Rumors from others (dreaming of a digital medium format mirrorless camera)

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Let’s start with the most unlikely but also more fascinating rumor: Canon and Samsung are planning to enter the medium format market. Time to dream a digital mirrorless Mamiya 7? (Mirrorlessrumors / Canonrumors)

Pentax will release a mirrorless camera at Photokina (Mirrorlessrumors).

Nikon new mirrorless camera patent but no camera at Photokina? (Mirrorlessrumors / Nikonrumors).

No new Sony NEX camera at Photokina (SonyAlphaRumors)

New Samsung NX100 leaked (Photorumors)

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Olympus 14-150mm and Panasonic G1 reviewed!

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Letsgodigital tested the new [shoplink 14800]Olympus 14-150mm[/shoplink] lens: http://www.letsgodigital.org/en/26746/olympus-lens-review/. Their conclusions? On a Olympus body: “For every other photographer, it is recommended for easy and relaxed photography!“. If you own a Panasonic MFT camera than you will lack IS (Image Stabilization).

Alphamountworls also wrote a nice Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 Review: http://www.alphamountworld.com/reviews/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g1-review. Cgarrard has some mixed feelings regarding the G1 but he amdits that “I grab the G1 quite often right now.“.

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(FT3) Is it the GF2/GH2 or GF3/GH3?

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We know that specs and features is what we are looking for but it would be also “nice” to know the real name of the next Panasonic cameras! A new source contacted us to say that Panasonics new GF camera will be called GF3 and not GF2!

That sounds very likely because few months ago Imaging Resource had a chance to talk with Yoshiyuki Inoue (senior camera planner from Panasonic Corporation). Adn he said that the GH3 or a GF3 may having different AF in movies…

So may we should call them GF3 and GH3!

Reminder: There is a superdeal ongoing at Amazon -> Panasonic GF1 with 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Lens for $649.99 (click here to buy the camera now!) and BHphoto (same price)

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Seriouscompact mirrorless size comparison and RiceHigh “provocation”: What’s the Meaning of Micro-4/3 Now?

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Serious compacts posted a mirrorless size comparison (well done!). Images and text below are from Amin Sabet (please visit SeriousCompact to see the full article).

Above (left to right): Olympus mZD 14-42mm lens (kit zoom for Olympus Micro 4/3 cameras, shown collapsed), Sony NEX 18-55mm lens (kit zoom for Sony NEX cameras), Panasonic 14-45mm lens (kit zoom for Panasonic G1 and GF1), Panasonic 14-42mm lens (kit zoom for Panasonic G2 and G10), Samsung NX 18-55 (kit zoom for Samsung NX10)

Above (left to right): Sony NEX 16mm f/2.8, Samsung 30mm f/2, [shoplink 14796]Panasonic 20mm f/1.7[/shoplink].

Above (left to right): Olympus E-PL1 with Olympus mZD 14-42 (collapsed), Sony NEX5 with Sony 18-55, Panasonic GF1 with Panasonic 14-42 (Sorry, wrong kit lens pictured; should have been the 14-45, which is slightly smaller as shown in the first image in this post)

Above (left to right): [shoplink 14828]Panasonic GF1[/shoplink] with Panasonic 20mm f/1.7, [shoplink 14908]Sony NEX5[/shoplink] with Sony 16mm f/2.8, [shoplink 14832]Olympus E-PL1[/shoplink] with Panasonic 20mm f/1.7

Source: SeriousCompacts.com


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And I would like to know from our readers what they think about the folowing post from RiceHigh “If Size Really Matters, What’s the Meaning of Micro-4/3 Now?

Just my two cent…The [shoplink 14908]Sony NEX-3(5)[/shoplink] surprised us all with their compact size, but they also had to sacrifice the usability. Anyway, I am sure Panasonic and Olympus will soon release even smaller cameras…

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More NEX vs MFT comparisons:

E-P1 vs [shoplink 14834]G2[/shoplink] vs Nex-5 (dc.yesky.com / google english translation)

Leica X1 vs [shoplink 14830]E-P2[/shoplink] vs NEX-5 Jpeg comparison test by Steve Huff

[shoplink 14908]Sony NEX-5[/shoplink], [shoplink 14898]Samsung NX10[/shoplink] and Panasonic’s Lumix G2 Shootout on Popphoto

[shoplink 14908]Sony NEX-3[/shoplink] vs. Olympus E-PL1 vs. Leica X1 at Motimotion

[shoplink 14908]Sony NEX-5[/shoplink] vs [shoplink 14828]Panasonic GF1[/shoplink] (DPreview forum)

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a little bit of everything…(GH1 vs 7D -> an inconvenient truth!)

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[shoplink 15024]Canon 7D[/shoplink] vs Hacked [shoplink 14826]Panasonic GH1[/shoplink] – 1080P 24fps versus comparison – Bundled lenses

Maria Sharapova Photographed in Action with the [shoplink 14832]Olympus E-PL1[/shoplink] (Thedigitalstory)

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ100 Sample Gallery on Dpreview

Fujifilm’s phase detection system explained (DPreview)

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FS30 Review (Photographyblog)

Mirrorless Mania! Which camera should I get? (TysonRobichaud)

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