Word on the street says there is a possible 2-3 months delay on Panasonic-Olympus cameras with Sony sensor…

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The Komamoto earthquake forced Sony to stop the sensor production for about 6 weeks (expected to resume end of May). Word on the street has it that while both Olympus and Panasonic will not delay any camera announcement the shipment date may be affected. We can expect up to 2-3 months delay.

The E-M1II for example is rumored to use the Sony 20MP MFT sensor. The camera is supposed to be announced in September at Photokina with shipment in October. This could now change with shipment start being more close to Christmas time.

But so far there is nothing 100% concrete yet as the situation is still “fluid”.

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New Panasonic 12-60mm reviewed by ePhotozine

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ePhotozine tested the new Panasonic 12-60mm lens:

The Lumix 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 Asph Power OIS lens is not perfect, but it has some remarkable properties and is incredibly versatile. The low levels of distortion and CA are truly impressive and overall central sharpness is of a high standard.
Lenses have different applications and this Lumix seems an ideal light, compact travel lens that will deliver the goods over a wide range of subject matter.

12-60mm store search links: [shopcountry 59679]. The lens is set to start sipping next week!

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a bit of everything…

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New TRIOPLAN “Soap Bubble Bokeh”‘ F2,8 100MM Review (Note: available as MFT mount option too).

£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.
Rokinon 100mm f/2.8 Macro review (Steve Digicams).
300mm F4.0 IS PRO LENS revew by Jet Daisuke.
Olympus Ambassador & Fashionfotograf Brendan De Clercq zur Pen-F (Digitech).
first look at the lensbaby twist 60 (Diyphotography).

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Adorama launches superdeal on the LX100: You get a free $200 gift card!

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Adorama launched the next great Panasonic deals: Free $200 gift card with the LX100 (Click here). Looks like a new LX200 is on the way :)

More deals:
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.
Silver GX8 for $819 only at [shoplink 59588 ebay]QuickNdone eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
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). Note that BH is close for passover. You can preorder the camera online but it will ship only on May 1.
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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(FT4) Some early Olympus E-M1 successor info.

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I got the following info about the E-M1 successor from a good source:

The E-M1 has improved version of the HR mode and a new improved viewfinder. What the conversations I’ve had so far all come down to is that the E-M5mk2 is acting as a proof of concept for the HR mode and improved IBIS (both are closely related). The E-M1mk2 is going to be released to incorporate improved (non proof of concept) versions of those things and the improved viewfinder. Primary goal is to stay competitive with competing offerings. My contacts suggest there are also some surprises included for sure, and some things that may be included but only if required for staying competitive, if not needed those will be kept for future models (and expanded in the meantime). Sadly I have no idea yet what those features are, other then those being related to processing, not to new hardware. The hardware platform is probably already finalized by this time, or will be in the next 1-2 months.

Thanks for the info!

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New Adorama special on the GH4: Free $150 gift card with the camera.

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You get a free $150 gift card along the GH4 sold by Adorama (Click here). You get the camera even cheaper if you buy it grey imported: Electronicsvalley is selling the Panasonic GH4 for $899 only on [shoplink 59622 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

More deals:
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.
Silver GX8 for $819 only at [shoplink 59588 ebay]QuickNdone eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
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). Note that BH is close for passover. You can preorder the camera online but it will ship only on May 1.
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 59529 ebay]BestBuy on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

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