Panasonic 35-100mm X lens hands-on at Dpreview.

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Dpreview (Click here) posted the 35-100mm X lens hands-on along some image samples. They write: “our first impressions of the Lumix G X Vario 35-100mm F2.8 OIS are that it’s an excellent little lens – well made, fast-focusing, and optically impressive. A familiar question mark hangs over Panasonic’s pricing, though; the $1500 / £1000 tag is far from insignificant.”

Indeed the high price may be the the only real big downside of this lens. Anyway, we can still hope that Panasonic will make some nice discount like they are doing now on the 12-35mm X sister lens (-$200 here at Amazon). That would make it much easier to sell this lens!

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US deal: Save $150 on refurbished Olympus E-M5 cameras!

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Today is E-M5 news day. After the new firmware update release we have another good news. That time for US readers. You can save up to $150 on a long list of refurbished E-M5 cameras. Those are camera in like new conditions and with guarantee. Her eis the list:

You save $150 on the Silver E-m5 body at [shoplink 33992 ebay]Cametaauctions (Click here)[/shoplink] and Camera store (Click here).
You save $150 on the Black E-m5 with 14-42mm lens at [shoplink 33993 ebay]Cametaauctions (Click here)[/shoplink] and Camera store (Click here).
You save $150 on the Silver E-m5 with 16-50mm kit lens at [shoplink 33994 ebay]Cametaauctions (Click here)[/shoplink] and Camera store (Click here).

The full olympus refurbished Cameta page can be seen here.

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First two Olympus 17mm f/1.8 image samples…

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One of the nicest new announcement at photokina was that Olympus 17mm f/1.8 lens. Sadly Olympus didn’t release any official image sample to see how good (or bad) the image quality is. But a Dpreview forum member (Click here) managed to take two shots with the prototype version that was on show at photokina. Those pics definitely can’t unveil what the quality of the lens will be. For now also price and availability are unknown. Hope it doens’t take that long to see it in store! This is one of the mft lenses I would like to own.

 

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New E-M5 firmware 1.5 released!!!

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Nice to wake up and find news like this! [shoplink 29074]Olympus E-M5[/shoplink] owners can upgrade their camera to the Version 1.5! Olympus grouped all mini updates in one single major release. The screenshot on top shows you the list of the fixes.Let us know if you find some nice improvement here and there.

Source: http://www.olympus.co.jp/en/support/imsg/digicamera/download/software/firm/omd/em5.html

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There is a $80 gift card deal on all Olympus cameras (Click here to see the detailed deal page on Amazon).

E-M5 at Amazon, Adorama, B&H, Jessops, Amazon UK, Amazon Germany, Amazon France, Amazon Japan and Digitalrev.

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E-M5 Case:
There is the official [shoplink 31898 ebay]CS-36FBC Olympus case[/shoplink]. A [shoplink 31899 ebay]leather half case from Hong Kong[/shoplink]. A full [shoplink 31900 ebay]leather case with strap from Cina[/shoplink]. Than we have half cases from two well known producers, [shoplink 31901 ebay]Zelenpol[/shoplink], [shoplink 31906 ebay]Kaza[/shoplink] and [shoplink 31902 ebay]Gariz[/shoplink].

E-M5 Batteries, and other things:
The [shoplink 31905 ebay]Olympus GS-4 strap[/shoplink] and the [shoplink 31903 ebay]DSTE E-M5 batteries[/shoplink] you have to use with an extra charger. There is an [shoplink 31903 ebay]E-M5 car charger[/shoplink] a [shoplink 31908 ebay]new E-M5 LCD screen[/shoplink] and a [shoplink 31909 ebay]Front Cover+ Top Panel[/shoplink].

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New sub 300 Euro MFT camera roundup for Europe.

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[/shoplink] You don’t have to spend a lot of money to join the Micro Four Thirds system. Here is a roundup for all European readers that want an interchangeable camera for less than 300 Euro. All cameras are new! Click on the name to see the auction:
[shoplink 33945 ebay]White Olympus E-P1 body for 184 Euro on eBay Germany[/shoplink] [shoplink 33941 ebay]Silver Olympus E-PL2 body for 189 Euro on eBay Germany[/shoplink] [shoplink 33938 ebay]Black Olympus E-PM1 body for 209 Euro on eBay Germany[/shoplink] [shoplink 33949 ebay]Black Panasonic GF3 body for 247 Euro on eBay Germany[/shoplink] [shoplink 33940 ebay]White Olympus E-PM1 body for 249 Euro on eBay France[/shoplink] [shoplink 33944 ebay]White Olympus E-P1 body for 249 Euro on eBay Germany[/shoplink] [shoplink 33947 ebay]Black Olympus E-P2 body for 249 Euro on eBay Germany[/shoplink] [shoplink 33948 ebay]Silver Olympus E-PL3 body for 259 Euro on eBay Germany[/shoplink] [shoplink 33939 ebay]Silver Olympus E-PM1 with kit lens for 280 Euro on eBay Germany[/shoplink] [shoplink 33946 ebay]Black Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens for 287 Euro on eBay Germany[/shoplink]

And here are some lens deals:
[shoplink 33950 ebay]Nokton 25mm for 639 Euro on eBay Italy[/shoplink] [shoplink 33952 ebay]Olympus 75mm lens for 769 eBay France[/shoplink] [shoplink 33951 ebay]Olympus 75mm lens for 830 eBay Spain[/shoplink] [shoplink 33943 ebay]Nokton 17.5mm for 1079 Euro on eBay Germany[/shoplink]

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Olympus and Sony conference in Tokyo: Sony will supply sensors while Olympus will share lens and mirrorless tehcnology.

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So it’s done guys! Olympus and Sony will now officially work together on the mirrorless front. Today Sony-Olympus held a press conference in Tokyo and you can read more about it on DC.watch (translation here). In short:
– It is Sony’s interest to keep the MFT system well alive
– Sony will supply sensors to Olympus
– Olympus will share their lens and mirrorless knowledge and technology to Sony
– Future mirrorless camera parts may be co developed by Sony and Olympus (example EVF and OLED screen).

For now this sounds like a good deal. It also opens a new kind of possibilities for Olympus. For example they could make lenses for the NEX system or even uses Sony’s FF sensors for a new PRO system. But all that is just speculation for now!

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