After the 16mm f/2.0 announcement Samyang just showed the picture of this new Rokinon 300mm f/6.3 Lens on facebook.. This is the NEX version but there will be a MFT version too. Sales will start in July and price is set at $299. Going to buy it?
This isn’t their first Mirror Lens. They already sell the [shoplink 39126 ebay]500mm f/6.3 lens on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. To get notified when the lens will be o auction on eBay save this search on Slidoo.
Olympus manager Hiroyuki Sasa has been interviewed at Toyokeizai (Google translation here). And there are quite some interesting infos! I ask my Japanese readers to correct me if there are some errors. The Google English translation tool doens’t really make a very good job. Anyway, here are the hottest news:
1) Olympus will reduce investment in the compact digital camera business and focus on niche products with clear identity (example Tough series).
2) Mirrorless is doing well in Asia (Japan, Singapore and Thailand for example). Still not so good in Europe and USA.
3) We will supply our tech to Sony (example lens design knowledge)
4) We will use more Sony sensors in future.
5) We plan to launch new DSLR cameras in future.
6) We do not plan to quite the digital camera business even if it it not profitable yet. Because it drives the technology development that is helpful for our medical business too!
Great news! It confirms what we posted the last few weeks. Olympus is helping SOny in their 400mm f/4.0 A-mount lens design and the soon to come new OMD camera(s) will feature a brand new Sony sensor with phase detection pixel on sensor.
After the great GX1 body deal ($199) we now have a new great deal. The GX1 sells with the 14-42mm X lens for $499 at Amazon (Click here). The lens alone is priced at $330. You pay $170 for the extra camera :)
I am working on the GX successor rumors and I got some new tidbits to post soon. I always ask sources and readers to be patient because I will always try to double check rumors to avoid mistakes! Thanks for your understanding! P.S.: All I can say is that all specs we posted about the new GX are correct. In body IS, built-in tilting EVF, new 18MP sensor. yes…it sounds amazing!
And here are more new deals:
One single E-M5 body for $900 at Amazon.
Olympus E-PM1 with 14-42mm lens and housing for divers at GetOlympus.
Something non MFT. The bets US deal of the day is that extra free [shoplink 39139 ebay]$10 iTunes card on eBay[/shoplink].
All other hot deals of the day at http://www.dealsrunner.com/
Rakuten:
Three years ago Rakuten (a Japanese company) bought Buy.com in roder to compete against Amazon.com in the USA market. And with deals like this they may wills ucceed on day: The are now offering a 15% CashBack on all stuff available at Rakuten Store (Click here)! If you buy seomthing with a value of $1,000 you will earn 15,000 Rakuten Points which do have a value of $150 (please use the promo code”Earlybird” to grab the CashBack). These points can be used for your next purchase. A FAQ on the Rakuten point system can be read here. Example: Rakuten is also offering the E-M5 body for $939 (Click here). And you get back $140 as CashBack!
Memorial Day:
In USA there is a long list of “Memorial Day Deals” at Adorama and Newegg.
All today Panasonic-Olympus deal in USA and Europe:
Panasonic at Dealsrunner.com.
Olympus at Dealsrunner.com.
I keep receiving emails from readers pointing me out the report published by Yahoo (Click here). It says that the digital camera business from Olympus will disappear from the US market within 2014. It’s not the first time I hear these kind of negative forecasts about Olympus and as of today…Olympus digital camera business is still alive :)
Honestly, I think there is a bigger chance that Yahoo will crash in 2014 rather than Olympus! I agree with Thom Hogan when he says: “The medical side of Olympus is healthy enough that they can take their time deciding ultimately just what happens with cameras, and I’m pretty sure they’ll first try to execute a strategy that helps them get back to profitability before giving up on it.”
So please don’t worry, and let’s see what Olympus will deliver us soon with the new OMD!
Every day 43rumors reader send me deals about MFT stuff from all over the world. And it’s impossible for me to post them all on 43rumors. That’s why in collaboration with my colleagues from other rumor sites and a couple of crazy programmers we created a platform where you can share your deals! It’s called DealsRunner.com. It’s actually a community platform where people not only can submit but also comment and vote the deal “hotness”. And you can get notified when new deals of your interest have been posted. I would kindly invite you to register and join the community (it’s very easy, you can also register by one click Facebook or Twitter connection).
I will soon embed the deal stream in my sidebar on 43rumors. This will enhance the quality of the websites because:
1) As you know I work alone on 43rumors. And I am not always online and sometimes it happens that I miss to post links to good deals. By following dealsrunner you will not have that issue anymore.
2) If the concept works than I can start to post less deals on 43rumors and use my more of my free time on regular news and rumor coverage.
3) You can customize your geographic area and deal category so that you can get notification about deals that really could be interesting for you! Example: If you live in Europe you can choose to get notified on European deals only. And for you can also set your area of interest (for Panasonic and Olympus brands).
Below I attached two very basic self made explanation of how it works:
And there is a filter to display the deals you want. Click on that one to see a larger image:
I really hope you will find it useful! You would take me away quite some stress by using this platform. So feel free to register and try to submit some deals you know of! http://www.dealsrunner.com/
Editor’s note: I also plan to redo 43rumors with a more simple and less cluttered layout. But it will take some time because I am busy with my newborn. And I have to use my spare time on GX2 and OMD rumor work. I expect the new 43rumors site to be online by late 2013.
Thank you! And please send me your feedback of DealsRunner at admin@dealsrunner.com. And if you have some smart idea for the new 43rumors site contact me at 43rumors@gmail.com!
The [shoplink 39058 ebay]Ikon Contax[/shoplink] also had a hybrid mount solution
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The new GX camera rumors really has stolen the show from Olympus. But trust me, that’s going to be a strong and intriguing rumor battle! In these last few days I got two rumors from sources I know from a long time. Both told me that they got hints about a new high end Olympus camera that will be announced in September. And it’s going to be a camera much larger than the current E-M5 that has a mount that allows to take both Four Thirds and Micro Four Thirds lenses without the use of any adapter!
How this could work I don’t know. There are two examples from the filmcamera history but I don’t know if Olympus will pickup one of the two ideas (or both together):
1) [shoplink 39057 ebay]Contax AX camera (here one Bay)[/shoplink]: The camera had a moving film plane inside the camera.
2) [shoplink 39058 ebay]Zeiss Ikon Contax (here one Bay)[/shoplink]: The original Contax rangefinder made from the 1930ies to the 50ies had two bayonets! Camerapedia explains how this works: “This mount is in fact the combination of two bayonets. There is a focusing helical built in the body and the standard lenses mount directly in that focusing ramp via an internal bayonet. So the standard lenses have no focusing ring of their own. The other lenses mount on an external bayonet and have their own focusing ring, only the rangefinder coupling is done via the body’s focusing ramp.” A nice image of the mount can be seen at Fotocommunity.
I hope some of our sources can me soon explain how this works for real (if the rumor is true). This is going to be a really exciting time, GX successor sounds amazing and that Olympus high tech may turn out to be a really nice (and useful) camera too!
Stay tuned on 43rumors! (and if you have some time help us to test our new beta deals site project: DealsRunner.com).
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