US deals (E-P2 with flash deal, lens price drop and where is the Panasonic 20mm lens?)

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You might have noticed that the popular Panasonic 20mm pancake is out of Stock in all biggest US stores: Amazon, Adorama, B&H, J&R. Can’t explain why! The upcoming 25mm f/1.4 Leica will certainly not replace that lens! Maybe Panasonic has some production issues?

While waiting for the new E-P3, US stores are running some deals on the “old” E-P2. At BHphoto (Click here) you can get the external flash for free when purchasing the E-P2 with lens. The total price is $653.

Also the GF2 is going to be replaced and that’s why there is a $100 instant rebate on the GF2+14-42mm kit at Amazon (Click here), BHphoto (Click here) and  J&R (Click here).

There have been a sensible price drop on the Panasonic 100-300mm lens. You can get it for $521 at Amazon (Click here).

The Panasonic GH2 is in Stock at Adorama (Click here) and Amazon (Click here).

One more thing: It will take a very long time before to see the Fuji X100 in Stock in US and Europe. Dealers are telling me that they still have no 100% reliable info about when they will have it in Stock. You can preorder the cameras at Amazon (Click here) and J&R (Click here). And if you don’t care about the price you can get the X100 now on [shoplink 19929 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

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POLL: What you expect from the E-P3!

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We don’t know the real E-P3 specs yet, so we are free to dream our own perfect E-P3 camera. Here is the question: How should your imaginary E-P3 be?

 

What are the key features of your imaginary and perfect E-P3? (Select a maximum of three options)

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Holga lenses for Micro Four Thirds now available!

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[shoplink 22540 ebay][/shoplink] A couple of months ago Holga announced new lenses for the Micro Four Thirds system. I just noticed that they are now available on [shoplink 22540 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink]. For some reason I didn’t figure out the same lens is available in two different “codes”:

– The Holga “HLW-OP” is specifically branded as lens for Olympus lens ([shoplink 22540 ebay]Click here to see them on eBay[/shoplink]).
– The Holga “HLW-PLG” os specificall sold as lens for Panasonic G cameras ([shoplink 22541 ebay]Click here to see them on eBay[/shoplink]).

But they have the same specs so I think that it is just marketing making the difference here!

Specifications

  • Effective Focal Length: 25mm
  • Aperture: Fixed f/8
  • Focus: Manual Zone Focus
  • Lens Type: Plastic
  • Dimensions: 38x57mm
  • Weight: 38g

Can someone already show us some pictures? I didn’t find any via google!

UPDATE: A reader sent us the link to his image samples: http://iamclass.tumblr.com/. And a video is available here on youtube. Thanks Adam!

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(FT4) Olympus announncement on June 30?

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According to our source (plus one external soruce at Digicam) Olympus will announce the new PEN mini and the new E-P3 cameras on June 30 (That’s a Thursday). The digicam source still believes that there will be an E-PL3 too. I am still not sure about that. Let’s see what I will get from my sources during the next days…

 

P.S.: I had three very busy days. I will now read all emails you sent me. Will answer you all :)

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(FT5) E-P3 will be presented at a two days event in late June.

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A fake E-P3 image made by our reader Leendert (Thanks!)

The most intriguing upcoming Micro Four Thirds product is certainly the new Olympus E-P3. Let’s start with a good news first. Two trusted sources contacted me to say that Olympus organized a huge event for the E-P3 launch. It’s a two day long meeting! Would you organize something like that for if the E-P3 would not be something more than just an updated [shoplink 14830]E-P2[/shoplink]? Certainly not!

And here are the last two rumors I got from new sources. As you can see there is a huge contraddiction:
Source_1: The E-P3 will be released in June. It has an integrated EVF and it will be smaller than E-P2. No on-board flash though.
Source_2: I also can confirm that no one will have an build in viewfinder. Design and features should be a small revolution I heard by Olympus PM.

That’s why I am always careful with new sources! Let’s hope my trusted sources can soon tell us more about the E-P3 and the other mini Pen camera!

 

P.S.: I got a TERRIFIC rumor about Samsung! Will post that on MirrorlessRumors as soon as I can! Pro photographers will be VERY happy with that news. And Canon-Nikon should be worried for the very first time! This could be the rumor of the year :)

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New PTool update helps you to hack all GH1 and GF1 cameras!

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Vitaly the hacker just released a new PTool update (Version v3.55d). The unhackable GH1/GF1 are now officially history!
You can download the hack at http://www.gh1-hack.info/wiki/PToolSoftware
This is the official topic: http://personal-view.com/talks/discussion/148/ptool-3.55d-topic

And those are the new “features” added with the new update (Source: Gh1-hack.info)
[shoplink 14826]GH1[/shoplink]:
Added “New body” patch for downgrading new unhackable bodies.
Added MJPEG 480p size and quality adjustment patches.
Added Video and Audio buffer patches.
Added three encoder related settings patches.
[shoplink 14834]G2[/shoplink]:
Added “New body” patch for downgrading new unhackable bodies (untested).
Fixed PAL<>NTSC patch.
Few other minor fixes.
[shoplink 14828]GF1[/shoplink]:
Added “New body” patch for downgrading new unhackable bodies (untested).
[shoplink 20741]G1[/shoplink]:
Added “Prevent Version compare” patch.
P.S.: Keep in mind that the GH1 is heavily discounted in US at Amazon and Adorama! There are instante rebats from $50 up to $100.

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