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(FT5) Two new cameras to come from Panasonic in April and a camera for a new “camera line”.

February 26, 2013
Rumors
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Finally we are back on track on rumors and new products are about to be announced in early April! To be more specific I have been told by two different sources that Panasonic is going to announce two new MFT cameras in early-mid April and another completely new camera that will be the first of a new line of cameras. I have no clue yet about what Panasonic means with that “new line”. It could be a new high end compact camera with fixed lens or something completely different. Sources didn’t unveil that.

Anyway, I am 90% sure the info I got in these weeks is correct. I hope other sources can soon share me some info about all three cameras by contacting me at 43rumors@gmail.com or by sending an anonymous message via the website contact form (on the right side of the website).

On the other (Olympus) side I got only an info about a possible June release of the E-P5. But let’s see if there will be something else in April too…

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

a little bit of everything…

February 26, 2013
news
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A Review of the Panasonic GH3 Compact System Camera by David Thorpe on Youtube.

Sigma 19mm f/2.8 EX DN review at M43photo.
New Olympus 75-300mm lens will ship in Japan from March 1 (DC.watch).
Mirrorless Battle: OM-D vs GH3 vs X-E1 by Admiringlight.
E-PL5 review at TechHive.
Olympus 15mm f/8 Body Cap Lens review at Admiringlight.
Spanish M.ZD 17mm f/1.8 review at Juansinponte.

Riccardo: “My last work with my gh2, Hope you like it (youtube)“

Next GF deal: GF3 with pancake for $309.

February 25, 2013
deals
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Only a few weeks from now Panasonic will announce the new GF model. And as you know all current GF models keep getting some nice price drops. Today it’s the turn of the Brown GF3 with 14mm pancake lens kit that now sells for $309 at Amazon (Click here). The GF3 X kit sells as low as $329 on [shoplink 37023 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].The GF5 with X lens for $374 on [shoplink 37024 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink] and the GX1 X for $499 again at on [shoplink 37025 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].

Olympus/Panasonic 2013 roadmap sketch.

February 25, 2013
Rumors
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With all those rumors it’s easy to loose the overview so I thought to share this homemade baby styled roadmap design :)

There will be more than just the mentioned cameras and lenses. For example new Sigma and Tamron lenses and maybe a new Blackmagic MFT camcorder too. But this is more or less what I got. I am working to collect the single info and specs from each of the mentioned camera and lens. If you find some info share it at 43rumors@gmail.com or use the anonymous contact form on the right sidebar.

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Readers question: How to improve the comment system.

February 25, 2013
news
123 Comments

Good Morning!

Before to start into the new week with news and rumors I have a general question about the 43rumors comment system. Currently I have three major problems to solve:
1) Spam filtering: Sometimes good comments get marked as spam by the wordpress aksimet spam filter. And I have difficulty checking for good comments in the immense full spam comment container
2) Moderation: I have to manually approve comments and sometimes I am busy at work or at home and some comments may be displayed many hours after they have been written
3) Identification: Some people is having fun using real name from others to write comments. And that creates a lot of confusion

There are three possible choices to take now:
1) we keep things how they are now
2) I allow members only to write comments (but many may don’t want to register on 43rumors to write a note)
3) Install a software like Disquis which is used by plenty of websites and where you can login with your social accounts like facebook and twitter. Or you make a Disquis account.

I would like to hear your opinion on that. Thanks!

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Amarcord: The PEN F

February 24, 2013
reviews
76 Comments

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[/shoplink] Olympus PEN history is very long and plenty of nice cameras have been created. And let’s check what kind of design could be used for the future PEN models. And if you dream of a digital PEN with integrated viewfinder than you cannot avoid to talk about the superbly made [shoplink 37006 ebay]Olympus PEN-F (here on eBay)[/shoplink]!
And the viewfinder isn’t juts a “normal” viewfinder. Camerapedia writes: “The Pen F is a quite compact camera with a porro prism viewfinder, which completely avoids the traditional SLR prism bulge because the reflex mirror flips sideways, resulting in a compact viewfinder arrangement.” You can see the back of the PEN-F here. Another unique feature was the rotary focal-plane shutter that has the advantage that you can sync with the electronic flash at all shutter speeds.

But overall the camera shines because of the clean and extremely elegant design. Maybe its just me, but I would love to see the same design on a future PEN with integrated viewfinder! And with the same [shoplink 37005 ebay]cult lens cap (they are here on eBay)[/shoplink].

More about the camera at Cameraquest and Camerapedia. PEN-F acutions on [shoplink 37006 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

So let me know…

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GH3 best camera at Stiftung Warentest.

February 23, 2013
news
76 Comments

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Yesterday I reported that Consumerreports said the “GH3 scored higher than all the SLRs tested in this group”. Some of you didn’t trust their report. So if you need one more proof than check out today’s news at Panasonic Germany (found via Photoscala). They proudly announced that the German Institut “Stiftung Warentest” gave them the best rating of all DSLR or DSLM (mirrorless) cameras! I speak German and know Stiftung Warentest very well and I know that we can 100% trust them. They judged the overall quality of the camera (image quality, features and so on) and gave them the best note with 1.8 (the lower the score the better). And guess who came second….come one you will not believe it…the Panasonic G5!

That’s a truly remarkable result for Panasonic! And with $499 the G5 is a total bargain and with merit the hotseller at Amazon (Click here to see the ranking). The GH3 is in Stock at Samys (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

One more curiosity: The camera with the best image quality was the Canon 6D and the camera with the worse image quality was the Canon EOS-M! Canon really can’t do serious mirrorless stuff :)

One more deal: Panasonic SZ7 for $89 as [shoplink 36999 ebay]deal of the day on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].