ePhotozine says: Why buy a DSLR when you can have the G3? :)

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[shoplink 22077][/shoplink] ePhotozine (Click here) posted a new [shoplink 22077]Panasonic G3[/shoplink] review. And I love that part of their conclusion text: “With such impressive image quality and high speed focusing, the reasons for buying a true Digital SLR seem to be becoming less and less important, and the added bonus of a much more compact system is making the Micro Four Thirds systems much more appealing, especially with the number of high quality lenses available increasing.” And of course the camera gets “Highly Recommended” by the reviewer team.

If you want that camera click those direct search links to find the G3: [shopcountry 22077].

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First images of the “new” Noktor 50mm f/0.95 lens (same old optical design!)

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Zdp-189.tumblr.com toke that picture of the new Noktor Hyperprime 50mm f/0.95 production (demo model) post acquisition by SLRMagic from their showroom in Sim City, Mongkok. I have been told by the SLRmagic guys that they remade the focusing part of the lens to get perfect infinity focus. And every lens has to be tuned before to go for sale and that (alng the stonrg yen) is the reason for the higher production costs. The new lens should hit the stores by end of the month.

P.S.: Those are the links to the other three lenses made by SLRmagic:
SLR magic 11mm f/1.4 lens you can preorder on [shoplink 22154 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] Toy Lens 26mm f/1.4 lens on [shoplink 18603 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] SLR Magic 35mm f/1.7 MC lens on [shoplink 14881 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]

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First Hacked GH2 footage!

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“Cinegraphy” posted this very first 133 Mbit video shot with the hacked GH2 on Personal-View.com: “The name says it all: a 133 Mbit Mjpeg Clip, straight from my [shoplink 16254]GH2[/shoplink], not edited / graded / transcoded before upload…
Of course watching it on Vimeo doesn’t make that much sense, since it’s only interesting from a technical point of view; you’re welcome to download the source file…
Following settings were used (regarding Mpeg tweeking): Quality 400/300/250/188; Table 4/4/4/4 (as far as I know these are some settings, Modulr developed for the GH13 Firmware hack 1-2 years ago)…”

EosHD posted another video with the hacked GH2: “A preview of my shot film shot using the GH2 hack in 4:3 MJPEG mode with a LOMO 2x anamorphic lens. For the first time we can shoot as intended with a 2x anamorphic lens on a DSLR. 4:3 converts to true 2.35:1 cinemascope with such a lens. Anamorphic lenses were used on some great all time classics, Blade Runner and Alien for instance.” See a lis of anamorphic lenses on [shoplink 23850 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

Please follow that topic to read everything you need to know about the GH2: http://www.personal-view.com/talks/discussion/332/ptool-3.60d-topic

Thanks again Vitaly for your amazing work!

Click those direct search links to see the GH2 price and specs: [shopcountry 16254].

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(FT3) Is that the new external viewfinder from Olympus?

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As you might remember our sources said that Olympus had a new cheaper external EVF but than Olympus didn’t announce it along the new PEN cameras. We were all wondering what happened. Finally our reader “Felix” noticed something very interesting in one of the E-P3 commercials from Olympus (Click here to see the commercial on youtube). At the end of the video (00:58) you can see the new external viewfinder we talked about for weeks! It’s definitely NOT the current Olympus VF-2 ([shoplink 23839 ebay]Click here to see images of that viewfinder[/shoplink]). Hope Olympus will let us know more about it soon!

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The new wave of refurbished Olympus cameras and lenses at Olympusmarket!

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[shoplink 23799 ebay][/shoplink] [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket[/shoplink] just got a huge amount of new refurbished Olympus cameras and lenses. Click on the product name to check the auction price and color of each camera. First ending auctions are on top!

[shoplink 23793 ebay]Olympus 40-150mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23803 ebay]Olympus E-450 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23796 ebay]Olympus E-450 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23797 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23798 ebay]Olympus E-450 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23799 ebay]Olympus E-620 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23800 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23801 ebay]Olympus E-450 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23802 ebay]Olympus E-P2 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23804 ebay]Olympus E-P1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23805 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23807 ebay]Olympus 25mm pancake lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23808 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23809 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23810 ebay]Olympus 40-150mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23811 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23813 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with double kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23814 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23815 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23816 ebay]Olympus 40-150mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23817 ebay]Olympus 17mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23818 ebay]Olympus 9-18mm FOUR THRIDS lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23820 ebay]Olympus 50mm FOUR THRIDS macro lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23821 ebay]Olympus 9-18mm lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23822 ebay]Olympus E-PL1 with kit lens[/shoplink] [shoplink 23823 ebay]Olympus E-450 with kit lens[/shoplink]

Important: Only Europeans can buy in this store!

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New price drop on the Panasonic 14mm pancake

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[shoplink 16258][/shoplink] There have been a price drop on the tiniest of all Micro Four Thirds lenses! You can now get the Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 pancake for $334 on Amazon (Click here). And if you want to read the nicest of all 14mm reviews than read the “Seeing prime: The Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 Lumix lens” article from Craig Mod.

More deals

Adorama has the Voigtländer 25mm in Stock (Click here). And don’t forget that they are also accepting preorders on the Panasonic 25mm f/1.4 lens (Click here)
You can now get the AG-AF100 Micro Four Thirds camcorder with a free (!) 14-140mm zoom lens at BHphoto (Click here).
The Black and White Olympus XZ-1 are in Stock for $409 only at Amazon (Click here).
The Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 lens is in Stock for $379 via third party resellers on Amazon (Click here).
BHphoto sent me an email to say that the very last GH1 cameras are now in Stock (Click here). Once sold out there will be no more GH1 cameras for sale anymore! And if you purchase the GH1 body (for $399) you will get $100 on any Panasonic m43 lens you buy. You have to click on “Save $100 on Select Panasonic Lenses” to see the deal.
The same deal is ongoing at Amazon (Click here) and Adorama (Click here).

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More E-P3 noise and autofocus tests! (very interesting!)

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The Phoblographer’s Autofocus Test: Olympus EP3 vs Canon 7D

There are many interesting E-P3 tests you absolutely have to see! On top you can see an [shoplink 23568]E-P3[/shoplink] versus Canon 7D autofocus test. Easy to see who is the winner! And here is the reviews list:

1) Photographyblog (Click here) made a very detailed Olympus E-P3 JPEG vs RAW comparison. And those are the most interesting notes:
– The camera-original JPEG shows considerably higher contrast, while the raw conversion has arguably better tonality.
– There’s a bit of luminance noise in the JPEG, while the raw conversion has some tightly-grained chroma noise.
– AT High ISO the JPEG has a monochromatic noise pattern, while the raw conversion has more chroma noise
– You can definitely achieve much crisper-looking results by shooting raw, but the actual amount of detail may not be that much higher, and you may also run into aliasing issues.

2) Micro Four Thirds high ISO noise compared – G1, E-P2, E-P3 at FourThirdsUser (Click here). Who wins? Easy…the E-P3 :)

3) Focus Numerique (Click here) posted their well known ISO tests of the E-P3. At highest sensitivities (ISO 3200 and 6400) images of the E-P3 are better than the [shoplink 18844]E-PL2[/shoplink] but it gets beaten by the [shoplink 22077]G3[/shoplink]. Focus Numerique posted also some Image samples you can download as RAW!

And finally also Amazon.de is accepting E-P3 preorders. Here is the updated Hot preorder list:
Olympus E-P3 preorders at Amazon US, Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon UK and Amazon DE.
Olympus 12mm f/2.0 preorders at Amazon US, Adorama, B&H and [shoplink 23576 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 preorders at Amazon US, Adorama, B&H.

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