I think the new Panasonic FZ-1000 is a hell of a camera and Chris from TheCameraStoreTV does agree with me. Interestingly he doesn’t believe the 1 inch sensor is the same of the Sony RX100M3…

Panasonic FZ-1000 preorders at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). In Europe at WexUK (Click here).

ePhotozine (Click here) posted the full Leica 15mm f/1.7 lens review and writes:

The Leica name is like a seal of quality for Panasonic’s Micro Four thirds lenses, and this lens lives up to the reputation in many ways. One surprising way that it doesn’t is with the price. Yes, it may be more expensive than the closest equivalent lenses, but it’s not the kind of price that would have your bank manager asking questions.

The lens gets “reocmmended” with 4/5 stars.

15mm Lens store links:
Black lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Wex UK (Click here), Amazon Japan (Click here).
Silver lens at Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Amazon Japan (Click here).

Introducing Panasonic LUMIX DMC-FZ1000

Here you have the complete list of videos about the new Panasonic FZ1000!

Panasonic FZ-1000 preorders at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). In Europe at WexUK (Click here).

Olympus OM-D E-M10: All About the Gear Panasonic GH4 – A Video Primer (Luminous Landscape).
Olympus M.Zuiko 75mm F1.8 Lens tested at DigitalCameraReview.
Olympus SP-100EE Key Features (ePhotozine).
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 real-world samples gallery (Dpreview).
Freewheeling: Shooting roller derby with Micro Four Thirds (Dpreview).
Olympus Image Space Event With ePHOTOzine (ePhotozine).
Panasonic GH4 Shooter’s Report Part I: High Performance, High Resolution, High Functionality (Imaging Resource).
Noticed fashion photog Anthony Amadeo uses a GF2.

Phil: “Super Special EOFY Sale **strictly while stock lasts**
Olympus E-M1 body only $849 **after cashback**
http://www.camerapro.com.au/olympus-om-d-e-m1-compact-system-mirrorless-camera-body-only-australian-stock.html
Olympus E-M5 body only $549 **after cashback**
http://www.camerapro.com.au/olympus-om-d-e-m5-micro-four-thirds-digital-camera-body-only-black-australian-stock.html“

Our friend Frederick compared the GH4 and GH4 AF performance and discovered an interesting drawback of the GH4 in 4K mode:

“I have tested the autofocus performance of the GH4 with the GH3 during video recording. This demanding test shows that the GH4 indeed does improve upon the GH3 in 1080p mode. In 4K mode, though, the autofocus is rather poor.
http://m43photo.blogspot.com/2014/05/recent-micro-four-thirds-cameras-have.html
I tested using both the 12-35mm and 35-100mm f/2.8 lenses.“

It’s the first time I hear about that “drawback”. Hope other readers will test this too and confirm (or not confirm) the slower af in 4k mode!

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GH4 North American preorders, shipping date and price:
GH4 camera at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Ritz Camera and Panasonic. Price: $1,698. In Canada at Vistek.
GH4 camera with interface unit at Adorama and BHphoto. Price: $3,298
Interface unit only at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. Price: $1,998

GH4 Europen preorders, shipping date and price:
Germany: Wexcameras, Marcotec-shop.de.
UK at Wexphotographic, CameraWorld, UKdigital, CVP, TipTop.
Holland at Fotohanskeuzekamp.
Belgium at Fotokonijnenberg.
Norway at Fotovideo.
Sweden at Cyberphoto, Skandinavianphoto.
Finland at Telefoto, Topshot, Verkkoauppa.
France at Photocineshop.
Spain: Fotoboom.

Asian preorders, shipping date and price:
Digitalrev and Digidirect Australia.

4K cards
Kingston 16-32-64 GB SDHC UHS-I Speed Class 3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sandisk 16-32-64 GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Memory Card at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Transcend 64-128 GB High Speed 10 UHS-3 at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Panasonic 16-32-64 GB SDHC-UHS-I U3 Card (90MB/s) at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

Image courtesy: Photozone (Click here)

Photozone (Click here) tested the tiniest of all large sensor zoom lenses and writes:

We certainly congratulate Panasonic for having created this tiny wonder and along with his in-house cousin it is obvious choice when size and weight really matter. However, if you are after a high performance lens you should look towards the Olympus M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 ED Pro or Panasonic Lumix G 12-35mm f/2.8 ASPH Power O.I.S. instead.

The lens gets a 2,5 out of 5 average score. Note that Photozone is a very sever website and doesn’t share high scores easily! I do own the lens and it does exactly what I needs. Take good quality pictures while keeping the overall GM1+lens size down. Or do you really want to use a Large Olympus 12-40mm on it? :)