Olympus E-PL5 Camera Review & Hands on Demo by Whatdigitalcamera.

G shoots Miami People – 30 celebrity portraits, 3 covers, one hybrid (SmallCameraBigPicture).
Panasonic G5 review at CameraLabs.
Against the grain on the new Olympus 60mm f/2.8 macro lens (Tysonrobichaudphotography).
Panasonic 35-100mm test at Camerastuffreview.
Using Adapted Lenses On Your Mirrorless Cameras (Digitalcamerareview).
Panasonic Leica 45mm F/2.8 ASPH review at KurtMunger.
60mm mini review at photofocus.
LED Light with ears, hides them if scared (PersonalView)

Riccardo “Hi,this is my gh2 hacked (vanilla) + 20mm 1.7 pancake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrCFiPayU5A”

Triple GH3 video by 43rumors readers:
Snowboarding video shot on the GH3 (Vimeo).
Brimacombe’s Rail Jam Series 2013 shot on GH3 (Vimeo).
Panasonic GH3 night flight with the Cinestar Multi Rotor (Vimeo).

Olympus Japan officially announced that five new companies joined the Micro Four Thirds system: Blackmagic Design Ltd, JK Imaging Ltd, Photron Ltd, SVS-VISTEK GmbH, View Plus Inc.

Of course the most known company here is Blackmagic that already released a [shoplink 36264 ebay]videocamera with MFT mount (here)[/shoplink]. Another company that grabbed our attention last week is JK Imaging that will release a Kodak branded MFT camera by end of this year. Than we have Photron a Japanese High Speed camera maker. SVS-Vistek is a German develops cameras for the industry. And to finish View Plus is also a camera maker from Japan.

Panasonic LX7 Setup Guide with Tips and Tricks

Sigma 19mm review at Amdiringlight.
60mm macro review at ThePhoBlographer.
Panasonic zoom guide in spanish at DSLRmagazine.
Chinese GH3 hands-on at DCfever.
Dutch Olympus 45mm/F1,8 test at Pixelmania.
OMD Black and White at Lepidi.
Panasonic GX1 Impressions at TheOnlinePhotographer.
German XZ-2 test at Der Spiegel.
Large Sensor Compact Cameras – Which one to buy? (Digitalrev).

Joe: “Check out my unedited, raw footage from the Panasonic GH3 for my upcoming SLRLounge.com review. Puppies!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3fLKTkG5XQ”

Tobi Topp: “Hello,
I’v been following your site for quite a while now and want to thank you for all the hard work you ut in there! I fell in love with m43 when I got my GH2 in 2010 and since September I run my own litlle company. We shoot with “bigger” cameras now, but I am still in love with these great compact Pany cams!
I shot a short video that might be worth bein gshown on your site as an example of the capabilities of the new GH3 and the 25/50p 50mbps codec. It handled much better in post and the slowmotion is nice! Using it “nude in ice cold wind and snow was no problem at all! I hope you like it https://vimeo.com/56992228“

LINDA KREUZEN – ON A SHELF from Hugo Goudswaard shot with GH3 and SLR magic

GH3 APP update:
While 43rumors reader are still patiently waiting to receive their GH3 preorders Panasonic already updated the Lumix Link APP. And it has two new features for you current or future GH3 owners:
1) A manual focus function and video recording timer have been added to the Live View screen. Advanced recording settings such as aperture value, shutter speed and exposure compensation can be performed.
2) A function for automatically transmitting pictures recorded on the camera to your smartphone or tablet has been added.
You can download it here on iTunes or Google Play (Thanks Tim for providing the links)

GH3 work roundup:
On top you see an embedded video shot on the GH3 with the SLR Magic 35mm 1.4 and Kowa prominar 8Z Anamorphic lens ([shoplink 36141 ebay]to find here on eBay[/shoplink]).
Than you may watch the GH3 film mode test with a brief GH2 comparison made by Michael on Vimeo.
And also Outbackphoto posted the first short GH3 video on Vimeo.

GH3 in (or out) of Stock status:
USA readers are no under cheater attack! Knowing that it will take some time until the next GH3 will be in Stock I found one guy selling a used GH3 for $100 mroe than the new price at Amazon (Click here). I guess you will have to wait February to receive your preorder. You may save that search on Slidoo eBay to get notified when the GH3 will be in Stock on eBay US. More in Stock status check at [shopcountry 33624].

BCN Inc., has released the ranking and market share of the top three companies “BCN AWARD 2013” annual sales. Here are the winners of the digital video and camera market:

Digital camera (integrated lens)
Canon 17.6
Sony Corporation 16.5
Nikon Corporation 14.1
Digital camera (SLR)
Canon 52.7
Nikon Corporation 35.1
Sony Corporation 7.1
Digital camera (SLR mirror-less)
Olympus 29.8
Panasonic 23.3
Sony Corporation 20.1
Digital video camera
Sony Corporation 40.2
Panasonic 24.8
JVC Kenwood 18.2

These are the market shares based on the camera sales number of 2012. There is no such report available in any EU or US market :(

Amazon ranking (just ro see what’s hot in EU and US):
US ranking (Click here).
DE ranking (Click here).
UK ranking (Click here).
FR ranking (Click here).

The E-M5 collects one award after another. Now it even earned the prize for the best camera design at IFA AWARD (Source: Olympus UK). And also the XZ-2 won an award for the best compact camera design.

P.S.: Don’t forget that you can save up to $100 on Olympus Digital Cameras including the E-M5 (Check the amazon deal description). In Europe thirteen ref. E-M5 in Stock at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].

There is a new Panasonic interview at Imaging Resource (Click here) with Mr Darin Pepple, senior marketing manager at Panasonic. There is a lot of talk about WiFi and mobile integration but also some talk about MFT. Here are some highlights:

1) Mr. Pepple says that “we’re seeing a lot of professional photographers who are in the wedding and event fields making the transition to video. In fact, in an upcoming trade event, you will see us present several photographers who are showcasing their ideas on how a traditional photographer can make use of video as part of their workflow.”

2) Interesting: The GH2 and a lot of the hacks that you saw coming into the GH2 inspired Panasonic to do more.

3) Panasonic clearly underlines the advantages of contrast af that is far more reliable and accurate than phase detection AF. And Panasonic says that on sensor Phase detection is “really more of just a software trick.”

4) About the development of a new bigger sensor mirrorless system he answers: “I don’t think we’re going to do that.”

5) And finally a real new “rumor”. Mr. Pepple says that “a 300mm f/2.8 or even a 600mm f/2.8 would be a great thing to have. We don’t have that yet. So, at f/2.8 we go to up to about 100mm and that’s the limit for us. We’ve got some development to do in the optics to make the sports photographers interested.”

6) There are also some interesting considerations about how to market Panasonic mirrorless cameras. They are no more trying to advertise the general “mirrorless” concept, they are now more and more focusing on advertisign the top features of the camera. That’s the right approach I think.

It’s a really interesting interview I invite you to read in full at Imaging Resource!