CIPA reports first sign of recovery in the system camera business. But forecast looks bad due the earhtquake.

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The recent financial report from Olympus and Panasonic showed some sign of recovery in their imaging segment (which includes digital camera and other business). The trend seems to be confirmed by the latest March 2016 CIPA reports. For the first time in two years Japanese companies shipped more cameras than the previous year (and did even better than March of two years ago). But the good news may last shortly. As I heard from my sources the Kumamoto earthquake damaged many factories producing sensor or other camera parts. And I expect at least 3 months of supply shortage and product announcement delays. This means camera shipment in May-June-July will easily be much lower than in 2015.

We have to hope that after the Photokina announcement Olympus and Panasonic will face no problem in shipping the E-M1II and GH5 before the end fo the year.

via Mirrorlessrumors.

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Weekly 43rumors readers pictures roundup.

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Nayt Housman‎
A lil drag portrait with the Oly 75mm attached to my GX8. smile emoticon

1) You can share your pics by using posting on our 43rumors Facebook page (Click here).
2) All 43rumors readers pictures can be seen here: facebook.com/43rumors/photos. Like the pictures you like and chat with the authors if you want to know how they took the shot!
3) The most liked pictures and some pics selected by myself will be posted weekly on 43rumors

This is the weekly selection:

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a bit of everything…

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Cognisys StopShot Hands-On Field Test

£150 Amazon Credit and £100 Cashback on the GX8 at Amazon UK.
Olympus Europe launched a new summer special bonus. All details can be read here: bonus.olympus.eu.
Banding with 20mm 1.7 & GM-5 (not using Electronic shutter) at Dpreview Forum
Oversampling for Image Quality Makes Sense (Diglloyd).
E-M1II survey by Lepidi.

Kevin: “Here is a fun shoot we had for a local high school who went to the state championship and won! These two cameras performed admirably in a high paced, run & gun environment.
https://vimeo.com/159344300 GH4 w/ Ronin-M & G7 Shooting on Boston Celtics Floor. “

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300mm PRO lens in Stock at BestBuy

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300mmPRO

At the moment the only US store that has the new 300mm PRO lens in Stock is BestBuy (Click here).

More deals:
The Black GX8 sells for $814 only on eBay (Click here). That’s about the same price of the newly announced GX80!
You get a free $150 gift card along the GH4 sold by Adorama (Click here).
Electronicsvalley is selling the Panasonic GH4 for $899 only on [shoplink 59622 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Many Sandisk SD cards got a major price drop at Adorama (Click here).  You save up to $45 when you buy their 512 GB card.
GH4 for $1,079 only at [shoplink 59589 ebay]QuickNdone eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Leica 25mm Summilux lens for $429 only at [shoplink 59506 ebay]Quickndone eBay Store (Click here)[/shoplink].
 Open Box 12-35mm X lenses with $150 discount by [shoplink 59545 ebay]BestBuy (Click here)[/shoplink].
There is a special $150 rebate on the GH3 sold by BHphoto (Click here).
Olympus 14-150mm lens for $349 only via Amazon US (Click here) and [shoplink 59414 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
$150 price drop on the E-M10 sold by Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
The Olympus 300mm PRO lens is back in Stock in USA via [shoplink 59655 ebay]BestBuy on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

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New Panasonic GX80 reviews by Richard Wong, Mirrorlessons, CameraLabs

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GX80

Richard Wong writes:

When reviewing the Panasonic Lumix GX85, I keep asking myself this question: Which is the better camera, is it the GX85 or the GX8?
It’s a hard question to answer. The GX8 has some better key features, the much bigger EVF, the new 20MP image sensor, slightly better controls…etc.
On the other side, GX85’s smaller and lighter body, lower price (GX85’s retail price should be around NZD$250 cheaper than the GX8 when it hits the market), and with the better image stabiliser and built-in flash, it is also a more versatile camera for everyday use. Personally, I want the GX8 if I’m buying a micro four thirds camera for myself tomorrow because I just really love that camera especially it’s fantastic electronic viewfinder. But at the same time I feel the GX85 is indeed the better camera for most people.
The GX85 may not have the best of everything, but its a really versatile camera that you can easily carry with you all the time.

Apologies for bombarding you but we thought you might be interested in our GX80 first impressions, as well as a video showing its 4K live cropping capabilities.

Mirrorlessons posted some image samples and a test video on Youtube.
Panasonic Lumix GX80 / GX85 sample images at CameraLabs.

Store links:
Black GX80/85 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. WexUK. ParkUK.
Silver GX80/85 at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. ParkUK.

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