Panasonic announced a new firmware upgrade for the [shoplink 16841]AG-AF100[/shoplink]. Those are the improvements:
1: The color of the picture in the LCD display has been improved.
2: During VFR recording, an icon which tells “No audio is recorded” has been added in View finder and LCD display. There is no change for the functionality of the camera.
3: Capability for handling the invisible file made by Mac has been added. The firmware update for the items below has been made possible by using Mac.

Click here to download the firmware at Panasonics website.
You can order the Micro Four Thirds camcorder at [shopcountry 16841].

There is also a new AF100 and Voigtländer 25mm F0.95 hands on at EosHD. There are plenty of Voigtländer auctions on [shoplink 15659]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. But good luck in finding one for a decent price!

Samyang dropped a message on the facebook fan page to announce that the new 35mm f/1.4 manual Four Thirds lens will start shipping next month.
You can find all current Samyang lenses on [shoplink 16768 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Reminder: If you donpt find the Samyang lenses at your preferred store please keep in mind that they are also sold with different brand names like “Falcon” and “Vivitar”. Check it out:
– [shoplink 14885 ebay]Falcon (Vivitar) 85mm f/1.4[/shoplink] – [shoplink 14887 ebay]Samyang 85mm f/1.4 IF MC[/shoplink] – Opteka 8mm f/3.5
– Falcon 8mm f/3.5
– Rokinon 8mm f/3.5
– Bower 8mm f/3.5

Test Olympus E-PL2 : écran et autofocus (Focus Numerique). E-PL2 links to [shopcountry 18844].
E-PL2 studio photography in P mode and in Jpeg (Flickr).
The japanese blog capacamera tested all new Olympus lens converters.
E-PL1s review at ganref.
ThePhoBlographer posted a teaser of the Olympus EPL-2 field review in the form of the gorgeous photo on their Facebook wall.
Panasonic GF2 review at Hybridcams. GF2 links to [shopcountry 17361] GH2+Nokton 25mm test at DC.watch.impress. Check the Nokton auctions at [shopcountry 15659].
Panasonic GH2 review at mobile01. GH2 links to [shopcountry 16254] Fujifilm Finepix X100 first look at Photoreview Australia. X100 preorders at [shopcountry 19929] Short Olympus E-5 review at faz.net (german). E-5 links to [shopcountry 17163]

Good Morning!
Last week we posted quite a bit of new interesting rumors and news. I thought it was worth to make a summary of all the most important articles posted on 43rumors:

Hot discussions

Thom Hogan shared his thoughts to the question: What is the future for Olympus?. It’s definitely worthy to read! Please take a look at the comments which are also very interesting!
Zone-10 explains why 2011 is the Year of Olympus. And yesterday we asked you “Who do you think should join Micro Four Thirds?“.

Reviews

A very enthusiastic Panasonic GH2 review at Luminous Landscape. First Fuji X100 preview with real image samples (JPG and RAW) have been posted at Quesabesde. And we also posted the very first GH2 + Zeiss Cp lens image samples!

Rumors

(FT5) Panasonic G3 (and new lenses?) by end of March/early April
(FT3) After Pentax also Nikon will announce a tiny sensors mirrorless system? The “nikon coolpix pro”
A Mirrorless spring roadmap
(FT5) Next Olympus product announcement in May/June (but no pro camera yet?)

Did you read everything? Are you ready for the new week? ;)
The 43rumors guys!

Image above: The current Micro Four Thirds members

There are many camera manufactors that still didn’t make or join a mirrorless system. You will agree with me that it would be good if some of them would join the Micro Four Thirds system. My question to you is: do you have any special preference? You might explain us why?

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pont neuf – panasonic lumix [shoplink 17361]gf2[/shoplink] in paris

CP+ 2011, Fuji : La star du salon ? C’est [shoplink 19929]X100[/shoplink] bien sûr! (Focus Numerique).

Mirrorless Goes Mainstream (Arcrental). The [shoplink 16841]Panasonic AF100[/shoplink]: The Right Camera at the Right Time (Arcrental).

Videos 43rumors sent to me:
Perpetual Motion (Vimeo).
Son Cubano – GH2 meets the Roots of Salsa (3Dkraft).
John Laverty – British Superbikes – Building Confidence (Youtube).

Olympus XZ-1 preview at photoradar. Olympus XZ-1 Hands on at Flickr.

Hands-on: [shoplink 15864]Olympus M.Zuiko 40-150mm f4-5.6[/shoplink] and Sample Photos (ferdzdecena).

The website digital-photography explains how to apply Art Filters to RAW files. It is also possible to apply the Beauty Filter via Olympus Viewer 2 or Master to ANY .jpg file. And you can also have all of the newest art filters in the E-3 and other cameras.

μ43 — No good for sports? (jjsemplephotography)

Mirrorless cameras are very popular in Japan. That’s why you can find the Panasonic GF2 under the three most sold system cameras (last week sales). Source: BCNranking.
You can check Amazon rankings to get a very approximate idea on how it is going in the rest of the world (the stats are not reliable!). And looking at them you can easily understand why Canon has no hurry to join the mirrorless competition:
– System camera rankings (DSLR+mirrorless) at Amazon US (Click here). Amazon has also a dedicated Micro Four Thirds ranking (Click here) where you can check which m43 camera is the most popular.
– All digital camera rankings Amazon Germany (Click here). Mirrorless camera ranking at Amazon Germany (Click here)
– All digital camera rankings at Amazon UK (Click here). Mirrorless camera ranking at Amazon UK (Click here)
– All digital camera rankings at Amazon France (Click here). Mirrorless camera ranking at Amazon France (Click here)

Canon and Nikon keep domintaing the worold with their low end DSLR. A bit of a wonder why the usually conservative japaneses market is the only one where mirrorless has a huge 40% market share. Need some expert out there that can explain me that :)