(FT2): Updated 9mm lens specs. It has an f/1.8 aperture?

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The current “official” Olympus road,ap doesn’t include a wide prime lens info…yet.

Got a correction from an anonymous (yet not trusted) source about the possible new 9mm PRO lens from Olympus. It has an f/1.8 aperture instead of the previously “rumored” f/2.8.

9mm F1.8.
8 elements in 7 groups.
Plastic and metal.
Distance markers.
No snapshot manual focus control.
No focus-by-wire.
Compact for competition.
¥91,000
Announcement forthcoming.


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Worldwide camera market: DSLR shipments decreasing. Mirrorless shipments (slowly) increasing!

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Image courtesy: Personal View.

Well, you didn’t see this coming: The DSLR market is considerably decreasing while the mirrorless market is slowly but constantly growing. The Japanese organization CIPA posted the latest June camera shipment data from Japanese companies. And you can see them on graph at Personal View.

In the period between January and June 2014 DSLR unit shipments did fall by 22% compared to the previous 2013 January-June period. Mirrorless camera shipments increased by 23%!

Of course Mirrorless market is still not exploding but in it’s holding well compared to the shrinking DSLR sales. And I guess that as soon that Nikon and Canon will “get serious” with mirrorless things will change even further.

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Refurbished Panasonic GF3 with kit lens for $179.

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[/shoplink] You want to enter the MFT world and get a camera and lens for less than $200? Get the refurbished GF3 with 14-42mm kit lens sold on [shoplink 47354 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. Great price!

More US deals Reminder:
For the first time the Olympus E-M1 sells for under $1,000 via [shoplink 47312 ebay]Thegamesarena one Bay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
You also save $100 on the Open Box GH4 sold by [shoplink 47293 ebay]Samys one Bay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Save $100 on the superb Nocticron 42,5mm f/1.2 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
The Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 II for $319 in [shoplink 47330 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink] or [shoplink 47331 ebay]Silver (Click here)[/shoplink].
Olympus US launched a $50 rebate on the following MFT lenses:
$50 off on the 45mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 17mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 60mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 75-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 40-150mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.

All current Olympus deals can be seen on that Amazon page and on that GetOlympus page.

Those are all current Olympus deals at GetOlympus:
Save $50 on Fast Prime Lenses for OM-D & PEN
Save $50 on Zoom Lenses for OM-D & PEN
Save $100 on the Award-Winning OM-D E-M1
Get a FREE Camera Grip with OM-D E-M10 Purchase
Up to $900 Off Lenses with OM-D or PEN E-P5 Purchase
Up to $100 Off Recorders with OM-D or E-P5 Purchase
FREE Wi-Fi Card with the E-PL5

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(FT5) New proof the E-Pl7 is coming: Official Taiwan document!

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Here is one more proof the E-Pl7 is a real thing. The image on top is an official document of the Taiwanese agency that registers new wifi capable devices :) Thanks to the anonymous source who sent me this!!!

Specs are already known (article here).


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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

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The Photokina rumor roundup (Silver OMD, E-Pl7, new FT fixed lens, new Pro lenses…)

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Photokina is getting closer and some of you may be confused about what could be announced and what is NOT coming. So here is a list of the cameras and lenses you can expect to see announced. Of course these are rumors only for now :)

Panasonic cameras:
FT5: A new Micro Four Thirds camera.
FT5: A fixed lens Four Thirds sensor compact camera.
FT2: LX8 (article here).

Olympus cameras:
FT5: A new E-PL7 camera (article here).
FT3: A new Silver E-M1 edition and maybe a 4K firmware update (article here).

Lenses:
FT2: Olympus 9mm PRO prime (article here).
FT4: Black Olympus 12mm f/2.0 lens (article here).
FT4: Olympus 40-150mm PRO lens (article here).
FT5: Panasonic 35-100mm lens (article here).
FT5: Olympus 7-14mm and 300mm PRO lenses (article here).
FT5: Panasonic 150mm f/2.8 lens (article here).

Third party stuff:
FT5: Zyoptics 42,5mm f/1.2 coming (article here).
FT5: Samyang 50mm f/1.5 for MFT (article here).
FT4: Schneider Kreuznach lenses (article here).

What’s not going to happen:
No Olympus Full Frame camera (article here).
No 100-300mm X from Panasonic (article here).
No Panasonic G7 (article here).
No GF camera coming this year (article here).

Like you see there are really many new MFT lenses to come!


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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

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a little bit of everything…

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Panasonic GH4 vs Sony A7s Review – 4k vs ISO

First Impressions: Panasonic 20mm f1.7 II (ThePhoBlographer)
FZ1000 Field Test Images at Outbackphoto.
Kamerabuch zur E-M10 by Pen And Tell.

Anonymous: “Issue with GH4 connecting to external monitors and 24p output. Not sure if you have heard about this but I feel it needs attention. Many GH4 users are reporting various issues with connecting to external monitors. Here are a few forums that I have found users are having the same issue as myself (my cheap Lilliput monitor will display all frame rates on the GH4 except for 24p and 23.978)
http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/10334/gh4-issues-with-monitors/p1
http://www.eoshd.com/comments/topic/6676-gh4-wont-output-24p-on-external-monitor/
http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?325330-Can-t-view-24p-on-external-monitor
A search will pull up other forums as well complaining about the same issue.
Hopefully you can shed some light on the this if it has not yet been addressed or resolved.

Rhys:Hi, you don’t usually seem to cover many UK based deals, but I’ve just spotted that Jessops have pretty much every Olympus m43 lens with 10% off. I’ve just ordered a 9-18mm at about the cheapest price I’ve seen it at in the UK. I nearly paid £470 for it from Jessops earlier this week! :) Maybe you could share with your readers. http://www.jessops.com/accessories/lenses/olympus

Tim:In Australia, the GX7 body is selling for $470 USA / $514 AUD at three stores online. http://www.shopbot.com.au/pp-panasonic-lumix-dmc-gx7-price-439847.html

Yan:Recently, we used Panasonic GH4 to shoot chemical reactions in 4K with a Tokina 100mm macro lens. Below is a trailer we just released (in 1080p): http://vimeo.com/102098227. I think 4K and m43 format make GH4 the king of macro video work. The image detail and large DOF are unmatched by any other consumer camera on the market. I hope this video could be useful to the m43 community.”

Muvida:Here’s a video clip I shot last month using hacked Panasonic GH2 at 720s/50fps mode. Lenses : Voigtlander 25mm f/0.95 and SLR Magic 12mm f/1.6 both with hoya CPL filters. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIocyv08sjk

Fabrys:This is my last video shot in London with the OMD EM-5 and the Sony RX100MII (for slow motion at 60P). https://vimeo.com/101187544

Henrik:I made this video a couple of days ago.It shows how powerful the GH3 still is and how the 43 system has no problems competing with professional equipment. Wanted to share this with you in case it would be interesting for 43rumors’s readers to watch. Filmed with the first batch of the Panasonic GH3 camera, coupled with the black Olympus 45mm F1.8 using a cheap set of macro tubes. Recorded entirely at ISO 1600 and F8 aperture. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jj-H_SDdoM&list=UUzSiJ94Isc6ZsfROvPiJtdA

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US deal reminder: E-M1 for $999. Open Box GH4 for $1599.

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There are some great deals on high quality MFT cameras and lenses:

For the first time the Olympus E-M1 sells for under $1,000 via [shoplink 47312 ebay]Thegamesarena one Bay US (Click here)[/shoplink].
You also save $100 on the Open Box GH4 sold by [shoplink 47293 ebay]Samys one Bay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Save $100 on the superb Nocticron 42,5mm f/1.2 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
The Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 II for $319 in [shoplink 47330 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink] or [shoplink 47331 ebay]Silver (Click here)[/shoplink].

More US deals Reminder:

Olympus US launched a $50 rebate on the following MFT lenses:
$50 off on the 45mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 17mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 60mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 75-300mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 40-150mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.

All current Olympus deals can be seen on that Amazon page and on that GetOlympus page.

Those are all current Olympus deals at GetOlympus:
Save $50 on Fast Prime Lenses for OM-D & PEN
Save $50 on Zoom Lenses for OM-D & PEN
Save $100 on the Award-Winning OM-D E-M1
Get a FREE Camera Grip with OM-D E-M10 Purchase
Up to $900 Off Lenses with OM-D or PEN E-P5 Purchase
Up to $100 Off Recorders with OM-D or E-P5 Purchase
FREE Wi-Fi Card with the E-PL5

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