A couple of days ago the Four Thirds Group updated their Lens Catalog (pdf file here). As you can see the 7-14mm and 8mm pro lenses are to be released this summer while the 300mm is coming after them in late 2015. The catalogue also shows the three Schneider MFT lenses but without to mention a specific release target.

Latest we heard about those Schneider lenses was back at Photokina. The 14mm f/2.0 should cost around 1200 Euro. But release time was still undefined because Schneider first has to produce more of their highly requested Cine lenses. But let’s hope those lenses will ship sometimes before the end of this year!

Kowa announced the UK pricing of their new MFT lenses (via Dpreview):
The Prominar MFT 8.5mm f/2.8/T3.0 will cost £1049.
The Kowa Prominar MFT 12mm f/1.8/T1.9 will cost £829.
The Kowa Prominar MFT 25mm f/1.8/T1.9 will be priced at £749.

The new Kowa Micro Four Thirds lenses are already available on eBay:
12mm f/1.8 in [shoplink 50867 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 50868 ebay]Green (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 50869 ebay]Silver (Click here)[/shoplink].
25mm f/1.8 in [shoplink 50870 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 50871 ebay]Green (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 50872 ebay]Silver (Click here)[/shoplink].

If you own (or will own soon) the new E-M5II than do not forget that there is a Olympus High Res Shot Raw File Photoshop Plug-in. You can download it here: support.olympus-imaging.com/hp1download/product/index.

In the meantime there is a new E-M5II review at Photographyblog:

In many ways the E-M5v Mark II out-performs the OM-D E-M1, most notably with it’s much more versatile tilting screen, better video options, improved image stabilisation, and the innovative and highly effective High resolution mode. Our main criticism of the Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II lies not with its performance, design or feature-set, but with its price.

E-M5II store links:
E-M5II in Black at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-M5II in Silver at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-M5II In Europe at AmazonUK, Jessops, WexUK, Namencolor.

The titanium finished (not real titanium made!) E-M5II (Source: DC.watch).

Olympus is unsure whether they should launch the titanium finished E-m5II camera or not. So let us help them :)

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Preorders (if you preorder through those links you will support 43rumors…thanks!):
E-M5II in Black at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-M5II in Silver at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-M5II In Europe at AmazonUK, Jessops, WexUK, Namencolor.
14-150mm II lens at Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
FL-LM3 Flash at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus ECG-2 External Metal Grip at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus HLD-6P Battery Grip at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
HLD-8g at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-P16 eyecup at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
HLD-8G and HLD-6P kit at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Full leather case at Amazon, Adorama and GetOlympus.
Olympus PT-EP13 Underwater Housing at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-860 at Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.

This is one of the biggest bad jokes: The German company Meyer-Optik-Görlitz puts his logo on the [shoplink 37365 ebay]35mm f/0.95 MFT Zy Optics lens (here on eBay)[/shoplink] and asks triple…yes three times the price for the exactly same lens! Well, not exactly, marks are in blue and they add their log on it. They also write on their site that it’s “Made in Germany” but they specify that they by the best elements from around the world.

Please guys…don’t buy it!

Full lens info at meyer-optik-goerlitz.de/de/nocturnus-f095-35mm/

Olympus Suomi published a picture of Metallica frontman James Hetfield shooting with E-M1.

E-M1 Store Links:
Olympus E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto, Amazon DE (via DL), Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL), WexUK, Topshot FI, CameraWorldUK.
Olympus E-M1 with 12-40mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK and CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-50mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK, CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).

AXE, BLACKSTAGE, DIRECTORS CUT from Hugo Goudswaard on Vimeo.

DMC-FZ1000 Firmware update service (Panasonic).
Olympus 14-150mm f4-5.6 II Weather Sealed review (ThePhoBlographer).
Olympus Viewer software updated (Olympus).
Olympus Stylus Tough TG-3 Review (ePhotozine).
How Weatherproof Is Your Olympus E-M1?; Read What Olympus Has To Say About It (TheWanderingLensMan).
A new E-Pl7 bag at DC.watch.
Cp+ photos by Cabala Feng.
Olympus AIR review at Gigazine.
E-M5II review at Yodobashi.
E-M5II – ganz normal – und in der Nacht (Pen And Tell).