Dpreview tried to found an answer to the following question: Can software ever take the place of optical excellence?
They tested four cameras: Canon Powershot S90
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And what did they discover? “Purely optically-corrected design have an edge over the Micro Four Thirds lens that combines both optical and digital correction.”
Interesting!
Read more on dpreview.
Letsgodigital just posted their latest Olympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mm
In the meanwhile one owner noticed a “extreme softness on the right side” (dpreview forum). Hope this is a problem with that specific sample and not a general issue.
Other 9-18mm reviews:
– slrgear
– dpreview
Click here to check the current price of the lens: Olympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mm
Panasonic just launched a new cashback action. You get 200 Euro cashback when you purchase the Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1
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Read more on Panasonic Germany and Panasonic Japan.
I don’t know yet if the same action is available in other countries…
If you need to know why the NEX-5 can’t overshadow MicroFourThirds cameras read the preview on Luminous Landscape. They are very satisfied with the cameras image quality but: “Sony’s engineers and marketing people had a mandate when it came to the design of the NEX-5, and unfortunately the needs of the more advanced photographer were not part of that brief.”
Read more: Luminous Landscape
The following patent is really old. The Publication Date is 04/10/1991!
But I thought you would be interested to read more about it: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0225408B1.html
It shows that Olympus already had a plan for building a modular camera a very long time ago ;)
You can now preorder the Olympus E-PL1 For Dummies on amazon (click here)
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prooves once again how popular the camera is. The same book is also available for pre-order on Amazon UK (click here)
But there are more new books coming (click on the link to visit the product page on amazon.com):
– David Busch’s Olympus PEN EP-2 Guide to Digital Photography
– Olympus Pen Series Tutorial DVD, including E-PL1 (E PL1) by QuickPro
– David Busch’s Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 Guide to Digital Photography
One thing we noticed is that in Germany you have tons of books about FourThirds and MicroFourThirds cameras. Check out the book list for Olympus PEN (click here)
The last new entries are the Olympus PEN
The Olympus PEN book will be soon available in Amzon UK (click here)
I only found Panasonic related books on Amazon France
Do you have some book suggestions?
Thanks!
Ale
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Shootouts vs K-7, GF-1, EP-1 and EP-2! (RiceHigh)
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Panasonic GF1 review at Digital-Photography-School
