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E-PL5 with lens sells for $399. E-M5II in Stock via Amazon itself.

March 5, 2015
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There is a new low price record on the E-Pl5 with kit lens. It now sells for $399 only via Amazon US (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). That’s $50 lower than the previous price. And the new E-M5II is in Stock via Amazon itself (Click here).

Olympus E-M5II in Stock:
There is a $200 discount on the new E-M5Ii with 12-40mm PRO lens kit sold at Amazon US (Click here).
Silver at Amazon, GetOlympus and BHphoto.
Black at Amazon, GetOlympus and BHphoto.

Panasonic GF7 in Stock and G6 deal:
Silver at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Pink at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Panasonic G6 with 14-42mmII kit lens for $449 on [shoplink 51902 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].

New Panasonic lens preorders:
Panasonic 42.5mm f/1.7 POWER O.I.S. Lens at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
Panasonic MACRO 30mm f/2.8 MEGA O.I.S. Lens at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.

Reminder:
BHphoto launched their annual WPPI special. Just click on the right box to get tothe deal. Some of the deals require you to insert that special code to get the discount: “194517320679478786163“.

New image showing all Panasonic MFT lenses (including the latest two).

March 5, 2015
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Panasonic published that new picture showing all their MFT lens lineup. Click on it to enlarge!

New Panasonic lens preorders:
Panasonic 42.5mm f/1.7 POWER O.I.S. Lens at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama. In Europe at Wex UK.
Panasonic MACRO 30mm f/2.8 MEGA O.I.S. Lens at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama. In Europe at Wex UK.

(FT4) UPDATED: Yes, GX7 successor is coming in May/June.

March 5, 2015
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Just a short update on the GX7 successor. More sources told me that it’s indeed coming sometimes in may or June at max. I hope to get specs soon…

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A bit of everything…

March 5, 2015
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Rain Forest Extreme Test Nikon D200 Vs Olympus E 1

My take on the Panasonic 35-100mm f/2.8 by Eric Cote.
40MP modus von Andreas Wonisch.
40-150 f/2.8 gallery images by Qamera.
Using 3-Axis Gimbals with the Panasonic GH4 (Suggestionofmotion).
E-M5II preview at DC.watch.
New Panasonic CM1 leather case (DC.watch).

Sergey: “Just returned from Oympus OM-D E-M5 MarkII presentation and discovered that HLD-8 grip fits OM-D E-M10 – the only drawback is that it is about 5mm longer and to change the battery abd the card you have to remove the grip. Otherwise it works!”

Andrzej: “I just finish my short movie: https://vimeo.com/115816362. This movie was shoot on Panasonic gh4 and nikon Ai-s lenses.”

Bart: “My first showreel of my first year with a good camera GH3 and first year colorgrading: http://youtu.be/nON33-XwzCk”

Taylor: “I recently was traveling through Guatemala for 2 weeks with my GH4 and Ronin and put together this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DJYZfgxkEs“

Lowest price ever on the G6 with kit lens. Now $449 on eBay US.

March 4, 2015
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The Panasonic G6 with 14-42mmII kit lens now sells for the lowest price I have ever found in USA: $449 on [shoplink 51902 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. Reminder: The full WPPI deals special page is now up and running at BHphoto (Click here).

Panasonic GF7 in Stock:
Silver at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Pink at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

New Panasonic lens preorders:
Panasonic 42.5mm f/1.7 POWER O.I.S. Lens at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.
Panasonic MACRO 30mm f/2.8 MEGA O.I.S. Lens at Amazon, BHphoto and Adorama.

Updated Micro Four Thirds lens catalog: Shows Olympus PRO and Schneider MFT lenses on schedule.

March 4, 2015
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A couple of days ago the Four Thirds Group updated their Lens Catalog (pdf file here). As you can see the 7-14mm and 8mm pro lenses are to be released this summer while the 300mm is coming after them in late 2015. The catalogue also shows the three Schneider MFT lenses but without to mention a specific release target.

Latest we heard about those Schneider lenses was back at Photokina. The 14mm f/2.0 should cost around 1200 Euro. But release time was still undefined because Schneider first has to produce more of their highly requested Cine lenses. But let’s hope those lenses will ship sometimes before the end of this year!

Kowa announces the UK pricing for the three new MFT lenses

March 4, 2015
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Kowa announced the UK pricing of their new MFT lenses (via Dpreview):
The Prominar MFT 8.5mm f/2.8/T3.0 will cost £1049.
The Kowa Prominar MFT 12mm f/1.8/T1.9 will cost £829.
The Kowa Prominar MFT 25mm f/1.8/T1.9 will be priced at £749.

The new Kowa Micro Four Thirds lenses are already available on eBay:
12mm f/1.8 in [shoplink 50867 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 50868 ebay]Green (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 50869 ebay]Silver (Click here)[/shoplink].
25mm f/1.8 in [shoplink 50870 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 50871 ebay]Green (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 50872 ebay]Silver (Click here)[/shoplink].