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January 8, 2011
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Happy New Year Voigtländer ! (25mm 0.95, 35mm 1.4 & 50mm 1.1 with GH2 !, 1st part : the daylight tests) from Seb Farges on Vimeo.

A few Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 pictures on Flickr. You can get the lens on [shoplink 15659]eBay[/shoplink] or Adorama.

Quick preview image from our [shoplink 17163]Olympus E-5[/shoplink] DSLR Field Review (ThePhoBlographer-Facebook)

Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX700 review (Cameralabs)

Kipróbáltuk: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 (Pixinfo…hungarian!)

GH1 – Micro Four Thirds the ultimate travel camera? (Rowan Malling)

GF1 v Leica M9 (Dpreview).

E-3 vs E-5 detail shots — OOC Jpegs (Dpreview).

A few more SLR Magic Toy 26mm F/1.4 images samples on Flickr. Lenses are available on [shoplink 18603]eBay only (Click here)[/shoplink]

Olympus E-PL2 in color! Looks damn cool!

January 7, 2011
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What a surprise. Olympus has taken the Pentax approach and created the colored [shoplink 18844]E-PL2[/shoplink] cameras. The website civic.alum.hk published those pictures (Click on them to enlarge).

Adorama and Amazon Europe accepting preorders of the Olympus E-PL2 and Olympus XZ-1

January 7, 2011
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You can now preorder the Olympus E-PL2 at Adorama (Click here) and the Olympus XZ-1 also at Adorama (Click here). You can also sign up to be notified when E-PL2 preorders do start at Amazon and Bhphoto and also for the XZ-1 at Amazon and BHphoto.

In Europe you can preorder the new Olympus E-PL2 at Amazon France and the new Olympus XZ-1 at Amazon Deutschland and Amazon UK.

(FT4) Panasonic is about to launch the new 12-50mm f/2.5-3.3 zoom!

January 7, 2011
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I told you that rumors would not stop! We are working on quite a few news right now! The first rumor we post is about the next Panasonic zoom lens. A few weeks ago a trusted source said us that Panasonic was about to release a new 12-50mm f/2.5-3.3 zoom. We looked for confirmation from other sources and now we found that also according to DSLRmagazine sources Panasonic will soon release that lens! I was told the zoom lens is pretty big and that it should be announced very soon along the new MFT camera sometimes between February and May. It’s a lens optimized for video like the [shoplink 14802]Panasonic 14-140mm[/shoplink] (that means silent autofocus, smooth zoom). I guess this is the lens that has been made primarily for the use on a [shoplink 16841]Panasonic AG-AF100[/shoplink] and [shoplink 17361]Panasonic GF2[/shoplink]. We have no price indication yet. The closest lens you can compare with is the Olympus 12-60mm f/2.8-4 ED SWD (Four Thirds) which costs $899 at Amazon. But that lens is not optimized for video and not as fast as the Panasonic.

This is not the only lens Panasonic is preparing. The Micro Four Thirds version of the current [shoplink 16340]Four Thirds 25mm f/1.4[/shoplink] is also almost ready for launch also latest news reported that the lens will not be in Stock before April-May.

P.S.: Dslrmagazine also reminds you that Olympus will launch three pro MFT lenses in April-May.

Stay tuned guys…those are busy times!

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A complete E-P1/2 underwater solution.

January 7, 2011
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Image source: Davelweinn at Flickr

A 43rumors reader sent me this picture he of a new underwater housing he made for himself! Inside the massive case he uses the Olympus E-P1. He also bought the new [shoplink 18405 ebay]Nikonos to MFT adapter which is available at [shoplink 18405 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and put the famous [shoplink 18406 ebay]Nikonos underwater lenses[/shoplink] on it! Nice job! Click here to see the picture of the back on flickr.

Olympus E-PL2 and XZ-1 listed at Amazon US and BHphoto

January 6, 2011
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Amazon listed the new cameras without price and availability (for now). But they will soon start to accept preorders.

The Olympus E-PL2 + 14-42mm lens will cost $599 and be available in February (Click here to see the product page on Amazon and here to see it at BHphoto).
The Olympus XZ-1 will cost $499 and be available soon (Click here to see the product page on Amazon and here to see it at BHphoto).

A good day for Olympus. And more better days to come soon!

January 6, 2011
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Chapeau Olympus!
Panasonic, Samsung and Sony were too busy in presenting their “boring” 3D stuff (that’s just my personal take on that) and Olympus has taken the chance to become the King at the CES when it comes to camera announcements. Finally Olympus presented a high-end compact camera and they made almost everything right with the XZ-1! Chapeau! The E-PL2 is less exciting but at least it has some nice upgrades and a lot of new accessories to put on it. That’s more than any other (a part maybe Samsung) had to offer at CES. 70% of our 43rumors readers do like both new cameras. That’s a huge success! Of course it is to see how many of them will really buy them!

A good beginning makes for a good ending!
The same sources that gave me details about the new E-PL2 and XZ-1 are repeating to me that there will be a lot more to come from Olympus! There is at least a new pro model, + very likely a new E-P3 and at least three real pro pancake lenses to come during the next few months! The E-P2 successor and the new lenses should be announced at the CP+ show which takes place in February in Japan. But let’s wait what our sources will tell us during the next weeks before to get into any conclusion.

Note: Panasonic will also announce a new MFT camera and two (or maybe three) lenses at CP+

So I have little time for rest and a lot of work to do on 43rumors. Good news for you and not so good news for my girlfriend :(

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