It’s Christmas today and no matter if you are Christian or Muslim or Atheist (and so on…), I will take the chance to Thank You for all the support you gave me in 2014. And I Wish You and Your Family a nice holiday! Grab some great pictures of the people you love :)

P.S.: By the way, there will be no break here on 43rumors. Too many rumors to post because of the imminent CES and CP+ announcements! I will be back with rumors and news on December 26 (tomorrow) already.

For those of you that speak Japanese there is a new Olympus patent No. 2013-187811 describing how the sensor shift tech works (Source: http://astamuse.com/ja/published/JP/No/2013187811).

The patent shows how the shifting creates high-definition images with 1/2 pixel shift and 4 frames.

The E-M5markII will actually increase that to 8 frames (and 40MP resolution images). The sensor used will be the same as the one of the current E-M5 (16MP and no phase detection pixels). But the processor will be new and manage to create those 40MP images on the fly!

Image courtesy: DC.watch

DC.watch interviewed the Panasonic team responsible for the GM line development. Here are some of the info they shared:
– Orange GM1 sold more than expected. Green Gm5 will be sold in Asia only. Red Gm cameras are attractive for the female photographers group.
– Panasonic acknowledges people also wants a new GF camera.
– 4K recording on GM5 is not possible because the camera would have to be larger and also power consumption would overheat the circuitry.
– With current technology 4K can fit only in a camera as small as the LX100
– we will “endeavor” to make a GX7 successor :)

Image below shows the EVF module of the GM5:

Panasonic LX100 Review from Dave Dugdale on Vimeo.

Olympus 9mm f/8 Fisheye Body Cap Review (Photographyblog).
Can the Panasonic Lumix Smart Camera CM1 Replace Your Compact? (TheDigitalStory).
Dauerstromversorgung PEN und OM-D (Pen And Tell).
Panasonic GM5 In-depth Review (BackGroundandBlur).
Panasonic 35-100mm f/4-5.6 In-depth Review (BackGroundandBlur).
Panasonic 12-32mm In-depth Review (BackGroundandBlur).

Ludwig: “Cruising with my bike: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9BWgLU1uFU. Filmed with Panasonic Lumix 7-14 mm wide angle lens mounted on the Panasonic AG-AF100 camera. Frame rate: 24p Shutter: 360d ISO: 3200″

Christian: “Ich betreibe eine Homepage & Blog http://www.christianmari.at/blog in dem ich so über meine Arbeit als auch über Fotografie allgemein schreibe. Aber immer mit FT oder mft Kameras.
Auch für den Beruf benutze ich die OMDs.”

Richard: “I have been putting the 40-150mm f2.8 Pro through it’s paces with the E-M1’s focus tracking:
Subjective general review: http://imageination.two-worlds.com/2014/12/olympus-40-150mm-f2-8-pro-part-i-first-impressions/
Focus tracking tests: http://imageination.two-worlds.com/2014/12/olympus-40-150mm-f2-8-pro-part-ii-focus-tracking/“

Sabine Acahaya
Mme Butterfly

1) You can share your pics by using the message box on our 43rumors Facebook page (Click here).
2) All 43rumors readers pictures can be seen here: facebook.com/43rumors/photos. Like the pictures you like and chat with the authors if you want to know how they took the shot!
3) The most liked pictures and some pics selected by myself will be posted weekly on 43rumors

This is the weekly selection:

Venice in 4K | Panasonic Lumix LX100 from Otabek Djuraev on Vimeo.

Voigtländer Nokton 42.5mm f/0.95 review… dayum (Tysonrobichaudphotography).
Panasonic LX100 Shooter’s Report Part I (Imaging Resource).
New reworked LumixLounge site: http://lumixlounge.com/
First impressions of the Lumix LX100 at Mirrorlesslessons.
Panasonic Lumix CM1 review at Digitalversus.
Shooting a concert with m43 (Lessgearmorephotos)

Karsten: “Cause I know that you´re a father too I send you this litte movie about bright children eyes and the magic of Christmas time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_cEQNOrOio&list=UUpKcE6d9o5KnYTkOAhp8J5w”

Robert: “I just wanted to share a short profile on sydney based photographer I shot on the gh4: https://vimeo.com/114507893”

Kevin: “https://vimeo.com/114710457 The Night’s Dance Panasonic GH4 by Moonlight.“

Panasonic Japan announced that it will postpone the GH4 firmware update release to January. Those are the features that will be added:

GH4 North American store links:
GH4 camera at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Ritz Camera and Panasonic. Price: $1,698. In Canada at Vistek.
GH4 camera with interface unit at Adorama and BHphoto. Price: $3,298
Interface unit only at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. Price: $1,998

GH4 Europen store links:
Germany: Wexcameras, Marcotec-shop.de.
UK at Wexphotographic, CameraWorld, UKdigital, CVP, TipTop.
Holland at Fotohanskeuzekamp.
Belgium at Fotokonijnenberg.
Norway at Fotovideo.
Sweden at Cyberphoto, Skandinavianphoto.
Finland at Telefoto, Topshot, Verkkoauppa.
France at Photocineshop.
Spain: Fotoboom.

Asian store links:
Digitalrev and Digidirect Australia.