4 Compared at Suggestionofmotion.
E-M5 auf Erstbegehung mit Frank Kretschmann (Pen And Tell).

Jens: “I took my Panasonic GX7 with me to Istanbul and wrote me experience with the camera down in this blogpost (german): http://fotoblog-reiseberichte.de/mit-der-panasonic-gx7-istanbul/ In short =>this camera is amazing and made me not miss my APS-C DSLR!”

Eddy: “Hi! Long time daily reader here – since early 2010 when I used your site to research and buy a GH1. Remember that thing? :)   I am writing you to share with you a short trailer I shot for an app I made, all filmed with a hacked GH1, the 14-140mm f4-5.8, and a Pentax 50mm f1.4. Though I’ve been itching to upgrade for years, I’m glad to say there’s still some life left in my old faithful. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUbtGvNzzVE“

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Olympus E-PM2 “No longer available”

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Olympus will soon revamp the PEN line…at least that is what they claimed in one of their latest financial reports. In the meantime the E-PM2 got marked as “discontinued” or “no longer available” at BHphoto (Click here). You can still buy it via third party resellers at Amazon US (Click here).

Current US deals reminder:

1) Save up to $900 on lenses & $100 one audio recorder:
Runs at GetOlympus. $200 kit savings on Amazon.

2) $600 off on E-M5 12-40mm kit. Use that additional $100 mail-in rebate (pdf file):
At Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus. Qualifys for an additional $300 in savings on the M.12-40mm f2.8 PRO lens (after $200 instant savings and $100 mail-in rebate). Ends 7/19/14.

3) $100 off on MFT lenses:
Olympus 12mm f/2.0 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Getolympus.
Olympus 75mm f/1.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus 12-40mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus 12-50mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.

4) More deals from GetOlympus and Amazon:
Up to $200 off on MFT cameras at Amazon.
Up to $100 Off Recorders with OM-D or E-P5 Purchase (Click here).
Up to $800 Off Lenses with OM-D or PEN E-P5 Purchase (Click here).
PEN E-PL5: FREE Wi-Fi Card (Click here).
PEN E-P5: Over $479 in Savings! (Click here).
VF-4: Only $99.99 with E-P5 Body Purchase at GetOlympus and Amazon.

 

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Metz flash Mecablitz 64 AF-1 for MFT coming in September.

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Namencolor listed a new Mecablitz 64 AF-1 for Nikon and they also unveiled that there will be a MFT version in September. Here are the google translated specs:

Guide number 64 for ISO 100
Motorized zoom lens 24-200 mm
Integrated wide-angle diffuser 12 mm
Large backlit touch display with automatic spin
Reflector folding vertically -9 / +90 º horizontal and 300 º
Reflector with additional ranks of the power light
Card integrated reflector
connector sync
All of them specific modes TTL them cameras
Automatic flash mode with 12 diaphragms
Manual flash mode with 25 partial ranks power light
Mode flash strobe
Wireless TTL remote mode master and slave
Cuatro memories of individual program
USB connector for software upgrade
Power with four AA batteries Power pack
Includes case and slave pie

 

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GH4 firmware 1.1 released!

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Panasonic released the new GH4 firmware update 1.1. The only improvement is:

1. Improved the reliability of video recording performance

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GH4 North American store links:
GH4 camera at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Ritz Camera and Panasonic. Price: $1,698. In Canada at Vistek.
GH4 camera with interface unit at Adorama and BHphoto. Price: $3,298
Interface unit only at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. Price: $1,998

GH4 Europen store links:
Germany: Wexcameras, Marcotec-shop.de.
UK at Wexphotographic, CameraWorld, UKdigital, CVP, TipTop.
Holland at Fotohanskeuzekamp.
Belgium at Fotokonijnenberg.
Norway at Fotovideo.
Sweden at Cyberphoto, Skandinavianphoto.
Finland at Telefoto, Topshot, Verkkoauppa.
France at Photocineshop.
Spain: Fotoboom.

Asian store links:
Digitalrev and Digidirect Australia.

4K cards
Kingston 16-32-64 GB SDHC UHS-I Speed Class 3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sandisk 16-32-64 GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Memory Card at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Transcend 64-128 GB High Speed 10 UHS-3 at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Panasonic 16-32-64 GB SDHC-UHS-I U3 Card (90MB/s) at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

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This week new Olympus US savings ($600 off on E-M5 kit!).

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Olympus US launched new massive deals on MFT stuff (Click here to see them all).

1) Save up to $900 on lenses & $100 one audio recorder:
Runs at GetOlympus. $200 kit savings on Amazon.

2) $600 off on E-M5 12-40mm kit. Use that additional $100 mail-in rebate (pdf file):
At Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus. Qualifys for an additional $300 in savings on the M.12-40mm f2.8 PRO lens (after $200 instant savings and $100 mail-in rebate). Ends 7/19/14.

3) $100 off on MFT lenses:
Olympus 12mm f/2.0 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Getolympus.
Olympus 75mm f/1.8 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus 12-40mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus 12-50mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.

4) More deals from GetOlympus and Amazon:
Up to $200 off on MFT cameras at Amazon.
Up to $100 Off Recorders with OM-D or E-P5 Purchase (Click here).
Up to $800 Off Lenses with OM-D or PEN E-P5 Purchase (Click here).
PEN E-PL5: FREE Wi-Fi Card (Click here).
PEN E-P5: Over $479 in Savings! (Click here).
VF-4: Only $99.99 with E-P5 Body Purchase at GetOlympus and Amazon.

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(FT3) Sigma will launch new ART lenses with MFT mount at Photokina.

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You probably have heard about the latest Sigma 50mm f/1.4 ART lens (Click here) whose quality is almost as good as the $4,000 Zeiss Otus. This is just to say how Sigma is being “serious” with their new “ART” lens line.
It’s said “some” of them will have fast aperture. Well, according to one source Sigma will display new ART lenses with Micro Four Thirds mount at Photokina! And unlike the current MFT lenses, the 19mm (here at Amazon), 30mm (here at Amazon) and 60mm (here at Amazon) the sources said “some” of these lenses will have a fast aperture. The only not so good news is that also these new lenses will share the same lens design for all mirrorless mounts. A “dedicated” MFT lens design would have allowed Sigma to make them more compact because of the slightly smaller sensor size.

Now you can dream of some nice fast lens. What’s your wish?

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How to follow 43rumors (RSS and social networks).

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Two months to go til Photokina and it will not take long until we will start to “rumor” about the new Olympus/Panasonic MFT cameras. And there could be also a Panasonic compact camera announcement on July 16 which could become very exciting (fixed lens FT sensor camera?). So here is a short reminder for people who would love to remain informed about the 43rumors news. There are many ways to get notified:

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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/43rumors

Twitter: https://twitter.com/43rumors

GooglePlus: https://plus.google.com/+43rumors/posts

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