(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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a bit of everything…

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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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New Panasonic Olympus deals in Europe and Australia.

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Germany:
List of todays Gold Box deal at Amazon.de (full page here).
Bis zu 150 EUR Sofortrabatt auf Olympus Objektive at Amazon.de.
100 EUR Amazon Aktionsgutschein beim Kauf einer Kamera E-M5II/E-M1 at Amazon.de.
50 EUR Amazon Aktionsgutschein beim Kauf einer E-M10/E-M10II Kamera at Amazon.de.

UK:
Up to £150 Cashback with Selected Panasonic Cameras and Camcorders at Amazon.co.uk.
Claim up to £100 Cashback when Purchasing a Selected Olympus Lens or Camera at Amazon.co.uk.

France:
Offre de remboursement OLYMPUS – Jusqu’à 150€ remboursés sur une sélection de produits at Amazon France.

Australia:
‎Nayt Housman‎: “Just a deal heads up. Panasonic Australia are offering a free Lumix 25mm F/1.7 lens with various Lumix bodies. I just claimed mine with a GX8 purchase. https://promotions.panasonic.com.au/bonusgifts/PromoDetails.aspx“

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Olympus US price drops on the E-M1 and E-M10II

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Olympus US made a furtherprice drop on their OMD cameras. New prices are:
E-M1 for $949 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
E-M5II for $899 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on all E-M10II kits at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.

Quickndone deals:
Silver E-M5II with $300 discount and 1 year US warranty on their [shoplink 56436 ebay]eBay Store (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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Kern Paillard Yvar 36mm lens tested on the GH4.

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Annie Barton tested the [shoplink 56288 ebay]Kern Paillard Yvar 36mm f/2.8[/shoplink] on the GH4:

“We like this lens a lot, only downside is its bokeh is so so at wide open f2.8.”

The lens is ver cheap and can be bought for under $100 used on [shoplink 56288 ebay]eBay (acutions here)[/shoplink].

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