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

Adobe just announced the new Camera Raw 6.1 (click here to visit the download page)

Support for the following cameras has been added in this update. Visit the Camera Raw page for a complete list of supported cameras.

• Canon EOS 550D (Digital Rebel T2i/ EOS Kiss X4 Digital)
• Kodak Z981
• Leaf Aptus-II 8
• Leaf Aptus-II 10R
• Mamiya DM40
• Olympus E-PL1
• Olympus E-600
• Panasonic G2
• Panasonic G10
• Sony A450

Since when Panasonic announced the G1 we were following all technical reviews, hand-on, image samples to convince ourself to join the m4/3 world. Finally Thom Hogan gave us a very “poetic” reason why MicroFourThirds is so important to take good pictures: http://www.bythom.com/.

And I do fully agree with what he says here: “To some, that slower, more considered world is a blessing: you get back to the roots of photography and you find that one decision impacts another and that putting dedicating your brain power to those domino-like decisions really does impact how good your image will be and have much fun you have capturing it.“.

Amen :)

Finally Panasonic released a new MicroFourThirds lens. The 8mm Fisheye will be available from July 2010 and cost £729.99 (according to dpreview).

UPDATE: Click here to preorder the 8mm fisheye lens on Amazon! ($799)

FX75/70 press releases on:
Dpreview
Imaging Resource
Letsgodigital
The PhoBlographer
Quesabesde (spanish)

Panasonic 8mm fisheye press release on:
Dpreview
Imaging Resource
Letsgodigital
The PhoBlographer
Quesabesde (spanish)

ZappB created an AF-assist beam mod for 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. On dpreview forum he says that “With the AF light, I can take photos in pitch black conditions using the flash. Normally, this would be impossible. I also added a mode for the light to stay on constantly for video or whatever you desire with a constant light.”

Now he wants to teaming up with a manufacturer to produce these device. Contact him if you want to collaborate!

Well don ZappB!!!