No One Wants Ordinary Photographers Anymore! (via: Chase Jarvis Blog)

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The Worst Cameras of 2009 (source: digitalcamera-hq)
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Olympus Stylus 7010 has been testedt at digitalcamerareview.com.
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Someone is experiencing some GF1 update problems (dpreview forum)
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New Black Friday deals page at olympusamerica.com
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Panasonic DMC-GF1 1080p video. The HD version of the video is available here

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ISO Shootout: Canon S90 vs Ricoh GR Digital III vs Panasonic G1 at seriouscompacts.com!
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New weekly japanese sales rankings at bcnranking.jp.
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Panasonic Lumix GF1 Wins Popular Science’s “The Best of What’s New” Award (source: photographyreview)
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Amazon US deals:
– Olympus E-P1 14-42mm Lens (Silver Body/Black Lens) price drops to $749.95 (You Save: $50.04)
– Olympus E520 with 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 and 40-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ED Zuiko Lenses for $505
– The Panasonic 7-14 and Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 are in Stock.
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Every year Thom Hogan predicts what’s coming next from Nikon (and not Nikon only! He also made a prediction about Olympus and Panasonic):

Read the article at http://bythom.com/2010predictions.htm

I like this phrase: “Put another way, I’d say that Olympus, Panasonic, Leica, and Sony have a plan. Pentax has no plan. Fujfilm thinks they have a plan, but don’t actually possess one. Nikon and Canon have their old plan and think it will work forever. ” :)

And here the Olympus and Panasonic 2010 predictions:

• Olympus. Olympus has already announced the E-P2, but it’s not much of a change (a tux for the body and an optional EVF). We’ll get another m4/3 camera before the end of the year, and it’s likely to be a much higher specified one. Lenses have already been announced so will be no surprise (the 9-18mm and 14-150mm coming next, probably followed by another prime or two and a long zoom). Meanwhile, Olympus needs to get the 4/3 cameras down in size, too, if they want that line to live on. The APS crop cameras are now up to 18mp and still doing well with noise, so Olympus’s recent “12mp is enough” won’t hold, I think. We’ll see a >12mp Olympus announced before the end of the year.
• Panasonic. A GH2 and a GF2 seem pretty likely, in that order. The tricky part is that to keep ahead of the pack the real advances are going to need to start coming at the sensor. Just adding features or gimmicks is not going to send a strong message. So, like Olympus, I think we’ll see >12mp cameras out of Panasonic sometime during the year. Like Olympus, Panasonic has telegraphed its lens lineup for the year, so no real surprises there. I do find it interesting, however, that every poll of m4/3 users and seriously considering m4/3 buyers shows that a 12mm prime is the number one lens request, yet we still haven’t seem either company decide to produce one. I’m betting that Panasonic picks up on this and makes such an announcement before the end of the year (that doesn’t mean we’ll see such a lens in 2010, though).

Olympus E-P2 preorders: Amazon US / Adorama / BHphoto / Amazon DE

Which?: Olympus EP-2 micro four thirds camera

Olympus E-P2 preorders: Amazon US / Adorama / BHphoto / Amazon DE
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Ricoh GXR and Panasonic GF1 size comparison (dpreview forum)
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Partial HiRes Panorama (15,000 x 33,885) shot with Panasonic Lumix GF1, 45-200mm @ 200mm.
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Digital Camera Tips from Chase Jarvis, Author of “The Best Camera Is The One That’s With You”
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Minolta Primes on the Olympus E-P1 via Novoflex Minolta MD to Micro Four Thirds adapter. Read the review at photoblossoms.wordpress.com!
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Today deals:
– Panasonic 7-14mm f/4.0 Micro Four Thirds Lens in Stock at amazon.com
– Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Lens in Stock at amazon.com
– The <? include(“buy/45.php”); ?> lens is now in Stock at amazon UK, amazon DEand amazon FR.
The same lens is still not in stock at amazon US! :(

Now we all know what kind of Panasonic and Olympus lenses are going to be unveiled in 2010. We want to ask you which ones you are going to buy! Let Olympus and Panasonic know what you want and maybe they will produce enough of this lenses for all of us ;)

UPDATE: We added a new option for all of you which are unhappy with the future lens selection.

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