GH2, GF2, G2 and AG-AF100 reviews

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The Whistle Bait. Panasonic AF100 PL Mount, GH2, 5D, 7D. From Chris Marino on Vimeo.

We found plenty of new Panasonic Micro Four Thirds camera reviews. Here is the list:

Ganref made a very cool and detailed GH2 vs GH1 vs G2 ISO and resolution comparison. The GH2 shows clearly more resolution but ISO noise is almost equal to the other cameras.

SteveHuff posted a “GH2 Guest review” written by Amy Medina.

M43photo shows how magnified focus with legacy lenses works on the GH2

There are two non-english GF2 tests. One at DCview and one at Focus Numerique.

And for the category “better late than never”: Panasonic G2 review at Quesabesde (Click here to read the google english translation).

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Black Olympus 17mm lens to be sold separately (E-PL2 delivery starts on January 28th!)

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Olympus Global just confirmed that the new Olympus E-PL2 camera will start to be delivered from January 28th. A wonder how it is possible that a few cameras are already for sale on eBay. For example the well known [shoplink 19172 ebay]Digitalrev store has three fo them in Stock (Click here)[/shoplink]!

One more news: You didn’t forget that Olympus announced the all-black E-PL2 kit at Photokina? It comes with the a “new” black 17mm lens (You can get that kit right now on Amazon). Now Olympus Global announced that the black lens will be sold separately starting from January 28th. This is an interesting enws for those of you that want to buy the black E-PL2.

Pre order the Olympus E-PL2 at Amazon, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon FR,

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(UPDATED) First Olympus XZ-1 review by DSLRmagazine (spanish)

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DSLRmagazine is the very first website to post an Olympus XZ-1 review (Click here to read the google english translated text). They made a very detailed and accurate test. Those are a few interesting discoveries:

– The lens resolution is very high at 28mm and wide open (f/1.8)! Resolution decreases on the tele end.
– Moderate distorion at 28mm
– Moderate Vignetting at 28mm and f/1.8
– Very good autofocus and metering!
– Veyr good image quality up to ISO 800.

All in all a very good camera that is on par (if not slightly better) than the competition ([shoplink 17288]Panasonic LX5[/shoplink], Samsung EX1 and Canon S95)

UPDATE: pcpop posted a XZ-1 review with many image samples.

Olympus XZ-1 preorders at Amazon, Adorama, Amazon Deutschland, Amazon France and Amazon UK.

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Fuji X100 preorder at BHphoto (+ 3 Panasonic lens deal and GH1 superoffer)

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After Fuji X100 at Adorama (Click here) also BHphoto (Click here) is accepting preorders on the new Fuji X100 camera (Found via ThePhoBlographer).

Panasonic US has a super deal on the GH1. Take a look for yourself: http://www2.panasonic.com

And Amazon has three interesting lens deals:
– Panasonic 7-14mm f/4.0 for $816 at Amazon (Click here)…which is the lowest price I have ever seen.
– Panasonic 45mm f/2.8 macro for $702 at Amazon (Click here).
– Panasonic Lumix 100-300mm f/4.0-5.6 for $543 at Amazon (Click here).

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(FT5) New competition is coming from Nikon (Pro battle between Olympus and Nikon)

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[shoplink 19151 ebay][/shoplink] Image on top: The analogue Nikon S2 rangefinder ([shoplink 19151 ebay]Click here to see it on eBay[/shoplink]).

Sorry if I post a Nikon rumor on 43rumors but when we just got a “FT5” rumor about Nikon that will interest many 43rumors readers. One thing we were missing until today is a mirrorless pro system with advanced cameras that can compete against the best APS-C DSLR cameras. Now the same sources that usually are sending us top Panasonic and Olympus rumors now contacted us to say that both Olympus and Nikon will announce their PRO cameras in quarter two (Nikon will announce it in April)!

I repeat it, Nikon’s new system will not compete against the low entry Micro Four Thirds cameras like the [shoplink 17361]GF2[/shoplink] and [shoplink 18844]E-PL2[/shoplink]. I posted a few more info about the future Nikon system here: http://www.mirrorlessrumors.com/exclusive-nikon-to-launch-a-mirrorless-system-in-april-with-sony-sensor/

The good news for us Micro Four Thirds user is that usually competition brings better cameras for a lower price. Let’s hope Oly will announce something spectacular for a decent price ;)

P.S.: I would love NIkon to make a digital [shoplink 19151 ebay]Nikon S2[/shoplink]. That’s how I understand the “PRO” characteristic.

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(FT3) Tokina to release two MFT lenses with AF at PMA in September?

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[/shoplink] According to a new 43rumors source: “Tokina will introduce at PMA (CliQ) 2011 two autofocus lenses for the m4/3 mount. The first one will be a 17/2.0 or faster pancake. The second one will be a 8-16mm/3.5-4.5 or faster. Both lenses will feature internal focusing and a build quality similar to the excellent [shoplink 19059 ebay]Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8[/shoplink]. OIS and linear motor is under consideration as Tokina is out-sourcing, as usual, the technology to contractors. Price range is about 25% less than similar offerings from [shoplink 14798]Olympus (17/2.8)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 14822]Panasonic (7-14/4.0)[/shoplink].”

See and read the specs of the Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 on [shoplink 19059 ebay]eBay[/shoplink] or Amazon.

P.S: Thanks to the anonymous source! I owe you a beer for that ;)

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