Field Review: Olympus E-5 (ThePhoBlographer).

Olympus E-PL2 preview at DCfever.com.

Olympus PEN E-PL2 et XZ-1 : le plein d’accessoires (Forum Olympus France).

My GH2 review updated (E-P1.net)

Olympus XZ-1 : Prise en main (Forum Olympus France).
Olympus E-PL2 : Prise en main (Forum Olympus France).

GH2 improvements list (Vitaly at DVXuser).

New weekly japanese system cameras sales ranking (BCNranking).

This is the official text from Birger: “The rumors are true!  Birger is coming out with a lens control system for EF mount lenses on the [shoplink 16841]Panasonic AF100[/shoplink]. Control for the iris, both auto and manual, will be from the camera.  Continuous (video-style) auto-focus will be supported on most Canon “L-series” lenses.  Power is provided by the camera for most lenses.  Image stabilization is supported on “IS” lenses, and this feature can be turned on or off from the lens.  Ships 14 February 2011.  MSRP $700 for the adapter.  Optional cinema-style remote control, available at additional cost, to be announced January 2011.  Sign up for the “General News” email list to receive updated announcements.  Photo (on top) is a prototype on an engineering sample of the AF100, and a Canon EF 17-40mm f/4 lens.“

Happy New Year Voigtländer ! (25mm 0.95, 35mm 1.4 & 50mm 1.1 with GH2 !, 1st part : the daylight tests) from Seb Farges on Vimeo.

A few Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 pictures on Flickr. You can get the lens on [shoplink 15659]eBay[/shoplink] or Adorama.

Quick preview image from our [shoplink 17163]Olympus E-5[/shoplink] DSLR Field Review (ThePhoBlographer-Facebook)

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 review (Cameralabs)

Kipróbáltuk: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 (Pixinfo…hungarian!)

GH1 – Micro Four Thirds the ultimate travel camera? (Rowan Malling)

GF1 v Leica M9 (Dpreview).

E-3 vs E-5 detail shots — OOC Jpegs (Dpreview).

A few more SLR Magic Toy 26mm F/1.4 images samples on Flickr. Lenses are available on [shoplink 18603]eBay only (Click here)[/shoplink]

What a surprise. Olympus has taken the Pentax approach and created the colored [shoplink 18844]E-PL2[/shoplink] cameras. The website civic.alum.hk published those pictures (Click on them to enlarge).

Image source: Davelweinn at Flickr

A 43rumors reader sent me this picture he of a new underwater housing he made for himself! Inside the massive case he uses the Olympus E-P1. He also bought the new [shoplink 18405 ebay]Nikonos to MFT adapter which is available at [shoplink 18405 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and put the famous [shoplink 18406 ebay]Nikonos underwater lenses[/shoplink] on it! Nice job! Click here to see the picture of the back on flickr.

Chapeau Olympus!
Panasonic, Samsung and Sony were too busy in presenting their “boring” 3D stuff (that’s just my personal take on that) and Olympus has taken the chance to become the King at the CES when it comes to camera announcements. Finally Olympus presented a high-end compact camera and they made almost everything right with the XZ-1! Chapeau! The E-PL2 is less exciting but at least it has some nice upgrades and a lot of new accessories to put on it. That’s more than any other (a part maybe Samsung) had to offer at CES. 70% of our 43rumors readers do like both new cameras. That’s a huge success! Of course it is to see how many of them will really buy them!

A good beginning makes for a good ending!
The same sources that gave me details about the new E-PL2 and XZ-1 are repeating to me that there will be a lot more to come from Olympus!  There is at least a new pro model, + very likely a new E-P3 and at least three real pro pancake lenses to come during the next few months! The E-P2 successor and the new lenses should be announced at the CP+ show which takes place in February in Japan. But let’s wait what our sources will tell us during the next weeks before to get into any conclusion.

Note: Panasonic will also announce a new MFT camera and two (or maybe three) lenses at CP+

So I have little time for rest and a lot of work to do on 43rumors. Good news for you and not so good news for my girlfriend :(

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