I don’t advice you to buy the japanese GH2 ([shoplink 17525]which are currently in auction on eBay[/shoplink]) because you have to deal with the japanese menu. But you don’t have that problem when you buy a lens! Japanese resellers are currently selling some of these lenses on [shoplink 17556 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
P.S: ThePublicEye posted a few Panasonic 14mm image samples.
The first two Panasonic GH2 cameras are for sale on eBay! They are located in Japan so you have to deal with the japanese menu :( The good news is that we have two different GH2 cameras:
[shoplink 17525]Click here to see the current Panasonic GH2 (Body Only!) auction[/shoplink]
[shoplink 17526]Click here to see the current Panasonic GH2+14-140mm lens auction[/shoplink]
The eBay reseller “[shoplink 17501 ebay]jieying-usa[/shoplink]” is reworking lenses so that they can fit on Micro Four Thirds cameras without the need of any adapter! And the Rodenstock 50mm f/0.75 is one of those lenses with m43 mount ([shoplink 17501 ebay]Click here to check the acution on eBay)[/shoplink]. The lens focuses from 3ft to infinity. Wide open, images are very soft but unlike C-mount lenses the circle covers the full m43 size. You can see a few image samples on Flickr. The same reseller also makes the [shoplink 16724 ebay]Kowa 55mm f/1.0 with m43 mount[/shoplink].
P.S.: A question to our readers. How many stops difference do you have between f/.075 and the f/0.95 from the [shoplink 15659 ebay]Voigtländer[/shoplink]?
I make no secret here. I am a big fan of that lens and I noticed that it is very very difficoult to find it in Stock somewhere. My sources told me the lens has been sold out at least until early 2011! [shoplink 16903]Bayern Fotoversand is now selling three of them on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. They ship to Europe only but if you are located outside Europe feel free to contact them. They may will make an exception for you!
CNET Asia posted a Hands-on with the Cosina Voigtlander Nokton 25mm F0.95 + image samples on Flickr.
If you need autofocus you might want to wait until Panasonic announced the 25mm f/1.4 Micro Four Thirds lens ([shoplink 14959]To not confuse with the Panasonic/Leica 25mm lens for Four Thirds)[/shoplink]
The weeks before the GF2 announcement we saw some nice GF1 deal. Now our sources are suggesting us that the E-P2 is the next camera to be replaced. Maybe that’s why we see that huge price drop on Amazon: E-P2+14-42mm lens + external EVF for $799 (Click here to visit the product page). According to our sources the E-P3 could be announced in 2-3 months. But you can never know…
Click here: Panasonic GF2 at Amazon. You can’t preorder the camera for now and price informations are not available.
BAD NEWS
Oh no…Amazon removed the GH2 from their database! Click here to check it out for yourself: Panasonic GH2 search at Amazon. I don’t know if that has to d with some kind of delivery delay…it’s really frustrating! Adorama and BHphoto do list the GH2 (Approx. Arrival December).