UPDATE: I have been requested to remove the image from Martin Wagner who posted the Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens and 1.4x teleconverter pictures apparently without Olympus approval. Curious though that Olympus Australia itself posted an image of the lens yet. Sounds like there is a communication problem within Olympus :)
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Thanks Andreas for sharing!
Digicameinfo managed to get a new Silver E-m1 and 1.4 teleconverter image. There are also a couple of new info:
– Silver E-m1 with BCL-1580 costs 150.000 Yen (converted: 1400 Dollars or 1100 Euro).
– 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens costs 160.000 Yen (converted: 1500 dollars or 1200 Euro)
– 40-150mm + 1.4x converter is 180,000 Yen (converted: 1600 Dollars or 1300 Euro).
– Lens Hood for the new zoom costs 6000 Yen (converted: 57 Dollars or 44 Euro).
– The new 1.4x MC-14 teleconverter costs 30,000 Yen (converted: 285 Dollars or 220 Euro).
Here is the image of the teleconverter:
That stuff along the new firmware will be announced enxt Monday (September 15). The same day we will have a big Panasonic announcement too! As usual you can follow the event live here on 43rumors!
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You cannot update your E-M1 using the official Olympus Update Tool yet. But the 2.0 firmware itself has been already uploaded at Olympus Imaging (BIN file here). But to install it on your camera you must follow this “Unoffical” and “at your own risk how-to” steps described at Lightsnowdev:
I repeat this is at your own risk. Wait til the official release on September 15 to get a “save” firmware update!
If someone is that crazy to test this please let us know about the exact improvements! Thanks!
Another trusted source shared more tidbits about the E-M1 2.0 firmware upgrade:
1. Olympus Capture: software tethering, you can do almost anything from your PC.
2. 2 new art filters : vintage and partial color
3. Faster EVF response 16ms (improved from 29ms)
4. Total 16 improvements.
5. Keystone feature: The good news, It works in liveview and you can use the 2 control dials to manipulate vertical and horizontal axis separately. Bad news, it doesn’t work in retouch mode and you can manipulate only 1 axis on a single image.
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In 8 days we will get our great E-M1 firmware update. And if you still want to buy the camera there are a couple for them for sale for $999 only at [shoplink 48068 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. These are brand news cameras (not refurbished and not grey imported).
More deals:
Refurbished Black E-PM1 camera with kit lens for $199 only on [shoplink 47995 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
$300 off on the Panasonic GH3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here)and BHphoto (with 4% reward).
$300 off on the Panasonic GX7 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
$100 off on the Panasonic G6 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (with free SanDisk 32GB).
Receive a free Panasonic LUMIX G Vario 45-150mm f/4.0-5.6 ASPH Lens with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GX7 14-42mm lens bundle in Black (Click here) or Silver (Click here).
Well, everything today is going to use more and more LED lights (like your Car for example). And a brand new published Olympus patent discloses a camera using LED light as flash for both, integrated and external use. I guess we will see such a LED light in an Olympus camera pretty soon…
Source: Egami
Our reader Russ searched for the new GM5 and found it right there on the Panasonic site (Click here). It’s a sort of selfie camera to take pictures of our best part…I guess :)
Joke aside, Panasonic is really a global leader in the electronic toilet market!
