(FT5) A new Panasonic MFT camera to be announced soon too!

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A 43rumors reader design of ultra small MFT camer (not the real camera!).

Not only Olympus but also Panasonic will have an announcement soon. In October they will launch the ultra compact G camera. And the pricing of the new 42,5mm f/1.2 will be announced too. The lens should ship in December. I have no specs of the new Panasonic MFT camera yet. But I am really curious to see how the camera will look. And the BIG question in my mind is also…is a camera that small really what the mass is looking for? If you really want to go small maybe the Sony QX LensCamera is what people will buy…or not?

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Truesense (ex-Kodak) launches a new 4K Four Thirds CMOS sensor

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Not Panasonic and Olympus only but also TrueSense Imaging (ex-Kodak) is very busy on the Four Thirds sensor development front. EosHD reports that they just unveiled a new 4K Micro Four Thirds sized CMOS sensor.

These are the specs:
– 18.8mm x 14.1mm in size for a 4/3″ optical format
– global shutter for stills and a rolling shutter for video.
– 10bit 4K video at up to 120fps.
– Dynamic range is 72 db (11 stops) in rolling shutter mode but this drops to just 55 db in global shutter mode.

TrueSense imaging makes the sensor for Ikonoskop and Digital Bolex cameras. Don’t think Olympus or Panasonic will use the sensor. But I am pretty sure Panasonic will make a 4K FT sensor soon.

news found via EosHD.

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New GX7 firmware update (version 1.1). And new review by Digitalversus.

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Panasonic (Click here) just issued a new firmware update for the Panasonic GX7. It fix an issues with the power stability that provoces the camera to shut down. FW download:
Windows: https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/support/en/dsc/fts/win/GX7__V11.exe
Mac: https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/support/en/dsc/fts/mac/GX7__V11.zip

New GX7 review:
Digitalversus (Click here) posted the full GX7 review and writes:

Thanks to the sensor’s two-axis stabilisation system, its built-in viewfinder, and handling similar to a little rangefinder, it’s the ideal candidate for users looking to shoot with lenses other than those from Panasonic’s Lumix range.

GX7 preorder list (Click on store name to open the GX7 price, specs and preorder page):
Silver GX7 body at Amazon US, BHphoto, Adorama, Samys, Wex Deutschland, Wex UK , Amazon JP.
Silver GX7 with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Samys, Henrys, Wex Deutschland, WexUK, Amazon UK.
Black GX7 body at Henrys, Wex Deutschland, Wex UK, Amazon UK, Amazon Japan.
Black GX7 with 14-42mm lens at Henrys, Wex Deutschland, Wex UK, Amazon UK.
Black GX7 with 20mm lens at Henrys, Wex UK, Amazon UK, Amazon Japan.
Silver GX7 with 20mm lens at Henrys, Wex UK, Amazon UK, Amazon Japan.

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New E-M1 tests (Luminous Landscape and more).

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You can now have some fun with the Four Thirds Matching simulation to see how the new E-M1 looks paired with a MFT or FT lens. The image on tops shows the camera with the massive [shoplink 25119 ebay]35-100mm f/2.0 (here on eBay)[/shoplink].

And now back to E-M1 reviews:
Luminous Landscape (Click here) just started their Rolling E-M1 Field Report. And that’s what they write about the E-M1 for now:

“I’ll close today’s entry by mentioning that when I wrote my Panasonic GX7 review a couple of weeks ago I called it “…the best MFT camera yet”. It’s fair to say that this claim to fame only lasted a short while.”

More E-M1 news:
Ongoing E-M1 review at CameraLabs.
Olympus OM-D E-M1: Big Brother or Successor? (Byrdphoto).
E-M1 Flickr Group.
E-M1 manual for download on Olympus website.
Touch and Try events in UK (OlympusUK).
Hands-on review by Amateur Photographer.

Preorder Links:
Dedicated page at Amazon.
Olympus E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto, Amazon DE (via DL), Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL), WexUK, Topshot FI, CameraWorldUK.
Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, AmazonDE (viaDL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-40mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK and CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-50mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK, CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus EP-13 Eyecup for E-M1 at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus HLD-7 Battery Grip for E-M1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LC-62D Metal Front Lens Cap for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LH-66 Lens Hood for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.

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Just an error: Olympus OM-D E-FZ1 :)

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For a short moment Olympus displayed a mysterious “OM-D E-FZ1” camera name. It now has been removed. I don’t think this is a real name of a future camera. More likely this was a mistake…I guess :)

UPDATE: A source just told me that this was the internal code name of the E-M1!

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