New E-P5 firmware improves remote wifi shooting.

• February 13, 2014
• news
• 14 Comments

Olympus released a new firmware update for the E-P5. It improves remote wifi shooting.

GH4 Yagh interface unit will cost $2,199.

• February 12, 2014
• Rumors
• 63 Comments

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With $2,199 the YAGH interface unit will cost you more than the GH4 camera itself ($1699). At least if the price unveiled by Phototools is correct.

Black Olympus 25mm f/1.8 lens in Stock at Amazon! E-M10 with kit lens in Stock too.

• February 12, 2014
• deals
• 19 Comments

Image courtesy: DSLRmagazine.

For the first time the new Black Olympus 25mm f/1.8 is shipping at Amazon US (Click here). Also for the first time in Stock, the Silver E-M10 with kit lens via Ritz at Amazon US (Click here) and the Black kit again via Ritz at Amazon US (Click here).

The sole body is in Stock for days now via Amazon (Click here).

Full GH4 presentation to read. Panasonic claims “High Picture Quality – Far Exceeding APS-C “

• February 12, 2014
• news
• 132 Comments

UPDATE: The full GH4 presentation PDF file at Personal View (Click here) and scroll down to the “GH4 Presentation link“. The file contains many bold claims from Panasonic. Like: “High Picture Quality – Far Exceeding APS-C“.

Really, download the file and read it. It’s full of details!

P.S.:  Amazon removed the warning saying GH4 preorders will start on March 17 (Click here).

First pictures of the next two Olympus PRO zooms: 7-14mm f/2.8 and 300mm f/4.0!

• February 12, 2014
• news
• 320 Comments

These are the pictures of the next two Olympus PRO zooms. The M.Zuiko Digital ED 7-14 f/2.8 and the M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm f/4.0. Both are weather sealed. Price has not be unveiled yet.

Small disappointment: The lenses will not arrive until 2015.

 

 

 

via Facebook and SystemKameraForum.

Panasonic launches a limited edition blue “Colette” GM1 kit.

• February 12, 2014
• news
• 27 Comments

Gqmagazine (translation here) unveils a new limited edition blue GM1 kit. The “Colette” edition will be sold for 1.000 Euro from end of February. There will be only 50 of them. Sounds like Panasonic is going to follow Leica’s M route and start to make some special edition of their cameras.

Panasonic GH4 price $1699?

• February 11, 2014
• Rumors
• 68 Comments

For a short time Phototools unveiled the price of the GH4 camera. We don’t know yet if this si the correct price or not. What we know for sure is that preorders will be accepted from March 17 only at Amazon US (Click here). That’s a fair price considered the only compettitor right now is the Blackmagic Design Production Camera 4K which sells for $2,995.00 at BHphoto (Click here).

Thanks Marco for finding this!

Note: The current GH3 price is $980 at Amazon.