(UPDATE: shipping at Amazon!) Olympus 40-150mm PRO shipment info for USA/EU/Asia.

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I got some info about the 40-150mm PRO US shipment (Thanks to the source!):

According to Get Olympus [Olympus store], the first shipments of the Olympus 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens will begin on or after November 17th for their earliest pre-orders.  
According to Customer Support at B&H Photo, they have been advised by Olympus that shipments of the 40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens have been delayed.  B&H Photo is now indicating initial shipments for pre-orders for the lens will not be before December.

UPDATE: Good news folks! Art Larsen just confirmed his 40-150mm PRO lens preorder at Amazon US has shipped. Here is the image:

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And European and Asian stores I am in contact with told me that shipment is likely to happen in early October only :( Like you know Olympus previously issued a warning that they had too many preorder and cannot ship the lens as early as expected.

40-150mm PRO shipping info at:
In USA/Canada at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus and GetOlympus Canada.
In Europe at Wex UK, Technikdirekt and Amazon.
In Asia at Digitalrev and Amazon Japan.

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Olympus releases firmware update for all OMD and PEN cameras (adds 40-150mm PRO lens support)

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Olympus Japan officially released the new firmware update for a long list of OMD and PEN cameras:
E-M1 (Ver.2.1), E-M5 (Ver.2.1), E-M10 (Ver.1.2), E-P5 (Ver.1.6), E-P3 (Ver .1.5), E-PL7 (Ver.1.1), E-PL6 (Ver.1.1), E-PL5 (Ver.1.3), E-PL3 (Ver.1.5), E-PM2 (Ver.1.3), E -PM1 (Ver.1.5).

The only new feature is improved AF accuracy when using the new 40-150mm PRO lens.

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40-150mm PRO shipping info at:
In USA/Canada at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus and GetOlympus Canada.
In Europe at Wex UK, Technikdirekt and Amazon.
In Asia at Digitalrev.

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A bit of everything…

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“En dansant sur la terrasse”. Ballet dancers on a parisian rooftop shot in black in white with GH4. from PhilMyself on Vimeo.

Olympus 45mm f/1.8 vs the Contax G Zeiss 45mm f/2 (Tyson Robichaud).
GH4 review at Photographybay.
Opinion-review: the Panasonic LX100/ Leica D-Lux 109 (Ming Thein).
Our Olympus PEN E-PL7 Samples Gallery is Live (Steve Digicams).
Kodak PIXPRO S-1 hands-on at DC.watch.
Olympus 40-150mm PRO test at DC.watch.
Olympus OMD experience at DSLRmagazine.
parabolic antenna patent from Panasonic (Egami).
Panasonic 35-100mm F4.0-5.6 test at DC.Fever.
Olympus PEN Lite E-PL7 (teszt) at Pixinfo.

Izhar: “A new music video that I co-directed and edited for legendary Israeli singer Netanela. We shot with two GH4’s. One was mounted on a Gremsy gStabi H14 stabiliser and the second one on a DJI S900 Hexacopter https://vimeo.com/109293623“

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Samys: Open Box GF5 with kit lens for $299 only. Ref. E-Pm2 double lens kit for $319.

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If you want to spend $299 only for a MFT camera wiht lens that look over at Samys GF5 deals:
Black GF3 with 14-42mm lens for $299 on [shoplink 49437 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] White GF3 with 14-42mm lens for $299 on [shoplink 49435 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] Red GF3 with 14-42mm lens for $299 on [shoplink 49436 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]

And the refurbished E-PM2 with two(!) MFT lenses also sells for $319 only at GetOlympus (Click here).

Panasonic US deals reminder:
1) $150 off on the Panasonic GM1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. But note that Adorama also gives you an additional free $100 gift card which “virtually” drops the price down to $497. it’s valid on the Silver GM1 (Click here) and Orange GM1 (Click here).
2) $100 off on the 35-100mm f/2.8 ASPH Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
3) $100 off on the Nocticron 42,5mm f/1.2 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
4) $100 off on the Panasonic G6 with Kit Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. Note that also in that case Adorama adds a $100 gift card for free!

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Sony kills Bayer sensors: Will Olympus next High End OMD use the new APCS (active pixel color sampling) sensor?

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What you see here on top is a spec sheet describing a new Sony 1.5-inch sensor. But the one Big news here is that this is the first Sony APCS sensor (yes APCS and not APS-C!). APCS stands for “Active-Pixel-Color-Sampling“. This works unlike current Bayer sensors where you combine four R-G-B-G pixels to get 1 single pixel of color information. In Sony’s new APCS sensor every pixel manages to get the full color information. And unlike Sigma foveon sensors it doesn’t need three layer of pixels. It does all with one single layered array of pixels. The new Sony sensor design will bring the following advantages:

– Bigger pixels (higher Dynamic Range and Lower Noise level at all ISO’s)
– Possible to increase megapixel resolution further
– Less processing power needed (no interpolations between pixels needed and faster readout time)
– Increased color fidelity
– No anti aliasing filter needed. No moirè.
– sensor is also ideal for monochrome shooting.

The new Sony APCS sensor is expected to be announced early 2015. It will be first used on the Z4 smartphone and will be launched on cameras later on.

Sony-Olympus:
That news matters because as we know Olympus has access to Sony sensor expertise. I think it’s highly likely that Olympus will launch a High End OMD camera using that kind of tech maybe in around one year already? In theory the new Sony sensor has the potential to bring a big jump forward in terms of Image Quality. I hope Olympus will grab the chance!

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news via SonyAlphaRumors.

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New! Micro Four Thirds 4K camcorder from JVC.

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Tonight JVC announced the new GY-LS300 4KCAM Handheld S35mm Micro Four Thirds Camcorder. Fulls pecs and preorders are up at BHphoto (Click here). And those are the Product Highlights:

  • Single Super-35mm-Sized CMOS Sensor
  • Ultra HD, Full HD at 4:2:2, SD & Proxy
  • .MOV & AVCHD Recording
  • Dual SDHC/SDXC Memory Card Slots
  • 3G-SDI & 4K HDMI Output
  • Built-In Wireless Streaming
  • Built-In Network Remote Control
  • MFT Mount Supports Mount Adapters
  • 3.5″ Color LCD Display & 0.24″ EVF
  • 2x XLR Audio Inputs with Phantom Power
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