You can grab the last two Panasonic GH3 cameras with a $100 discount at Amazon (Click here). What a deal! Hope the G6 will force Panasonic to lower the price for the GH3 :)

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With the soon to come E-P5 we now had four generations of PEN cameras. But you really don’t need to spend a lot of money to grab the newest camera. You can spend a lot less by buying “older” generation PEN’s. And a new Stock of refurbished cameras is now back on auction at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink]. Here is just a short list to some auctions (Click on the names to see the specific auction and price):

many more cameras at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink].
Good Luck!

P.S.: I bought five PEN’s on that store. Never had any problem…

It’s always easy to check for deals by simply watching the Amazon ranking. On top you find the G5 mainly because of the following deal where you can grab the G5 with two lenses for $549 (Click here to see it). Soon that camera will be replaced by the G6. I am working on the camera specs but all I got for now sounds….”very promising”. Stay tuned!

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Panasonic lenses:
20mm deal at Amazon US ($335 right now).
14mm lens at Amazon (also discounted)

Panasonic GF5:
$169,00 for the [shoplink 37982 ebay]Black GF5 body only (Click here)[/shoplink] $217,90 for the [shoplink 37983 ebay]Red GF5 body with kit lens (Click here)[/shoplink]

Olympus cameras:
– E-PM2 body for $399 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. That’s $50 off!
– E-PM2 with kit lens for $449 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. That’s $50 off!
– E-PL5 body for $499 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. That’s $50 off!
– E-PL5 with kit lens for $549 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. That’s $50 off!

Olympus lenses:
– Olympus 14-150mm for $499 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. That’s $100 off!
– Olympus 9-18mm for $599 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. That’s $100 off!
– Olympus 17mm f/2.8 for $199 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. That’s $100 off!

What a surprise!

We were all expecting the camera to use a FT or APS-C sensor but the upcoming Panasonic high end compact camera with fixed lens and built-in viewfinder uses the same sensor size of the current Panasonic LX7! Apparently Panasonic preferred to focus on real pocketable size and high quality lens performance.

I ask sources if they could send me the lens specs of the new LF1 at 43rumors@gmail.com or anonymously via the contact form present on the right border of the website. Thanks!

Reminder: The G6 and LF1 will be annoucned in late April while the new E-P5 (and E-PL6?) will be announced in early May!

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

The DPreview team (Click here) posted the full Panasonic GH3 review. Their conclusion says that: “The GH3 offers the best video quality of any camera we’ve ever seen and does a pretty good job of making it available to a wide range of users. This footage is available without external recorders, making it ideal for in-the-field shooting as well as more formal rigged-up setups. It’s also a pretty handy stills camera with plenty of external controls, making it an impressively flexible package, overall.”

Check the GH3 Price and in Stock status ar [shopcountry 33624].

A trusted source read your comments about the recent 20mm deal at Amazon US ($335 right now). He was so keen to send me a message to say that neither the 20mm nor the 14mm lens (also discounted) will be updated this year. And in general there will be “no big news” this year.

And the brand new 42.5mm f/1.2 and 150mm f/2.8 are still scheduled for a market release in early 2014 only although the announcement could be made (and preorders start) in late 2013.