Just got this press release from Kenko about brand new extension tubes. The cool thing is that these have electronic contacts for AF and Auto Exposure! There is an auction on [shoplink 37607 ebay]ebay UK (Click here)[/shoplink]. Here is the press release:

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Kenko Tokina USA, Inc. is proud to announce the availability of the new Kenko AF Extension Tube Set for Micro 4/3rds and Sony E mount. The tube set consists of a 10mm and 16mm extension tubes that can be used individually or together4.
The Kenko extension tubes have all the contacts and circuitry to maintain communication between the camera body and the lens. AF (within the limited macro range) and auto exposure are maintained with these extension tubes1.
Extension tubes are designed to enable a lens to focus closer than its normal set minimum focusing distance. Getting closer has the effect of magnifying your subject (making it appear larger in the viewfinder and in your pictures). They are exceptionally useful for macro photography, enabling you to convert almost any lens into a macro lens at a fraction of the cost while maintaining its original optical quality.
The DG extension tubes have no optics. They are mounted in between the camera body and lens to create more distance between the lens and film plane. By moving the lens father away from the sensor in the camera, the lens is forced to focus much closer than normal. The greater the length of the extension tube, the closer the lens can focus.

Specifications:
Aperture Coupling: Electronic
Included Sizes: 10MM and 16MM
Mount Availability: Micro 4/3rds mount for Olympus and Panasonic Sony E mount for NEX system
Warranty: 1 year limited warranty

Notes:
1. Depending on available light and due to a very shallow depth of field manual focusing may be required if the lens AF will not lock focus.
2. Focal length of the lens should be longer than the focal length of the tube for proper operation.
3. Also, Kenko recommends using a tripod for sharper results during macro photography.
4. Stacking is not possible with the Panasonic 45MM Macro and PZ 45-175MM lenses. However all Panasonic and Olympus lenses work with either the 10mm or 16mm separately. If an error message is displayed when trying to use the tubes together on one of these lenses or any other please use one or the other extension tube separately.

Kenko Tokina USA, Inc. is the exclusive U. S. distributor for Tokina lenses, Hoya filters, Kenko photo accessories and SLIK camera support systems. Kenko Tokina USA provides marketing, sales, distribution, and technical/consumer service and support. Kenko Tokina is located in the original Surf City USA, Huntington Beach, CA and on the Web at www.Kenkotokinausa.com.

Kascarade – Notebook – Acoustic version recorded in Bradford from kascarade (with the new SLR Magic 25mm f/0.95 lens).

Olympus 60mm macro test at Quesabesde and DC.watch.
GH3 Nauticam case now available for order at Nauticam.
Olympus Stylus XZ-10 Sample Photos at ePhotozine.
XZ-10 firmware update at Olympus.

Thiago: “Acabo de perceber que você fala Português! Que incrível!Eu sou brasileiro, e já morei na Alemanha (estudei em Heidelberg). Muito legal saber que você fala a minha língua e eu falo a sua língua ;) Adoro o site, e leio diariamente! Sou um grande fã de M4/3 e principalmente da lente BCL-1580. Meu tumblr blog ( bodycap.tumblr.com ) já conta com 100 imagens, atualizadas diariamente!” 43rumors answer: Obrigado ;)

Nicolas: “I just posted a series on taking macro pictures with a cheap close-up filter. The first post is a general introduction (http://drinkcat.blogspot.com/2013/03/macro-photography-cheap.html), and the second gives more details on how to fix the chromatic aberration introduced by the filter (http://drinkcat.blogspot.com/2013/03/macro-photography-correcting-chromatic-aberration.html).”

Graham: “Some photos and video I shot using the E-PL1+9-18mm and underwater housing: http://vimeo.com/62043562 and http://www.flickr.com/photos/grahamgibson/sets/72157633007251459/”

Richard: “I’m a professional wedding photographer that uses Nikon DSLRs, but recently I’ve bought a OM-D E-M5 (my 2nd m43 camera) and I’m really pretty happy with the camera. So i’ve wrote a little review on my website: http://www.photobyrichard.com/photobyrichard/2013/03/olympus-om-d-e-m5-review/”

Mathieu: “Would you consider sharing our mini video documentary filmed with the GH3 the next time you do an ‘a little bit of everything’ post? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=as9W0cW3n5U”

Hendrik: “I wrote a little review for the EM-5 and the 45mm M.Zuiko on my blog and wanted to share it with you. Maybe you can mention it in a future post or something :) Would be great. http://johnsson-photography.jimdo.com/reviews/olympus-om-d-em-5/”

Luc asked me if the Nokton and SLR magic f/0.95 lenses are the fastest you can get for MFT. Actually the answer is no! Kenko Ibelux for example will launch a new 40mm f/0.85 lens by end of this year (save this Slidoo search to get notified when it will be for sale on eBay). Price isn’t set yet.

And on eBay there are plenty of fast lenses and some of them you could use with adapters on MFT cameras (althaugh they will vignette and have a creamy image rendering). Right now for example you can find the [shoplink 37538 ebay]Zoomar IRAN f/0.8 (acution here)[/shoplink], the [shoplink 37539 ebay]Japanese Apollo 25mm f/0.85 (acution here)[/shoplink] and the [shoplink 37540 ebay]Leica Leitz 65mm f/0.75 (acution here)[/shoplink].