Sorry for the joke on the title but there is some truth on it :) Sony announced the new Sony A7m2 Full Frame E-mount camera. And it features the same (or similar) Olympus 5 axis sensor stabilization system! I am yet not sure the tech is coming from Olympus. It certainly looks so. I am wondering now how much “deep” the Sony-Olympus collaboration on the camera business is. Will the day come Olympus will use Sony’s Full Frame sensor too?
Hi, this is Thomas from COSYSPEED.
It’s super cool that we can have one of our new CAMSLINGER models as a giveaway for your readers! I’m sure many of them would like this new concept of carrying a mirrorless camera (or Superzooms or smaller DSLRs aswell) on the hip or as a sling bag. It’s not a solution to transport large amounts of gear as the bags are on the smaller side, but for daily live when out shooting with smaller gear it will be a very quick and good solution.
Keep on going with your great blog and many thanks, Thomas
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You can enter the giveaway simply by visiting any of the sites on facebook or following us on twitter using the dedicated giveaway box. Of couse, the more sites you visit on facebook and follow on twitter, the more entries you’ll gain… and increase your chances to win. If you instead visit, for example, just the 43rumors facebook page, then you’ll enter the giveaway in 43Rumors, but you won’t have the chance to win anything on the other blogs.
And here are the 15 prizes you can win:
SonyAlphaRumor prizes: 1) CAMSLINGER 160 Street Edition 2) PHONEBAG 135 – 3) PHONEBAG 135
43rumors prizes: 1) CAMSLINGER 160 Paris Gray – 2) PHONEBAG 135 – 3) PHONEBAG 135
Fujirumors prizes: 1) CAMSLINGER 160 Paris Gray – 2) PHONEBAG 135 – 3) PHONEBAG 135
Canonwatch prizes: 1) CAMSLINGER 160 Street Edition 2) PHONEBAG 135 – 3) PHONEBAG 135
Cosyspeed prizes: 1) CAMSLINGER 160 Street Edition 2) PHONEBAG 135 – 3) PHONEBAG 135
Thanks to Thomas for your generous offer to organize a giveaway with all these amazing prizes.
And now, good luck to anyone!
the rumor guys
The contest ends 11/26/2014 at 12:00 AM
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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.
Adobe just added full support for the new Olympus E-PL7, Stylus 1s, Panasonic DMC-CM1, GM1, GM5 and LX100 cameras:
Download Lightroom 5.7 for Windows (Click here) and Mac (Click here).
Download DNG converter 8.7 for Windows (Click here) and Mac (Click here).
We could soon get special Cine lenses from a complete new manufacturer. There is a cool Kickstarter project (Click here) to make the Veydra 12mm, 16mm, 25mm, 35mm, and 50mm lenses. Here is the full project description:
Panasonic pleased us with many great new cameras this year:
Panasonic GH4 ([shopcountry 48488])
Panasonic GM5 ([shopcountry 48489])
Panasonic LX100 ([shopcountry 48490])
Panasonic FZ1000 ([shopcountry 48491])
That’s a pretty nice lineup and some of those cameras are yet not matched by the competition! So it’s hard to think about what Panasonic should do as next.
Now I am asking 43rumors readers. What cameras is “needed”? What should Panasonic do?
Please comment this post with your suggestions and I will sum them up in a POLL to post later.
Here is an example of my list:
1) Launch a $199 Panasonic GF entry level MFT camera
2) Launch a new Full Frame mount camera to compete against the Sony A7 series.
P.S.: A personal note on Full Frame. Like many of you I know well that 99% of the people doesn’t need Full Frame. It’s not going to make you a better photographer. But people also doesn’t need SUV but that’s what many do buy nowadays and that’s where carmaker make money. I think the move to FF is necessary from a business point of view. From a purely photographic point of view it makes little sense.
Yasuharu Mr. Yamada and Tsuyoshi Fukuda (both responsible for the 40-150mm lens design)
The Olympus 40-150mm PRO lens designers have been interview by DC.watch. There are many detailed information about the High Quality of material used by the new PRO zoom. Like Super ED lens, dual focus system and so on. And it’s also cool to see many of the pictures on DC.watch. Beside that there are also some more general info like:
1) The PRO lines’ goal is to beat the SHG lens series performance (like the Four Thirds Olympus [shoplink 25320 ebay]14-35mm f/2.0 (here on eBay)[/shoplink] and the [shoplink 25119 ebay]35-100mm f/2.0 (here on eBay)[/shoplink] lenses.
2) The upcoming 300mm PRO ha a f/4.0 aperture to allow a compact size and small weight. Mobility is high on our priority list.
3) If the request is high we will make very fast primes (43rumors note: Olympus already hinted that fast primes will come in 2015)
40-150mm PRO shipping info at:
In USA/Canada at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus and GetOlympus Canada.
In Europe at Wex UK, Technikdirekt and Amazon.
In Asia at Digitalrev and Amazon Japan.
