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G5 shoots Olympics. E-M5 firmware Ver 1.2 pulled. E-PM1 for $299 (with lens).

July 28, 2012
news
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Panasonic G5
Via Dpreview: “Panasonic has announced that Getty Images sports photographer Dean Mouhtaropoulos will be covering the London 2012 Olympic Games exclusively using its recently-announced Lumix DMC-G5.” Great! Meantime BHphoto notified that the camera may ship from August 10 (see screenshot).

Olympus E-M5
Our reader Melchior noticed a problem on the E-M5 firmware update: “On the Olympus.jp site they say “The update service to Ver. 1.2 was temporarily discontinued. The update service to Ver. 1.1 is available. http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1041&message=42134144&refresh=1033“
E-M5 vs GH2 highlight recovering test at Dpreview forum. How Sharp is the $999 Olympus OM-D E-M5 vs the $6800 Canon EOS 1D X? (Diglloyd).
Different E-M5 kits keep goin in and out of Stock every hour. Check the status via: [shopcountry 29074].

E-PM1 and other deals:
Refurbished E-Pm1 with lens for $299 at [shoplink 32469 ebay]BHphoto eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. 20mm pancake for $359 at Amazon (Click here).

Hack your GX1 and G3 now!

July 27, 2012
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The team around Vitaly Kiselev now released the new version 3,66D of the PTool hacking software (Click here). It supports the Panasonic GX1 and G3 cameras. Our reader Nils posted some G3 test results and video samples on the Personal view forum. I guess sooner or later also the just announced G5 will be supported. As usual it’s nice to know our cameras can get better in time without to have to buy a new one!

Links to the two new hackable cameras:
Panasonic GX1 [shopcountry 26836] Panasonic G3 [shopcountry 22077].

GF3 Gold Box deal in US. $560 with X pancake zoom.

July 27, 2012
deals
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Panasonic US marketing department is working hard this summer! They are now (again) offering a new Gold Box deal. You can get the GF3 with X pancake zoom for much less than $600 at Amazon (Click here).

P.S. The 12-35mm X is back in Stock at Amazon (eleven lenses left in Stock at the moment of posting this). Almost all Black E-M5 kit versions are also in Stock (Click here).

(FT4) Olympus E-7 planed for second half 2013

July 27, 2012
Rumors
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[/shoplink] A trusted source that gave me (always) correct info in the past confirmed that Olympus has scheduled the release for the new E-7 for the second half of 2013. That’s a long way to go! Of course such long term rumors are subject to change but it’s also a confirmation that you should not expect any [shoplink 17163]E-5[/shoplink] replacement any time soon!

The real question is, how should the E-7 be in order to be competitive with the other APS-C DSLR cameras? You have some ideas? :)

P.S.: Search(!) Links o the current E-5 camera: [shopcountry 17163].

200 Euro price drop on the Nokton 17.5mm lens in Europe. New review by Lepidi.

July 27, 2012
reviews
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I always said that the Nokton 17.5mm f/0.95 is a superb lens and would probably be in my hands if it wouldn’t be that expensive. So I have good news to report today. At least in Europe the lens suddenly got around 200 Euro cheaper! Instead of the usual 1299 Euro you now pay 1049 at [shoplink 32407 ebay]Photo-Video eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and many lenses are avaialble for 1079 at [shoplink 32406 ebay]Foto Mundus eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

I am still trying to resist even if I just read that super nice review of the Nokton lens at Lepidi :)

P.S: In US the lens is in Stock for $1299 at Amazon (Click here).

Panasonic X in Stock. Olympus 75mm in Stock in UK.

July 26, 2012
deals
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A couple of readers got notification for the Olympus 75mm lens which should ship within the next few days in US and European stores. The first lens is in Stock via [shoplink 32435 ebay]eBay UK (Click here)[/shoplink]. The only thing in Stock in US is the official lens cap at [shoplink 32436 ebay]Adorama eBay (lol)[/shoplink]. Preorders are available at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon Germany and Amazon UK. And an alternative cheap [shoplink 32155 ebay]standard hood for $15 (Click here)[/shoplink] and a [shoplink 32156 ebay]tele hood for $16 (Click here)[/shoplink] via ebay Hong Kong.

In Stock: The Panasonic X zoom is still in Stock in limited quantity at Amazon (Click here). The Black E-M5 body is in Stock at Amazon (via JR) and at Adorama (Click here).

(FT4) Panasonic isn’t happy with the AG-AF100 sales. Considering a new strategy.

July 26, 2012
Rumors
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The AG-AF100 Micro Four Thirds mount videocamera

Photokina will not only be important for the classic photo-cameras but maybe also for the mirrorless video-cameras. A source told me a while ago that Panasonic has deleted the AG AF line. The reason for that is that the AF100 had not been selling well and had seen a significant price drop since launch.

So what can we expect now? “Rumors” are floating around the web saying that Panasonic will now concentrate on a Super 35mm camera. This may be indirectly a good news regarding the GH3. They can now focus to make that camera rule in terms of video quality without to fear that this will take away some AG-AF100 sales.

Hopefully I can get some GH3 info soon! As usual feel free to send me completely save and anonymous messages through the contact form you see on the right sidebar. No identification needed and no info (like IP) gets stored! Juts use a fake name so that I can recognize you in future. Thanks!

P.S.: The AG-AF100 has a $500 rebate ongoing at BHphoto until late September (yep…until Photokina). The still super GH2 sells for $1,129 with kit lens at Amazon (lowest price ever).