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(FT5) Miniaturization war is over. New GF to be bigger than the GF5!

March 21, 2013
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The current [shoplink 30485]GF5[/shoplink]

A trusted and a new source shared a news about the new GF camera. The miniaturization war is definitely over and the new GF will be bigger and have a “more high quality” feeling over the previous [shoplink 30485]GF5 model[/shoplink]. As I told you before the camera is going to be announced in early April. So like they did with the GH3 Panasonic is now going the opposite direction than they did in the past. Bigger is Better is the new slogan :)

That said the current GF5 is a bargain compared to the new GF camera (that will be priced at $599). In UK you can get the GF5 with X lens for 290 Euro(!) at [shoplink 37420 ebay]Wilkinsoncamera UK (Click here)[/shoplink]. Too bad they do ship in UK only :(

In US you can grab it for $399 on [shoplink 37424 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

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Mirex T/S adapter for MFT.

March 21, 2013
reviews
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The world of Micro Four Thirds adapters is growing and sometimes it surprises you with new products from companies you never heard of it before. The German company Mirex launched a new Micro Four Thirds Tilt Shift Adapter. The adapter is not yet listed on their webpage, but it is available and 43rumors reader Florian owns it. You can read his report and see more pics at Floriansphotos.com.

Current T/S adpaters or lenses for MFT are:
[shoplink 37413 ebay]Arsat Arax Photex 35mm f/2.8 (here on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 37414 ebay]MC 2.8/20mm TILT/SHIFT lens (here on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 37415 ebay]Minolta Tilt adapter (here on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 37416 ebay]Kipon Nikon F mount Lens to Micro 4/3 Tilt & Shift Adapter (here on eBay)[/shoplink].

Panasonic GH3 in Stock at BHphoto.

March 20, 2013
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The GH3 is now in Stock at BHphoto (Click here) too!

The GH3 is already in Stock for days now at Adorama (Click here) and Samys (Click here).. Adorama also offers some GH3 + accessory kits (Click here). It is surprisingly still not in Stock at Amazon but at least you can play with their new Lens Finder Tool at Amazon (Click here) to kill the time until it will be back in Stock :)

12-35mm X lens gets DxOmarked!

March 20, 2013
reviews
54 Comments

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The 12-35mm X lens just got DxOmarked (Click here to read the test). And they write: “The Panasonic Lumix G X Vario 12-35mm f2.8 ASPH Power O.I.S is the best lens of it’s type by quite a long way, but at a price that would buy better equipment if you are not wedded to the Micro 4:3 system.”

The 12-35mm X zoom beats the rest of the MFT lenses and comes very close to the Olympus 12mm and 45mm prime lens performance. Now we have to see if the upcoming new Olympus f/2.8 zoom can match or even beat the Panasonic X performance!

DxOmark writes that the X zoom is expensive but you can find some deals in US and Europe:
Panacam sells the lens for $985 via Amazon US (Click here).
Five demo lenses are for sale in [shoplink 37404 ebay]Germany (Click here)[/shoplink] for 829 Euro.

What to expect in April (G7, GF7, E-P5, 12-40mm f/2.8 and maybe a GX2).

March 20, 2013
Rumors
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A GX2 Mockup design made by 43rumors reader Mike (Thanks!).

Three announcements are expected to be made within early April and late April (or early May). Two from Panasonic and one from Olympus. Based on what we know so far we will get a GF6 and G7 with new 16 Megapixel sensor and usual improvements on AF, EVF resolution and so on. A new E-P5 with same E-M5 sensor and no integrated viewfinder, a new f/2.8 zoom form Olympus (maybe a weather sealed 12-40mm), a new Black 17mm f/1.8 and If we are really lucky maybe a GX2 with integrated viewfinder too.

So if the rumors are correct…

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Double 17mm f/1.8 lens review…

March 20, 2013
reviews
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[/shoplink] We have two brand new review of the Olympus 17mm f/1.8 lens:

That is what Admiringlight writes: “Overall, I think the 17mm f/1.8 is an extremely good lens for environmental portraiture and street shooting, as its image qualities shine in these situations, and the autofocus is blazingly fast. If you are after this lens as a high quality landscape lens, it’s probably not worth your money, as you can get similar quality from your kit zoom at 17mm stopped down.”

And that is Digitalcamerareview’s conclusion: “The 17mm f/1.8 lens is the kind of lens I want to use almost all the time. I won’t butcher the fabulous Olympus OM-D E-M5 by gluing this lens to it, but Olympus is going to have to send some very tough repo men to wrestle this lens back from me.”

So both like the lens and if the rumors I got are correct than we will get a Black version of this lens soon too!

Olympus 17mm lens price check at [shopcountry 34914].

G5 kit for $399. E-M5 price drop. GX1 super canadian deal

March 19, 2013
deals
21 Comments

Only for today you can grab the G5 with kit lens for $399 at Woot.com (Click here). That’s a $100 saving over the price at Amazon (where it is the most sold mirrorless camera).

And there are only a few E-M5 kits for $1169 via Sunset at Amazon. In Black (Click here) and Silver (Click here).

But the top deal of the day is going on in Canada: You can grab the GX1, both Sigma MFT lenses, a Holster Case and an SD card for $769.99 (you save $454.94) at Henrys (Click here).

Reminder: LX7 for $299 at Amazon (Click here).