BH marks some E-P3 kits as “discontinued”

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The well known US store BHphoto just marked most of the E-P3 kits as being “discontinued” (Click here to see the list). This doesn’t necessarily mean that the successor is coming but it matches the rumor we posted two weeks ago saying that new Olympus cameras are going to be announced within the next 2-3 months. Question is what’s coming?

Meantime, the E-PL5 is in Stock at Amazon and BHphoto. And so the E-Pm2 (Amazon and BHphoto). But the most sold camera at Amazon is the Panasonic GF3 (ranking here).

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Surprise: The NEX-5R and E-M5 have the same Dynamic Range!

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How much difference in dynamic range do we have between the Sony 16 Megapixel sensor of the new NEX-5R and the 16 Megapixel Sony sensor of the Olympus E-M5? That question has just been answered by DxOmark (Click here). And it’s quite a surprise to see that both cameras have exact the same dynamic range! The only real difference is that the E_m5 has no ISO 100 and that’s why the NEX-5R has a better overalls core. But from ISO 200 up to ISO 12800 both cameras are delivering the same performance. The question now is, why can’t we have ISO 100 on the E-M5 too?

UPDATE: Some people still think that I made up the story of the E-M5 having a Sony sensor. Guys, Hiroyuki Sasa CEO of Olympus said it!!! Here is the source: DC.watch.

E-M5 Case deals:
There is a small E-M5 $30 price drop via third party resellers on Amazon (Click here). Plenty of refurbished E-M5 in US at [shoplink 34772 ebay]Cameta (Click here)[/shoplink] and in Europe at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket (Click here)[/shoplink].

E-M5 Case:
There is the official [shoplink 31898 ebay]CS-36FBC Olympus case[/shoplink]. A [shoplink 31899 ebay]leather half case from Hong Kong[/shoplink]. A full [shoplink 31900 ebay]leather case with strap from Cina[/shoplink]. Than we have half cases from two well known producers, [shoplink 31901 ebay]Zelenpol[/shoplink], [shoplink 31906 ebay]Kaza[/shoplink] and [shoplink 31902 ebay]Gariz[/shoplink].

E-M5 Batteries, and other things:
The [shoplink 31905 ebay]Olympus GS-4 strap[/shoplink] and the [shoplink 31903 ebay]DSTE E-M5 batteries[/shoplink] you have to use with an extra charger. There is an [shoplink 31903 ebay]E-M5 car charger[/shoplink] a [shoplink 31908 ebay]new E-M5 LCD screen[/shoplink] and a [shoplink 31909 ebay]Front Cover+ Top Panel[/shoplink].

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Europe: All MFT cameras you can get for less than 300 Euro/Pounds.

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And here is a new roundup of the MFT (MicroFourThirds) cameras you can buy for less than 300 Euro. Sorry if I include eBay stores only but it would take weeks for me to check every single store in every single European country. Take this post as an indication of how much you have to spend on a new MFT camera. If you find other stores having even cheaper offers than drop us a comment! Thanks!

Panasonic GF3:
Body only for 199 at [shoplink 34743 ebay]Digitalcameraprofi DE[/shoplink].
Body with 14-42mm lens for 299 at [shoplink 34746 ebay]Digitalcameraprofi[/shoplink].
Body with 14mm pancake lens for 285 at [shoplink 34745 ebay]Crampton UK[/shoplink].
All GF3 eBay auction for less than 300 Euro/Pounds on Slidoo DE, Slidoo UK (Login to change the country of reference to IT, FR or other EU countries).

Panasonic GF1:
Body only for 275 at [shoplink 34755 ebay]Wichern DE[/shoplink].
All GF3 eBay auction for less than 300 Euro/Pounds on Slidoo DE, Slidoo UK.

Olympus E-PM1:
Body only for 209 at [shoplink 34748 ebay]Digitalcameraprofi DE[/shoplink].
Body with 14-42mm lens for 270 at [shoplink 34749 ebay]Trustmultimedia DE[/shoplink], 275 at [shoplink 34750 ebay]Mobileplanet DE[/shoplink], 280 at [shoplink 34751 ebay]Web FR[/shoplink] and 285 at [shoplink 34747 ebay]Parkcameras UK[/shoplink].
Body with 14mm pancake lens for 285 at [shoplink 34745 ebay]Crampton UK[/shoplink].
All GF3 eBay auction for less than 300 Euro/Pounds on Slidoo DE, Slidoo UK.

Olympus E-P1:
Body only for 279 at [shoplink 34752 ebay]Digitalhandel DE[/shoplink].
All GF3 eBay auction for less than 300 Euro/Pounds on Slidoo DE, Slidoo UK.

Olympus E-PL3:
Body only for 253 at [shoplink 34753 ebay]Topfoto DE[/shoplink].
All GF3 eBay auction for less than 300 Euro/Pounds on Slidoo DE, Slidoo UK.

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New lupe alike Kenko filter & E-M5 grip/stay (+ GH3 & E-PL5 tests)

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Don’t kow you guys, but I never saw a filter like this! It has been announced by Kenko-Tokina and you may check out their website to learn more about it. Looks  abit tricky, don’t knwo if I would carry one of these along my camera…

More news bits:
The US company J.B. Camera Designs made a new E-M5 grip&stay you can already buy on Amazon (Click here).
Frugalfilmmakers posted a short GH3 hands-on report. Full size GH3 image samples by Optyczne.
Mobile01 (translation here) posted the full Olympus E-PL5 review.
Sgoldswoblog posted a short body cap lens test. Bye the way, you can win that lens by participating the latest E-P1.net contest.

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(FT4) Christmas present: 17mm f/1.8 to hit stores in December for 550 Euro.

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Few weeks ago we got Yahoo Taiwan listed the new Olympus 17mm f/1.8. And now we got a more specific info confirming that the lens will hit the stores in mid December. The rumored price in Taiwan is $16,900 NTD and in Europe price will be around 550 Euro. Olympus already said that this lens will have the same build quality of the [shoplink 23576]Olympus 12mm f/2.0[/shoplink] lens. I will certainly grab one of these!

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

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New E-PL5/E-PM2 case from Gariz.

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Current and future E-PL5/E-PM2 owners may be glad to know that Gariz just released their new high quality case. And they are already available on eBay:
[shoplink 34731 ebay]Black E-PL5 case (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 34730 ebay]Brown E-PL5 case (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 34733 ebay]Black E-PM2 case (Click here)[/shoplink].
[shoplink 34732 ebay]Brown E-PM2 case (Click here)[/shoplink].

There is also another E-PL5 ISO test posted by the Hungarian website Pixinfo. Sadly google translation tool doesn’t work on that website so you can just take a look at the ISO test images.

E-PL5 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, Amazon France and eBay (via Slidoo).
E-PM2 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto. In EU at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, Amazon France and eBay (via Slidoo).

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