Thomas: “long time reader of your great blog and CEO of COSYSPEDD GmbH, a startup from Germany with a unique bag for mirrorless cameras. See our first video: http://youtu.be/-UFOpSG3g48 (Posted on top of this post at 43rumors). In short:
Wear your mirrorless camera like a western hero wears his gun. Cosyspeed CAMSLINGER bags give you fast, one handed access to your cam, comfortable wearing the whole day long and a new, cool feeling when shooting photos. It’s a unique bag system that really brings out the benefits of mirrorless cameras.
Our website is www.cosyspeed.com and I think you’ll find more info there. Go to the media page to find some videos that’ll show the functions of the CAMSLINGERs.”

Rey: “I posted some thoughts on my blog regarding my testing of the Fujifilm X-T1, Sony A7 and Olympus E-M1. Bottom line, I chose the E-M1. Here’s the rationale: http://2guysphoto.wordpress.com/2014/04/02/fujifilm-x-t1-vs-olympus-om-d-e-m1-vs-sony-a7/“

Cody: “I had a chance to shoot with the Panasonic Leica 42.5mm & GX7 this weekend and have complied my best photos out of a couple hundred. I can say 100% without a doubt the positive reviews online about this lens are an understatement. This lens literally is a steal @ its price of $1599 US. I have nicknamed it writefully “Bokeh Master” and to prove this nickname here is my photo set https://www.flickr.com/photos/princecody/sets/72157643127358715/”

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LF1 Review at Neocamera.
My Verdict on the Olympus 14-42mm EZ Pancake Zoom (TheDigitalStory).
TowerJazz Announces Kick-Off of its JV with Panasonic (Image Sensor World).
German E-M1 Feature Upgrade petition at Oly Forum.

If you plan to make high quality video production with your brand new Gh4 than you may be interested to get a top quality lens too. Zeiss just announced a new CZ.2 15-30/T2.9 lens you can preorder at BHphoto (Click here) for the very accessible price of $23,900.00! As you know this is a manual focusing lens only. But this is the very best cinema lens you can buy for MFT.

Press text:

Opéra de Paris. The Ball Pod Test… from Pier-Yves Menkhoff Films on Vimeo.

Olympus 25mm f/1.8 vs Panasonic Leica 25mm f/1.4 Lens Battle at Admiringlight.
Olympus Stylus 1 first part review at Betterfamilyphotos.
E-M10 tested at Trustedreviews.
5 Exciting Cameras to Look Out for in 2014 (Digitalrev).
Buyers Guide: Finding the Right Mirrorless Camera for You (ThePhoBlographer).

Bill: “Thought you should see a picture of mine the LA Times ran in it’s Sunday Travel section today. I credit the (iso 6400) photo as shot with an Olympus OMD-EM5. http://www.symphony-pictures.com/photos/i-gdtv3tp/0/X3/i-gdtv3tp-X3.jpg”

David: “You may be interested in these brief reviews of several lenses (including some surprises) that have worked well for me on MFT (Panasonic) bodies…: http://donferrario.com/ruether/MFT–Lenses.htm”

Jared: “https://www.google.com/maps/views/profile/117565688403001302622 Has some of the most spectacular panoramas I’ve seen. I was looking to see what equipment he uses and found some older panoramas with exif data still: https://plus.google.com/u/1/photos/117565688403001302622/albums/5947739153343402321/5947739152308789202?e This seems to use a 43rds olympus E-410 and the olympus 8mm f3.5 fisheye. Pretty stunning for not only a tiny sensor, but a really old sensor as well…Also, I see some newer panoramas mentioning olympus, so I think a lot of his panoramas are taken with 43rds gear.“

P.S.: I don’t know where you can have that sexy leather case for the new SH-1.

The first PEN looking compact camera has one unique feature: It’s the first camera with a 5 axis on sensor stabilization. Combine this with the super 25-600mm zoom range and you will have a great combination! A nice introduction of the camera with specs, video and images of the camera can be seen at GetOlympus (Click here). And here is the updated preorder list for the two new Olympus compact cameras and accessories:

Olympus Stylus SH-1 Digital Camera (Black) at Amazon (Click here), GetOlympus (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus Stylus SH-1 Digital Camera (Silver) at Amazon (Click here), GetOlympus (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus TG-3 camera in all colors at Amazon (Click here), GetOlympus (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus Stylus SH-1 Digital Camera (White) at GetOlympus (Click here).
Olympus CSCH-120 Body Jacket for SH-1 Digital Camera (Brown) at BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus CSCH-120 Body Jacket for SH-1 Digital Camera (Black) at GetOlympus (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).

Olympus just released the new firmware update 1.3 for the Olympus E-M1! Like reported a while ago here on 43rumors Olympus this update mainly improves the audio quality of the camera. Here is the full improvement list:

• Dynamic range has been expanded when using the external mic. The sound level adjustment has been changed to adjust to 21 levels in accordance with this.
  A function to turn the Volume Limiter on and off was added.
  • * When it is on, it automatically limits the mic input volume if sound input volume exceeds the designated level.
• A 0 second setting has been added to Anti-Shock mode.
• The camera operation when the Frame Rate of live view is [High] have been improved.

All info about the update can be found here: http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/download/software/firm/e1/

UPDATE with preorder list:
Olympus Stylus SH-1 Digital Camera (Black) at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus Stylus SH-1 Digital Camera (Silver) at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus CSCH-120 Body Jacket for SH-1 Digital Camera (Brown) at BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus CSCH-120 Body Jacket for SH-1 Digital Camera (Black) at BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus TG-3 camera in all colors at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here).

The new compact cameras:
Olympus just announced two new compact cameras. The image on top shows you the very PEN-alike SH-1 fixed lens compact camera. It has a 16MP BSI-CMOS sensor with 25-600mm f/3.0-6.9 lens, 3″ touchscreen LCD, some manual control. It will ship in May for little bit less than $400 (Full press release here). There is also a new Shockproof Tough TG-3 (Full press release here).

The SH-1 looks particularly interesting as it has quite some nice features and a very “traveller friendly” zoom range! These are the Feature highlights:

1. A sophisticated design inherited from the OLYMPUS PEN
2. Equipped with a high-performance 24x optical zoom lens (48xSuper Resolution Zoom) that covers from a 25mm wide angle to 600mm telephoto
3. The world’s first optical*5 axis image stabilisation compatible with both still images and movies
4. Built-in Wi-Fi* for easy image sharing and wireless shooting with a smart phone
5. The enhanced Advanced Movie mode allows in camera selection of four different types of movies

The Panasonic Nocticron 42.5 f/1.2 for Micro 4/3

Our friend Amos chapples just sent us this: “Today the Atlantic published a gallery of photos form St. Petersburg – camera of choice? The old GF5! (And Olympus and Panny lenses).
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2014/03/st-petersburg-from-above/100705/”

Comparison @ 30mm at M43photo.
New 3.5-5.6 Sigma 28-85mm mirrorless lens patent from Sigma (Egami).
Olympus 1,8/25m lens test (and compared to the Panasonic 25mm) by Josh Mc Leod.

Will: “For the past few months I’ve been developing and prototyping a small velcro pouch that fits inside of camera bags. It’s now for sale, and I thought you guys might be interested. Photos and more info can be found here: http://www.photographerspouch.com”

James: “Working on this new Web site…http://www.microfourthirdsphotography.info”

Roy: “Let me share with you and your readers the amazing performance of Olympus’ 60mm f/2.8 Macro lens when I shot some flowers. And gladly informing you and some of them returned me with amazing value and customer-satisfaction. I have put down my experience in my blog: http://www.samudranil.in/blog/?id=80360742941”

Felix: “I just got my new E-M5 a few weeks ago and wrote about my first impressions – in german though. Long sentence short: Olympus’s menue is confusing and the buttons don’t seem button-like. The Image-Stabilisator is just unbelievable crazy. After all I like it and for me it is a big step over the Pana G3. My last four blog-posts are all taken with the E-M5 and the oly 45 (mostly) or Pana 14-42kit. I shot during “Fasching” in Karlsruhe. A crazy tradition hier in Germany, where you try to chase off winter with a lot of noise (and candy and witches). http://fotooase.com/fotografie/2014/3/fasching-in-sw“