The advantage of Olympus zooms :)

Source: http://forum.xitek.com/showthread.php?threadid=628866

Today we made a worldwide check of all the best Olympus and Panasonic deals.

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We start with US/International shops:

– The Panasonic Gh1 should begin to be delivered this month at adorama at bhphoto and amazon US (all have it at the same price).

– The Leica D-Lux 4 has been discounted at amazon US ($685 instead of $769.00)

– The best price I found for the Panasonic LX3 (black) is at bhphoto ($499.95)

– Amazon sells the Panasonic 45-200mm lens with a 82$ price drop. A good chance to get this lens!

– You can preorder the Panasonic 7-14mm lens at amazon. It is higly regarded lens (look at slrgear)

– The Olympus 7-14mm is in stock at b&hphoto for $1,749.95

– The Olympus Zuiko 14-35mm is one of my favorite lenses and after rebates it is now avaible for $1,938.98 only at amazon

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UK
Panasonic GH1 (Black) with LUMIX G 14-140mm Lens is in stock for £1,329.95.

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Germany:
–PANASONIC Lumix DMC-LX3 schwarz EUR 395 (mit dem Code “PIX05DE4”) Pixmania.de

– Olympus E-620 for 599 Euro (body only) Pixmania.de

Have a nice shopping!

Imaging resource has a new Panasonic GH1 review which you can read here: http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/DMCGH1/DMCGH1A.HTM

The only new interesting thing here seems to be their video quality review. No surprise the 720/60p recording is by far better than the 1080 50i.

http://asia.olympus-imaging.com/products/dslr/special/pen50th/pen_f/

Good morning!

First, we have some technical issues (again). That’s why we deactivated some website plugins. In the next days we will try to fix the problems forever.

By the way, my flight had a 3 hour delay and I only arrived at home at one o clock.  I woke up at 6am to go to work. So give me a little more time to write the E-P1 rumor summary, I have to sleep now :)

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Imaging Resource came up with a review of the Panasonic GH1 video features
http://www.imaging-resource.com/PRODS/DMCGH1/DMCGH1VIDEO.HTM

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There is a Pentaxforum thread where people discuss the E-P1. It is interesting to see how non-four thirds people react to the E-P1!

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Trusted reviews tested the Sigma DP2.

http://www.trustedreviews.com/digital-cameras/review/2009/06/09/Sigma-DP2/p1

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That’s all!

Olympus DSLRs hold both the top spots in the computerbild.de camera rankings. Here cameras are not ranked purely by image quality/sensor performance, but also by usability, portability and consumer-suitability.

Original link: http://www.computerbild.de/bestenlisten/Die-besten-digitalen-Spiegelreflexkameras-3665800.html

English Translation

Japanese Translation

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Some (meaningless) speculation from China over the new camera.

• ISO 200-3200
• 3.o” LCD
• Two colours – Silver and White
• Two kit lenses plus the 17/2.8 to be released
• 13 Effective Megapixels

Original Link: http://www.sheya.net/info/74/n-1274.html

English Translation

Enjoy your day!

It seems Leica is going with the D-lux 4 the same way as the Leica 8.2. After the Titan version it s the time of the Safari D-Lux4 ersion. When can you buy it? Probably starting from August and a very Leica price…1.000$! But remember the production will be limited to 6.000 pieces only.

Original source: quesabesde.com