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A brand new Olympus E-M1 now sells for $1,129 by trusted sellers on [shoplink 45873 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. This is the lowest price ever for an E-M1.
Olympus considering to merge medical and imaging division by April 2015.
The header of the official Olympus restructuring goal document.
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To save costs and avoid redundancy Olympus is considering to merge the medical and imaging division by April 2015. The official document describing Olympus intentions can be seen here: Olympus Japan (translated via google).
What this means exactly for the camera division isn’t clear but to me it sounds likely that Olympus will “dismiss” some employees. Hope I am wrong with that assumption.
a little bit of everything…(with Ben’s Olympus workshop tour).
[NEW] Panasonic LUMIX GH4 “LIGHT”
Ben: “I’m running a 2-day workshop for photographers to try out all the latest Olympus OM-D gear, in West Cork, Ireland. It runs over the weekend of the Baltimore Wooden Boat and Seafood festivals, May 24-25.
I’ll have OM-D E-M1s, E-M10s and E-M5s, and all the top Olympus primes and zooms, and Sigma m4/3 lenses. The program includes a boat trip, to shoot boats under sail and the coastal landscape and sea-life; a pass for the castle, whose roof terrace gives the best view across the harbour; a hosted visit to an exhibition of superb local photography; and plenty of time for photography and to enjoy the bustle of the festival. It promises to be a great weekend.
The fee is €215, and Olympus are giving everyone a €60 cash-back voucher for OM-D/PEN purchases.
Here’s a link: http://www.onlinepictureproof.com/bensonrussell/om-d-events/106586
Ben Russell
Olympus Ambassador
p: +353 27 66133
e: ben (at) bensonrussell.com
w: http://www.bensonrussell.com”
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GX7 with the new 15mm and 42,5mm Panasonic lens test at DC.watch.
Speed booster adapter (china) m42->Panasonic G6 test (Berlon).
Olympus 12-40mm lens image samples at Photographyblog.
Olympus 25mm image samples at Photographyblog.
Olympus Stylus 1 test at DC.watch.
Reviewing an “old timer”, the SP-100EE at DC.watch.
E-M1 review at MirrorlessReview.
Beomagi: “I’ve been testing the cheap EF-MFT focal reducer with several lenses:
Part2 http://beomagi.blogspot.com/2014/04/evaluating-cheap-focal-reducer-with.html
Part1 http://beomagi.blogspot.com/2014/03/evaluating-cheap-focal-reducer-with.html”
Anonymous: “http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=161jjb7&s=8#.U1X-6eaSzA4 hi, just saw this billboard in Berlin, Germany. It looks like there’s an Olympus OM-D photography playground exhibit here in Berlin until the end of May. Don’t know if that might be interesting for anyone else here in the area.”
Annedo: “Not a rumor, but I didn’t see a photo of the gm1 and leica 15mm + hood yet. Check the video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsJw7CaisVI. At 3:02 there is an image of the combo.”
Panasonic GH4 in Stock now at Adorama!
The Panasonic GH4 is right now in Stock at Adorama (Click here). Hurry because they told me they have only few in Stock!
Hot US deal: Almost $200 off on the Panasonic GX7! Olympus accessory deal ends tomorrow.
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That’s quite a deal: The Black GX7 body with extra accessories now sells for [shoplink 45825 ebay]$621 only at 6ave on eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. There is a limited quantity only for sale at that price! 6ave also sells the LX7 with $90 off again on [shoplink 45826 ebay]$621 only at 6ave on eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
And this one ends tomorrow: 20% off on Olympus accessories at GetOlympus (Click here). Just use the code “SPRINGACC” when checking out. The rebate runs on very expensive accessories too like Water housings and Flashes!
Good news: Panasonic says GH4 preorders exceeded the expectations. Will ramp up production.
Panasonic Japan announced that the GH4 preorders were higher than expected and that they will try to increase the current production to meet the unexpected high demand. Currently the only cameras that have been shipped were sold by US stores and this also represents a first strategy change at Panasonic. They are now trying to increase their visibility on the US market. UPDATE: Personal-View has some GH4 in Stock and shipping worldwide.
And Photographyblog posted the full GH4 review and they are impressed by the camera:
The Lumix DMC-GH4 is a major step forward for Panasonic’s flagship camera, not only in terms of 4K video but also for the still image quality, responsiveness and handling. Even the asking price of £1299.99 / $1699.99 body-only seems like very good value for money given all the extra features that Panasonic have added, which means that the new Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 is a very worthy winner of our coveted Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 Essential! award.
Camerastuffreview writes:
The Panasonic GH4 is, in terms of ease of use, construction quality and image quality, a professional camera for video and photo – given the speed of the contrast AF – also for action and sports. A couple years ago, this was thought impossible. That is a top performance from Panasonic.
And so far the Sony A7s doesn’t seem to be a real competitor of the GH4. While the High ISO performance of the Sony is impressive (and so the pixel per pixel readout) the A7s is twice as expensive, cannot record 4K internally and has no 10bit out. And of course the Sony A7 series is known to have a very slow autofocus system too.
North American preorders, shipping date and price:
GH4 camera at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), and Panasonic (Click here). Price: $1,698. In Canada at Vistek (Click here).
GH4 camera with interface unit at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Price: $3,298
Interface unit only at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and Panasonic (Click here). Price: $1,998
Europen preorders, shipping date and price:
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.
Again everybody wins the Tipa Award :)
Panasonic’s headline on the Tipa Award prize.
Tipa published the list of the Tipa Award winners (Click here). And like any year…guess what…almost everybody wins a prize :)
There are so many categories that actually six mirrorless cameras won a prize:
– The Panasonic GH4 wins in the Best Hybrid Photo/Video Camera category
– The Olympus E-M10 wins in the Best CSC Entry Level category.
– The Samsung NX30 wins in the Best CSC Advanced category (Seriously…the NX30?).
– The Fuji X-T1 wins in the Best CSC Expert category
– The Sony A7r wins in the Best CSC Professional category.
– The Sigma DP Quattro wins in the Best Design category.
Every year big photo sites and camera manufacturers report the Tipa Ward news with plenty of glamour (See Panasonic’s headline on top). By creating so many categories it almost looks like Tipa let’s win almost everyone for purpose (but I may be wrong on that). And with respect for the Tipa organization…every year I will try to play down a bit these kind of ward :)
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