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Olympus OM-D E-M10: All About the Gear Panasonic GH4 – A Video Primer (Luminous Landscape).
Olympus M.Zuiko 75mm F1.8 Lens tested at DigitalCameraReview.
Olympus SP-100EE Key Features (ePhotozine).
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 real-world samples gallery (Dpreview).
Freewheeling: Shooting roller derby with Micro Four Thirds (Dpreview).
Olympus Image Space Event With ePHOTOzine (ePhotozine).
Panasonic GH4 Shooter’s Report Part I: High Performance, High Resolution, High Functionality (Imaging Resource).
Noticed fashion photog Anthony Amadeo uses a GF2.

Phil: “Super Special EOFY Sale **strictly while stock lasts**
Olympus E-M1 body only $849 **after cashback**
http://www.camerapro.com.au/olympus-om-d-e-m1-compact-system-mirrorless-camera-body-only-australian-stock.html
Olympus E-M5 body only $549 **after cashback**
http://www.camerapro.com.au/olympus-om-d-e-m5-micro-four-thirds-digital-camera-body-only-black-australian-stock.html“

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$150 off on the SLRmagic 25mm T0.95 and 17mm T1.6 lenses. Olympus deal reminder.

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Until June 15 you get a $150 off on the following two MFT lenses:
SLR Magic 25mm T0.95 Hyperprime Cine Lens,II Micro Four Thirds (MFT) Mount at Adorama (Click here).
SLR Magic 17mm T1.6 Lens Micro Four Thirds Mount at Adorama (Click here).

Reminder: Olympus lens deal savings:
$100 off on the 12-40mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$80 off on the 14-150mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 45mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 75mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 9-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 12mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 12-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.

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(FT4) Olympus 7-14mm f/2.8 canadian pricing ($1,899 CAD).

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Short update on the Olympus 7-14mm f/2.8 pricing rumor. I got the price in Canadian dollars too: $1899 CAD. Like I told you before I am not 100% sure but the US dollar price should be $1,799 like the Four Thirds (slower) version of the 7-14mm lens (here on Amazon).

Many Thanks to the source for sending me this!!!

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FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

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Olympus releases special edition E-M10. Gets sold also at Harrods!

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Olympus launched a special edition E-M10 which will also sold by luxury store Harrods. As reported by ePhotozine:

Each E-M10 Limited Edition is available in a specially created shade of green, black or orange, and comes with an ‘OM-D’ lens cap that exactly matches the grip and shoulder strap. Shiny metal lettering on the cap extends the premium look and feel, as does the slightly different hue of the crevices and raised surfaces on the textured casing.
The OM-D E-M10 Limited Edition is available in three colour variations – orange and black which will be available through selected stockists and green, available exclusively at Harrods – from late June 2014, for £749.

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The full Olympus lens savings list.

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These are the detailed lens savings just launched by Olympus US:

$100 off on the 12-40mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$80 off on the 14-150mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$50 off on the 45mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 75mm f/1.8 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 9-18mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 12mm f/2.0 lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.
$100 off on the 12-50mm lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and GetOlympus.

Like I told you yesterday there is a new massive Olympus US rebate action in USA. You can get an overview of them at GetOlympus (Click here) and Amazon (Click here). These are the deals you can grab today:
Save Up to $200 on Lenses for PEN & OM-D at GetOlympus (Click here) and Amazon (Click here).
Save up to $100 on Select Olympus Lenses at Amazon (Click here).
Up to $900 Off Lenses with OM-D or PEN E-P5 Purchase at GetOlympus (Click here).
Award-Winning OM-D Cameras: Up to $300 Off! at GetOlympus (Click here), Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
PEN E-PL5: $100 Off + FREE Wi-Fi Card at GetOlympus (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
PEN E-P5: Over $479 in Savings! at GetOlympus (Click here).
VF-4: Only $99.99 with E-P5 Body Purchase at GetOlympus (Click here) and Amazon (Click here).
Get an the Olympus ECG-1 Camera Grip Free with E-M10 Purchase at Amazon (Click here).
Save $20 on the FL-300R Wireless Flash at GetOlympus (Click here).
Save $20 on Tough Lens Converters at GetOlympus (Click here).

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Small surprise: GH4 seems to focus slower in 4K recording mode (while it’s damn fast at 1080).

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Our friend Frederick compared the GH4 and GH4 AF performance and discovered an interesting drawback of the GH4 in 4K mode:

“I have tested the autofocus performance of the GH4 with the GH3 during video recording. This demanding test shows that the GH4 indeed does improve upon the GH3 in 1080p mode. In 4K mode, though, the autofocus is rather poor.
http://m43photo.blogspot.com/2014/05/recent-micro-four-thirds-cameras-have.html
I tested using both the 12-35mm and 35-100mm f/2.8 lenses.“

It’s the first time I hear about that “drawback”. Hope other readers will test this too and confirm (or not confirm) the slower af in 4k mode!

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GH4 North American preorders, shipping date and price:
GH4 camera at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Ritz Camera and Panasonic. Price: $1,698. In Canada at Vistek.
GH4 camera with interface unit at Adorama and BHphoto. Price: $3,298
Interface unit only at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. Price: $1,998

GH4 Europen preorders, shipping date and price:
Germany: Wexcameras, Marcotec-shop.de.
UK at Wexphotographic, CameraWorld, UKdigital, CVP, TipTop.
Holland at Fotohanskeuzekamp.
Belgium at Fotokonijnenberg.
Norway at Fotovideo.
Sweden at Cyberphoto, Skandinavianphoto.
Finland at Telefoto, Topshot, Verkkoauppa.
France at Photocineshop.
Spain: Fotoboom.

Asian preorders, shipping date and price:
Digitalrev and Digidirect Australia.

4K cards
Kingston 16-32-64 GB SDHC UHS-I Speed Class 3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sandisk 16-32-64 GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Memory Card at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Transcend 64-128 GB High Speed 10 UHS-3 at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Panasonic 16-32-64 GB SDHC-UHS-I U3 Card (90MB/s) at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

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The sensor technology trend (including Panasonic organic and color splitter tech).

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This is a post for tech freaks :)

The video on top explains the trend in CMOS development. If you don’t have time to watch the full video than just take a look to that screenshot. It shows the single tech trends which do include organic sensor and color splitter tech which are developed by Panasonic (in collaboration with Fuji):

I think it will not take much time until we see most of these tech inside Panasonic and Sony (for Olympus) sensors.

found via Image Sensor World.

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