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For US: The sub $300 MFT camera deals roundup!

October 6, 2012
deals
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[shoplink 34055 ebay]

[/shoplink] Yesterday we had two great US deals on the E-PL1 and GF3. Two readers sent me some more links to cheap Micro Four Thirds cameras. So here is the overall link list including yesterdays deals:
Olympus E-PL1 body sells for $139 at Amazon (Click here)
Silver Olympus E-P1 body for $189 at [shoplink 33960 ebay]Rhyanna (Click here)[/shoplink] Black Olympus E-PL1 body for $199 at [shoplink 33964 ebay]Tvwu (Click here)[/shoplink] Silver Olympus E-P1 body for $213 at [shoplink 33961 ebay]Rhyanna (Click here)[/shoplink] Red Panasonic GF3 for $233 at [shoplink 33957 ebay]BigValue (Click here)[/shoplink] Black Olympus E-PL2 body for $239 at [shoplink 34061 ebay]Zmdistribution (Click here).
Black Panasonic GF3 for $263 at [shoplink 34054 ebay]China Bedding (Click here)[/shoplink] Black Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens for $269 at [shoplink 33966 ebay]Zmdistribution (Click here)[/shoplink] and Amazon (Click here).
Black Panasonic GF3 with kit lens for $299 at [shoplink 34055 ebay]Tech (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 34056 ebay]Californiaint (Click here)[/shoplink].
Panasonic GF3 with kit lens is available for $311 only at Amazon (Click here).

And than we have many refurbished PEN cameras at Cameta (Click here to see the list). There are for example:
Black E-PL1 for $119
Black E-PM1 for $169
Black E-P2 for $189
Black E-PL1 with lens for $199
Black E-PM1 with lens for $249

As you see, there are many chances to get a MFT camera for less than $300!

Blackmagic versus Canon 5DmarkIII video test.

October 6, 2012
reviews
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Comparing the Cinema Camera & 5D Mk III from OneRiver Media on Vimeo.

As you know not only Panasonic and Olympus but also Blackmagic announced their first videocamera with native Micro Four Thirds mount. The video on top shows how good the Blackmagic compares with the popular Canon 5DmarkII Full Frame camera.

The camera itself can be preordered at BHphoto (Click here) and will ship from December 30th.

A Micro Four Thirds database overview (by Eric)

October 6, 2012
news
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43rumors reader Eric created a MFT database some of you might find useful to check out and use. This is his original mail sent to me this week:

Eric: “This spreadsheet helps me keep track of all the MFT lenses and how they relate to each other, so I can try to do a better job of picking-the-next-lens than I have in the past.
I don’t know what other people use, if anything, but I thought someone might find these useful.”

All Lenses-Specs
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87870429@N06/8041366928/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Primes-Graph
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87870429@N06/8041366610/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Zooms-Graph
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87870429@N06/8041357975/sizes/l/in/photostream/

PrimesByCompany-Cost
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87870429@N06/8041366696/sizes/l/in/photostream/

PrimesByCompany-Chart
http://www.flickr.com/photos/87870429@N06/8041366752/sizes/l/in/photostream/

Thanks Eric!

Hackers already collecting money to buy and hack the GH3!

October 5, 2012
news
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The GH3 is a very good camera but hackers are already on work to make it become even better! At Personal View (Click here) you can help them to collect the necessary money to buy the GH3. Than there is one simple question. What features should they add on the brand new GH3? Let’s hear the voice of your imagination :)

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E-PL5 shipment from October 12th. New Olympus Interview (there is no unprocessed RAW conversion)

October 5, 2012
news
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The japanese site Kakaku reports that the new E-Pl5 will start to ship from October 12th. It will ship in EU and US one week later (Bhphoto says Oct. 23th). And our australian readers can now preorder the E-PL5 at Digidirect.

There is also a new Olympus interview at DSLRmagazine (Tranlsation here). The first interesting news that olympus admits that there is now “clean” RAW file conversion. It means that all processed RAW files are actually modifying the image “especially with regard to distortion control“. DSLRmagazine also shows you in the article how the RAW processing works.

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Panasonic G5 gets DxOmarked. GF3 with lens for $311 (Gold Box deal)

October 4, 2012
deals, reviews
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The Panasonic G5 sensor got tested at DxOmark (Click here). The good news is that it is better than the G3 and GX1 sensor. But it’s still 10 points away from the best m43 camera which is the [shoplink 29074]Olympus E-M5[/shoplink]. Can’t wait to see the GH3 score! My guess is that it will be on par with the E-M5!

Hot deal of the day: The Panasonic GF3 with kit lens is available for $311 only at Amazon (Click here). And it quickly became the most sold m43 camera (ranking here). Thanks jdhodges.com.

E-PL1 for $139. 2% Back in Rewards at Amazon. AG-AF100 discontinued.

October 4, 2012
deals
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This is now the cheapest new Micro Four Thirds camera you can buy. The Olympus E_Pl1 body sells for $139 at Amazon (Click here – Thanks jdhodges.com for finding the deal). We also have a new small 2% Back in Rewards on almost all camera and lens purchases at Amazon (Click here to read the conditions). Not a big discount but if you have to buy a lot of stuff than it’s actually a very good deal.

And than we have an interesting news. BHphoto (Click here) marked the AG-AF100 as “discontinued”. The question is, when will Panasonic announce the successor? My guess, right before the Las Vegas event in January :)