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What’s coming the next months before Photokina: Just compact cameras and one MFT (Olympus E-PL7).

May 26, 2014
Rumors
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The rumors I got so far from trusted sources do not point to any more MFT camera announcement before Photokina other than the Olympus E-Pl7. It really looks like both Panasonic and Olympus are focusing their attention at Photokina in September.

That said I heard that both companies will announce some compact cameras within the next 1-2 months. Don’t know if that includes the rumored Olympus “TRIP-D“. It should be a digital fixed lens version of their popular [shoplink 35471 ebay]Olympus Trip 35 film cameras (on auction here on eBay)[/shoplink]. That would certainly be a hot camera release! Stay tuned!

Short technical note: Site loading issues solved. Thank You all for the help!

May 26, 2014
news
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JUst a short note to Thank All the readers that helped me out to solve the site loading issue. It now looks like the problems has been solved. There was indeed a DNS problem which we solved this weekend. Now I can go back to my normal “rumor and news” work :)

TheCamera Store TV Autofocus Shootout: GH4 is damn close to the $6,500 Nikon D4s!

May 25, 2014
reviews
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I know you will call me crazy or fanboy but I seriously believe mirrorlesss cameras are the future. DSLR still have some clear advantages and one of them is known to be the faster autofocus performance. Today TheCameraStoreTV team posted this autofocus shootout video to see how close the latest generation mirrorless camera are compared to the king of sports photography, the $6,500 Nikon D4s. Chris tested the Fuji X-T1, Sony A6000, Olympus E-M1 and Panasonic GH4.

Well according to their tests the Panasonic GH4 autofocus performance is damn close to the Nikon which is a huge surprise in face of the massive price difference. Yes, the day will come when a Mirrorless camera (maybe a GH5?) will match the best DSLR autofocus.

GH4 North American preorders, shipping date and price:
GH4 camera at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Ritz Camera and Panasonic. Price: $1,698. In Canada at Vistek.
GH4 camera with interface unit at Adorama and BHphoto. Price: $3,298
Interface unit only at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. Price: $1,998

GH4 Europen preorders, shipping date and price:
Germany: Wexcameras, Marcotec-shop.de.
UK at Wexphotographic, CameraWorld, UKdigital, CVP, TipTop.
Holland at Fotohanskeuzekamp.
Belgium at Fotokonijnenberg.
Norway at Fotovideo.
Sweden at Cyberphoto, Skandinavianphoto.
Finland at Telefoto, Topshot, Verkkoauppa.
France at Photocineshop.
Spain: Fotoboom.

Asian preorders, shipping date and price:
Digitalrev and Digidirect Australia.

4K cards
Kingston 16-32-64 GB SDHC UHS-I Speed Class 3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sandisk 16-32-64 GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Memory Card at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Transcend 64-128 GB High Speed 10 UHS-3 at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Panasonic 16-32-64 GB SDHC-UHS-I U3 Card (90MB/s) at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

Weekly 43rumors readers photo collection!

May 24, 2014
news
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Samuel Gauthier
Olympus EM5+ 25mm f/1.4
Sao Paulo Street Photography
More at
http://www.sfgauthier.com/recent/

These are some of the pics submitted by our readers on the 43rumors Facebook wall (Click here to see them all). What I show in this post are some of the most liked by our readers and by myself.

May 24, 2014
news
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Vancouver artist Paul Burgoyne lost the camera in 2012 when his boat was shipwrecked off the west coast of Vancouver Island. The camera went down with the ship. Two years after Marine Sciences Centre university students found the camera 12 meter down and discovered that the Lexar Platinum II 8 GB memory card used within the Panasonic TZ7 preserved all pictures taken with the camera. They shared one group picture on Twitter to find the owner fo the camera. And they did found the owner!

The camera also served well as home for marine species! CBC.ca reports:

According to Isabelle M. Côté, Professor of Marine Ecology at Simon Fraser University, there were multiple marine species, from two kingdoms and at least seven phyla, living on the camera when it was found.

That is the best advertising Panasonic can get ! Hope it gets viral :)

P.S.: There is also a video shot on the camera before the Shipwrecked (cbc.ca/player/News/Canada/BC/ID/2459292827)

a little bit of everything…

May 24, 2014
news
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Lumix GH4 in action during Ken Duncan and Ray Martin’s photo expedition of a lifetime

Olympus TG-3: Best Rugged Camera on the Market at Digitalcamerareview.
Olympus M.Zuiko 25mm F1.8 Lens tested at DigitalCameraReview.
Olympus M.Zuiko F2.8 12-40mm Pro Lens tested at DigitalCameraReview.
SUBAL Announces Housing for Olympus OM-D EM1 (Divephotoguide).
Testing the Olympus TG-3 and EM10 in New Orleans (ThePhoBlographer).
Olympus M.Zuiko 45mm F1.8 Lens tested at DigitalCameraReview.
Real-World-Stacks with the TG-3 at PenAndTell.
5 Jahre Garantie für Lumix-Systemkameras (Photoscala).
Olympus E-M1 for wedding photography? By Katrin Küllenberg at SteveHuffPhoto.com.
Sensor size and bokeh samples comparison, response to mirrorlessrumors’ “cheating” accuse video (Witonosfreestyle).

Steve: “Great preorder price in canada for the 15mm pan leica http://www.thecamerastore.com/6940-Panasonic-Lumix-G-Leica-DG-Summilux-15mm-f1-7-ASPH.aspx $560 at the time of my order“

Reminder: 20% off on Olympus outlet. GH4 in Stock tomorrow at BHphoto.

May 23, 2014
deals
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There are still some OMD, PEN Outlet camera (and lenses) left in Stock at GetOlympus (Click here). You get ulterior 20% off with the use of the code “SUMMER” at checkout!

The Panasonic GH4 will ship tomorrow at BHphoto (Click here) while the YAGH interface is alreayd in Stock at Adorama (Click here). And both Black and Silver 25mm f/1.8 lenses are in Stock at Amazon (Click here).