The new Panasonic fisheye lens will be in Stock in Japan on June 30.

Preorders are available on amazon.com (Usually ships within 1 to 2 months.)

Video by Andrew Reid (via Philip Bloom)

It is exciting to see how much the free work from capable people can improove the performance of the Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1. I hope one day camera makers will make it possible for people to write their own applications. Would love to see a “MicroFourThirds” application store!

Latest news:
The PTool 3.36 has been released (click here to visit the download page)
1) Native 24p/25p patch modified to prevent freezing on playback.
2) Simplified video bitrate patch added.

Awesome screenshots are available here: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=2015034&postcount=71
New videos are available here: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showpost.php?p=2012699&postcount=10
Read the latest article from Philip Bloom!

And click here to check out the price (and eventually order) the Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1

Thanks tester13 and the DVXuser for making that possible!

DVXforum user posted the first image/video samples of the Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1 using the new patch.

1) dc98 posted some video samples on Rapidshare (but you have to be a member to be able to download the file). He says that “it’s really a great step in quality. But you will see, there is still some mud in fast movements at 1080, but quality is much much better then before ! Now its realy possible to use GH1 at serious production.”

2) jobless posted a video sample you can download here. Paul Shields posted some screen grabs -> patched image and unpatched image

Thanks guys!

Tester13 just released the new PTool 3.35. Now you can adjust the AVCHD bitrate using provided preset to 32Mbit on your Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1!!!

The orginial note from Tester13:
“Tested settings:
a) Gives you 22Mbit bitrate with some spikes up to 24Mbit.
b) Gives you 32Mbit bitrate with some spikes up to 34Mbit.

For 720p60 actual bitrate can be slightly lower (I get 27Mbit at b) ).
Top bitrate and best settings will be found by testers later.
Possibility is it can be as high as MJPEG top bitrate for FullHD mode.
Q: Such high bitrate clips are playable on camera?
A: Yes, no problems during my limited testing. All plays fine.”

Click here to read the How-To written by Tester13: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=206788

I guess we have now one reason more to buy the Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1 ;)

Thanks Tester13!

I already posted that but I have seen that many missed tha. Olympus launched a new 3-D virtual tour. Take a look here: http://www.getolympus.com/pen/index.asp?intCmp=geto_rdrct_pen3d

And if you have some time look at the Olympus contest videos on youtube. Some of them are really funny ;)

Oh! One more thing: The Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1 will appear in the inaugural digital edition of WIRED for the iPad.

I just received following email form a german dealer:

“Well, our English version of our homepage is not up to date yet, but even the German one should be quite interesting for may of your forum members.
Have a look: http://pt4pano.com/de/products/minikiss

We will ship our MiniKISS nodal point adaptors and the complete panoramic system for MFT’s from end of next week – and maybe have opportunity, to update our homepage.”

The Minikiss comes in two verisons:

MiniKISS V1 for the following cameras:
(This camera is always mounted in upright position)
Canon G10 Canon G10
Canon G11 Canon G11
Lumix GF-1 mit 20mm Pancake Lumix GF-1 with 20mm Pancake

MiniKISS V2 for the following cameras:
(This camera is mounted in either portrait or landscape position)
Leica X1 Leica X1
Lumix GF-1 (mit G Vario 14-45mm) Lumix GF-1 (with G Vario 14-45mm)
Olympus PEN 1/2 mit 17mm Pancake Olympus Pen half with 17mm Pancake
Sigma DP1 / DP1s Sigma DP1 / DP1s

Click here to read the google english translation.

Check out their website to see 38 image samples (jpg in original size):
http://fourthirds-user.com/2010/06/olympus_mzuiko_14150mm_f456_superzoom_sample_images.php

Reminder: The Olympus ED 14-150mm f/4.0-5.6 micro Four Thirds Lens will be in Stock by late June

Preoder the lens at Amazon US