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The Lumix Festival in Hannover presentation on Photoscala (google english translation)
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Hands on •Panasonic 8mm-Fisheye on flickr (by reality scanner)
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With the title “This Changes Everything ” Luminous Landscape analyzed the Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1 Video Hack improvements
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Lightroom 3 Review at Photograpyblog
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Something different for medium format film lovers: Steve Huff reviewed the Fuji GF670Fuji GF670Fuji GF670Fuji GF670Fuji GF670Fuji GF670Fuji GF670Fuji GF670Fuji GF670Fuji GF670Fuji GF670!
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Interview with Thom Hogan (Petapixel)
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New case for our Olympus PEN (Olympus Japan)

All our most important sources confirmed that Olympus is working on a completely new modular camera system. Some of them told us that Olympus original plan was to first release the Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3 successor and after that the first modular camera. But now Olympus is forcing the modular camera development and there are three possible scenarios:

1) They release the Olympus E-5 at Photokina and the first modular camera by end 2010-early 2011.
2) They will skip the Olympus E-5 release and announce a semi modular camera (it means with not all the planned features)
3) Olympus makes the miracle and the modular camera should come with all the new features.

What kind of features will the modular camera have?
1) New sensor with a small increse of total Megapixels (14-15 MP)
2) You will be able to use both m4/3 and 4/3 lenses
3) faster autofocus
4) completely new design (based on the Olympus OM4tiOlympus OM4tiOlympus OM4tiOlympus OM4tiOlympus OM4tiOlympus OM4tiOlympus OM4tiOlympus OM4tiOlympus OM4tiOlympus OM4tiOlympus OM4ti)
5) easy-intuitive and fast controls
6) The mount should be modular but separated from the sensor module. Olympus will probably not take the path of the one piece lens-sensor modul from Ricoh GXR (and that’s good news!)

We are currently receiving some rumors about the modular camera but we are still not certain how exactly the real camera will look like. Contact us at 43rumors@gmail.com if you can and want tell us more!

Thanks!

Oh, and one more picture of the original Maitani modular system:

Raymonds “Old” Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3Olympus E-3 died and he sent the camera twice to the European Olympus workshop. And…”Today Oly called me and told me they are writing the camera off, and they offered me a new camera.. However, since we expect a new model soon (!), I asked them if I could rest my case till I have seen the new one. They accepted that. Of course, I would probably have to pay something for that upgrade.”
Source: Raymond (dpreview forum)

DSLRphoto wrote a facebook post which says that Tamron could soon make m4/3 lenses. The only issue I see with that “rumor” is that Sony is the major shareholder of Tamron and I don’t know if they really want to make the m4/3 sys

read the original post written in spanish: http://www.facebook.com/pages/DSLR-Magazine/91408188189

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Panasonic G10 Review at Infosync. Some image sampels are available on flickr.
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Olympus 14-150mmOlympus 14-150mmOlympus 14-150mmOlympus 14-150mmOlympus 14-150mm lens flare test (Pen-and-tell)
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Email from readers:
“This is not earth shattering but there appears to be a shortage of 7-14mm and 45mm Panasonic lens.
I ordered them with Panasonic Direct and after I make the order they shipped the camera / 20mm but then told me the two lens were on Back Order. After going though a couple layers of people at Panasonic Direct I got a managers on the phone they were able to check all of their stock locations and they are out of both lens and do not expect more until late Sept.”
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Email from readers:
“My panasonic g10 kit arrived today. I took tripod mounted pics in low light for iso’s 100-6400. 800-6400 samples are also included with lightroom 3.0’s (another new toy) noise reduction, which I found impressive. The set with explanations are on my page here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregoryfo/sets/72157624131038987/
Overall I think I will like the camera. It will be the in the car always around camera. The camera is very light even compared with the gf1, but feels solid. The kit lens was a bit larger/longer then I expected, and I am not that happy with how is balances on my gf1. It fits much nicer on the g10. I think the gf1 will be pretty exclusively mated with the 20 1.7 and olympus 9-18 and when I need the 14-42 or 45-200 I will use the g10.”
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Olympus outs the X-560WP, T100 waterproof, entry-level digital cameras (Electronista)
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Deals:
BHphoto has the blue G2 in Stock