New bunch of refurbished Olympus cameras includes the E-M1 and 12-40mm lens for the first time!

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There is a new set of refurbished cameras by [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink]. This includes for the first time a [shoplink 44593 ebay]Black E-M1 body with external flash[/shoplink], [shoplink 44603 ebay]Black E-M1 body with 12-40mm lens[/shoplink] and another [shoplink 44605 ebay]Black E-M1 body with external flash[/shoplink].
Her eis the list of the most interetsing auctions:

Cameras:
[shoplink 44586 ebay]E-PL5 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44588 ebay]Silver E-M5 body[/shoplink] [shoplink 44590 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44591 ebay]Black E-P5 body[/shoplink] [shoplink 44592 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44593 ebay]Black E-M1 body with external flash[/shoplink] [shoplink 44595 ebay]Silver E-M5 body[/shoplink] [shoplink 44596 ebay]Black E-P5 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44597 ebay]Silver E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44603 ebay]Black E-M1 body with 12-40mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44598 ebay]Black E-M5 body[/shoplink] [shoplink 44599 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44600 ebay]Black E-P5 body[/shoplink] [shoplink 44602 ebay]Silver E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44604 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44607 ebay]Silver E-M5 body[/shoplink] [shoplink 44605 ebay]Black E-M1 body with external flash[/shoplink] [shoplink 44609 ebay]Black E-P5 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44610 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44611 ebay]Silver E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44612 ebay]Black E-P5 with double lens kit[/shoplink]

Lenses:
[shoplink 44594 ebay]Black 17mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44589 ebay]12mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44601 ebay]17mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44606 ebay]Black 17mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 44608 ebay]12mm lens[/shoplink]

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GH4 gets already a price in Sweden and Norway (around 1499 Euro). First image samples online!

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Dealsrunner reports that the GH4 actually is already available for preorder in Holland (Click here), Norway (Click here) and Sweden (Click here). The price for the body is 1499 Euro and knowing I guess this means we can guess a price of around $1499-$1599 for US. Amazon US (Click here) reports that “we will begin accepting pre-orders on March 17, 2014“.

GH4 image samples:
You can see first images samples taken with the GH4 in Kenya (on Flickr) and Japan (on Flickr). Thanks Cody for finding them!
Naturalexposures just posted a GH4 presentation report from Tokyo.

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GH4 preorders will start on March 17. Price still unknown.

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We will have to wait more than one month to know price and place our preorders on the new GH4. Amazon US (Click here) reports that “we will begin accepting pre-orders on March 17, 2014“.

Meantime the readers reaction the GH4 is very positive according to our POLL. I hope Panasonic will not change our mood after the final price announcement :)

Do you like the new GH4?

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And here is the GH4 Shooting Impression by Daniel Berehulak:

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Live coverage: Panasonic GH4 officially announced!

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GH4 specs, price and preorder notifications:
Panasonic GH4 body at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
DMW-YAGH interface unit at Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Panasonic US (Click here).
DMW-FL580L Flash at Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).

Previews, tests and image samples:
Hands-on at EosHD, Quick summary at Dpreview, Hands-on at Pocket Lint, First impressions at Trustedreviews, Hands-on pics at Cnet, First impression at ThePhoBlographer, First impressions at Quesabesde (Spanish), First imrpession at Cmaeras.Reviewed, Hands-on at Hybridcams, First Impression at Imaging Resource.

Videos:
“Light of the Yucatan” in 4K by Bryan Harvey (youtube), Shooting Impression by Bryan Harvey (youtube), GH4 Shooting Impression by Bence Máté (youtube), GH4 Shooting Impression by Takehito Miyatake (youtube), Panasonic GH4 commercial (youtube), Shooting Impression by Daniel Berehulak (youtube), Gh4 at Videoaktiv (German), First look by Wex (youtube), GH4 hands on by PMA (Italian), Video at Park Cameras (youtube).

Hot Notes:
1) Pricing will be announced in mid March only! (Camera will cost less than $2000 or 2000 Euro).
2) This is the world’s first mirrorless interchangeable lens mount camera recording 4K
3) The external XLR / HD-SDI add-on for this camera allows for uncompressed 10bit 4K output over 3G HD-SDI – the kind of spec Canon currently charges $25,000 fo (EosHD).
4) DFD (Depth-of-Defocus) autofocus works like this: During live view (before a half-press of the shutter button), the camera will occasionally make a tiny adjustment to focus, to check whether subjects in the frame are in front of or behind the current focus point. In addition to this information, the camera judges how far out-of-focus objects in the scene are, based on how blurred they are, assessed using a profile detailing the blur behavior of the lens at its current aperture. Although this combination of data itself doesn’t give the GH4 enough information to achieve precise focus, it does give it a clear idea of where it should start using conventional contrast detection AF process to achieve fine focus. (Dpreview).
5) Recording 4K will crop your image by an ulterior 1,125x (Cinema 4K) or 1,2x (Cinema) factor (Personal View).
6) The new sensor seems to be able to get more detail out of the highlights than the sensor in the Olympus EM1 (ThePhoBlographer).

Press release:
Dpreview, Panasonic, 43rumors, SystemKameraForum (German), Pocket Lint, Engadget, Photographyblog, Photoscala (German), DSLRmagazine (Spanish), Panasonic (Japanese),

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(FT5) New images of the GH4 with the monstrous interface unit.

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That’s likely the most spectacular “vertical grip” ever :)

The new interface unit will be announced along the GH4 in a few hours and this is how it will look on the GH4. Images have been already posted at Panasonic’s website (Click here).

Specs:

• XLR (monaural, 2ch)

  •   – Line / Mic / condenser mic input (+48V supply) switch
  •   – Volume control for L / R, separately
  •   – Audio level display monitor

• 3G – SDI terminal

  •   – 4K2K (YUV = 4:2:2/10bit) video output
  •   – FHD (YUV = 4:2:2/10bit) video output
  •   – Monitoring through with time code

Reminder: Follow the announcement live on 43rumors at 4am London time. That’s 5:00 in the morning in Berlin, 11pm in New York, 8pm in Los Angeles and 13:00 in Tokyo.

Thanks Darktide!

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Super US deal: Boxed Olympus E-M5 with 45mm lens and flash for $999!

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There is a super deal running on the boxed E-M5, 45mm lens and flash special box at Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here). You can grab it for $999 only! That’s a $250 discount over the original price and it sells so in a limited number only.

All current US deals:
Olympus camera+lens rebates at GetOlympus (Click here) and Amazon (Click here).
Save $200 on Select Panasonic Lenses with the Purchase of a Qualifying Panasonic Cameras at Amazon (Click here).
$50 off on the Panasonic GM1 (Black or Orange kit) at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus XZ-2 for $299 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), GetOlympus (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus XZ-10 for $199 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), GetOlympus (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Full deal page overview at Amazon and GetOlympus.

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