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(FT5) Full Panasonic G7 specs!

May 14, 2015
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The Panasonic G7 will be announced on Monday May 18 at 6am London time. And those are the specs:

– 4K video. 4K Photo
– 4K 30p / 24p
– Contrast AF employing the DFD technology
– 16MP Digital Live MOS sensor
– New Venus engine
– 360-degree panorama function
– Shutter speed 1/16000
– 2.36 million dot organic EL EVF
– 1.04 million dot free-angle monitor

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Now you get the GX7 with lens for $550 (thanks to the $250 gift card from Adorama).

May 13, 2015
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That is quite a deal! Thanks to the free $250 gift card the Panasonic GX7 price “virtually” drops to $550 only! Check here:
Silver GX7 with kit lens and free $250 gift card (Click here).
Black GX7 with kit lens and free $250 gift card (Click here).

And there is also a $200 gift card on the GM1 with kit lens that pushed down the price to $397:
Orange GM1 with kit lens and free $250 gift card (Click here).
Blue GM1 with kit lens and free $250 gift card (Click here).

New Olympus stuff preorder links:
7-14mm f/2.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
8mm f/1.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
Titanium E-M5II: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
Accessories:
7-14mm Olympus LC-79 Lens Cap at BHphoto.
Olympus PPO-EP02 Dome Port for 8mm at BHphoto.
Olympus PPZR-EP05 Focus Gear for 8mm at BHphoto.
Olympus POSR-EP10 UW Anti-Reflecting Ring for 8mm at BHphoto.

New PRO lens hands-on report. Titanium E-M5II listed on Amazon (says it ships on August 1).

May 13, 2015
reviews
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Titanium E-M5II:
I was no big fan (to put it nicely) of the Olympus lens limited edition. But the new E-M5II titanium makes a lot more sense. It’s a real(!) 7,000 pieces limited edition. It comes with some nice things (card-bag, member card and cool strap) and it looks really good. Today it’s also available for preorder at Amazon US (Click here). It will ship from August 1.

New PRO lenses:
ThePhoBlographer posted some new image samples taken with both the new 7-14mm and 8mm PRO lenses.

Both lenses feel exceptional in terms of ruggedness, though in the hand I’m a much bigger fan ot the 7-14mm f2.8. It just felt nicer and is actually smaller than the f1.8 fisheye lens. Considering that these are prototype lenses that we tested, we can’t comment yet on final image quality. But as far as what we see so far, we’re quite impressed.

Steves Digicams tested the 8mm fisheye:

This is 100% not the reason to drop a grand on a PRO series lens for your OM-D… But the 8mm Fisheye is, particularly when coupled with a vari-angle touchscreen display, perfect for taking large group selfies. Not only can you fit in everybody at once, but you can also see the world around you.

New Kipon EF to MFT autofocus adapter shows impressive autofocus speed!

May 13, 2015
reviews
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Usually third-party electronic adapters offering autofocusing are a pain in the … when it comes to get a really fast AF performance. But Kipon managed to make it really work super fast! Just watch those cool three official Kipon test videos:
KIPON EOS/EF Lens to Micro 4/3 Adapter AF Speed Test (Part1 on Youtube). Tested with the [shoplink 53353 ebay]Canon 24-105 STM (Click here)[/shoplink].
KIPON EOS/EF Lens to Micro 4/3 Adapter AF Speed Test (Part2 on Youtube). Tested with the [shoplink 53354 ebay]Canon 40mm STM (Click here)[/shoplink].
KIPON EOS/EF Lens to Micro 4/3 Adapter AF Speed Test (Part3 on Youtube). Tested with the [shoplink 53355 ebay]Canon 70-200 f4 IS USM (Click here)[/shoplink].

All their adapter usually sell via multiple [shoplink 52819 ebay]eBay sellers (current MFT adapter list here)[/shoplink]. The new adapter will be listed there soon!

Olympus launches a big Cashback action in Europe and Australia.

May 13, 2015
deals
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Olympus launched a big Cashback action in Europe and Australia! Here are some links and info:

In UK at Jessops, CameraWorld,
In Germany at Olympus.de, Fotomundus,
in France at OpenPN.

In Australia:
E-M1 Body $1189 After Coupon at CameraPro.
E-M1 12-50 WR $1389 After Coupon at CameraPro.
E-M1 12-40 PRO lens $1629 After Coupon at CameraPro.
NB All of the above qualify for bonus Grip & Battery promotion via redemption
E-M5 II Body $1088 After Coupon at CameraPro.
E-M5 II 14-150 V2 $1599 After Coupon at CameraPro.
E-M5 II 12-40 WR $1838 After Coupon at CameraPro.

Olympus 7-14mm, 8mm and titanium E-M5II officially announced!

May 12, 2015
news
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Olympus officially announced their new stuff and here are all the links that matters:

Click on those Preorder links:
7-14mm f/2.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
8mm f/1.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
Titanium E-M5II: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
Accessories:
7-14mm Olympus LC-79 Lens Cap at BHphoto.
Olympus PPO-EP02 Dome Port for 8mm at BHphoto.
Olympus PPZR-EP05 Focus Gear for 8mm at BHphoto.
Olympus POSR-EP10 UW Anti-Reflecting Ring for 8mm at BHphoto.

Previews-Reviews-Hands-on:
Dpreview, Ara-newmedia, Mirrorlessons (7-14mm), Mirrorlessons (8mm), Amateur Photographer (7-14mm), Amateur Photographer (8mm), Creativeislandphoto (8mm).

Press releases:
7-14mm PRO at Olympus, Dpreview, 43rumors, DSLRmagazine, OpenPN, BHexplore, Adorama Blog,
8mm PRO at Olympus, Dpreview, 43rumors, DSLRmagazine, OpenPN, BHexplore, Adorama Blog,
Titanium E-M5II at Dpreview, 43rumors, OpenPN, BHexplore, Adorama Blog,

Image samples:
Dpreview, Ara-newmedia, Olympus (7-14mm), Olympus (8mm), Mirrorlessons (7-14mm), Mirrorlessons (8mm), Imaging Resource, Creativeislandphoto (8mm).

Tidbits:
New firmware 3.1 for the E-M1 coming in June with new Underwater Wide and Underwater Macro settings help automatically correct for underwater colorcasts and improves color vibrancy.

Videos:
mZuiko 8mm f/1.8 Fisheye Hands On (Jamie McDonald on Youtube).
Olympus 7-14 mm 2.8 & Olympus 8 mm Fisheye 1.8 Review (Ara on Youtube).
First impressions review: Olympus 7-14mm f/2.8 and 8mm f/1.8 Fisheye (Mirrorlessons on Youtube).
Olympus m.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14mm F2.8 PRO Vorstellung (Vimeo).

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You also get a card-case, owners card and cool strap with the titanium E-M5II.

May 12, 2015
news
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You have ot pay $150 extra to get the E-M5II (Preorder at Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus). But in exchange you get some nice stuff and the knowledge that only 7,000 of these kits will be produced and sold by Olympus.

Owners card with card case

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Titanium Strap

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More pictures (Click on it to enlarge):

Click on those Preorder links:
7-14mm f/2.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
8mm f/1.8 PRO lens: Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus, WexUK.
Titanium E-M5II: Adorama, BHphoto, GetOlympus.
Accessories:
7-14mm Olympus LC-79 Lens Cap at BHphoto.
Olympus PPO-EP02 Dome Port for 8mm at BHphoto.
Olympus PPZR-EP05 Focus Gear for 8mm at BHphoto.
Olympus POSR-EP10 UW Anti-Reflecting Ring for 8mm at BHphoto.