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$20 off on the GM1. First impression by Dpreview.

November 9, 2013
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There is already a first small $20 price drop on the brand new Panasonic GM1 at Uniquephoto (Click here).

And dpreview shared their first GM1 impression:

Panasonic clearly believes there’s a demand for an extremely small camera with a very large sensor and interchangeable lenses, and with the GM1 its engineers have pushed the definition of ‘pocketable enthusiast camera’ to new limits. The GM1 is cute, fast, and packs an impressive sensor inside its tiny frame. It’s quite a feat of engineering, and we can’t wait to start shooting with a production-quality sample.

GM1 preorder list:
In US at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
In Europe at Amazon Germany, Wex Germany, Amazon UK, Fotohanskeuzekamp, Cyberphoto Sweden and Wex UK.

One more deal: Two OPEN BOX Panasonic 20mm lenses for $297 at [shoplink 42779 ebay]Henrys (Click here)[/shoplink]. You save 100 bucks on that!

Three more images of the GX7 with Nocticron lens.

November 9, 2013
Rumors
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Looks like some prototype Nocticron lenses are available for show somewhere in Japan. These are three new images found by our Japanese friend at Digicameinfo. Still no info about the exact availability and price. That said it really looks sexy on that Black GX7 :)

Adobe adds support for E-M1 and GM1

November 9, 2013
news
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Adobe released new Release Candidates that add support for the E-M1 and GM1. You can download here:
Adobe Lightroom 5.3
Adobe Camera Raw 8.3 for CC
Adobe Camera Raw 8.3 for CS6

DxOmark: New 14-140mm lens is better than it’s predecessor.

November 8, 2013
reviews
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After the 20mm pancake DxO (Click here) also tested the new Panasonic 14-140mm lens. And in that case we have good news to report. The new version if the lens is not only lighter, faster and cheaper than its predecessor, it also deliver a clearly better optical performance. Nice!

Price and in Stock status check: Amazon, BHphoto.

Deal of the day: Panasonic G5 with kit lens for $299! E-M1 in Stock at Amazon.

November 8, 2013
deals
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Today only you can grab the Panasonic G5 with kit lens for $299 at Amazon US (Click here) and at BHphoto (Click here). And also running today only: Plenty of accessory Gold Box deals at Amazon (Click here).

Six E-M1 are in Stock for the regular price at Amazon via Uniquephoto (Click here).

First 12-32mm lens review. It beats the big Olympus 12-50mm lens!

November 8, 2013
reviews
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Image courtesy: m43.eu.

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M43.eu (google translation here) posted the first website to post a full Panasonic 12-32mm lens review. As you know Panasonic claims that this is the best standard kit zoom of all mirrorless system (with standard they mean not “premium” zooms). And according to their test results Panasonic completely fulfills the promise. The lens is way better than the Olympus 12-50mm lens! If you consider the size of the Panasonic lens this is an incredible achievement. I would like Panasonic to sell the lens separately from the GM1 so that also current PEN or G camera owners can buy it!

Image courtesy: m43.eu.

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GM1 preorder list:
In US at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto.
In Europe at Amazon Germany, Wex Germany, Amazon UK, Fotohanskeuzekamp, Cyberphoto Sweden and Wex UK.

DxOmark: New Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 is just slightly worse than the first version.

November 7, 2013
reviews
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Dxomark (Click here) just tested the new Panasonic 20mm II lens and it’s a bit disappointing to see that the lens performs a tiny bit worse than the predecessor. Obviously the difference is negligible but Panasonic could have taken the chance to slightly improve the optical performance. DxO writes:

In reality, the Panasonic Lumix G 20mm f1.7 II ASPH performs very slightly differently to the original. It’s still an excellent lens, but it’s not quite the performer of it illustrious forebear.

Links to both old and new version of the lens: [shopcountry 14796].