(FT4) New Olympus E-PL7 to be annnounced in a couple of weeks.

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What I wrote weeks ago (Click here) seems to become true soon. A new PEN is coming it will be the E-PL7. And it will feature the same 16Mp sensor used by the OMD-10 camera with 81 AF points, 8 fps and 3″ vari-angle touch LCD screen.

Nothing revolutionary (as usual with PEN updates) and from what I heard more “advanced” innovations will be announced at Photokina. The current E-Pl5 sells for $499 only with free extras at BHphoto (Click here) and at Amazon (Click here).

via Photorumors

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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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(FT5) Also the Panasonic GX line is being “re-thinked”.

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Last week I told you how Panasonic decided to not release any G and GF camera this year. And another trusted source just told me that also the GX line is under review. Panasonic is now thinking to “re-engeneer” the GX series to make it really standout. If they don’t come up with something smart and realizable they will not update the GX7 this year neither.

Question to our readers: What should Panasonic do to improve the GX series and make it a real challenger for the competition like the Fuji X-E2 and Sony A6000?

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
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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

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Curiosity: Nocticron is the first Asperhical lens that gets rid of the “Onion effect”.

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Image courtesy: Imaging Resource.

I swear, I never heard of that “onion effect” before. But It’s good to hear that the expensive [shoplink 46017]Nocticron 42,5mm f/1.2 lens[/shoplink] is the first Aspherical lens NOT showing that issue! Imaging Resource reports about a meeting they had with Panasonic engineers. Currently all Asperhical lenses on market show these strange concentric circles or spirals to appear in out-of-focus highlights (See image on top, very right image). Panasonic says their Nocticron is the first lens getting rid of them. The image on top shows how the effetc were on the Nocticron when they started to develop the lens. After 1 and half year the effect was gone (circle on the very left).

Panasonic is the only worldwide company that can produce these kind of aspherical lenses yet and Imaging Resource writes:

What’s more likely in the short term, though, is that other camera and lens companies may just purchase aspherical elements from Panasonic for critical applications. Panasonic already produces a huge volume of aspheric lenses for other manufacturers, and the people I interviewed for this article indicated that they would indeed sell aspherics made with this process to others … for a price.

Read the full story at Imaging Resource.

You can buy the lens at Amazon US (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). In UK at Wexphotographic (Click here). In Germany at Redcoon (Click here), Technikdirekt (Click here).

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Sunday US deals: SP-100 “Gun” camera in Stock for the first time. $300 off on E-M1 kit.

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This is the Sunday US deal roundup:
The new Olympus SP-100 “gun” camera is in Stock for the first time at GetOlympus (Click here).
The E-M1 + 12-40mm lens kit sells with a $300 discount at [shoplink 46013 ebay]CameraLand on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. Only two left in Stock!
Panasonic 12-35mm X sells for $999 at [shoplink 46014 ebay]BestBUy on eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Save $180 on the VF-4 ViewFinder when purchasing the E-P5 at Amazon US (Click here).
Buy a Qualifying Olympus Compact System Camera and Save up to $200 on Select Olympus Lenses at Amazon US (Click here).
Mother’s days deals at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), GetOlympus (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

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New GX7/GM1 book by Rob Knight

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Rob Knight contacted me to share his new work:

“No juicy rumors, but I thought you might be interested in my upcoming book. It is part of the Peachpit Press “Snapshots to Great Shots” series, and it covers the LUMIX GX7 and GM1. I am including both cameras siince they share the same sensor and many of the same features. You can buy the book here: http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-Lumix-GX7-GM1-Snapshots/dp/0321996402/”

Thanks Rob!

P:S.: Actually the very first GX7 book is available in German only (here at Amazon US). Written by Ralf Sperer.

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