Panasonic 14-140mm to ship from May 30. And company promises to go back to profit within the year.

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Panasonic Japan announced that the new 14-140mm MFT lens will ship from May 30. This is a nice lens, lighter, faster, cheaper than the previous 14-140mm lens. You can preorder the new lens at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and at Wex UK (Click here).

Panasonic financial report:
And now let’s talk about the latest financial report issued by Panasonic. First the bad news: Panasonic reported a near-record net loss of 754bn yen ($7.5 bn) for the fiscal year through March due to restructuring costs and falling sales. And now the good news: Panasonic forecast a return to profitability this year as it cuts unprofitable businesses. This means that they pull away from consumer electronics and this likely includes the compact camera business. And now guess what business is doing best at Panasonic…come on guess…here it is: “washing machines and refrigerators, and the division it dubs “eco solutions”, which makes light fixtures, toilets, ceiling fans and other household fittings” (Source AJ).

In short, last year at Photokina Panasonic clearly stated that they want to go focus on the camera “high end” market. And it is a goal it shares with many other companies including Olympus.

 

 

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a little bit of everything…

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The Bailiff // De Dijkgraaf from Hugo Goudswaard shot on the GH3 with the Kowa 8Z anamorphic.

GH3 review by NeoCamera.
Olympus XZ-10 review at Photographyblog.
No AA filter on the OMD? Says Pekka Potka.
Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro vs Fuji 60mm f/2.4 Macro at Admiringlight.
60mm lens info at Sigma Germany.
The World’s Great Lens Makers (TheOnlinePhotographer).
Lesnumeriques (translation here) posted the full GF6 review.
Olympus 75mm f/1.8 tested at Digitalcamerareview.
GH2 shot sci-fi Upstream Color breaks $300,000 mark at the US box office (EosHD).
Panasonic Proposes Another Version of 3D Color Imager (Image Sensor World).
What is your equipment relationship type? (J.Shin at PR).
New Olympus body caps (ThePhoBlographer).

Michael: “Just sharing a mini-documentary I made while travelling in Japan, filmed on the GH2 with the Panasonic Leica 25mm f1.4, SLR magic 12mm t1.6 and Canon FD 50mm f1.4. https://vimeo.com/64920048”

Frank: “I saw this last night – a little photography of the solar eclipse with the omd http://footlessfish.com/2013/05/10/arcs-circles-orange-black-a-partial-solar-eclipse“

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New E-P5 (and E-PL6) news roundup…

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E-P5 stills review by Blunty

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The main discussion around the new E-P5 was and still is the price. Robin Wong (Click here) posted a report about the Touch and Try Session with the Olympus E-P5 and wrote: “I have been monitoring the overall feedback and comments on the Olympus PEN E-P5, and many mentioned that they were taken aback with the rather high pricing. After all the E-P5 is a “Premium” camera, and it does have almost all the important features of OM-D E-M5.  Nonetheless, Olympus Malaysia did have special offers for the E-P5 pre-orders, with MASSIVE discounts given for bundling with the amazing Olympus M.Zuiko 17mm F1.8 and the new electronic viewfinder VF-4!!”

Indeed the Black E-P5 superkit is now the most ordered MFt camera according to Amazon ranking (Click here to see the list).

More E-P5 news: Federico Cabrera (the OM-D photographer) is doing something artistic around the PEN E-P5 on facebook.com. The full shipping info of lenses and accessories has been posted at Olympus-global.com. E-PL6 vs E-PL5 specs comparison at Olympusimage.com. UK Preview event list at Photographyblog. First look and image samples at Photoreview.

Specs, Price and Preorders:
Full dedicated pages to the new Oly stuff at Adorama, Bhphoto.
E-P5 Black at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys. In Europe at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK and at Wex UK.
E-P5 White at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys. In Europe at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK and at Wex UK.
E-P5 Silver at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys. In Europe at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK and at Wex UK.
E-P5 Black with 17mm f/1.8 lens and VF-4 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys. In Europe at Amazon UK.
E-P5 Silver with 17mm f/1.8 lens and VF-4 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys. In Europe at Amazon UK.
E-P5 White with 17mm f/1.8 lens and VF-4 at Amazon UK.
E-P5 Black with 14-42mm lens at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK and Wex UK.
E-P5 White with 14-42mm lens at Amazon Germany and Amazon UK.
E-P5 Silver with 14-42mm lens at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK and at Wex UK.
17mm f/1.8 Black at Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys.
45mm f/1.8 Black at Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys. In Europe at Amazon Germany.
75mm f/1.8 Black at Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys.
VF-4 viewfinder at Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys.

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(FT4) First E-M6 rumors. Same VF-4 viewfinder quality and Phase Detection on sensor.

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The E-P5 is here but a rumor site is always hungry and we collected two info about the next Olympus MFT camera. As you it’s coming in Spetember and it will be the new OMD model (E-M6?). Two rumors came right out of the E-P5 presentation:
1) Our friend Pekka Potka wrote: “Quite obvious to everyone seeing E-P5 should be that the next OM-D series model goes well above E-M5 in features. Incorporating VF-4 should be just one of them. And that is all I can say now…”
2) Olympus employees at the PEN Collection 2013 Fair said that next OMD will have phase detection AF (Source: biglobe).

It’s not the first time we get this rumors and and both features are very likely to make into the new OMD model. What are you hoping to get with the new OMD?

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E-M5 body
Price checks at [shopcountry 29074] 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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Finally an amazing deal for Europeans: “Free” G3 camera with the 14-42mm X lens :)

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It happens only few times per year that you really find great deals in Europe! So I am glad I have one today for you:

The Panasonic G3 with 14-42mm X lens sells for 329 Euro at Pixmania Germany (Click here) and Pixmania France (Click here). Consider that the lens alone sells for around 300 Euro so you get the G3 for free :) The same deal but for $349 can be bought at other Pixmania stores in Italy, Spain and so on…

One more deal: There is again a new large Stock of refurbsihed E-M5’s for sale at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink]. Click on the links to see the single auction price:
[shoplink 38737 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 38738 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 38726 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 38718 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 38719 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 38720 ebay]Black E-M5 with 12-50mm lens (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 38721 ebay]Silver E-M5 body (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 38722 ebay]Black E-M5 body (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 38723 ebay]Silver E-M5 body (Click here)[/shoplink].

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Full E-P5 hardware review by Blunty.

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Everything you need to know about the new E-P5 can be seen in this nice video review made by Blunty. Meantime the full kit E-P5 are still selling better than the body only version according to Amazon ranking (Click here to see the list).

The list you see below now contains Samys preorder links too. And if you want to get notified the day the E-P5 body gets a price drop on eBay just save this search in your slidoo account (change country in your settings if you need to).

Specs, Price and Preorders:
Full dedicated pages to the new Oly stuff at Adorama, Bhphoto.
E-P5 Black at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys. In Europe at Wex UK.
E-P5 White at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys. In Europe at Wex UK.
E-P5 Silver at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys. In Europe at Wex UK.
E-P5 Black with 17mm f/1.8 lens and VF-4 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys.
E-P5 Silver with 17mm f/1.8 lens and VF-4 at Amazon, Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys.
E-P5 Black with 14-42mm lens at Wex UK.
E-P5 Silver with 14-42mm lens at Wex UK.
17mm f/1.8 Black at Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys.
45mm f/1.8 Black at Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys.
75mm f/1.8 Black at Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys.
VF-4 viewfinder at Adorama, Bhphoto and Samys.

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