Olympus E-PL6 hands-on at DC.watch.

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There is a Micro Four Thirds camera you will never see in stores outside Japan. it is the Olympus E-PL6! Yes, it will sell in Japane only and if you want to read a review than you have to click over at DC.watch (google translated). If you really really but really want the camera you can buy it through [shoplink 39299 ebay]Japanese eBay sellers (Click here)[/shoplink]. They do ship worldwide!
But I woudl rather wait for the E-PL7…

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E-PL3 kit for $249, Nice BH Olympus rebate scheme. Olympus E-P5 to ship from June 28.

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Here is a short roundup of news and deals:

1) You may have noticed that Amazon US (Click here) postponed the E-P5 shipment date from June 14 to June 21/28. Also Olympus Japan today announced that the camera is set to ship from June 28 in Japan.

2) Deals: Today’s Newegg new Shell Shocker is the Black E-PL3 with kit lens and sells for $249 (Click here to grab it). Panasonic store (Click here) offers a new G5 superkit. All hot deals of the day can be seen at DealsRunner.com.

3) To get an easy idea of the new Olympus US deals you have to play with the nice page made by BHphoto (Click here) to see it. Also Adorama (Click here) and Amazon (here at the cameras and here are the lense) have a deals page.

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Poll: Panasonic-Fuji vs Olympus-Sony. Is that good news?

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The Micro Four Thirds system will dramatically change with the new Panasonic-Fuji vs Olympus Sony partnerships. It’s too early to see what exactly will change. Some of you believe this is bad news because Olympus-Sony and Panasonic-Fuji will collaborate more in their own systems (X and E-mount). Some of you believe that Fuji or Sony may be involved in the MFT system. I “believe” that at least in the short and mid term nothing will change in Panasonic and Olympus strategy. They will focus on the MFT system. Panasonic will use Fuji knowledge to create MFT cameras with organic sensor and Olympus will get the latest sensor tech from Sony.

Anyway, I ask you…

What is your feeling about the new partnerships?

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P.S.: Almost sodl out: GX1 for 199 Euro in Germany: dealsrunner.com.

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New G5 deal in UK. New stock of refurbished E-M5 cameras.

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Not only in US but also in UK Panasonic is running a great deal on the G5. Panasonic UK launched a new G5 deal where you can get the 45-150mm lens for free. I haven’t found a deal like that in other EU countries.

On the Continental side of Europe you can find a new large Stock of refurbished Olympus cameras at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink]. The list includes also some nice auctions like E-Pm2 superkits with two lenses and flash:

E-M5 auctions (Click on the link to see the current auction price):
[shoplink 39420 ebay]auction one[/shoplink], [shoplink 39421 ebay]two[/shoplink], [shoplink 39422 ebay]three[/shoplink], [shoplink 39423 ebay]four[/shoplink], [shoplink 39424 ebay]five[/shoplink], [shoplink 39425 ebay]six[/shoplink], [shoplink 39426 ebay]seven[/shoplink], [shoplink 39427 ebay]eight[/shoplink], [shoplink 39428 ebay]nine[/shoplink] and [shoplink 39429 ebay]ten[/shoplink].

E-PM2 auctions (Click on the link to see the current auction price):
[shoplink 39430 ebay]auction one[/shoplink], [shoplink 39431 ebay]two[/shoplink], [shoplink 39432 ebay]three[/shoplink], [shoplink 39433 ebay]four[/shoplink], [shoplink 39434 ebay]five[/shoplink], [shoplink 39435 ebay]six[/shoplink], [shoplink 39436 ebay]seven[/shoplink], [shoplink 39437 ebay]eight[/shoplink], [shoplink 39438 ebay]nine[/shoplink], [shoplink 39429 ebay]ten[/shoplink], [shoplink 39440 ebay]ten[/shoplink], [shoplink 39441 ebay]eleven[/shoplink], [shoplink 39442 ebay]twelve[/shoplink], [shoplink 39443 ebay]thirteen[/shoplink], [shoplink 39444 ebay]fourteen[/shoplink] and [shoplink 39445 ebay]fifteen[/shoplink].

MFT lenses:
[shoplink 39446 ebay]12mm f/2.0 lens[/shoplink], [shoplink 39471 ebay]40-150mm lens with case[/shoplink],

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VF-4 in Stock at BH. New Olympus deal scheme at BH.

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For the first time the new Olympus VF-4 viewfinder is in Stock and shipping in US via BHphoto (Click here).

And BH also made a very nice scheme of all new Olympus deals (Click here) to see it. Also Adorama (Click here) and Amazon (here at the cameras and here are the lense) have a deals page.

None of the mentioned stores offers a $100 price drop on the Black 75mm lens. But you can get it at [shoplink 39459 ebay]Willoughbyscamera on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

P.S.: Thanks Don!

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Panasonic-Fuji organic sensors has double the dynamic range of the Nikon D800E.

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The new Panasonic-Fuji organic sensor has a theoretical dynamic range of 88dB (29.2 EV!). The current best DSLR the Nikon D800E has a measured dynamic range of 46dB (15.3 EV) (Source: Adorama via PetaPixel). If the next Panasonic and Fuji cameras can really achieve such an impressive Dynamic than these will be a huge step forward! It will not only close the gap to FF sensors but on paper even “beat” them. Of course, it has to be seen that how long it will take until the new sensor can find his way in real mass production cameras. And of course the competition is certainly working on similar sensors too!

UPDATE: There seems to be a big confusion on the conversion between “dB” and “stops (EV)” A 43rumors reader shared that table:
46 dB = 4.6 B –> 10^4.6 = 2^15.3 –> 15.3 EV (Nikon D800E)
88 dB = 8.8 B –> 10^8.8 = 2^29.2 –> 29.2 EV (New Organic sensor from Panasonic-Fuji)
10 dB = 3.32 EV = log 10 / log 2
(see also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel)

P.S.: Short focus on real existing cameras: ….Adorama (Click here) published the full list of 115 newly discounted Olympus cameras and lenses. The same list but separated can be seen at Amazon (here at the cameras and here are the lenses).

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