Olympus announces a small superzoom compact (no m43 news today)

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When the sources sent me the info that there would be a small announcement I didn’t think it would be that small :) Event the 60mm macro hasn’t been officially released (even if Amazon displayed the 60mm lens on their server).
Olympus announced the new Olympus SP-820UZ superzoom compact camera. More info at ePhotozine.

UPDATE: Just want to make it clear that sources only told me about a “small announcement coming”. When I got the Amazon 60mm brochure it was my guess that it may be related to the 60mm macro. I was wrong :(

As I told you before the bog Mirrorless stuff is going to be announced in mid September! Same for Panasonic!

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a (mini) little bit of everything…

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land of sicilia from emeric (shot with the GH2)

Within a few hours we will maybe see an official Olympus press release about the 60mm macro. meantime let me catch up with some small news:

The Tokina 30mm lens will cost 399 Euro in Europe (Photoscala).
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 Photos at Photographyblog.
The Bad Photography Marketing Awards for 2012 (Lensrentals).
Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX7 Review at Photographyblog.
Panasonic GF5 review at Cnet.
As you know I am supporting the small blog from my very close friend Elena. She is living a tuff time in Greek and I sent her an Olympus E-Pl1 I bought at [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink] to help her to tell&show her stories. First E-PL1 picturs have now been posted at Greekdiaris (Click here).
Olympics, pictures by Farrukh.
Would you spend 23.690,00 EUR for the Olympus SP-720? You can on [shoplink 32898 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

See you soon!

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Next PEN deal: E-PL2 with kit lens for $299 (E-M5 in Europe for 879???)

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A limited quantity of E-Pl2 cameras with kit lens is for sale for $299 on [shoplink 32959 ebay]BestBuy eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. If you are on budget go for it and don’t wait for the new PEN cameras…those will be a lot more expensive :)

For Europeans: Please check if the deal is correct. There is a Silver E-m5 body for 879 Euro via [shoplink 32960 ebay]Polyphoto on eBay Italy (Click here)[/shoplink]. If the price is with VAT included it’s a hell of a price!

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(FT5) Don’t expect anything big from tomorrow. Big Oly announcement is coming mid September…

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Is that weird Panasonic m43 camcorder coming too?

I now got confirmation from trusted sources that tomorrows (August 22th) announcement is pretty much insignificant (60mm macro release only). The real big thing is coming exactly mid September just a few days before the big Photokina start. The sources also confirmed that two PEN cameras are arriving. None of them yet mentioned an E-7 camera. And he High End OMD is something we have to expect in early 2013.

Panasonic will have announcement in mid September too (Gh3 and new lenses). I am also curious to see if the Panasonic camcorder we found on a patent will also come for real…More pictures here (Click on thumbnails to enlarge):

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Olympus E-M5 links roundup…

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Festival d’été 2012 / Serge Lopez, Kiko Ruiz et Bernardo Sandoval. The video on top is taken with the E-M5. I love the colors and the music! Thanks Stefano!

Here is a short roundup of latest [shoplink 29074]Olympus E-M5[/shoplink] reviews. At that time most of you will have the E-M5 in your own hands. I hope you are enjoying the cam!

Head to Head Review: Olympus OM-D E-M5 v Nikon D7000 at Photographyblog: “In summary, there’s no clear winner – and that alone says volumes about how far compact system cameras have come in the last few years. That the Olympus OM-D E-M5 can hold its own against one of the most highly regarded prosumer/semi-professional DSLR cameras of recent years is a huge surprise”

M43eu (Translation here) tested the Panasonic 3D lens on the E-M5.

Readers mail: “My name is Tavinho Costa, I just bought a EM-5 and for the last month i’ve been using it on the streets of são paulo and the cities that i visit. I’m a fashion photographer and i’m starting to shoot with the OMD on magazines, i will send the results to you guys later!
hope you like my blog – http://tavinhocosta.tumblr.com the last month is 100% OMD!“

Lenses Compared On the E-M5 at ePhotozine:
Canon 200mm f/4 with FD mount designed for use on the Canon A series of cameras ([shoplink 32927 ebay]find the lens here on eBay[/shoplink]).
Nikon’s Nikkor 200mm f/4 from the 70s/90s when the FE2 and FM2 ruled the prosumer market ([shoplink 32928 ebay]find the lens here on eBay[/shoplink]).
Pentax K SMC 200mm f/4 from the days of the highly popular student camera the K1000 ([shoplink 32929 ebay]find the lens here on eBay[/shoplink]).
Pentax Takumer 200mm f/5.6 – a preset lens from the 60s with an M42 screw mount that was designed for use on the Spotmatic ([shoplink 32930 ebay]find the lens here on eBay[/shoplink]).

The E-M5 keeps being a hotselelr at A.US (ranking here). Olympus E-M5 search links at [shopcountry 29074].

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(FT3) Olympus announcement on Wednesday?

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Good Morning!

Let’s start this week with the first good news. I still have no confirmation from top sources but it is likely that Olympus will have a product announcement on Wednesday (August 22th at 6-7 am London time). As I told you before this shouldn’t be a camera announcement but more likely a 60mm macro and accessory release. I still don’t know if the crazy little 15mm lens will also be announced on that day. Because a source told us the “New cheap olympus M43 body on his way and goes along with the cheap f8 lens“. This means it could be announced the same day of the E-PM2 (around mid September). But as I said I still have no super reliable confirmation of that. So stay tuned!

P.S: Panasonic announcement is likely scheduled for mid September too!

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