a little bit of everything…


Olympus E-PL1 review on CNet (Greetings to Lori Grunin form 43rumors)

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I give you one single link: http://www.photoshopuser.com/cs5. On that website you see an easy and clean new feature list. Well done!
P.S.: The CS5 suite is yet not available on amazon.
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Samyang lenses with Olympus mount are now on sale on foto-tip.pl
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Canon S90 review on dpreview and compared with the Panasonic LX3.
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If you visit Japan do not buy the GF1. The japanese Menu language cannot be changed! (Focus Numerique)
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Second Take: Olympus EPL-1 (ThePhoBlographer)
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Short Olympus E-P2 review on dpreview
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POLL: Crazy idea, should Olympus go open-source?

Jeff sent me following mail and I found his proposal very interesting. That’s why I ask you your opinion!

Hi , i had an idea , be it a crazy one. But since this is one of the more prominent sites for 4/3 photography , im sure olympus itself veiws the site.
Here is my idea , you should create a poll asking the olympus user base on what they think of olympus “re-inventing the 4/3 brand” through a sharp marketing campaign and camera redesign incorperating open source camera bodies.

If it gets a good positive response , it could spark research at olympus about adding open source bodies.

The problem is that companies think their profits will be destroyed by this since they cannot release annual body updates. they are partially correct , but the current robbery that happening to photographers is disgusting. If actual important things were applied to camera updates (actual hardware such as better sensors and screens) instead of art filters and stuff that can be added by the user with a computer. They could instantly gain a fanbase who would fall in love with the olympus brand and actually take a chunk out of nikonon since they will be the last to experiment with such technology.

Just imagine pulling out your ep2 , going through a menu and clicking the time lapse app you downloaded from a community website and placing it in your window. The software would put the camera on a timer and take a picture every 20 mins and then go back into sleep mode until the next shot, you get back from work and you have a time lapse of the day and you didnt have to do a thing.

that is the future of technology and i think olympus should capitalize on it and beat the other manufacturers to the punch.

make a poll and see if it peaks the interest of olympus

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a little bit of everything…


GF1 vs EPL1 Shooting Performance

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Hands On With The Panasonic Lumix G2 Micro Four Thirds Camera (Gizmodo Australia)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7 Review at digitalcamerareview
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550d vs E-PL1 (dpreview forum)
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How would you change Olympus’ E-PL1? (Engadget)
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Olympus E-PL1 review on the Wall Street Journal.
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“My E-PL1 Review” by Sam Bennet (dpreview forum)

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(FT2) UPDATED -> Panasonic camcorder with m43 lenses to be on NAB?

UPDATE -> NAB Press conferences will take place from April 10 (tomorrow) to April 15. I will follow the event and keep you updated.

As you may know on April 12 the NABshow starts. The NABshow is a dedicated Broadcasting event.

And we just received a rumors from a new source (so we can’t say if the rumor is more or less reliable or not):

Confirming that Panasonic Pro Video dep. will present at NAB a VCR with micro 4/3 optic.
It will enter the market late Nov 2010.
Its have a non DSLR shape, more shaped like Hasselblad.
No more detl. known now, its still parts of it that is work in progress.
OBS
its outside consumer products but thist focus on the bright future of the Micro 4/3 lens system.

If that rumor turns out to be true this will be indeed awesome news! Would you not love to use your MicroFourThirds lenses on a deicated camcorder? Wow!

The rumors we are working on…

During the last two weeks I didn’t post many rumors but I am currently working on some hot stuff:
1) Next Olympus FourThirds and MicroFourThirds PEN camera
2) Sigma MicroFourThirds lenses (Yes! can’t wait to know more about them!)
3) Fuji and Olympus partnership rumors (probably a new sensor?)
4) Panasonic GH2 and GF2 news

What I know for certain is that Sony and Samsung will bring some fire in the mirrorless market! Will tell you more about that soon!

If you have some rumors feel free to contact me at 43rumors@gmail.com.
I will keep you anonymous of course. You can also create a fake gmail account if you don’t want to use your real email account.

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