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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SLRmagic lens update (with new 12mm fast lens coming)

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The SLRmagic company sent me a new email to say they will soon release more new Micro Four Thirds lenses. The next lens should be a fast 12mm prime.They didn’t told me how fast but I hope that it will come as close as possible to the [shoplink 18651 ebay]Avenir CCTV Lens (Click here to see it on eBay)[/shoplink] which has a f/1.2 aperture. Reminder: All those SLRmagic lenses are cheap-quality non-professional manual lenses. But they are cheap and do have a Micro Four Thirds mount (there is no need for adapter). If you are looking for a professional wide angle lens you should go for the new [shoplink 16258]Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 pancake[/shoplink] or wait for the next Olympus wide-pancake lens which will be announced during the next few months!

P.S.: Currently there are two SLRmagic lenses on eBay (Sold by the producer)
[shoplink 14881 ebay]35mm f/1.7 (Click here)[/shoplink] [shoplink 18603 ebay]26mm f/1.4 “Toy” Lens (Click here)[/shoplink]

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(FT5) And here it is the first Olympus E-PL2 image!!!

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Dear readers, and here we are with the new Olympus E-PL2! That camera should be announced at CES which starts the January 6th. The camera features the same [shoplink 14832]Olympus E-PL1[/shoplink] sensor but has a completely new design and some new features:

1) The E-PL2 comes along the new  14-42mm f3.5/5.6 MSC (Movie & Still Compatible) kit lens
2) It has a direct movie button
3) A new High resolution 3.0″ LCD (460K Dots)
4) A new Art filter ->Dramatic Tone
5) And it takes pictures up to ISO 6400
6) UPDATED -> It also has a new external Bluetooth module called “PENPAL”. You can attach it on the hot-shoe to instantly send pictures to your Android or Windows mobile phone and share pictures on Flickr, Facebook and other social networks!

The camera will be in Store by February. There is no price indication yet but you should keep following 43rumors and we hope to tell you more soon! Join us on Facebook and Twitter. Subscribe our RSS feed.

P.S.: There is a Voigtländer lens in Stock on [shoplink 15659]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] and the Panasonic GH2 is in Stock at Adorama (CLick here)!

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Panasonic ready to ship the AG-AF100 Micro Four Thirds videocamera

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[shoplink 16841][/shoplink]A few weeks ago I told you that Panasonic Europe and Panasonic US already sold out the first stock of cameras (so if you preorder now you will still have to wait a little bit of time). Today Panasonic announced that they are ready to ship the AG-AF100. Right now you can preorder the camera at [shoplink 16841]BHphoto[/shoplink] or on [shoplink 18636 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
Reminder: This is the link to the fist shortmovie made witht the AG-AF100: http://vimeo.com/18073096

Please click the link below to read the press release…

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(FT5) A successor of one of the current Olympus PEN to be announced in February.

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According to our sources Olympus will announce one new Micro Four Thirds camera in February. The camera will replace one of the current PEN cameras. Don’t expect major changes, it uses the same 12 Megapixel sensor but at least it features a new sensor engine. Along with that camera Olympus will announce three new lenses. One of those will be the new kit lens of the new PEN (it’s a pancake). I received a few more details about that camera but I want to double check them with my trusted sources. If you have some news to share feel free to contact me at 43rumors@gmail.com or use the contact form on the right sidebar. Thanks!

Reminder: The high-end MFT camera will be announced a short time after the new PEN (and yes it has a built-in viewfinder).

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(UPDATED with sample pictures) And here it is the new 26mm f/1.4 toy lens from SLRmagic!

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And here it is the new native Micro Four Thirds lens from SLRmagic. The [shoplink 18603]Toy Lens 26mm f/1.4 lens[/shoplink] is a multi coated manual prime lens. It is a special effects lens that is meant to capture impressionistic images. Dreamy, color twist, and noticeable vignette: “The lens is great for portrait photography and some say that it is great for Lo-Fi photography. We occasionally receive questions about how this lens differ from the kit lens. The simple answer is it will enable you to capture photos in every other way that the kit lens cannot. Toy Lens was designed to bring more fun to your photography.”

So it doesn’t sound like that lens has a great sharpness ;)

You can get that lens for $79 on [shoplink 18603]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink].

UPDATE: SLRmagic just contacted me and sent me those pictures (Click on thumbnail to enlarge).

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