The $299 deals on GF and GX cameras.

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Today you can grab the White GF3 with 14mm pancake lens at [shoplink 37103 ebay]Adorama (via eBay)[/shoplink]. The same kit but with brown camera sells for the same price at Amazon (Click here). The GX1 body also sells for $299 at Amazon (Click here). But the most sold mirrorless item of the moment is again the. 20mm pancake (click here to see the amazon ranking)

GH3 is in Stock at Amazon (Click here) and Samys (Click here).

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New SLRmagic 25mm f/0.95 tested on the GH3 (along three other 0.95 lenses).

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We need speed we love speed! And 3D-Kraft satisfied our need by testing four f/0.95 lenses on the new Panasonic GH3 (Click here to read the test). These are in short the qualities and drawbacks of the lenses:

SLR Magic HyperPrime CINE 25mm T0.95
Vignetting and distortion are almost invisible which lets me speculate that the usable image circle might be significantly larger than what a FourThirds sized sensor requires. The lens will be available soon on eBay. Save this search on Slidoo to get notified when it’s available on eBay (you have to login).

Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f/0.95
A tiny bit less shapr than the SLRmagic and a tiny bit more vignetting. Price check at [shopcountry 36580].

P.Angenieux Paris 25mm Type M1 f/0.95
The lens produces some geometric distortion and vignettes already quite strong on mFT sensors. These characteristics are probably the reason why some people tend to say this lens produces a very cinematic look. [shoplink 37092 ebay]Click here to check out the price and auctions on eBay[/shoplink].

Schneider-Kreuznach Xenon 25mm f/0.95
Sharper than the Angenieux and with less Vignetting and distortion. [shoplink 37093 ebay]Click here to check out the price and auctions on eBay[/shoplink].

 

Overall this SLRmagic sounds like an impressive piece of glass! And it’s almost half of the price of the Nokton ($799 but with an initial rebat $649 only). Chapeau!

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Current SLRmagic lenses for Micro Four Thirds:
SLR Magic 12-36×50 ED Straight Spotting Scope lens (w/ hand grip) is now available on [shoplink 26994 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
SLR magic 11mm f/1.4 lens you can preorder on [shoplink 22154 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Toy Lens 26mm f/1.4 lens on [shoplink 18603 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
SLR Magic 35mm f/1.7 MC lens on [shoplink 14881 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
Noktor SLRmagic 50mm on [shoplink 25691 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]

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Official 17mm and VF-3 price drops. New GF and GX deals.

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Olympus Japan officially announced the price drops on the 17mm f/2.8 lens and on the VF-3 viewfinder. You see the price drop info on the image on top. There is no detail yet about EU and US price drops. I guess we will see them soon too. Current price of the 17mm lens is $299 (Amazon) and around 240 Euro in Europe (Amazon). The VF-3 sells for $159 (Amazon) and 132 Euro (Amazon).

US deals:

Today you can rgab the GF3 with pancake lens for $299 at Amazon or the GX1 body again for $299 at Amazon.

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(FT3) There may be a17mm f/1.8 Black lens edition soon…

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The current [shoplink 34914]Silver 17mm[/shoplink] lens.

After the 12mm f/2.0 Black edition Olympus may soon launch the 17mm f/1.8 Black edition too! I am not sure this will be a lens marked as “limited edition” and as consequence cost more than the actual lens. I hope Olympus don’t do that again (the overpriced limited edition). They should just release it in Black with the same price of the current lens :)

Price check of the 17mm Silver lens at [shopcountry 34914].

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(FT4) Trusted source: E-5 successor coming for sure.

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A trusted source told me to trust him (LOL) when he says that a native Four Thirds camera is going to be announced this year. He is 100% sure that this is not a hybrid MFT and FT camera but simply a new E-7 FT. He also told me the camera is also ready to go into final production and all specs are defined (alreayd since end of last year). The camera will be on amrket the second half of this year. Good news for all those folks using top class Zuiko FT lenses :)

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The two superb Zuiko f/2.0 zooms:
14-35mm f/2.0 on [shoplink 25320 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and via Slidoo eBay.
35-100mm f/2.0 on [shoplink 25119 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and via Slidoo eBay.

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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

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