I think Sigma Foveon sensors are the technology of the future and it’s only a matter of time until they solve the few remaining issues (like low quality at high ISO). That said a Chinese company promises right now that they can modify your [shoplink 38063 ebay]Sigma DP camera[/shoplink] in an interchangeable lens camera for every mount. On the picture you see the Leica M-mount version.

Just send in your DP camera at Taobab (translation here) and ask for the mount you want. The full modification costs you round $300.

43rumors reader Mike Bacchin made that nice LF1 rendering. Of course, expect the LF1 to be much different but I liked it so much that I wanted to share it with you readers :)

Thanks Mike!

P.S.: The G6 and the LF1 fixed lens (and with built-in EVF) compact camera will be announced soon (in 2 weeks from now).

If you want to see more image samples taken with the new GF6 than check out these links at Photographyblog, Hybridcams, Focus Numerique, Dkamera and Photoscala.

P.S.: Sources can send me info about the upcoming G6 and LF1 by using the anonymous contact form. Thanks!

SLR/BLACKMAGIC | Blackmagic MFT and SLRMagic Primes from Camp Comet on Vimeo.

One to one macro with the Olympus 60mm lens by Footlessfish.
Test de l’Olympus 60 mm f/2.8 macro ED MSC [partie 4] at Lepidi.
Trade In To Buy A Panasonic Lumix G5 And Save (ePhotozine).
Field Test: Olympus 17mm f/1.8 at Digitalcamerainfo.

Thomas: “Fashion video shot with olympus om-d: https://vimeo.com/bymalenebirger/review/58540729/7bf5d59581”

Joe Gunawan: “Hi! Would you consider the next time you run the “little bit of everything” section if you can run my Beauty for All Seasons beauty shoot? The mFT system doesn’t get much buzz for its fashion and commercial stills application, so I’d like to show how great lighting and production can create a professional look.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotosiamo/sets/72157632639288494/
Interestingly, I shot Spring and Autumn back when I had the GH2. I used the 75mm with those two. By the time I show Summer and Winter, I had the GH3 and the 35-100mm. The difference in quality between the two cameras is very noticeable in stills.
You can see more of my fashion and commercial work at my website: www.fotosiamo.com
Almost all the images are shot with an mFT camera. Cheers!”

Artem Yumashev: “I’m from Russia. I would like to share music video to you. This is first clip work. I used a Gh2 with Driftwood hack: https://vimeo.com/60935605”

Keith: “I’m a regular reader of your website, and appreciate everything you do to keep us informed about the latest news for these cameras. I completed a short film shot on my GH2 a couple months ago and hope you might be willing to share it the next time you do an ‘a little bit of everything’ post. https://vimeo.com/57530338”

Martin: “Hola Alejandro. Soy Martin. Mi inglés es muy malo y te escribo en español. He hecho un pequeño tutorial de uso del flash en fotografía macro a mano (sin trípode), el enlace es éste: http://www.flickr.com/groups/olympus-e500/discuss/72157633121959711/. Y mi blog es éste: http://martingallego.blogspot.com”

Anonymous: “Here is a blog from a wildlife photographer that has started using the Panasonic 100-300mm lens. http://lindsaydobsonphotography.com/pets/!”

Xiyu: “I did another editing of a short video of Lyon. I shoot the sequences by GH3 in the end of year 2012 in 1080p 50fps at 50Mbps. When I smooth down the video shots into 50% speed it looks very natural. By the way I tuned the colour so it’s not the native colour of GH3. The link of the video is http://vimeo.com/62709090”

Saffron: “A documentary on the Working Mens Club of Saffron Lan on Youtube“

Jesse: “You’ve heard about the Movi? Did you see that there is footage shot with the GH3 on a Movi? It’s here: https://vimeo.com/ondemand/movi (It costs $3 but it goes to charity).
I also got to see the Movi in use first-hand and blogged about it here:
http://m43weddings.com/2013/04/06/the-movi-for-wedding-videography/
and here:
http://m43weddings.com/2013/04/04/eyes-on-the-movi-in-omaha/”

Anonymous: “Lens & Shutter in Vancouver (Canada) has a Zuiko 300/2.8 E-ED for sale at $4999, $2000 off regular price (!!!).  It’s part of a lens sale that runs from today until April 30. There is only one in stock, and the company doesn’t ship outside of Canada, but I figured a fellow Canadian 43rumors reader might appreciate this info. http://lensandshutter.com/products.lasso?productid=3850“

Click here to see the full Comic!

Almost three months ago I told you about my little new project named Slidoo.com. I did this because I wanted to have a reliable track of the stuff I search on eBay. I spent a lot of time on fixing bugs and speeding up the search. Now, if you want to know what Slidoo is and how it works I created this Cartoon How To: https://www.slidoo.com/page/how-it-works. I hope it’s funny and clear enough to make you understand how it works!

I make you some examples of searches I saved to get notified on great ebay deals:

1) Nokton 25mm in Europe (Click here). Every couple of months few dealers from France or Poland have a Stock of new Nokton lenses for less than 650 Euro! That’s why I saved this search to get notified when this happens.
2) Olympus 75mm f/1.8 lens in US (Click here). And once in while I also find some great new or near new Olympus lens for less than the regular price of $899.
3) Panasonic GH3 in USA (Click here). Hot in US because of the limited availability of the camera!
4) Refurbished E-M5 in Europe (Click here). Every time Olympus sell refurbished E-M5 I know it :)

Thanks for joining!!!

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P.S.: Slidoo Amazon
Like on eBay we have direct access to the Amazon Database throught heir API. But we noticed plenty of bugs and inconsistent results and we are working to add our own filters and rules to fix that. It’s quite a long work and I hope we can launch the Slidoo Amazon version in May

The launch of the Speed Booster adapter for Micro Four Thirds has been delayed. Metabones writes: “We apologize but the m4/3 schedule is slipping. Manual focus lenses such as Nikon, Leica R, Contax C/Y, Contarex, ALPA and Rollei will be supported in the second half of 2013. Canon EF lens (but not EF-S) support is planned in the future, but we do not have an estimated date yet.”

The reason for the delay is almost certainly the incredible success of the E and X mount Speed Booster orders. And to better understand why that adapter is so special watch the very well made video by TheCameraStoreTV that I embedded on top of that article!

Here are the links to the lenses you can find on eBay and that will be supported by the Speed Booster MFT adapter:
[shoplink 37925 ebay]Nikon F lenses[/shoplink] [shoplink 37926 ebay]Contax C/Y lenses[/shoplink] [shoplink 37927 ebay]Contarex lenses[/shoplink] [shoplink 37928 ebay]Alpa lenses[/shoplink] [shoplink 37929 ebay]Rollei lenses[/shoplink] [shoplink 37930 ebay]Canon EF lenses[/shoplink]