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I know people started saying that after the MicroFourThirds success classic Four Thirds development is going to die. Forget it! Expect big Four Thirds news between late August and October. Cameras and lenses are coming! The E-3 successor is ready to be announced. It should arrive together with the new prime lenses. I hope to get some concrete specs these cameras and lenses soon!

(FT4) The E-3 successor is rumored to use the 12 Megapixel, E-30 sensor with a weaker AA filter, and little upgrades in the AutoFocus system . It will have Art Filters.

UPDATE: The E-3 successor will be an upgraded E-3. But the same source who gave me the specs told me Olympus will release a completely new high-end camera next year (probably at Photokina 2010)

UPDATE2: This is what of a source told us: “The E3 Evolution (or mark 2) is essentially a repackaged E3 with E30 features. If you add in what the E30 has, like art filters, digital leveler, AF adjustments, you’ll be pretty accurate. The E4 will only be released next year. ”

UPDATE3: The most improbable rumored name for the E-3 successor is “OM-N1“. The sources told me that the name will not be E-4 or E-5!

http://lenstip.com/1739-news-Olympus_M.Zuiko_Digital_17_mm_f_2.8_lens_review.html

It seems the lens has some weaknesses which you can easily correct in Photoshop (distortion, croma noise,…). The most important thing is that the lens shows impressive resolution! And that matters!

For UK only, amazon has the Olympus Pen E-P1 (14-42mm Silver Lens Kit) – Silver in stock!

Leica launches limited-edition Leica D-LUX 4 Safari.

Nice, but I like the far cheaper Panasonic LX-3 more…

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Something new and interesting…slrgear made a Image Stabilization Test with the Olympus E-520! You have to read it because it compares In body IS with lens stabilization.

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And I can’t finish the column without giving you some E-P1 new….here….and here (this are all image tests)

If you need to read one more review…

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/find/newsLetter/Olympus-E-P1-Digital-Pen.jsp

http://picture.stanford.edu/Photo/Equipment%20Test/DP2_G1_EP1/Compact_DSLR_1.html

The difference in colour between the two MicrFourThirds camera and the Sigma DP2 is huge! And you cn clearly see the E-P1 sharpness thanks to the weak AA-Filter.

UPDATE: A new comparison is available here (with the DP1 instead of the DP2)

http://www.ukphotosafari.org/e-p1-team-review/2009/7/7/purple-perception-problem.html