(FT5) Panasonic-Leica 100-400mm lens will be released in February for around $2,500!

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Our reader Redmosquite spotted an interesting video interview with Panasonic Sweden. It says:

“Panasonic 100-400mm info from Swedish photo fair, comes in late february, priced at 22-23000 SEK which in Sweden is about the same price as the GX8 + 12-35mm kit. another reference is the Panasonic Lecia Nocticron which cost 15000 SEK in Sweden, so It will be really expensive. “

Considering the [shoplink 56494 ebay]Nocticron price is around $1,600[/shoplink] it means the lens will cost around $2,500.

Will you buy the Panasonic-Leica 100-400mm for $2,500?

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Interview to developers of AG-DVX200

Comparing two M.Zuiko portrait lenses – Olympus 45mm f/1.8 vs. 75mm f/1.8 (Mirrorlessons).
Panasonic GX8 review at ThePhoBlographer.
The Panasonic GX8 – Do Those Extra Pixels Count For Anything? (Soundimagesplus).
Adorama Must-Haves: Hot New Lenses For Serious Shooters

Chris: “I recently shot a video with my E-M1 and a line of lenses. Here the description:
A visual story of my travels through French Polynesia on my way to Teahupoo in August 2015.
Locations seen in the video: Tahiti Iti, Teahupoo, Moorea, Raiatea, Faa’a, Bora Bora,
Equipment used:
– Olympus E-M1
– M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 Pro
– M.Zuiko 40-150mm f/2.8 Pro
– M.Zuiko 75mm f/1.8
– Panasonic Lumix 8mm f/3.5 fisheye
– Olympus PT-EP11 underwater housing
– Olympus PT-EP02 port
– ZEN 100mm dome port
Edited in Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015 and colour graded in Adobe Speed Grade CC 2015
Music: Ludovico Einaudi – Choros
http://chriseyrewalker.com/the-road-to-teahupoo/”

Sol: “I recently picked up this surprisingly solid Nikon-mount lens adapter for the GH4.  The best thing: it only costs about $15. http://suggestionofmotion.com/blog/kf-concept-lens-adapter-nikon-mft-review/“

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4% reward and $350 discount on the E-M1.

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You get additional 4% reward on the E-M1 sold by BHphoto.

With year’s end approaching companies are offering more and more price drops. And major deals will start the week before Black Friday. Olympus US lowered the price on OMD cameras:
E-M1 for $949 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus. (Bhphoto gives you an addition 4% reward).
E-M5II for $899 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on all E-M10II kits at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.

More deals:
You save $310 on the grey imported (1 year USA seller warranty) [shoplink 56481 ebay]Panasonic GX8 sold by 6ave (Click here)[/shoplink].
The Panasonic LX100 got a $100 discount at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
FZ1000 for $649 at [shoplink 56479 ebay]Quickndone (Click here)[/shoplink].
$200 off on the [shoplink 56437 ebay]Panasonic LX100 (Click here)[/shoplink].
$430 off on the [shoplink 56438 ebay]Panasonic GH4 (Click here)[/shoplink].
$50 off on the [shoplink 56439 ebay]Olympus 25mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink].

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(FT2) Small chance to see the new 300mm PRO lens announced in late November

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There will be certainly no new camera from Olympus and Panasonic this year. But still there is a small chance Olympus will give us the final specs of their 300mm PRO lens by end of November. A trusted source heard Olympus could give us some more official info by end of November. But it’s yet completely unclear if this means the lens will be available for preorder already or only by early 2016.

The same source also said that 2016 will be very exciting for Olympus. He will share some more info later. Stay tuned ;)

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Experience LUMIX-exclusive 4K Photo Modes

Panasonic Nocticron 42.5mm f/1.2 on the GX8 impresses in all situations (Imaging Resource).
Olympus M.ZUIKO Digital ED 14-150mm f/4-5.6 II Review (Photographyblog).
Olympus 15mm f/8 Body Cap Review (Photographyblog).
Review Panasonic G 25 mm, 1.7 at German Digitalkamera.
Duel : Fujifilm X-T10 vs Olympus E-M10 II (Focus Numerique).

Daniel Zurek‎: “https://youtu.be/-f_qRYDR158. Sharing some experiences documenting biological field work using micro four thirds. We talk about the Panasonic/Olympus gear we used to shoot macro video of jumping spiders (and general documentary scenes) in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.“

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Olympus financial reports: For the first time in six years Olympus Imaging Business shows profitable 1/2yr result!

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Some very good news is coming from the latest Olympus financial report (PDF file here). Some key stats for (Apr-Sep 2015), compared w the same period last yr:

– mirrorless sales up 22%, units sold up 21% (due to impressive sales of OM-D and PEN series cameras in Japan and Europe)
– compact is down 11%
– the camera division as a whole up 10% in sales
– gross profit for the division increased from -3.7bil JPY to +0.1bil JPY
– the company is doing even better as a whole: sales up 12%; net profit up 60%(a bit weird here)

This is good news for the MFT world. Finally Olympus is not loosing money on the imaging business. And let’s hope next year it will go even better when the new PEN and E-M1II cameras go on sale!

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Thanks Boston C!

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