We were just talking about the new GF5 coming to Europe and USA that one of our readers noticed that super Gold box deal where you can get the GF3 with the superb 14mm pancake for $314 at Amazon (Click here to grab it!!!). That’s a lot less than what you pay for a high end compact camera with tiny sensor like the LX5 ($360 at Amazon).

One more news and deal: ePhotozine (Click here) reviewed the 45-200mm Panasonic lens. It’s a pretty decent lens if you consider that you can get it for $199 again at Amazon (Click here).

As you know the current official Olympus Four Thirds to Micro Four Thirds adapter costs around $150 (here at Amazon) while the Panasonic adapter is a bit cheaper ($115 at Amazon). Other adapters are offered form third party companies but do not allow any electronic use of the lenses….until today! I am surprised from the new [shoplink 30996 ebay]Viltrox adapter (Click here)[/shoplink]. It is a Four Thirds adapter that supports the AF! It’s sold for $70 by a Hong Kong store on [shoplink 30996 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. I hope Viltrox can do more of that kind of adapters with electornic support!

For the first time the Nanoha 5x macro lens is in Stock at BHphoto (Click here). If you need some info about that relatively unknown lens here is a list of useful links:
Official presentation: Nonoha’s website
Image samples: DC.watch (Click here)
Video on vimeo and by Seb Farges
Review at ePhotozine (Click here) and Digi163 (Click here)
Unboxing at Mobile01

More USA deals:
The Panasonic 14mm pancake is in Stock now for $275 at Amazon (Click here). It sets a new low price record but it’s even more a bargaing if you get it along the GF3 as kit lens…$394 for the full combo at Amazon (Click here)!
After a long time the Panasonic-Leica 25mm f/1.4 lens is back in Stock at Amazon (Click here).
And the super $199 deal for the Panasonic 45-200mm is also still ongoing at Amazon (Click here).

Good news for USA folks! Finally the Black E-M5 body will ship by May 16th at Amazon (Click here). I hope there are plenty of cameras coming because it’s alreayd the most ordered mirrorless camera at Amazon (here is the ranking).

Meantime Kirk Tuck (Click here) wrote “Why I think the Olympus OM-D, EM-5 is making so many waves“. But at the end he writes: “The reality is that while I like the camera just fine and would love to own one I’m intrigued by rumors of a new Panasonic GH3.“. Then dear Kirk you will have to wait until September ;)

E-M5 (Pre)order links (Click on store name): Amazon, Adorama, B&H, Jessops, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon Japan and Digitalrev.

Bestseller list. Check the list (changes hourly!):
USA: E-M5 on position 1/6/12 (Click here)
UK: E-M5 is on position 21 (Click here).
Germany: The E-M5 is on position 2/4/16 (Click here).
France: not available (Click here to see rankings anyway).
Japan: E-M5 on position 4/10/16 (Click here).

The super hot lens is the 45-200mm which is now priced at $181 at Amazon (Click here). And is one of the overall most sold system camera lenses at Amazon (here is the ranking). Speaking of the cameras we had so many new mirrorless cameras this year but there is one camera that still remains on the top three of all mirrorless sales at Amazon (Click here to see the ranking). It is again…as you know…the E-PL1!

The USA “Mothers Day Deals” have extended to Olympus lenses (before it was cameras only):
$100 price drop on the 75-300mm at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$100 price drop on the 14-150mm at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$100 price drop on the 14-150mm at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$50 price drop on the 40-150mm at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$30 price drop on the 40-150mm at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Camers:
$100 price drop on all Olympus E-P3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$100 price drop on all Olympus E-PL3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$100 price drop on all Olympus E-PM1 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Panasonic deals:
GX1 body back at $549 at Amazon (Click here). 14mm pancake for $283 at Amazon (Click here).

I see it at work every day that a good photo also depends from a good postprocessing. And certainly Adobe Photoshop is one of the programs that does his job pretty well. So it’s worth to let you know that the new CS6 suite is now available at Adobe (Click here) or at BHphoto (mac version here and windows version here).

P.S.: Saw once the full story of a photo shooting for Audi. The magic really came out from the post production work and not from the shooting directly. They added so many lights and shadows the real photo really looked ugly by comparison :)

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PEN USA deals (and more)
$100 price drop on all Olympus E-P3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Combine it with the 40-150mm lens and the total rebate is $150!
$100 price drop on all Olympus E-PL3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Combine it with the 40-150mm lens and the total rebate is $150!
$100 price drop on all Olympus E-PM1 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). Combine it with the 40-150mm lens and the total rebate is $150!

The Hong Kong located store “dstebattery” reacted quickly and is now offering new (non original) E-M5 batteries with battery charger included! Here are the auctions:
– Three E-M5 batteries with charger for $39,99 ([shoplink 30785 ebay]Click here to see the auction[/shoplink]).
– Two E-M5 batteries with charger for $30,99 ([shoplink 30786 ebay]Click here to see the auction[/shoplink]).
– One E-M5 battery with charger for $18,99 ([shoplink 30787 ebay]Click here to see the auction[/shoplink]).
– A single E-M5 battery without(!) charger for $12,99 ([shoplink 30788 ebay]Click here to see the auction[/shoplink]).

I think this is a great deal if you consider that the original Olympus BLN-1 Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery (1220mAh) costs $59 (here at Bhphoto). As usual be aware of the risk to buy from oversea stores! I will take the risk but don’t blame me if there are some problems after :)