The German Designer group Werteloberfell announced three new GM1 design editions. There is no info about the price yet but I guess it will be a sort of [shoplink 48916 ebay]Hasselblad Lunar[/shoplink] expensive item.
via Facebook and via Jurnal Du Design.
This is the updated MFT deals list from GetOlympus US (Click here):
Up to $100 Off Portrait Prime Lenses for PEN & OM-D
Save $50 on the M.75-300mm f4.8-6.7 II
$800 Off Lenses with OM-D or PEN Purchase
VF-4: Only $99.99 with E-P5 Body Purchase
PEN E-P5: Over $479 in Savings!
PEN E-PL5: $100 Off + FREE Wi-Fi Card
Do not forget: E-M1 for $1,079 sold by [shoplink 48867 ebay]eBay Canadian Store (Click here)[/shoplink]. CameraLand US sells the E-M10 with $100 off and free lens: [shoplink 48766 ebay]Black E-M10 kit (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 48767 ebay]Silver E-M10 kit (Click here)[/shoplink].
Metabones (Click here) announced the new Canon EF Lens to Micro Four Thirds Speed Booster S which is finally compatible with the Olympus OMD cameras!
This is difference between Normal version and S version of EF-MFT Speed Boosters:
I keep receiving info from various anonymous sources saying that the E-P5, E-M5 and likely also other cameras will get a firmware update within the next few months. This is highly likely also because Olympus Capture Software yet doesn’t support any other camera than the E-M1. I hope the new firmware will allow tethering and some of the other new E-M1 features on all current MFT cameras!
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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
Image courtesy: DC.watch.
Olympus 40-150mm tested at CameraStuffReview and writes:
The construction and image quality of the Olympus 40-150 mm f/2.8 are absolutely top class. The combination of an Olympus OM-D E-M1 or Panasonic GH4 with an Olympus 12-40 mm f/2.8 PRO + 40-150 mm f/2.8 PRO is a compact, high-quality tool that weighs a couple of kilos less than a traditional 24-70 f/2.8 + 70-200 mm f/2.8 and a professional SLR, which the image quality comes surprisingly close.
More tests:
Some 40-150mm example photos published by Kenneth Lehtinen in Finland.
40-150 VI Bokeh Shootout (Pen And Tell).
French LX100 movie test at Focus Numerique.
Panasonic GM5 review at Digitalversus.
LX100 sample gallery at Imaging Resource.
LX100 hands-on at DC.watch.
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Panasonic preorders:
LX100 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto. Europe at WexUK.
GM5 at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto. Europe at WexUK.
GM5 in red at Adorama.
35-100mm at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
Olympus preorders:
Silver E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus. In Europe at Wex UK.
40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus. In Europe at Wex UK, Technikdirekt and Amazon.
LH-76 lens hood at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
MC-14 1.4x teleconverter at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
PRF-ZD62 Z protection filter at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
PRF-ZD72 Z protection filter at Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
General links to all new Olympus stuff at Adorama.
ALL new stuff announced at Photokina at Amazon.
The 20% off on Olympus refurbished stuff is ending today at GetOlympus (Click here to see the list of MFT stuff).
Other current Panasonic/Olympus US deals:
E-M1 for $1,079 sold by [shoplink 48867 ebay]eBay Canadian Store (Click here)[/shoplink]
E-M10 with $100 off and free lens: [shoplink 48766 ebay]Black E-M10 kit (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 48767 ebay]Silver E-M10 kit (Click here)[/shoplink].
$100 free gift card on the GM1 sold at Adorama (Click here).
$100 off on the Nocticron 42,5mm f/1.2 OIS lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Vario 35-100mm f/2.8 ASPH lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Silver GX7 body or kit version sells with a huge $300 + $100 gift card at BHphoto (Click here).
There are plenty of savings including the $100 off on the 45 and 75mm lenses at GetOlympus (Click here).
Refurbished: $559 for the 75mm f/1.8 (Click here).
Refurbished: $399 for the Black 17mm f/1.8 (Click here).
Refurbished: $399 for the Silver 17mm f/1.8 (Click here).
Refurbished: $319 for the 75mm f/1.8 (Click here).
I guess most of you already forgot there is also a Micro Four Thirds camcorder line from Panasonic :) Well, according to two anonymous sources there will be a new AG-AF camcorder in 2015. One of them said it’s likely to come at NAB 2015 and replace the current AG-AF100/101. Pretty obvious that this new camera will have 4K recording. Other features are yet unknown…
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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
