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June 13, 2015
news
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LensVid Exclusive: Panasonic Lumix DMC LX100 Review

E-M5II review by NeoCamera.
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 8mm F1.8 Fisheye PRO Sample Images (Photographyblog).
Not all about the MegaPixels (Adorama Blog).
Big Companies and their “unlimited” use of private photos (TheNakedCamera).
Canon G7X Compared To Panasonic CM1 Smartphone (Soundimagesplus).
Your instagram-photos at a museum, sold for 90k$ each, without your consent (TheNakedCamera).
Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro Review (Toolsandtoys).

Refurbished Panasonic camera list. GF6 with lens for $297.

June 12, 2015
deals
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[shoplink 53874 ebay] Bildschirmfoto 2015-06-09 um 22.34.04 [/shoplink]

There is a new list of refurbished Panasonic cameras for sale on eBay US:
[shoplink 53874 ebay]GF6 with kit lens for $297[/shoplink] [shoplink 53870 ebay]G5 with kit lens for $329[/shoplink] [shoplink 53871 ebay]GF5 with kit lens for $359[/shoplink] [shoplink 53872 ebay]GF3 with kit lens for $229[/shoplink] [shoplink 53873 ebay]GX7 body $599[/shoplink]

Competition news: Leica Q, Sony A7rII, RX100m4 and RX10m2 announced.

June 12, 2015
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A lot happened this week on the competition front. And some of those new products compete against actual Panasonic/Olympus cameras:

1) Leica announced the new Full Frame fixed lens Q camera (details here at BHphoto). This camera is not made in collaboration with Panasonic as it happened with past fixed lens cameras. And I think the sensor is a Sony too (Panasonic doesn’t make FF sensors yet).

2) Sony A7rII (details here at Amazon). It has 5 axis stabilization just like the Olympus E-M1/M5II cameras. But the tech behind it is completely different. It also has internal 4K recording making it a serious GH4 competitor (although the A7rII costs more than double!).

3) Sony RX10m2 (details here at Amazon). This is a Panasonic FZ1000 competitor. But we know Panasonic has a new FZ3000 camera on schedule. Don’t know if Panasonic will use the new Sony 1inch sensor too.

4) Sony RX100m4 (details here at Amazon). Definitely a LX100 competitor. LX100 is cheaper but the RX100m4 has tons of great features.

Always good to hear how Sony is pushing the boundaries. I hope this helps to speed up their E-M1II, FZ3000, GX8 and TRIP-D release :)

Nokton 10.5mm f/0.95 shipment started today!

June 12, 2015
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Today Cosina started the worldwide shipment of the 10,5mm Nokton lens. You can get it in Europe at [shoplink 53816 ebay]FotoMundus (Click here)[/shoplink] in Asia at [shoplink 53614 ebay]Taku (Click here)[/shoplink] and in US at BHphoto (no preorder yet).

via DC.watch.

New firmware for the E-PL6（Ver1.2), E-PL5（Ver1.4）and E-PM2（Ver1.4）

June 12, 2015
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toshibawlan

Olympus Japan announced a new firmware for the following three PEN cameras: E-PL6（Ver1.2）/E-PL5（Ver1.4）/E-PM2（Ver1.4).
It adds support for the Toshiba Flash Air Wirless Lan card.

found via DC.watch.

Gold Box on the Olympus Stylus SZ-17. Free tripod wiht the E-M5 superkit.

June 11, 2015
deals
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There is a Gold Box deal on the Olympus Stylus SZ-17 which runs today only at Amazon US (Click here).
You get a free Oben AC-1321 3-Section Aluminum Tripod with BA-106 Ball Head with the E-M5 double lens kit at BHphoto (Click here).
The CM1 can be preordered at Panasonic US (Click here).
Open Box GH4 for $1,299 at [shoplink 53880 ebay]Samys (Click here)[/shoplink].

Reminder: Olympus US launched great deals on cameras and lenses. A list can be seen on Amazon US and GetOlympus. In detail we have:

Cameras:
$200 off on the E-M1 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the E-M5II in Black at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
Free bag and lens cap with the E-PL7 at Amazon and GetOlympus.

Lenses:
$100 off on the Olympus 40-150mm PRO lens sold at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 12mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 75mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 45mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$80 off on the 40-150mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 75-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 9-18mm f/4.0-5.6 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 12-40mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 60mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.

Olympus 8mm f1.8 Fisheye review at CameraLabs.

June 11, 2015
reviews
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8mmPRO

Gordon from CameraLabs (Click here) posted the full Olympus 8mm PRO lens review:

Ultimately the Olympus 8mm f1.8 Fisheye may be larger and higher-priced than rivals, but it’ll out-perform them on the feature-front, particularly in terms of aperture. If you’ll exploit these features, it’s well worth spending the extra and comes highly recommended. I also commend Olympus on pushing the envelope here and producing a lens that’s truly different from anything that’s come before for any format. It’ll be a reason for some photographers to select Micro Four Thirds as their next format.

Olympus Preorders:
7-14mm f/2.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK, AmazonUK, AmazonDE,
8mm f/1.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK, AmazonUK, AmazonDE,
Titanium E-M5II: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.

Panasonic Preorders:
Black G7 with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at Jessops, WexUK.
Silver G7 with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at Jessops, WexUK.
Black G7 with 14-140mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. In EU at Jessops, WexUK.