Full Panasonic Leica 12mm f/1.4 Review by Mirrorlessons

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Mirrorlessons posted the full Leica 12mm MFT lens review and writes:

From its premium build quality and quick autofocus to its performance at the fastest apertures and sharpness across the frame, almost everything about this lens oozes quality and perfection. And even though it is larger and heavier than the most compact primes for the system, it is still much smaller and lighter than an equivalent 24mm f/1.4 for full-frame.
The biggest disappointment is the lack of flare resistance in direct sunlight but this is a problem that afflicts many Micro Four Thirds lenses from Panasonic.  Finally, we have the price, which is a direct reflection of the premium status of this lens. At nearly $1,300 US, it costs almost double the price of the Lumix GX85 body itself.

Preorders:
12mm f/1.4 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. Panasonic US. WexUK. ParkCameras.

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$200 off on the 100-400mm MFT lens. $450 off if you buy it grey imported.

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100-400mm-Leica

You got two ways to pay less for the new 100-400mm MFT Leica lens:

  1. You save $200 on the lens sold by Quickndone on eBay Canada/US (Click here). With regular 1 year Panasonic US/Canada warranty
  2. You save $450 on the grey imported lens sold by [shoplink 60913 ebay]DWI on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. It ships worldwide and does come with 1 year seller warranty.

Reminder: You get two lenses and a $100 gift card for free with the G7 kit sold by BHphoto (Click here).

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Digitalrev already lists the E-M1II on preorder :)

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Digitalrev seems to cannot wait to see the new E-M1II camera and is already accpeting preorders on their site (Click here). And this is not the only “ghost” preorder from Olympus. Also the yet non announced 30mm f/3.5 MFT macro lens recently appeared on sites like Macconnection, Neobits, Amazon.cn, Unitedoffice.

Olympus had(?) the plan to announce the new E-M1II at Photokina. But I heard shipment will be delayed by many months. This means I am no more sure if the announcement will really take place anyway at Photokina or if Olympus will decide to wait a couple of months.

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a bit of everything…

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Karl Taylor’s tips on photographing your kids!

7 travel photography tips from a pro (GetOlympus)
6 ways you can use Live Composite (OlympusAmerica).
Preview While You Shoot: The What, Why, When, Who and How on Tethered Shooting (Adorama Learning Center)
Olympus PhotoCinema project in Japan (DC.watch).
300mm PRO lens review at Optyczne.
How to Choose the Right Lens for Traveling (Explora).
European Olympus ref. items list at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].

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(FT5) Panasonic MFT camera announcement scheduled for late August

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I got an important update about the next Panasonic announcement. We will get a new MFT camera announcement by late August! I am yet not sure if there will be new lenses too…

And one more thing: I am yet not sure it is the GH5 we are going to get by end of August….

 


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