The image on top has been posted by Olympus China. It confirms that the new E-P5 will be displayed at the Shanghai show on May 11th. I have been told by a source that the official worldwide announcement will be made 2-3 days before the event.
And according to a source from Digicaminfo these are the prices in YEN of the new E-P5 and E-PL6 cameras:
E-P5 body 99,800 yen (770 Euro, 1,000 Dollars).
E-P5 with body cap lens included for 105,800 yen (816 Euro, 1,070 Dollars).
E-PL6 body 69,800 yen (538 Euro, 700 Dollars). with kit lens 79,800 yen (615 Euro, 800 Dollars). and with double zoom kit is 99,800 yen (770 Euro, 1,000 Dollars).
I calculate the price based on the current currency conversion. But keep in mind that the US price is usually lower than the from YEN converted price.
Reminder: The E-P5 has the same 16 megapixel OMD sensor, no built-in EVF, it has built.in WiFi.
Panasonic (Click here) posted the official specs of the new 14-140mm lens. As you see the lens is faster and the filter diamter changed from 62 to 58mm.
Reminder: Announcement tomorrow (April 24) at 6-7am London time.
Kodak…no wait JK Imaging (LOL) displayed that new “PixPro” camera on the P&E show in China. I say JK Imaging because the Chinese company acquired the brand rights from Kodak. And as you may remember they also announced a Micro Four Thirds camera back in January (article here).
Some websites and some 43rumors readers speculated that this may be another interchangeable MFT camera but I think it is not. This looks more like a fixed lens camera with tiny sensor. Why do I believe this? Easy, look at the lens specs. Can you do 2cm thick 28-112mm f/1.7-2.4 lens that covers the image circle of a FT sensor? Nope :)
The camera itself takes some inspiration from the [shoplink 38148 ebay]Kodak pony 135 film camera (here on eBay)[/shoplink].
Digicaminfo reports that the new updated Panasonic 14-140mm lens will be a tiny bit faster. The new lens has a f/3.5-5.6 compared to the [shoplink 14802]f/4.0-5.8 of the current lens[/shoplink]. The lens will be announced along the G& and the Panasonic LF1 on Wednesday April 24th at around 6-7am London time.
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That’s the cheapest price I have ever seen on a new E-M5: $881 via third party reseller (and Amazon fullfilled) at Amazon US (Click here). That’s a great price and also Europeans just had a 200 Euro price drop (like here at Amazon DE).
If you are waiting for the new E-Mx than know that it is going to be announced in September with availability in late 2013. I am right now collecting the rumors about the next OMD and Panasonic MFT September announcements. If you “heard something” you can share it at 43rumors@gmail.com or anonymously by writing a message through the contact form you see on the right border of the browser. Thanks!
Reminder: Panasonic G6 and LF1 and 14-140mm announcement on Wednesday. Olympus PEN announcement in early May!
The brand new LF1 compact camera, the G6 Micro Four Thirds camera and the new updated 14-140mm MFT lens will be announced that Wednesday April 24th at around 6-7am London time! You are kindly invited to be online at 43rumors by that time to follow the live updates with news, reviews and first comments on the new Panasonic stuff.
Reminder:
The LF1 is a compact camera with fixed lens, tiny built.in EVF and 1:1,7 inch sensor like the current LX7
The G6 has a 16 megapixel sensor, same GH2 video quality, mic input and similar G5 size
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Panasonic Australia Lumix camera GH3 Tech Tips – Videography
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This will be an exciting week with Panasonic scheduled to announce the new LF1 and G6 camera on Wednesday. But before that let me catch up with some readers mails:
Russ: “Here’s my latest vid, a promo for wood-fired hot tub delivered by bicycle! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q622LMXN9ic. Shot with a GH2, 20mm 1.7, 45mm 1.8 and 50mm 1.4 Nikkor.”
Matt: “I just thought this was kind of an interesting project that I shot with a hacked GH2 in 720 60 for slow mo. It really ended up quite beautiful (though the ladies definitely help with that) and color corrected really well. If it’s interesting at all, feel free to share it. The video is for a kickstarter project for the swimsuits. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn31fqzvq3U&sns=em”
Vincent: “I’ve shot a highway car race on the GH3. Maybe it’s interesting for the GH3 lovers! https://vimeo.com/64343246 FILM INFO: What happens when young people start to listen to music in their cars? Well.. THIS happens! You will probaly recognize yourself in this little short film. Young people tend to start racing when listening to music in their cars! In this film our main character starts to ‘visualize’ an entire racetrack on his way to work. TECHNICAL: This film was pre-produced in 2 days and shot in 1 one day. The driving part was pretty dangerous as our actor had to drive like an idiot on the highway and our camera-car almost had an accident. We took the same driving route for 5 times. Between these ’rounds’ we switched angles and put people inside the cars with shakey Canon 5D’s and 550d”
Marc: “I thought you might be interested in my work, all taken on an Olympus E-P2, I run a photo blog and recently I’ve been contributing to Untitled Cities, a New York based online magazine about all things urban. Anyway just in case you fancy dropping me into the next readers round ups…http://marcprovins.blogspot.co.uk/http://untappedcities.com/author/marcprovins/”
Lawrence: “Music Video in Hong Kong shot on the GH3 with a Voigtlander 17.5mm mainly. 50p .mov low bitrate mode. Rode Video Mic Pro. Thanks! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZQBmHPAGV0“
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