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Yesterday Olympus unveiled the two new PRO lens specs and today these mockup lenses are being displayed at the CP+ show in Yokohama (more images at DC.watch). But we will have to wait until 2015 to see them in Store and as claimed by Olympus final design may change too! We have no clue about the price yet but below you can find the press text and before that a simple question to 43rumors readers:

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Official Olympus PRESS text:

Hamburg, February 12 2014 – Olympus is pleased to announce the development of two new lenses in the M.ZUIKO PRO series: the wide-angle zoom lens M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 7-14mm 1:2.8 PRO and the super telephoto lens M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 300mm 1:4 PRO.

Both lenses conform to the Micro Four Thirds system standard. Their mock-ups* will be shown at the Camera & Photo Imaging Show CP+ starting Thursday, February 13, 2014 in Japan. With to these two additional lenses the M.ZUIKO PRO series will cover the entire range from super wide angle to super telephoto.

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 7-14mm 1:2.8 PRO lens

The new splash and dust-proof M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 7-14mm F2.8 PRO is the first wide-angle zoom lens in the M.ZUIKO PRO series to cover 14-28mm**. Not only does the compact and lightweight design of the lens portray the well-known ZUIKO Quality. Its excellent depictive power and the superb clarity from the center of an image up into each corner of the picture are another highlight of this outstanding new Micro Four Thirds lens.

M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 300mm 1:4 PRO lens

The M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 300mm 1:4 PRO is the first fixed focus super telephoto lens in the M.ZUIKO PRO series with a 600mm** focal range. This mobile lens offers top-level image quality with a dust and splash-proof housing that makes it perfect even for professional use.
Availability of all four M.ZUIKO PRO lenses

The first interchangeable lens of this series, the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 12-40mm 1:2.8 PRO is already available while its successor, the M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 40-150mm 1:2.8 PRO, is scheduled to go on sale in the second half of 2014. The final two Olympus system lenses of this M.ZUIKO PRO quartet – that will cover everything from super wide angle to super telephoto – are currently under development. Both lenses are scheduled to be released from 2015 onwards. More details will be announced prior to the launch.

* The mock-ups will not necessarily show the final design.
** 35mm equivalent.

Olympus released a new firmware update for the E-P5. It improves remote wifi shooting.

UPDATE: The full GH4 presentation PDF file at Personal View (Click here) and scroll down to the “GH4 Presentation link“. The file contains many bold claims from Panasonic. Like: “High Picture Quality – Far Exceeding APS-C“.

Really, download the file and read it. It’s full of details!

P.S.:  Amazon removed the warning saying GH4 preorders will start on March 17 (Click here).

These are the pictures of the next two Olympus PRO zooms. The M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14 f/2.8 and the M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm f/4.0. Both are weather sealed. Price has not be unveiled yet.

Small disappointment: The lenses will not arrive until 2015.

via Facebook and SystemKameraForum.

Gqmagazine (translation here) unveils a new limited edition blue GM1 kit. The “Colette” edition will be sold for 1.000 Euro from end of February. There will be only 50 of them. Sounds like Panasonic is going to follow Leica’s M route and start to make some special edition of their cameras.

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Voigtlander officially announced a new version of the 25mm f/0.95 MFT lens. it has the same optical design but adds De-Clicked Stepless Aperture Control. The image on top shows the new lens. Price will be the same of the current [shoplink 15659 ebay]Nokton 25mm (here one Bay)[/shoplink]. The new version will ship from March.

I got the press text in German if you want/can read it:

Nachdem sich die lichtstarken Festbrennweiten mit MFT- Anschluß immer größerer Beliebtheit erfreuen, gibt es eine weitere frohe Kunde. Das erste Objektiv dieser Reihe, das Nokton 0,95/25mm, wird ab März 2014 auch mit der selektiven Blendensteuerung ausgestattet sein.
Dies erlaubt dem Benutzer zu wählen ob er die traditionelle Vorgehensweise der Blendeneinstellung oder ob er eine stufenlose Blendensteuerung bevorzugt. Besonders bei der Anwendung im Filmmodus lassen sich hier sehr effektvoll dramatische Einstellungen erzielen, zumal die stufenlose Einstellung auch absolut geräuschlos vorgenommen werden kann. Alle anderen technischen Daten bleiben unverändert.

Thanks Thomas for finding this!

All search links to Nokton f/0.95 lenses:
17,5mm at [shopcountry 36581] 25mm at [shopcountry 36580] 42,5mm at [shopcountry 41062]

Brokenman teaser 3 from Gami Orbegoso on Vimeo.

Have to catch up with two small non MFT related news-rumors:
TVBeurope reports that “Panasonic is set to launch its first handheld ENG camera with wireless connectivity, enabling recorded content to be shared almost instantly and accessed from anywhere.”
ePostel unveils that Olympus will launch a new SH-1 compact camera. The fact that it has been listed on that site means that Olympus has still one more announcement coming within the next few weeks. Maybe something else is coming too?

And here are more MFT news:
GM1 review by Tyson Robichaud.
The ultimate minimalist bag for M43 cameras review at Qamera.
Revisiting the past: the 2003 Olympus E-1 (Ming Thein).
Panasonic GX7 Owner assessment – Part 5 (Soundimagesplus).
Panasonic Won 19 iF Product Design Awards (Panasonic.net).

Video on top by Musgo: “First sensations of “Brokenman” (Gh3) a movie in filming process,I hope to finish soon.“