One of our readers (E.O.) had a “strange” experience:
“I could swear I saw a prototype Olympus modular at the Decatur Arts Festival near Atlanta this weekend. An Asian gentleman was walking around, a good distance from the edge of the crowd, shooting photos with what looked like an Olympus E1Olympus E1Olympus E1Olympus E1Olympus E1Olympus E1Olympus E1Olympus E1Olympus E1Olympus E1Olympus E1 with a battery grip. I went up to talk 4/3, but when I got closer, I saw what looked like a removable square module for the lens mount that would slide in and out from the top. There was a definite groove around the bottom and sides of the lens mount. The only markings were OLYMPUS above the lens mount. When I came up and said “Is that the new Olympus?”, he looked shocked, covered the camera with his arm, and literally ran away. ????? Maybe I just startled him, but it was a very bizarre camera. Maybe we will see at Photokina.”

It is not the first time 43rumors has received such kind of rumors. And we know you should take it with a grain of salt. In a second email E.O. sent me some more informations:

“I did not get that good a look at the camera, since once I approached him, he covered it and ran off. I did not see him remove a module, but as best I could see, it looked like the whole lens mount would slide in from the top. There was a distinct line below and to the sides of the lens mount, but not on top, so I would guess they slide in from the top. Perhaps that would allow a choice between EVF and Optical? The camera itself looked like a combination of an E1 and E 300E 300E 300E 300E 300E 300E 300E 300E 300E 300E 300 with a battery grip. It looked like he was using a 12-60 on it. The finish didn’t look great either, like it was cobbled together.

I don’t know why an Oly prototype would end up at an art festival in Atlanta, but it was definitely a strange camera.”

Do you have some rumors? Contact me at 43rumors@gmail.com (I will keep you anonymous of course!)

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Olympus 11-22mm tested on Photographyramblings
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E-PL1 + ZD 50mm f2 + 1.4x TC flower macros…(dpreview forum)
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Message from one of our readers: “Just in case anyone is interested the new Olympus Viewer 2 Software (Windows version) seems to work great with Linux and WINE. I’m running it on Gentoo Linux without any problems at all.
Stop Here if not interested in programming languages…
I tried earlier versions of one of their packages (Can’t remember which) but they relied on .Net which doesn’t easily work under Linux while this new version seems to be based off of C++. C++ usually (not always) yields faster programs and is much more compatible with my favorite OS (Linux). I’m a software engineer myself just so you know where I coming from.”
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Olympus E-PL1 vs Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10 (dkamera.de / google english translation)
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Night Shootout: Panasonic GF1 vs Canon 5d MarkII (Veoelmundo)
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In March we thought Panasonic could release a new External Live Viewfinder for the Panasonic GF1External Live Viewfinder for the Panasonic GF1External Live Viewfinder for the Panasonic GF1External Live Viewfinder for the Panasonic GF1External Live Viewfinder for the Panasonic GF1External Live Viewfinder for the Panasonic GF1External Live Viewfinder for the Panasonic GF1External Live Viewfinder for the Panasonic GF1External Live Viewfinder for the Panasonic GF1External Live Viewfinder for the Panasonic GF1External Live Viewfinder for the Panasonic GF1External Live Viewfinder for the Panasonic GF1. Japanese dealers wrote us that they were experiencing a shortage and Panasonic didn’t deliver them any new EVF. Now Unwire.hk interviewed Mr. Inoue from Panasonic (click here to read the google english translation)

And that are the most interesting things he said:
1) There will be more prime lenses (43rumors will tell you more about it soon!)
2) We will upgrade the Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1 camera with many professional features
3) No new EVF for the GF1

Many of our readers were disappointed with the high price of the new Panasonic 8mm f/3.5 ED Fisheye Lens ($799 on Amazon and 799 Euro in Europe).

For comparison only:
The Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5 price is $639.95.
The Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5 price is $899.00.
The Sony NEX system offers the fisheye adapter for $149.99 but we have to see how much quality you loose by using an adapter on the 16mm lens (whoch costs $249.99))

And let us (and Panasonic) know what you think!

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