Black and Silver E-PM1 in Stock (Oly 45mm and Leica 25mm to be in Stock soon).

The smallest of all new Olympus PEN cameras is in Stock in US stores:

Black E-PM1 at Amazon (Click here). And the Silver E-PM1 at BHphoto (Click here) and J&R (Click here).

Many of are asking where you can find the Olympus 45mm and Panasonic 25mm in Stock. In US both lenses are unavailable but I have been told by US and European dealers that they will be in Stock within the next days. In Europe some stores do have the Panasonic Leica lens.
Check the Pansonic-Leica 25mm f/1.4 preorder status at [shopcountry 23110].
Check the Olympus 45mm f/1.8 preorder status at [shopcountry 23577].

Price drops on the Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95! 714 Euro only!

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Exactly one year ago Voigtländer announced the amazing [shoplink 15659 ebay]Nokton 25mm f/0.95[/shoplink] lens. And now we noticed the very first price drops on the Nokton. The normal price in Europe was 899 Euro and in US $1,199.00. But now there are considerable price drops on the lens. Probably because there are now plenty of them in Stock. The price dropped by 100 and sometimes 150 Euro!

Here are the current top prices (Click on the shopname to see the products page):
590 Euro at BHphoto (that’s without taxes).
714 Euro at [shoplink 25374 ebay]Photo Video on eBay (France)[/shoplink].
729 Euro at [shoplink 25375 ebay]SC Photo on eBay (Hong Kong)[/shoplink]. (Attention, you have to pay import taxes!).
747 Euro at [shoplink 25371 ebay]Ringfoto on eBay (Germany)[/shoplink].
788 Euro at [shoplink 25376 ebay]UKbnSuk on eBay (UK)[/shoplink].
799 Euro at [shoplink 25373 ebay]Leicaplace on eBay (Netherland)[/shoplink].
799 Euro at [shoplink 25378 ebay]Photoalps on eBay (Austria)[/shoplink].
799 Euro at [shoplink 25379 ebay]Infoto 24 on eBay (Poland)[/shoplink].
802 Euro at [shoplink 25377 ebay]Photo Camera on eBay (Lettland)[/shoplink].

Need for speed: Noktor 50mm f/0.95 now in Stock on eBay.

[shoplink 25246 ebay][/shoplink] If you are in absolute need of speed than Micro Four Thirds is the right system for you :) You not only have the [shoplink 15659 ebay]Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 (Click here to see it on eBay)[/shoplink] option but now also the Noktor 50mm f/0.95 is in Stock on eBay:
Sold by a [shoplink 25246 ebay]Hong Kong eBay reseller (Click here)[/shoplink].
Sold by a [shoplink 25247 ebay]US eBay reseller (Click here)[/shoplink].

I have both lenses and I use them mainly for video. For that purpose both lenses are very good. For stills the [shoplink 15659 ebay]Nokton 25mm[/shoplink] has a much better and “different” kind of image quality. It’s perfect to take shot pictures from my brothers baby!

Panasonic X lens hands-on video (+ one more size comparison)


Which UK posted the Hands-on video you see here on top. And here is another size comparison with the upcoming 12-35mm X lens (Click on it to enlarge):

Those are the preorder links:

Black 14-42mm X lens is available for preorder at Amazon (Click here).
Silver 14-42mm X lens is available for preorder at Amazon (Click here).
Black 45-175mm X lens is available for preorder at Amazon (Click here).
Silver 45-175mm X lens is available for preorder at Amazon (Click here).
Black GF3 with 14-42mm X lens at Amazon (Click here).
Red GF3 with 14-42mm X lens at Amazon (Click here).
White GF3 with 14-42mm X lens at Amazon (Click here).

New Panasonic-Leica 25mm reviews. In Stock in Europe!

I found a couple of new reviews around the web:

A detailed review has been posted by 3D-Kraft (Click here). Many different mini tests canbe found at Soundimagesplus (Click here). Than there is a short review with nic epictures at Gakuranman (Click here). And new Leica DG Summilux 25mm f/1.4 Sample Photos at ePhotozine (Click here).

The good news is that the lens is in Stock in Europe at Amazon Germany (Click here), Amazon UK (Click here), [shoplink 24917 ebay]eBay (UK reseller)[/shoplink] and very overpriced at Amazon US (Click here).

P.S.:There is a new Nokton 25mm review at Openpn (Click hee to read the google english translation). Image samples can be found here. There are plenty of lenses in Stock on [shoplink 15659]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

E-PL3 in Stock in US. E-PM1 preorders available.

The new Black 14-42mm X lens is now the most sold (actually rpeordered) Micro Four Thirds lens at Amazon US (Click here to see the full lens bestseller ranking).

In the meanwhile the new Olympus E-PL3 is in Stock at Adorama (Click here) and J&R (Click here). And if you are interested in getting the tiniest of all PEN cameras than you can preorder the E-PM1 again at Adorama (Click here) and J&R (Click here).

Latest deal: The E-P2 with 17mm lens sells for $489 at Amazon (Click here).

Preorders of the new X lenses:
Black 14-42mm X lens is available for preorder at Amazon (Click here).
Silver 14-42mm X lens is available for preorder at Amazon (Click here).
Black 45-175mm X lens is available for preorder at Amazon (Click here).
Silver 45-175mm X lens is available for preorder at Amazon (Click here).
Black GF3 with 14-42mm X lens at Amazon (Click here).
Red GF3 with 14-42mm X lens at Amazon (Click here).
White GF3 with 14-42mm X lens at Amazon (Click here).

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