GetOlympus US largest deals action I have ever seen (on all stuff).

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This is the largest amount of Olympus deals I have ever seen listed on the GetOlympus US deals page (Click here to see the full list). Probably some clearance before the next wave of product announcement which should include both new PEN and OMD cameras coming the next months.

Here is the detailed list of deals on MFT stuff only:
Save $100 Instantly on the Award-Winning OM-D E-M1
Up to $800 Off Lenses with OM-D or PEN E-P5 Purchase
Get 20% Off Accessories (Use coupon code “SPRINGACC”)
Up to $50 off Lighting & External Flashes
Save $100 on Prime Lenses for PEN & OM-D
Save $100 on Zoom Lenses for PEN & OM-D
PEN E-P5: Over $479 in Savings!
VF-4: Only $99.99 with E-P5 Body Purchase
Save Up to $300 on the Award-Winning OM-D E-M5
PEN E-PL5: Save $100
Save $10 on the 15mm f8.0 Body Cap Lens
Save $20 on Tough Conversion Lenses

Have a nice shopping! Or wait, if you want to see the E-P6 first :)

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Focus on stills: Panasonic GH4 image samples and tests.

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Image courtesy: Imaging Resource

We talked a lot about the GH4 amazing 4K video quality. But now let’s focus on the brand new stills test:
Imaging Resource added the GH4 to their comparometer.
Photograhyblog posted a set of full size image samples and a short ISO test.
ePhotozine also posted image samples, ISO samples and White balance test. You can also download the RAW files.

Would be nice to hear your opinion about the GH4 stills quality. As far as I can tell there is small improvement over the GH3 and also a different kind of handling noise.

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

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.

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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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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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