Today there will be a press conference from Panasonic.

1:00 p.m Las Vegas time
10:00 p.m Berlin time

Do not expect new MicroFourThirds cameras or lenses but mabe they will come with some surprise like the camcorder with m4/3 mount?

source: NABshow

March has been a memorable month for MicroFourThirds! We already told you that Olympus and Panasonic now do own 20.2% of the japanese DSLR sales share. And few days ago Amateur Photographer reported that “UK customers snapped up 2,909 mirrorless models in February, a 170% rise on the same month the previous year” and “More than one in ten interchangeable lens cameras sold in February were of the mirrorless variety, according to latest UK sales figures.”

Let’s take a look on amazon most sold cameras. This is not a precise tool for measuring worldwide camera sales but at least it can give you an idea how well MicroFourthirds is doing. You can check the camera DSLR rankings clicking here:
– Amazon US
– Amazon JP
– Amazon DE
– Amazon UK
– Amazon FR

That’s a nice piece of a viewfinder! The japanese blog DC.watch.impress tested the Pentax 110 F2.8 70mm and the Zeiss viewfinder turret on the Olympus E-P1.

This is the first time I have seen the Zeiss viewfinder on a MicroFourThirds camera. Click here to see some nice images: DC.watch.impress

In March 2010 MicroFourThirds has been able to expand the japanese DSLR sales share and now crossed the 20% barrier! One year ago when only the Panasonic G1 was available the MicroFourThirds share was 5.5%.
I don’t know if Panasonic and Olympus really expected to have such a huge success when they started the MicroFourThirds “project”.

Click on the product name to jump on the amazon product page:

Source: BCNranking

This is a must read! Thom Hogan talks about the future of digital photography: http://bythom.com/design2010.htm.

According to his predictions DSLR sales will slowly decrease in favor of the new mirrorless camera segment. And the new Cellulars phones will eat the reduce the compact camera sales.

But there are also very interesting considerations about social network integration and video recording!

Noktor pre-orders are now closed but you can still visit the product page and add your email address to be notified when the lens will be in Stock.

In the meanwhile we have some new Noktor news for you:

1) New image samples are available on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/syf0n/sets/72157623669052808/
2) Noktor added a new FAQ page: http://noktor.com/faq.php
3) Ken Rockwell talks about the Noktor marketing strategy.

The only (pre-)reviews to date have been made by Philip Bloom and Steve Huff

Good news for our japanese readers! The Panasonic G2 will be in Stock on Amazon on April 28.
Sadly we have bad news in Europe and US:
– Amazon UK says the G2 will be released on 1 Jun 2010
– In US there is still no known arrival date in Amazon and BHphoto.
– Amazon Germany doesn’t list the camera.

One more thing:
A special G2 offer + BAG is now available in Japan -> http://panasonic.jp/dc/campaign_g2/index.html