Adobe RAW support for the E-M5! And 17.5mm at BH.

Here are the latest E-M5 news:
The Lightroom 4.1 beta (CLick here) now supports the E-M5 RAW file. Time to make new testings with one of the best RAW converters :)
Meantime Engadget (Click here) posted the Fuji X PRO 1 review but talked a lot about the E-M5 too: “We haven’t reviewed the OM-D yet, but our preview hinted at promises of much better autofocus. It also has five-axis image stabilization and our few test shots revealed very good high ISO performance too. The OM-D also has a faster 9fps burst mode, is drastically cheaper and overall promises to be a real challenger to the X-Pro1’s perhaps more emotional virtues.” Yep, the E-M5 may be the better choice in terms of price-quality. But I would like Olympus doing a special edition liek the one you can see here at Fujirumors :)
More E-M5 bits: Fuji X PRO 1 versus Olympus E-M5 at Soundimagesplus (Click here). E-M5 versus NEX-5N versus G5 at Itmedia (Click here). E-M5 flower test at DC.watch (Click here).

UPDATE now Sold Out! The Black E-M5 with 14-42mm kit lens is (now was!) in Stock at Amazon US (Click here). A first Black body only is available at [shoplink 30578 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. And our reader Marc just wrote: “Picked up the black body only version of the om-d from Jessops in London. I was on a pre-order and I didn’t notice any in store on display so maybe they’re only fulfilling the pre-orders at the moment?

The Super new Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 is in Stock for the first time at BHphoto (Click here). Another hot deal is the GX1 body at Amazon (Click here) which just got another $20 price drop.

(UPDATED) E-M5 at Amazon! E-M5 dynamic range test explained…

The Black E-M5 with 14-42mm kit lens is now in Stock for the normal price at Amazon US (Click here to grab the deal). And it’s selling that good that is damn close to dethrone the NEX-7 from the first place of Amazon mirrorlress ranking (Click here). While it already dethroned the NEX at Amazon Germany (Click here).

UDPATE: It is now alreayd SOLD OUT :(

And now an updated about the Techradar E-M5 test results I linked last week:

The surprising RAW Signal to Noise ration chart from Techradar.

Last week I posted the graph from Techradar showing that the E-M5 has the best RAW dynamic range and noise handling. yes, even better than the Fuji X PRO 1. But as I told you many times you always be aware that there are so many variables that influence test results that you really have to be very careful. I asked Techradar to explain me their test procedure and they gave me that link (Click here).

I have two more doubts:
1) The super German experts from Digitalkamera DIWA lab (Click here for the translation) discovered that the real sensitivity of the E-M5 starts with ISO 120 (when the camera is set at ISO 200) and ends with ISO 14.200 (with the Olympus setting being at 25.600).
2) It’s known that there are not decent RAW converters for the Fuji X Pro 1.

Anyway, we are talking about small differences. The E-M5 is a damn good camera and it will not change the essence of your photography skills to know that it is a tack better or a tack worse than the Fuji :)

UPDATED: E-M5 in Stock in Germany and in US (overpriced).

If for some reason you need the E-M5 now than Willoughby’s has four of them in Stock through Amazon (Click here). But we aren’t that desperate or not? :)

UPDATE: The camera is now in Stock at Amazon Germany (Click here).

But here is the next and more important tip if you are still a film camera user like me. Fuji Japan (via FujiRumors) reports that starting from May 1 there will be a double digit price increase on all photographic films! So buy a large Stock now! Here are some links:
Fuji Velvia at [shopcountry 30509].
Fuji Provia at [shopcountry 30508].
Fuji Superia at [shopcountry 30510].
Damn, it’s getting tuff for us film useres. Kodak dropped the slide film production and Fuji increases the price :(

More interesting US deals:
E-Pl2 with 14-42mm and 40-150mm lens for $499 at Amazon (Click here).
Panasonic GF3 with 14mm pancake for $414 at Amazon (Click here).
Panasonic GF with kit lens for $399 at Amazon (Click here).
Nokton 17.5mm is now available for preorder at BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus E-P2 black body for $229 at Amazon (Click here).
The current most sold m43 camera at Amazon (Click here to see rankings) is the E-PL1 kit (Click here). The body only is in Stock for $149 (Click here).
The Panasonic GX1 body sells for $549 again at Amazon (Click here).
The Panasonic 45-175mm X lens sells for $389 at Amazon (Click here).

New reworked lenses set from “Jieying”.

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[/shoplink]That crazy guy of Jieying keeps reworking old lenses ot make them fit on Micro Four Thirds cameras (without the nedd of an adapter!). One of his latest “creations” is the [shoplink 30498 ebay]Rodenstock Heligon 50mm f/1.0 (here on auction on eBay)[/shoplink]. It’s so fun to use old lenses on m43 cameras!

He has also these two other lenses for sale:
[shoplink 30499 ebay]Kodak Singet 35 Ektar 44mm (here on auction on eBay)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 30500 ebay]55mm F/1.0 (here on auction on eBay)[/shoplink].