Panasonic 12-32mm review at Photozone: Congrats for the size, but performance is just average.

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Photozone (Click here) tested the tiniest of all large sensor zoom lenses and writes:

We certainly congratulate Panasonic for having created this tiny wonder and along with his in-house cousin it is obvious choice when size and weight really matter. However, if you are after a high performance lens you should look towards the Olympus M.Zuiko 12-40mm f/2.8 ED Pro or Panasonic Lumix G 12-35mm f/2.8 ASPH Power O.I.S. instead.

The lens gets a 2,5 out of 5 average score. Note that Photozone is a very sever website and doesn’t share high scores easily! I do own the lens and it does exactly what I needs. Take good quality pictures while keeping the overall GM1+lens size down. Or do you really want to use a Large Olympus 12-40mm on it? :)

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Panasonic GH4 (also with YAGH bundle) in Stock at Kenmorecamera and Omega. BMPC for $849!!!

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You can finally grab the discounted GH4 with YAGH bundle at [shoplink 46409 ebay]KenmoreCamera (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 46408 ebay]Omega Broadcast (Click here)[/shoplink].
And the sole GH4 body can be bought [shoplink 46410 ebay]Omega Broadcast (Click here)[/shoplink].

And you get a free $150 Gift Card with the Blackmagic Pocket Cinema MFT Camera at Adorama (Click here). You basically pay $850 only for the BMPC!

Get an Olympus ECG-1 Camera Grip Free with E-M10 Purchase at Amazon US (Click here).

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(FT4) Olympus 7-14mm f/2.8 to be announced soon? Priced at around $1,799.

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A source just told me that Olympus is likely going to announced the new 7-14mm f/2.8 Zuiko MFT lens very soon! He also sent me the price in non $ currency. I made a rough conversion and the lens should cost  $1,799 which is also the price of the Four Thirds version (here on Amazon). But the FT version is one stop slower. I have been told the lens has an extremely high quality.

Will you buy the $1799 high quality Zuiko 7-14mm f/2.8 MFT lens?

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Next Panasonic GH4 reviews and readers test roundup!

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GH4 – Quick & Dirty Film looks with Built in Filters

Panasonic GH4 review by EosHD.
The EOSHD Panasonic GH4 Shooter’s Guide – Now Available at EosHD.
Panasonic GH4 tested at Trustedreviews.
Panasonic GH4 and Canon EOS C100 side by side comparison – which one is best? (Planet5D).
Still images from 4K video at Outbackphoto.
5 Reasons You Should Be Using Prime Lenses with the Panasonic GH4 at Suggestionofmotion.

Lee: “Hi, I have been doing some tests with the GH4 and c-mount zoom lenses. https://vimeo.com/95585867, https://vimeo.com/95249295 and https://vimeo.com/95589142”

 

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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(FT5) Confirmed by trusted sources: Large sensor LX8 coming in July.

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The current LX7 with [shoplink 34270 ebay]Gariz case[/shoplink].

My best sources confirmed that Panasonic will launch a large sensor LX8 in July. Panasonic goal is indeed to make a high quality compact camera as the Sony RX100M3 (just announced two weeks ago). Therefore it has a built-in EVF but it will keep the LX7 look.

Announcement date is set for July 16!

One more thing: It’s still not confirmed via trusted sources but rumor has it that Olympus will also launch a high-end compact inspired by the [shoplink 35471 ebay]Olympus Trip 35 film cameras (on auction here on eBay)[/shoplink].

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

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