Chipworks dissembled and analyzed the GH2 electronic. You can only read the first part of their article. After that you have to pay to read the rest!
There is a new GH2 review at CNET: “It’s speedy, feature-packed, and an excellent ILC for shooting video, but to consistently get really good photos out of the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 requires shooting raw.“
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Image above: the current [shoplink 14822]Panasonic 7-14mm f/4.0[/shoplink] lens.
I have an update about Panasonic lenses: A few weeks ago we received the rumor that Panasonic was going to update some of the current lenses. A second and a third source now confirmed that the rumor is correct. There will be a new 7-14mm OIS lens which should be announced the second half of the year. We don’t know yet what the other lenses are but we suspect the [shoplink 14794]45mm macro[/shoplink] could also get trough some kind of redesign. The sources also confirmed that the m43 version of the current [shoplink 14959]25mm f/1.4 Four Thirds[/shoplink] lens is coming in April (that’s FT5).
Four months after the announcement the very first Panasonic GF2 is in Stock at Amazon via Samys:
The Silver GF2 + 14mm lens is in Stock at Amazon (Click here).
The SIlver GF2+14-42mm lens is also in Stock at Amazon (Click here).
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The most requested lens of the moment is out of Stock …worldwide! I asked a few dealers when the Nokton will be available again. Most of them told me they expect to receive new lenses by late February early March.
Example:
– Cameraquest will receive new lenses in February
– [shoplink 19533 ebay]Fotoversand Bayern[/shoplink] is accepting orders but will ship them to you in 2-4 weeks
– There are only two overpriced lenses available at Amazon Germany.
– Amazon France (Click here) says “Inscrivez-vous pour être prévenu lorsque cet article sera disponible.” which pretty much means that you have to wait a very long time before to get it :)
As you know I own the Nokton 25mm lens and I have to say that it is a spectacular lens! And thanks to the Nokton I convinced a Canon 5DmarkII owner to buy into the m43 system ;)
43rumors is based on buddypress which is a not yet mature software. And sometimes weird things do happen. I just noticed that the CAPTCHA control of the contact form on the right sidebar didn’t work for weeks so you were not able to send me news and rumor without being a registered member. Sorry for that! I removed the captcha and if you want to send me a rumor you can use it right now without being a member and without sending me your name and email address. You should also know that I do not store hidden info like the IP-address. When you write me please use some kind of fake name so that I can recognize you in future :)
Don’t expect me to publish your rumor soon. I will try to check the rumor with other source before to post it here. So let us know what you know about the upcoming projects ;)
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Thanks!
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You can download the new Olympus E-PL2 manual (Source: Olympus America and ForumOlympusFrance).
Manuals For Download:
– E-PL2 Instruction Manual (English) (4.42 MB)
– E-PL2 System Chart (English, Español, Français) (400 KB)
– E-PL2 Manual de Instrucciones (Español) (4.77 MB)
– E-PL2 Manuel d’instructions (Français) (4.49 MB)
P.S.: Right now the Red (Click here), Silver (Click here) and the Black (Click here) E-PL2 are in Stock at Adorama. Black only E-PL2 is also in Stock at Amazon (Click here) and Bhphoto (Click here)
