Lytro Illum announcement: This is what a future Panasonic Light Field camera could do!

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Last week I reported about a Panasonic patent disclosing a Light Field sensor with high-resolution (original article can be read here). Well to get a glimps of how such a Panasonic camera could work check out the newly announced Lyto Illum camera at lytro.com. It has an astonishing 30-250mm f/2.0 constant aperture lens for a 40 Megarays 1 inch sensor! 40 megarays is around 4-5 megapixel in 2D resolution. Such a compact and fast lens is possible to make for a Light Field camera because you don’t need glass to correct aberrations (A Light Field Sensor captures all light directions).

Now imagine Panasonic making a MFT camera with such a sensor. I think it could become a killer camera!

P.S.: Play with that image to learn in three seconds what a Ligh Field Camera can do:

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For EU readers: Save some Euros on refurbished Olympus stuff.

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[shoplink 45708 ebay][/shoplink]

These are the latest Olympus refurbished auctions sold for European countries at [shoplink 23577]Olympus 45mm f/1.8[/shoplink] [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink]:

Micro Four Thirds cameras:
[shoplink 45780 ebay]Silver E-P5 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 45781 ebay]Black E-P5 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 45782 ebay]Black E-PL3 double lens kit[/shoplink].
[shoplink 45783 ebay]Black 14-150mm lens kit (with bag)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 45784 ebay]Black E-M5 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 45785 ebay]Silver E-PL5 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 45793 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 45790 ebay]White E-PL5 with 14-42mm lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 45708 ebay]Black E-M5 body[/shoplink].

Four Thirds lenses:
[shoplink 45766 ebay]FT 14-42mm lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 45767 ebay]FT 14-42mm lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 45768 ebay]FT 14-42mm lens[/shoplink].
[shoplink 45691 ebay]FT 14-42mm lens[/shoplink].

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Finally all kind of E-M10 kits in Stock.

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The “mini OMD” is now in Stock as body only and in kit version at Amazon US (Click here).

Other Olympus US deals reminder:
$100 off on the E-m1 at Amazon (Click here), GetOlympus (Click here), Adorama (Click here with 4% reward) and Bhphoto (Click here with 2% reward).
Ref. E-m1 for $1039 only at GetOlympus (Click here).
Up to $800 savings on PEN or OMD camera camera+lens combos at GetOlympus (Click here).
BestBuy is selling the Panasonic 12-35mm X lens for $999 on [shoplink 45732 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink].

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(FT5) More confirmations from sources that GF line is “on hold”.

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Over the weekend I got more confirmations from sources saying the GF line up is “on hold” for this year. It’s unclear if there will be ever new GF model in future. This could really be the end of the GF line which started with the great Panasonic GF1 camera (still for sale on Amazon).

I guess Panasonic wants to focus on the more “Premium” GM line instead (which I do own and like a lot!). What do you think…

Do you think it would be a wise decision to quite the entire GF line?

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a little bit of everything…

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Celebrity photographer David Bailey: The man behind the (Olympus) camera! (via Imaging Resource).

Panasonic 14-140mm lens review at Photographyblog.
GH4 shooting report at Yodobashi.
15mm shooting report at Yodobashi.
Alex Majoli’s Mad Men set photos shot on an em1 at Lightbox.
about a novice getting great results with a mft camera…(Buchangrant).
Olympus OMD EM1 rear dial issue by Daniel Cheung.
Olympus E-M1 rebates in France (Lepidi).

Jim: I have seen several people asking about the cheap focal reducers. I have a series of test images on flickr using a pancolar 50/1.8 shots from f1.8 to f22. 3 x series
I posted this in the panasonic/dox post in response to a question. Maybe others might be interested in my post and the link.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/54912595@N02/with/13906394982/”

Walter: “The actual issue of the german magazin ‘camera’ (www.camera-magazin.de) has an interesting article with the title ‘Size does not matter’. It’s an article about a test made by ‘Warentest’. According to them the Olympus OM-D E-M1 is a little bit better rated then the Nikon Df. MFT beats full frame! But we all know: it’s not about the equipment, it’s about the photograph ;-)“

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$100 off on the Olympus E-M1. Up to $800 off on combos.

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Olympus US now reduced the price of the E-M1. You can get it for $100 less at Amazon (Click here), GetOlympus (Click here), Adorama (Click here with 4% reward) and Bhphoto (Click here with 2% reward). The refurbished body sells for $1039 only at GetOlympus.

And if you buy the E-M1 or any other new PEN or OMD camera you can save up to $800 on camera+lens combos at GetOlympus (Click here).

There are many mroe new Olympus deals (like $10 off on cap lens) you can see on that full GetOlympus deal page (Click here).

P.S.: BestBuy is selling the Panasonic 12-35mm X lens for $999 on [shoplink 45732 ebay]eBay US (Click here)[/shoplink]. eBay deal of the day is that supercheap [shoplink 45753 ebay]WD Elements 1TB Portable Drive – USB 3.0 (Click here)[/shoplink].

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