Olympus is offering a double deal on the new E-M10 at GetOlympus (Click here). $50 off on the camera+free case and $150 off with mail in rebate. The full pdf file with the mail in rebate info can be found on that GetOlympus page.
And there is a huge 2 deal pack deal on Sony SD cards at Adorama (Click here).
DC.watch interviewed Mr Haruo from Olympus Imaging. And there are a couple of interesting info:
1) smartphones did eat up the compact camera market with exception of models having those characteristic: Good Low Light performance, larger zoom range and weather proof cameras.
2) This year Olympus system camera sales went up + 140-150%!
3) Successor for the E-M5 is ready to be launched as next!
That’s great news for Olympus…and us :)
ePhotozine posted a full set of pictures with four MFT lenses. Two of them are the newly announced 24 and 42,5mm lenses. These are all four lens details:
24mm f/1.7:
Minimum focus distance of 15cm. 9 elements in 8 groups and uses ED lenses in order to minimise chromatic aberrations. It weights just 246g. Price $289.
35mm f/0.95
This is a relaunch of the already known [shoplink 37365 ebay]Mitakon 35mm 0.95 (here on eBay).[/shoplink] The lens features 10 elements in 7 groups, with 10 blades and 30cm min focus. It will be available for 799 USD.
42,5mm f/1.2
7 elements in 9 groups. Price $349.
50mm f/0.95
It will be available for 899 USD.
Some image samples taken on the GH2 with the new 42,5mm lens can be seen at Zyoptics.net.
For unknown reasons Olympus US decided NOT to offer the new Olympus 40-150mm PRO + 1.4x Teleconverter bundle savings in USA. Such a bundle is or will be available in Asia and Europe (news via Photographicwanderings.com).
Here are the PRO zoom and teleconverter preorder links:
40-150mm f/2.8 PRO lens at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus. In Europe at Wex UK.
MC-14 1.4x teleconverter at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto, GetOlympus.
The spectacular f/1.0 MFT lens patent from Olympus (article here).
Pen And Tell interviewed Mr Terada from Olympus. Here are the translated key info:
– Olympus will keep the three lines of OMD cameras
– release cycle between cameras will become longer
– Olympus recognize the need of very fast aperture lenses
– 4K will not come on the E-m1. But maybe on future cameras (on previous Pen And Tell post)
Sounds all goot to me! Can’t wait to see that patented 12 or 14mm f/1.0 lens :)
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.
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.
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.
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The first fo the three new Kowa lenses is now shipping. The Kowa 8,5mm f/2.8 is now in Stock on [shoplink 48513 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Some new image samples taken with that lens can be seen at Jintarow.
The lens is quite pricey :(
The new Olympus E-PL7 is shipping for the first time in the Black kit version at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), [shoplink 48516 ebay]Samys (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 48517 ebay]Willoughbys (Click here)[/shoplink].
