Please click the link below to read the press release…

And here it is the new native Micro Four Thirds lens from SLRmagic. The [shoplink 18603]Toy Lens 26mm f/1.4 lens[/shoplink] is a multi coated manual prime lens. It is a special effects lens that is meant to capture impressionistic images. Dreamy, color twist, and noticeable vignette: “The lens is great for portrait photography and some say that it is great for Lo-Fi photography. We occasionally receive questions about how this lens differ from the kit lens. The simple answer is it will enable you to capture photos in every other way that the kit lens cannot. Toy Lens was designed to bring more fun to your photography.”

So it doesn’t sound like that lens has a great sharpness ;)

You can get that lens for $79 on [shoplink 18603]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

UPDATE: SLRmagic just contacted me and sent me those pictures (Click on thumbnail to enlarge).

“A Verse Before Dying” (Shot with the [shoplink 16841]Panasonic AG-AF100[/shoplink])

Photographyblog tested the [shoplink 14802]Panasonic 14-140mm f/4.0-5.8 O.I.S.[/shoplink] lens.The lens gets Highly Recommended! “This lens is surprisingly small and lightweight for what it is….he lens is extremely fast to focus on the new DMC-GH2 camera with a response time of just 0.1 seconds….Optically, the lens is a good performer, much better than we expected from a 10x zoom. ”

DC.watch interviewed Panasonic engineers and asked them a lot of questions about the contrast autofocus development (Very interesting story!).

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF2 Test Images at Imaging Resource and first look at Digital camera review.

SHort GH2 review by Lisandra at E-P1.net.

Gajole in Chianti – Olympus E-P1+[shoplink 15659]Nokton 25mm[/shoplink] (It’s not me i the picturea but a friend of mine)

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M43blogspot compared the Rolling shutter effect of the new G2 and the older GH1. There is almost no difference here…

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 review at DCresource: “The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 is an impressive interchangeable lens camera that does both still photography and video recording very well.”

Panasonic LX5 review at optyczne.pl

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100 Review at Steve Digicam’s.

[shoplink 16841]Panasonic AG-AF100[/shoplink] vs [shoplink 16254]Panasonic GH2[/shoplink] Video Comparison

Here is a comparison between all GH2 and GF1 color profiles. Shot RAW and .jpg images. All images are full size as they came out of the camera (Dpreview forum).

The dutch website tweakers.net tested the Olympus E-5.

Nikon D3100 vs Olympus E-PL1 image comparison at Dpreview.

Lumix DMC-LX5 vs. Samsung TL500 (EX1) Review at Pixiq.

The russian website Olympusourlife.ru tested the new Panasonic GF2. There are lots of image samples you can download. The reviewer admits that he likes the camera (and the new touchscreen controls) more than he expected.

The japanese website Ascii.jp reviewed the GF2: “To summarize GF2 usability, operability and easy to use touch system is surprisingly impressive.”

P.S.: Bhphoto now says the GF2 will be in Stock by February (before it was January).