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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(FT2) More Fuji rumors…

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As you know the Fujiguys announced that there would be some amazing new Fuji stuff in autumn. Yesterday Photorumors got an info from an unknown source saying that “The Fuji mirrorless system will be launched with a set of new [shoplink 23762 ebay]Fujinon lenses[/shoplink]. There might even be two different mirrorless version announced at the same time.” That’s probably coming from the same source that a couple of days ago said that Fuji would launch”some kind of a mirrorless solution with a sensor probably smaller than APS-C, something in the m4/3 range.” It’s a very long time that Fuji didn’t release any Fujinon Lens for a photo camera system ([shoplink 23762 ebay]Click here to see Fujinon Lenses on eBay[/shoplink]). And I would certainly welcome if those lenses would be made for the m43 system!

Please be careful with that rumor. I don’t know the source and I still didn’t hear anything from my trusted sources. The only thing I noticed is that the Fuji Guys are now following my tweets! Not enough to consider it a prove that they will join m43 soon but at leas I am happy they are reading us ;)

And click those links if you want to check price and availability of the X100: [shopcountry 19929].

Reminder -> Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

 

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Here is the future? The Lumixphone!

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As you know the most used camera on Flickr is the iPhone…Compact Cameras are dead and long live the Phone Cameras! That’s the revilution that is going on the mass market. And that’s why Panasonic is pushing their new Lumix Phone. Today they annoucned the new Panasonic Lumix Phone P-05C you can see here: Panasonic Japan. It has 3.3-inch LCD, 13.2MP sensor with full HD video recording, it is the world’s first phone with optical “anti-shake” (something we would love to see in m43 Panasonic cameras!) and DLNA support.

Link to the official press release: Panasonic.co.jp.

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E-P3 autofocus is faster than the Nikon D3X autofocus!

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[shoplink 23568][/shoplink] Pekka Potka (Click here) tested the autofocus speed of the new [shoplink 23568]Olympus E-P3[/shoplink]. First he compared it with he older [shoplink 14830]Olympus E-P2[/shoplink] using four different lenses. The E-P3 is around 40% faster than the E-P2! But the real surprise is that the new E-P3 is even faster than the 10 times more expensive [shoplink 23755]Nikon D3X[/shoplink]!!! Can’t wait to see what the next Pro PEN can do ;)
By the way the new E-P3 manual is online (Click here to download the pdf). One more test: Olympus E-P3 with 45mm f/1.8 versus Leica 25mm f/1.4 at Reddotphoto.

Check those direct search links to see if your preferred shop has the E-P3 available for preorder: [shopcountry 23568].

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Akira Watanabe talks again about the 4/3 future…

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[shoplink 17163 ebay][/shoplink] Our friend Victor Pisarev sent us a link to Onfoto.ru. They talked with Mr. Akira Watanabe about the Four Thirds system (google translation from russian to english):  “There is nothing sensational out of that battlefront: yes, DSLR system is also important for us, we honour and remember users of our 4/3 optics. We have [shoplink 17163]E-5[/shoplink] in our product line for them. It is possible that we return to active development but now I cannot say something audible. Current situation is so that we have to provide stability and survival, and that is what PEN system is dedicated to. By the way, their sales are good. We tried to adapt “big” optics to micro system but there are fundamental troubles: phase detection system is made to calculate needed focusing shift and to shift lenses to proper place at once but contrast detection system uses iteration fidgets by its nature. We cannot to join them right, so in fact we have capitulated. Approximately in this way. Watanabe also said me that many leading managers and bosses use E-5 personally so understand anxiety of simple users very well.”

P.S.: Links to the Olympus E-5 at [shopcountry 17163].

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