Everybody wins an Eisa ward (does it make sense?)

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Th EISA (European Imaging & Sound Association) is a unique association of 50 special interest magazines from 19 European countries. And every year they do award the best photo cameras and lenses. The problem I have with Eisa is that they created so many different categories that it easy for every manufacturer to win at least one of the prizes. Olympus for example won the “European All Weather Camera 2011-2012” with the Olympus TOUGH TG-810. And Panasonic won the “European Compact System Camera 2011-2012” with the Panasonic LUMIX DMC-G3.
See all categories and winners at http://www.eisa.eu/awards/3/photo.html
Like last year, and two years ago and three years ago (and so on) everybody won a price! Nikon, Canon, Sony, Panasonic, Olympus, Fuji, Samsung, Pentax, Tamron, Sigma, Casio…sounds a bit like a joke or no? That said the [shoplink 22077]Panasonic G3[/shoplink] is certainly the best mirrorless camera announced in 2011!

REMINDER: Those are the direct search links to all the new Pana/Oly stuff:
Panasonic G3 search page at [shopcountry 22077].
Panasonic GF3 search page at [shopcountry 23109].
Panasonic-Leica 25mm f/1.4 search page at [shopcountry 23110].
Olympus E-P3 search page at [shopcountry 23568].
Olympus 12mm f/2.0 search page at [shopcountry 23576].
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 page at [shopcountry 23577].

 

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Samyang 24mm f/1.4 for Four Thirds coming by end of the year.

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Thanks to Samyang current Four Thirds user can see the light of some new Four Thirds lenses. They just announced on their website (Click here) that by end of the year they will announce the 24mm f/1.4 fast wide angle! It will have 13 elements (in 12 groups) including four ED elements and two aspheric lenses. The lens is manual focusing only but the optical quality is on a very top level

There are currently two fast manual lenses you can get for your Olympus camera:
1) The 35mm f/1.4: In US you can find it as “Rokinon” at Amazon (Click here), as “Samyang” on [shoplink 24768 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and as “Rokinon” on [shoplink 24770 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].
2) The 85mm f/1.4: You can get for $274 on Amazon (Click here), as “Samyang” on [shoplink 24769 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and as “Rokinon” on [shoplink 24771 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

P.S.: All Samyang lenses for Olympus can be found on eBay only and under seven different brand names (Click on it to see all Four Thirds lenses from the specific brand!):
[shoplink 20647 ebay]Samyang [/shoplink] [shoplink 20684 ebay]Walimex [/shoplink] [shoplink 20649 ebay]Rokinon [/shoplink] [shoplink 20650 ebay]Opteka [/shoplink] [shoplink 20651 ebay]Falcon [/shoplink] [shoplink 20653 ebay]Vivitar [/shoplink] [shoplink 20652 ebay]Bower [/shoplink]

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Plenty of new Olympus E-P3 reviews.

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A nice image posted by Photoscala.de.

There are many new [shoplink 23568]Olympus E-P3[/shoplink] reviews:

Let’s start with ePhotozine (Click here): “The Olympus PEN E-P3 is a welcome upgrade to the E-P2, with extremely fast focusing, which was one of the big problems with the PEN series, especially if you’d used another faster Micro Four Thirds camera, but now Olympus are back in the game. The addition of a built in flash, AF illuminator and several new art filters and effects that can be applied to the art filters, is a very welcome addition“. The camera gets “Highly Recommended!”

The next test has been made by Photographyblog (Click here): “While with the exception of it missing a built-in flash we were perfectly happy with the E-P2 until the E-P3 came along, this new model is enough of a change, and indeed a larger one than that separating the E-P1 and E-P2, to suggest Olympus has played its hand well. ” Also for them the E-P3 deserves a “Highly Recommended!”

The german website Photoscala (Click here to read the translation) wrote: “The e-P3 delivers crisp immediately, directly zoomable photos. Resolution, sharpness and tonal reproduction follow the ‘visual complacency’- so the photos will look as good as possible from a standing – and align themselves to the amateur. Nevertheless, most values ​​for noise, compression, resolution, vignetting and distortion are pretty good and well suited for most purposes.”

The french Focus Numerique (Click here for the translation) finalized their very detailed and interetsing review: “The new Pen E-P3 is definitely the best Micro 4 / 3 Olympus and deserves recommended. ”

REMINDER: Those are the direct search links to all the new Pana/Oly stuff:
Panasonic G3 search page at [shopcountry 22077].
Panasonic GF3 search page at [shopcountry 23109].
Panasonic-Leica 25mm f/1.4 search page at [shopcountry 23110].
Olympus E-P3 search page at [shopcountry 23568].
Olympus 12mm f/2.0 search page at [shopcountry 23576].
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 page at [shopcountry 23577].

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First Olympus 45mm f/1.8 review by Pekka Potka

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The two new Oly lenses, the 45mm and 12mm (Clubsnap)

You can read a new Olympus 45mm f/1.8 review made by Pekka Potka (Click here and than click on the 45mm link under “latest”): “The sweet point is from 2.8 to 5.6. Contrast and sharpness are very good. Shooting JPEGs I didn´t notice any need to worry about distortion, vignetting or chromatic aberrations. Lens has problems with flare only with sun hitting front lens against or nearly against the light. It is optically a lot better lens than its price tag says“.

The lens will start shipping in very late September and there are only a few places now where you can preorder it:

Adorama (Click here), J&R (Click here), Amazon DE (Click here), Amazon FR (Click here), Amazon JP (Click here) and on [shoplink 24774 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Reminder: Clubsnap (Click here) has been the very first to post some 45mm f/1.8 image samples.

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E-P3 vs Leica M9 (Steve Huff) and manual focusing test (Digitalrev)

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The video above shows a manual focusing test made by Digitalrev. They compared the [shoplink 23568]E-P3 vs [shoplink 23109]GF3[/shoplink] vs NEX-C3[/shoplink].

Crazy Comparison – The Olympus E-P3 with 12mm vs the Leica M9 with 24 Summilux by Steve Huff (Click here).

Peter Lueck (Click here to read the google english translation) tested the new [shoplink 23576]12mm lens[/shoplink].

REMINDER: Those are the direct search links to all the new Pana/Oly stuff:
Panasonic G3 search page at [shopcountry 22077].
Panasonic GF3 search page at [shopcountry 23109].
Panasonic-Leica 25mm f/1.4 search page at [shopcountry 23110].
Olympus E-P3 search page at [shopcountry 23568].
Olympus 12mm f/2.0 search page at [shopcountry 23576].
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 page at [shopcountry 23577].

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Plenty of new E-P1 and E-P2 cameras at Olympusmarket.

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[shoplink 22691 ebay][/shoplink] [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink] keeps offering tons of refurbished stuff. And now we have plenty of E-P1 and E-P2 cameras. Can’t wait to find some E-P3 soon too! EU citizen only can buy those products!

Micro Four Thirds

[shoplink 24706 ebay]Olympus 9-18mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24707 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24708 ebay]Olympus E-P2 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24709 ebay]Olympus 75-300mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24710 ebay]Olympus 40-150mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24713 ebay]Olympus E-P2 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24714 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24715 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24717 ebay]Olympus E-P2 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24718 ebay]Olympus E-PL2 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24720 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24721 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with 14-150mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24723 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24725 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 body only[/shoplink] [shoplink 24726 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24727 ebay]Olympus E-P1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24728 ebay]Olympus E-P1 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24729 ebay]Olympus E-PL2 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24730 ebay]Olympus 17mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24731 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with 14-150mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24733 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24734 ebay]Olympus E-P2 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24736 ebay]Olympus 75-300mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24737 ebay]Olympus 40-150mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24738 ebay]Olympus E-P2 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24739 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24741 ebay]Olympus E-PL2 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24742 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24743 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24745 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 body only[/shoplink] [shoplink 24746 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24747 ebay]Olympus E-P1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24748 ebay]Olympus E-P1 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24749 ebay]Olympus E-PL2 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24750 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with 14-150mm lens[/shoplink]

Four Thirds

[shoplink 24705 ebay]Olympus E-450 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24711 ebay]Olympus 12-60mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24712 ebay]Olympus 355mm macro lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24716 ebay]Olympus E-450 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24719 ebay]Olympus E-30 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24722 ebay]Olympus 11-22mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24724 ebay]Olympus E-450 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24732 ebay]Olympus E-450 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24740 ebay]Olympus E-450 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 24744 ebay]Olympus E-450 with double kit lens[/shoplink]
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