Short break from MFT news to talk about a curious new Olympus camera: The probably most innovative new product announced yesterday is the Olympus SP-100 (spec and price here at Amazon). And what’s so special with it? It has a 50x zoom (24-1200mm) and it also has a never seen Eagle-Eye gun sight feature! Just check the video below to learn more about it:

Quite cool!

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Preorder links for all new Olympus Stuff:
Special page with all new products at Amazon.
E-M10 Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
E-M10 Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
E-M10 with 14-42mm lens Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama , GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
E-M10 with 14-42mm lens Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
25mm f/1.8 Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
25mm f/1.8 Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
14-42mm Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
14-42mm Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
Olympus SP-100 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
Olympus TG-850 iHS at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
Olympus ECG-1 Black Camera Grip for E-M10 at Amazon, Adorama.
Olympus 9mm f8.0 Fisheye Body Cap Lens at Adorama, GetOlympus. In EU at Wex Uk.
Olympus V321200BW000 Macro Converter MCON-P02 (Black) at Amazon,

Cameras Reviewed reports:

E-M5 owners should note that Olympus tells us a firmware update is on the way to enable focus peaking, bringing the original OM-D more in line with its new baby brother.

UPDATE: TJ Donegan from Camera.reviewed updated their statement:

Just to be clear, we were told this specifically during our briefing at CES on the E-M10. We asked them twice and they confirmed that it was coming. In the normal reporting process we go through while reviewing the E-M10 we reached out to Olympus reps to double-check this fact and were told that it will not be in the next update, but that it could still be included in future updates We’ve updated the review accordingly.

As a side note I can tell you that an anonymous source told me that Sony first didn’t allow Olympus to use peaking mode on their sensor. Now that Olympus and Sony are official partners this has changed. I don’t know if what the anonymous source told me here is correct. But we can expect some great thing from the partnership anyway ;)

Reminder: Panasonic G 4K announcement next week on Friday 5-6am London time (Feb 7).

Today there are also two major news related to the E-M5:

1) New E-M5 firmware update to version 2.0 (Source: Olympus Japan). This firmware adds:

• Small AF target () was added to the AF target settings.
• ISO LOW (100 equivalent) was expanded on the low sensitivity side.

Quite nice to have ISO 100!!!

2) Olympus also launched the special E-M5 kit with 12-40mm f/2.8 lens, new leatherette body, refined dials. There is no price info but the kit will be released in March (Source: Olympus Japan).

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Reminder: New Preorders:
Special page with all new products at Amazon.
E-M10 Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
E-M10 Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
E-M10 with 14-42mm lens Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
E-M10 with 14-42mm lens Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
25mm f/1.8 Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
25mm f/1.8 Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
14-42mm Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
14-42mm Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
Olympus SP-100 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
Olympus TG-850 iHS at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
Olympus ECG-1 Black Camera Grip for E-M10 at Amazon, Adorama.
Olympus 9mm f8.0 Fisheye Body Cap Lens at Adorama. In EU at Wex Uk.
Olympus V321200BW000 Macro Converter MCON-P02 (Black) at Amazon,
All new Olympus preorders In Finland at Topshot.

E-M10 hands-on by TheCameraStoreTV

Preorders:
Special page with all new products at Amazon.
E-M10 Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
E-M10 Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
E-M10 with 14-42mm lens Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
E-M10 with 14-42mm lens Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
25mm f/1.8 Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
25mm f/1.8 Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
14-42mm Black at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
14-42mm Silver at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama. In EU at Wex UK, Amazon Germany.
Olympus SP-100 at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
Olympus TG-850 iHS at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama.
Olympus ECG-1 Black Camera Grip for E-M10 at Amazon, Adorama.
Olympus 9mm f8.0 Fisheye Body Cap Lens at Adorama. In EU at Wex Uk.
Olympus V321200BW000 Macro Converter MCON-P02 (Black) at Amazon,
All new Olympus preorders In Finland at Topshot.

Previews and tests:
Hands-on by Robin Wong, First impression review at Dpreview, Hands-on at Digitalcamerareview, Hands-on at Gizmodo Australia,
First 25mm lens review(!) at DLSRmagazine (translation here), E-M10 hands on at Pen And Tell (German), Hands-on at Pocket-Lint, Hands-on at Slashgear, Hands-on at ePhotozine, Hands-on at Imaging Resource, Hands-on at Techradar, First look at Amateur Photographer, First Impression at Bestmirrorlesscamerareviews, Hands-on at Quesabesde (Spanish), E-M10 review at Sulantublog, 25mm review at Sulantublog, E-M10 and 25mm first impressions at ThePhoBlographer, E-M10 hands-on by Pekka Potka. 14-42mm hands-on by Pekka Potka.

Curiosities:
Football star Honda sponsors the E-M10 at Olympus Japan, E-M5 firmware update has been announced too! And Olympus Japan also unveiled the special E-M5 kit.

Image samples:
JPG and RAW and ISO test at Quesabesde (Spanish), Image samples (also with the new 25mm lens) at Olympus Japan, One 25mm image sample at Sulantublog (Finnish), Image samples at Dpreview. 9mm smaple fotos at Digitfotopro. 25mm Image samples on Flickr.

Videos:
Preview at Digitalcameraworld, Promo video by Olympus Australia, First unboxing video by Jamie McDonald, Olympus Automatic Lens Cap LC-37C by Robin Wong, Olympus OM-D E-M10 External Camera Grip ECG-1 by Robin Wong, Hands-on by Bestmirrorlesscamerareviews, Automatic Lens cap at m43eu, E-M10 video review at Rajala, Concept video by Olympus Malaysia, First Look by WhatDigitalCamera.

Press release:
E-M10 at Dpreview, New lenses at Dpreview, Cnet, SP-100 at Dpreview, TG-850 at Dpreview, E-M10 at DSLRmagazine (Spanish), 12-42 at DSLRmagazine (Spanish), 9mm cap lens at DSLRmagazine (Spanish), SP-100 at DSLRmagazine (Spanish), TheVerge, PetaPixel, ThePhoBlographer, Photographyblog, Lenses at Quesabesde (Spanish), E-M10 at Quesabesde (Spanish), Digifoto (Dutch), Special Olympus Japan page, E-M10 at SystemKameraForum (German), New lenses at SystemKameraForum (German), Popphoto, Official press text at Olympus Global, E-M10 at Photoscala (German), E-M10 at Focus Numerique (French), Lenes at Focus Numerique (French), DC.watch (Japanese), E-M10 at OPenPN (French), 25mm at OpenPN (French), 14-42mm at OpenPN (French).

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Egami spotted a Pentax patent describing a 14mm f/2.5 lens. The curious thing here is that the desing seems to be close to the [shoplink 16258 ebay]Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 lens[/shoplink] design! Just compare the lens elements images I posted on top.

After Sigma and Konica-Minolta also Pentax designs lenses for the MFT system?

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Panasonic 14mm lens store links: [shopcountry 16258].

Source: CameraSize.

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With the Fuji X-T1 announced today (specs here at Amazon) Fuji is going clearly after the Olympus E-M1. The size is about the same, they both have tilting LCD, both have a great EVF, both have about the same level of weather sealing. The major difference is that the Fuji has a larger APS-C X Trans sensor while the Olympus has the superb 5 axis stabilization and 1/8000 shutter. I guess the E-M1 finally got his first real competition. Let’s hope this will force Olympus to lower price and work on an even greater successor ;)

P.S.: The X-T1 viewfinder is quite big and is also “flat” just like the E-M10 that will be announced tomorrow (see image below)

X-Ti vs E-M10

Full Fuji X-T1 news, tests and more on my sister site MirrorlessRumors.com (Click here).

Kascarade – Long Kiss Goodbye – Acoustic version from kascarade on Vimeo.

P13: “I’ve just finished a video with the final retail version of the SLR Magic Anamorphot with the SLR Magic 35mm T1.4 Cine Mark II, also the SLR Magic +0.33 and for some shots the +1.3 acromatic diopters were used. I’ve found the lens practical to work with on a portable rig (I’m using the Edelkrone Pocket Rig), with it being easy enough to rack focus to a sharp image.”

TheNewYorker reviews the GF1 :)
A shallow depth of field with a Micro 4/3s camera? Yes, it is possible! (BestMirrorlessCamerasReviews).
Review: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM1 (Adminringlight).
Olympus E-M1 is the mirrorless camera of the year at Photographyblog.
Olympus E-M1 vs Panasonic GH3 at EosHD.
Gm1 review at Marchal.
Comparingthe E-M5 with the Fujifilm X100S (Duncan Martin).
Dan Cheung a wedding photographer from Sydney (http://www.sutoritera.com/) decided to sell all of his existing Canon gears and converted to m43 (EM1). Here’s his mini review: http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?p=15824023#post15824023
Test pictures of the new MFT 12-40mm/f2,8 PRO and the older FT 12-60mm/f2,8-4 SWD lenses (Pixelmania).

Frank: “I came across this review and thought you might be interested: http://brooksreview.net/2014/01/omd-em5/. Seems like it’s still a nice camera, even at 18 months old.”

Joel: “I put together a demo video of some video and photos taken with the Olympus Zuiko ED 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 paired with the Panasonic GH3 for some extreme focal length shooting. Check it out below to see what can be done! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CAfAVW4crI”

Roy: “As it is a festive time, I happened to shoot street in Kolkata (India) with my gear Olympus OMD-EM5 with M.Zuiko 45mm f/1.8 at night. I have written my experience in my blog. Here is the link for it: http://www.samudranil.in/blog/?id=71643644708”

Hinting: “I have just completed the quick test on leica M and screw mount lenses on the tiny GM1.  This time the post is linked to individual lens test, which was fun to do.  This is not a scientific test, just some real world samples to see how the different lenses compares.  The images are developed from RAW files, processed in lightroom and resized to 1600 pixel wide. Enjoy!
https://plus.google.com/115255826572441766446/posts/4KpWQsyKug5”

Telemach: “I’m not sure if this was posted yet but Panasonic Poland is offering extended warranty – 5 years for selected Lumix G cameras if bought at listed stores. Details are here: https://lumixg5lat-panasonic.pl/pl-PL/Start.aspx“