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GH3 remote APP videos.

September 29, 2012
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If you are curious to see how the GH3 remote control works just watch these two vidoes. The first has been embedded here on top. The second can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od5fqlRba_g.

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Special GH3 page at Amazon (Click here) and a full Olympus presentation page at Amazon (Click here).
GH3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) and in Europe at Wexphotographic UK (horrible price in UK!).

Olympus 60mm macro and 12mm Black shipping (and massive new lens test roundup!)

September 29, 2012
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Image courtesy: Fotohanskeuzekamp.

Readers contacted me to say that the new Olympus 60mm macro lens is already shipping in US, Europe and Asia. To be more detailed they got them from Amazon, Adorama, and [shoplink 33616 ebay]eBay[/shoplink]. The 12mm Black edition is in Stock at Fotohanskeuzekamp.

And here is a new lens review roundup which includes many newly announced lenses:
SLRmagic 35mm f/1.4 test at M43.eu.
Olympus 75mm lens arrived (Soundimagesplus).
Panasonic 35-100mm X lens test at Popco.
Schneider lens release roundup at DSLRmagazine.
Panasonic 25mm lens test at KurtMunger and Tyson Robichaud.
Lensbaby Composer Pro for Micro Four Thirds with Sweet 35 Optic at ThePhoBlographer.
Voigtlander Nokton 17.5 mm f/0.95 Aspherical test at Lenstip.

Panasonic Interview at Imaging Resource.

September 28, 2012
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Imaging Resource (Click here) interviewed a group of Panasonic managers (engineers). The focus is of course on the newly announced Panasonic GH3. Enjoy the reading you future Gh3 owners :)
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(UPDATED) Olympus-Sony deal now official! They will work together on mirrorless cameras.

September 28, 2012
Rumors
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It’s done! After months of speculations the Olympus and Sony deal has been officially announced. Wall Street Journal reports: “Olympus said Friday it will raise ¥49 billion ($631.6 million) by issuing new shares to Sony Corp. With the capital tie-up, Sony will effectively become Olympus’s biggest shareholder, with a stake of 11.5% in terms of voting rights. The two companies also plan by the end of December to set up a joint venture to develop medical devices and to study collaboration in compact digital cameras.”

The last sentence is what we care about most: “collaboration in compact digital cameras“. I guess both will keep staying and competing with their own systems and share the sensor, oled and lens technology.

UPDATE: Engadget reports: “The deal also includes a component-sharing agreement in the photography space, with Olympus mirror cells and camera lenses being given to Sony, while image sensors (where Sony is very strong) will go the other way.”

UPDATE_2: Here you can download the offical press release text (.pdf).

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Olympus: E-5 successor could be Four Thirds, Micro Four Thirds or hybrid…

September 27, 2012
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Olympus President Haruo Ogawa has been interviewed by Imaging Resource (Click here). When asked about the E-5 successor he said: “We are considering several different ideas for a body that would accept Four Thirds lenses, but would also have on an acceptably compact size. At this moment, we cannot say anything for sure, because there are many possibilities — it could be Micro Four Thirds, or Four Thirds, or somehow a hybrid”

So could it be that both systems are about to merge in one single camera? A “hybrid” solution sounds mysterious, wondering how this could look like…

BIG shift lens is actually a Voigtländer lens

September 27, 2012
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via Personal View.

Two readers and Digitfoto had a talk with the guys from the German B.IG. company that developed the BIG shift lens. They confirmed that the lens is indeed directly based on the [shoplink 33839 ebay]Voigtlander Heliar 15mm f/4.5 (here on eBay)[/shoplink].

Reminder…these are the specs:

Specifications BIG Shift Lens 4,5 / 15 mm MFT
Focal length	15 mm (equivalent to 30 mm film)
Luminosity	4.5
Minimum aperture	22
Lens construction	8 elements in 6 groups
Focus Limit	50 cm
Diameter	65 mm
Length	45.5 mm
Weight	200 g
Filter thread	52 mm
Lens hood	integrated
Price	999, –

GH3 image samples, E-PL5 review and Olympus 60mm tests.

September 27, 2012
reviews
45 Comments

Good Morning (at least here in Europe)! Let’s start the new day with a roundup of news about the recently announced Panasonic/Olympus stuff. On top you can watch a commercial uploaded by Panasonic.

Panasonic GH3:
GH3 image gallery at Popphoto.
First three hours impression by Wasabi.

Olympus E-PL5:
Ming Thein posted the first Olympus E-PL3 review: “Ultimately, success at this end of the market will depend heavily on the camera’s price point. The rich feature set and overall refinement in operation make me curious to see what will succeed the E-P3; now if only they’d make one with a built-in EVF like the NEX-6…”
An E-PL5 hands-on has been posted on DC.watch (Tranlsation here).

Olympus 60mm macro:
Quick Look at the Olympus 60mm f/2.8 Macro at Lensrentals. They compared it with the 45mm Panasonic macro and said that: “the resolution of the two lenses is identical.”
First impression review by Admiringlight.

One more thing: A new article about the next generation viewfinder likely going to be used by Olympus in next generation cameras at ePhotozine.

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