In a surprising announcement Kipon unveiled the development of the new Kipon EOS to m43 (and NEX) adapter with full electronic control. There is no info about price and features yet. This may will help some EOS EF lens owner to join the m43 system instead of the new Canon EOS-M :)
Non electronic Kipon adapters are already available on [shoplink 20746 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
So guys. I hope you had time to check the Canon news and reviews I summed up at MirrorlessRumors. With Canon we finally have a full overview of the different mirrorless systems. I read some of the EOS-M previews and it certainly has some nice and interesting features. A problem may be the price. At $799 (at Amazon and BHphoto) the camera costs $50 more than the GF5 with 14mm f/2.5 pancake but $400 more than the GF3 with the same pancake. Talking about Olympus it costs $200 more than the E-PL3 with 17mm pancake. But I am sure Canon huge marketing machine will push the EOS-M preorders.
But here is the final question for you…and please no fanboy thinking…try to be honest ;) And let me also know what Olympus and Panasonic should “copy” from the new cam!
Loading ...Canon specs and info:
Dedicated presentation page on Amazon (Click here).
EOS-M price and specs at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Hurry! The Panasonic 12-35mm X lens is in Stock for the first time at Amazon (Click here). The lens has already the first four User reviews…all 5 stars :)
Another new deal is the Panasonic 20mm pancake lens which now sells for $359 at Amazon (Click here).
P.S.: That Canon EOS-M got massive preorders according to the hourly updated Amazon ranking (Click here).
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In Europe the lens is in Stock at Amazon Germany (Click here), Amazon UK (Click here) and Amazon France (Click here).
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I am working on new rumors about the GH3, E-PM2, EPL5 cameras plus the new lenses (like the telephoto lens from Panasonic). It’s only one month to go until the announcement and new rumors and even leaks could arrive any time soon. It’s going to be a busy time!
The new Canon has been now announced and you can follow all live updates at MirrorlessRumors.com (Click here). For us what matters is that the entry level camera is actually much more expensive than the [shoplink 30485]Panasonic GF5[/shoplink], the [shoplink 23565]Olympus E-PM1[/shoplink] or even than the [shoplink 26836]Panasonic GX1[/shoplink]. It’s more in the price league of an [shoplink 23568]Olympus E-P3[/shoplink].
Anyway, watch out the test on MirrorlessRumors to check if the camera price and features balanace is correct and if Olympus/Panasonic should be worry!…I don’t think so…
Canon specs and info:
Dedicated presentation page on Amazon (Click here).
EOS-M Black at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
EOS-M White at BHphoto (Click here).
EOS-M 22mm pancake at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
EOS-M 15-55mm kit lens at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
EOS-M adapter at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
EOS-M Flash at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
In US it’s still not easy to find the body only E-M5. J&R reports that they will ship the E-M5 body within 6-10 days through Amazon US (Click here) and on July 27th at J&R store (Click here). It’s already in Stock at [shoplink 32340 ebay]Metercorp (Click here)[/shoplink].
More E-M5 search links at [shopcountry 29074].
It’s very clear where Canon wants to compete against the Micro Four Thirds system. They will start from the cheap low-end models. The latest spec list I posted on MirrorlessRumors shows that the APS-C sensor sized camera is no bigger than the [shoplink 30485]Panasonic GF5[/shoplink]. We still have no info about the price but I suspect the price will be very low. This is a plastic Canon S100 styled touch screen camera. Tomorrow (5-6am London time) the camera will be officially announced. Follow the full announcement on MirrorlessRumors while I have to check if the upcoming E-Pm2 can do better than the EOS-M :)
For now this doens’t look like a WOW camera…
