I was told by a source that the reason there are different names is because some regions want to be able to distinguish the local official model from the grey import easily. So with different model number for each region, you can easily tell if the camera is from local official distribution channel.

I believe the solution creates more problems than it wants to solve…

Olympus preorders:
E-PL8 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de. ParkCameras.
25mm f/1.2 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
12-100mm f/4.0 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
30mm macro at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
FL-900r flash at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.de. ParkCameras.

Panasonic preorders:
G85: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
FZ2500: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
Lx10: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.

INSIDE Photokina BOOTH

Spiegellose Systemkamera Yi M1: Die Chinesen kommen (Photoscala).
Letzte Meldungen zur E-M1 Mark II (Pen And Tell).
Panasonic LX-10/15: Hands-on First Impressions (Digitalrev).
Olympus Australia E-M1II PDF release info.
Laowa 7,5 mm f/2 y Laowa 15 mm f/2 – Toma de contacto (DSLRmagazine).
Panasonic 100-400mm from Photokina (Personal View).
Panasonic FZ2000 – Leserfragen // Photokina 2016 (Slashcam).
2016 Travel Camera of the Year by Hugh Brownstone.

Emeric: “Here is my latest vid, shot with the Panasonic GH4, if you’d like to share it with your readers : COLLIOURE AWAKENING | 4K – https://vimeo.com/182056930”

Ashley: “This is a short film that I made about the island of Fuerteventura using a Panasonic G7 and GX80 and various vintage lenses.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh_QIzIpfXc“

‎Andreas-Joachim Lins‎
Bad Girls
Olympus M1 // Leica DG Nocticron @F1.4 // ISO 125 // 1/8000s

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