Olympus 75mm review at Lenstip.

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Lenstip published the full Olympus 75mm f/1.8 lens review. And the conclusions says it all: “I do not hesitate to write it: testing such lenses is pure pleasure which starts when you take the lens out of its box and you look at it for the first time. You already know you deal with a very solid instrument. Pleasurable experience lasts when you take sample shots or photos of testing charts“.

I hope the new 17mm f/1.8 lens will be as good as that lens!
The best price I found in Europe is at [shoplink 34070 ebay]Pro Video France (Click here)[/shoplink]. A third party lens hood is sold by [shoplink 33366 ebay]ProPhotoshop Germany (Click here)[/shoplink]. In US the lens will be back inS tock at Amazon on October 22th.

More reviews:
60mm macro image samples at Letsgodigital. Part two of the 60mm macro battle posted at Admiringlight.
Panasonic 14-45 mm vs Olympus 12-50mm at Cameraergonomics.
LX7 review at Cameralabs and Steve Digicams.

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For US: The sub $300 MFT camera deals roundup!

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[shoplink 34055 ebay]

[/shoplink] Yesterday we had two great US deals on the E-PL1 and GF3. Two readers sent me some more links to cheap Micro Four Thirds cameras. So here is the overall link list including yesterdays deals:
Olympus E-PL1 body sells for $139 at Amazon (Click here) 
Silver Olympus E-P1 body for $189 at [shoplink 33960 ebay]Rhyanna (Click here)[/shoplink] Black Olympus E-PL1 body for $199 at [shoplink 33964 ebay]Tvwu (Click here)[/shoplink] Silver Olympus E-P1 body for $213 at [shoplink 33961 ebay]Rhyanna (Click here)[/shoplink] Red Panasonic GF3 for $233 at [shoplink 33957 ebay]BigValue (Click here)[/shoplink] Black Olympus E-PL2 body for $239 at [shoplink 34061 ebay]Zmdistribution (Click here).
Black Panasonic GF3 for $263 at [shoplink 34054 ebay]China Bedding (Click here)[/shoplink] Black Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens for $269 at [shoplink 33966 ebay]Zmdistribution (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon (Click here).
Black Panasonic GF3 with kit lens for $299 at [shoplink 34055 ebay]Tech (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 34056 ebay]Californiaint (Click here)[/shoplink].
Panasonic GF3 with kit lens is available for $311 only at Amazon (Click here).

And than we have many refurbished PEN cameras at Cameta (Click here to see the list). There are for example:
Black E-PL1 for $119
Black E-PM1 for $169
Black E-P2 for $189
Black E-PL1 with lens for $199
Black E-PM1 with lens for $249

As you see, there are many chances to get a MFT camera for less than $300!

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A Micro Four Thirds database overview (by Eric)

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43rumors reader Eric created a MFT database some of you might find useful to check out and use. This is his original mail sent to me this week:

Eric:This spreadsheet helps me keep track of all the MFT lenses and how they relate to each other, so I can try to do a better job of picking-the-next-lens than I have in the past.
I don’t know what other people use, if anything, but I thought someone might find these useful.

All Lenses-Specs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87870429@N06/8041366928/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Primes-Graph
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87870429@N06/8041366610/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Zooms-Graph
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87870429@N06/8041357975/sizes/l/in/photostream/

PrimesByCompany-Cost
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87870429@N06/8041366696/sizes/l/in/photostream/

PrimesByCompany-Chart
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87870429@N06/8041366752/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Thanks Eric!

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Hackers already collecting money to buy and hack the GH3!

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The GH3 is a very good camera but hackers are already on work to make it become even better! At Personal View (Click here) you can help them to collect the necessary money to buy the GH3. Than there is one simple question. What features should they add on the brand new GH3? Let’s hear the voice of your imagination :)

Panasonic and Olympus Preorder Links with specs and price:
Special GH3 page at Amazon (Click here) and a full Olympus presentation page at Amazon (Click here).
GH3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) and in Europe at Wexphotographic UK.
35-100mm X lens at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
E-PL5 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here). In EU at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, Amazon France,
E-PM2 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here). In EU at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, Amazon France,
XZ-2 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
60mm macro at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
12mm Black prime lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
15mm cap-lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).

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E-PL5 shipment from October 12th. New Olympus Interview (there is no unprocessed RAW conversion)

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The japanese site Kakaku reports that the new E-Pl5 will start to ship from October 12th. It will ship in EU and US one week later (Bhphoto says Oct. 23th). And our australian readers can now preorder the E-PL5 at Digidirect.

There is also a new Olympus interview at DSLRmagazine (Tranlsation here). The first interesting news that olympus admits that there is now “clean” RAW file conversion. It means that all processed RAW files are actually modifying the image  “especially with regard to distortion control“. DSLRmagazine also shows you in the article how the RAW processing works.

Panasonic and Olympus Preorder Links with specs and price:
Special GH3 page at Amazon (Click here) and a full Olympus presentation page at Amazon (Click here).
GH3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) and in Europe at Wexphotographic UK (horrible price in UK!).
35-100mm X lens at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
E-PL5 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here). In EU at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, Amazon France,
E-PM2 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here). In EU at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, Amazon France,
XZ-2 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
60mm macro at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
12mm Black prime lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
15mm cap-lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).

 

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Panasonic G5 gets DxOmarked. GF3 with lens for $311 (Gold Box deal)

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The Panasonic G5 sensor got tested at DxOmark (Click here). The good news is that it is better than the G3 and GX1 sensor. But it’s still 10 points away from the best m43 camera which is the [shoplink 29074]Olympus E-M5[/shoplink]. Can’t wait to see the GH3 score! My guess is that it will be on par with the E-M5!

Hot deal of the day: The Panasonic GF3 with kit lens is available for $311 only at Amazon (Click here). And it quickly became the most sold m43 camera (ranking here). Thanks jdhodges.com.

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