Full FZ1000 Review at DPreview.

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Dpreview just posted the full FZ1000 review and writes:

For those looking for a superzoom camera that excels at both photo and video quality, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ1000 delivers. While it doesn’t have a constant maximum aperture of its biggest competitor – the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 – the FZ1000’s F2.8-4 lens covers a much greater 25-400mm equivalent range. The FZ1000 has an advantage over ILCs, as any lens you add to one of those cameras will be larger, heavier and pricier.

The camera gets a Gold Award with a very high overall score of 82%.

Panasonic FZ-1000 preorders at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). In Europe at WexUK (Click here).

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New FZ1000 4K samples and reviews.

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Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 Example 1 from Giulio Sciorio on Vimeo.

Here are a couple of 4K video samples taken by Giulio Sciorio with the new FZ-1000.
https://vimeo.com/100463096
https://vimeo.com/100463094

New test and reviews:
Panasonic FZ1000 vs. Sony RX10 match-up updated, post-price drop! (Imaging Resource).
Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 Full Review at ePhotozine.

P.S.: Panasonic FZ-1000 preorders at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). In Europe at WexUK (Click here).

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(FT2) 9mm f/2.8 to be announced soon?

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The current “official” Olympus roamdap doens’t include a wide prime lens info…yet.

An anonymous (yet not trusted) source sent me the info about a possible new MFT lens:

Olympus.9mm F2.8.
8 elements in 7 groups.
Plastic and metal.
Distance markers.
No snapshot manual focus control.
No focus-by-wire.
Compact for competition.
¥91,000
Announcement forthcoming.

Would be great if true!!!

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a little bit of everything…

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Florent (video on top): “Here’s a music video I directed one month ago entirely shot on the gh4 for the band Christine.”

GH4: An Exciting New Medium by Jacob James.
Panasonic is fixing the GH4’s audio buzz! Here are instructions and a downloadable PDF form you can print out to provide Panasonic with all the information they need to process your repair quickly. http://suggestionofmotion.com/blog/panasonic-gh4-audio-buzz-fix/
The new “fashion” E-M10 at DC.watch.
Lumix G ‘The One For You’ (Photographyblog).
Sandisk 280MB/s card review (for your GH4) at Lensvid.
12mm Olympus lens testet at CameraStuffReview.

Ray: “Your readers might be interested in how well the Olympus E-M1 performs when it comes to aerial photography, especially from a helicopter. This is a job I did not long ago and the E-M1 was a stellar performer thanks in part to the IBIS: http://australianimage.com.au/wordpress/?p=517.”

Jacek: “Till end of Jully you can get free license for DxO Optics PRO 7 http://www.dxo.com/intl/practicalphotography”

Tomeu: “Shortfilm that shows us how weak humans can be when natural disasters begin to happen due to the effects of the climate change. Shoot with Lumix GH3 & GoPro3 in one of the most amazing & wild places of the island of Mallorca, Spain: http://vimeo.com/76497631”

Neal: “A GH4 video of the Big Island of Hawaii over the 4th of July holiday, a very versatile camera for a gorgeous tropical island… https://vimeo.com/100668982”

 

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New US deals: Free grip with the E-M10 and E-M1 price drop at Amazon.

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Olympus US launched a new deal and you get a free Camera Grip with the E-M10 at GetOlympus (Click here). And the E-M1 now sells for $1150 only at Amazon US (via EB). The lowest price so far is still $1,099 at [shoplink 47142 ebay]TheGamesArena on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Those are all current Olympus deals at GetOlympus:
Save $50 on Fast Prime Lenses for OM-D & PEN
Save $50 on Zoom Lenses for OM-D & PEN
Save $100 on the Award-Winning OM-D E-M1
Get a FREE Camera Grip with OM-D E-M10 Purchase
Up to $900 Off Lenses with OM-D or PEN E-P5 Purchase
Up to $100 Off Recorders with OM-D or E-P5 Purchase
FREE Wi-Fi Card with the E-PL5

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New FZ1000 finally shipping in Japan. Bogus price at Amazon…$9,999!

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The FZ1000 is now officially shipping in Japan through Amazon JP or [shoplink 47139 ebay]Japanese eBay sellers[/shoplink]. And a third party reseller is trying to sell the camera for $9,999(!) at Amazon US (click here to see it). Hope nobody will buy it for mistake :(

The FZ1000 is the cheapest 4K (larger sensor) photocamera on the market. Let’s hope for Panasonic it becomes a real big hit! And I bet future entry level Panasonic MFT cameras will feature 4K video recording too…

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