Panasonic GH2 Discoveries at Luminous Landscape

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Which one is better, Canon 5D mark II or vs Panasonic Lumix GH2? Mike Kobal used the new Voigtländer Nokton 25mm f/0.95 lens. P.S.: There is a lens in Stock on [shoplink 15659]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and you can preorder at Adorama!

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Michael Reichmann and Chris Sanderson had more time to spend o the Panasonic GH2 and are sharing all their discoveries on Luminous Landscape. They explain you a manual focusing trick and found that “When shooting in low-light situations, the rear screen and EVF are quite inaccurate in both density, noise and colour rendition.” But the part I like most is the 24p Cinemod review: “We’ve never before seen a video DSLR with this film-like image quality.”

In US: To get the GH2 check those three websites like at Amazon US, Adorama, BHphoto and [shoplink 17664]eBay[/shoplink]. Every day they have a few GH2 in Stock which usually do get sold out after a few minutes :(
In EU: There are plenty of stores having the GH2 in Stock: Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Pixmania IT, Pixmania ES

P.S.: You can download the GH2 and GF2 catalogue here: http://panasonic.net/avc/lumix/popup/catalog/systemcameras.html

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(FT5) Three new converters to be launched with the E-PL2

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According to rumors we received form our sources there will be also three new converters you can use on the 14-42mm kit lens. There should be a Fish-eye, a Wide-angle and a macro converter. That means no new Micro Four Thirds lenses will be announced with the E-PL2 launch. But according to our sources you will not have to wait a lot of time to see the new Olympus High-Pro lenses. They will be announced in February-March 2011!

We have quite a few Olympus and Panasonic rumors we are working on. So stay tuned!

If you have rumors to share feel free to contact me at 43rumors@gmail.com or use the contact form on the right sidebar. You can avoid to send me your name or email address but it would be nice if you could use some kind of nickname. it will make me easy to recognize you in future. thanks!

P.S.: Our partnerwebsite X-rumors (leaded by our friedn Andrea) leaked the Samsung 85mm f/1.4 lens. Nice, butI hope Olympus can do better ;)

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a little bit of everything…

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The japanese website Pronews compared the new Micro Four Thirds AG-AF100 (in Japan the name is AG-AF105) camcorder with the most famous HDSLR camera the Canon 5D markII. What’s really interetsing is the AVCHD codec vs CINEDECK of ProRes422 video comparison. You can get the camera at Adorama, BHphoto and [shoplink 18636 ebay]eBay[/shoplink]!

A Czech E-5 test at digimanie.cz and a GF2 preview at the polish optyczne.pl.

Voigtländer Nokton 25/0.95 vs 35/1.2 vs. Lumix G 14-140/4.0-5.8 at 3Dkraft.de.

Panasonic 45mm F2.8 ASPH. MEGA O.I.S. Review at Photographyblog: “As you’d expect given the premium price tag, build quality is excellent, with the ability to fit filters on the front of the lens very welcome. “

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Panasonic G10 discontinued??? (US deals roundup)

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One of our 43rumors reades noticed that BHphoto discontinued the Panasonic G10 (Click here). This is a huge suprise for a camera that has been announced 10 months ago only! Adorama doesn’t even list the G10 and Amazon has it in Stock via third party resellers only. I guess everyone is preferring the older G1 or the newer [shoplink 14834]G2[/shoplink] camera.

Meanhwile the new Panasonic lenses are all in Stock. The good news is that the Panasonic 100-300mm lens has a $35 discount at Amazon (Click here). The new 14mm lens is also in Stock at Amazon (Click here).

There has been a huge price drop on the Panasonic 8mm price drop wich is now in Stock for $685 at Adorama and BHphoto.

The 45mm macro lens is also getting cheaper. $735.00 at BHphoto!

And finally you can get the Panasonic GF1 body only for $299 at Amazon!

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(FT5) High resolution image of the Olympus XZ1. It has an OLED screen!!!

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This is the high-resolution image of the Olympus XZ1. We have no picture of the back yet but we were told the camera has a 3.0 inch OLED LCD with 610K resolution!!! Isn’t the camera cute?

P.S: A lens comparison
The Olympus XZ1 has a 28-112mm f/1.8-2.5 Lens
The Panasonic LX5 has 24-90mm f/2.0-3.3 lens
The Canon S95 has a 28-105mm f/2.0-4.9 lens
The Samsung EX-1 has a 24-72mm f/1.8-2.4 lens

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(FT5) The Olympus XZ-1 with 28-112mm f/1.8-2.5 Lens coming! + Panasonic compact cameras.

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I received a few rumors about non Micro Four Thirds related products from Olympus and Panasonic. I choose to post them because might some of you is interested in reading those.

As you know the CES show starts on January 6th. According to our sources there will be plenty of new compact cameras from Olympus and Panasonic.

1) Olympus will unveil new ompact cameras and the very interesting high-end compact camera (see the picture on top). It’s called XZ-1, it features the same [shoplink 17288]Panasonic LX5[/shoplink] sensor (10 Megapixel and 1:1.63 size). That camera will feature an amazing 28-112mm f/1.8-2.5 Lens!!!! That’s a lens I would love to have for Micro Four Thirds also instead of my old and cheap [shoplink 17922 ebay]C-mount lens zoom[/shoplink] :(
2) Panasonic will launch a new “S” compact series. There will be a DMC-S1 and DMC-S3. But there will be more new compact cameras like the Panasonic DMC-TS3, Panasonic DMC-FH2 and the Panasonic FH5.

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Japanaese 2010 system camera sales analysis.

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BCNranking posted the digital system cameras sales share of the whole 2010 (To be exact until the 12th of December)! Three Panasonic cameras  (the [shoplink 14828]GF1[/shoplink], [shoplink 14834]G2[/shoplink] and the G1) and two Olympus cameras (the [shoplink 14832]E-Pl1[/shoplink] and the E-P1) are into the top 20 of the most sold cameras with interchangeable lenses. The GH2 has come been available since late October only that’s why it didn’t made it into the top 20. There is still a lot to do to catch up Canon and Nikon but as you can see the situtation is changing slowly in favour of the new mirrorless cameras. Do you have any suggetsion to make for Panaosnic and Olympus on how to close the gap between them and the Canikon dominance?

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