Do you think Leica took the wrong decision not joining MicroFourThirds?

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This week Luminous Landscapes was one full of discussions. In short: LL asked Leica to abandon the rangefinder “mentality” and to choose the path of the new “mirrorless and interchangeable compact cameras”. The Leica M9 is selling well in amazon.com (it is under the most sold top20 cameras) . But is that going to save Leica in the long run?
And more important:

Would you love to see such a camera from Olympus and/or Panasonic?

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A “skin” experience…

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One of our 43rumors reader sent us this:

Just wanted to share my experience with the JnK skin for the E-P1/2 that you posted a few months ago. I ordered one in the textured red from his ebay store () and got it yesterday. Before I ordered it I was a little on the fence about how thick the leather is, but when I put it on, I was 100% impressed with it and with his craftsmanship! The skin fits perfect! and he’s presentation and packaging is very impressive! This was a great experience and well worth the money. Here is a link to my camera with the skin. (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eneroclick/4296191072/sizes/l/) Please feel free to share this if you have a slow news day :)

Your E-P2 looks really good! ;)

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Top 5 sold lenses in Amazon US

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For the first time on 43rumors we have taken a deep look on Amazon most sold lenses. The Top 5 lenses are all Canon/Nikon lenses. Interesting, fast “cheap” primes are on top. And it is not a surprise that the most sold Panasonic/Olympus lens is the Panasonic 20mm f/1.7. Message to our Olympus and Panasonic product manager..we want more prime lenses!

And here the TOP 5 Lens chart:

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Nikon mirrorless system versus MicroFourThirds

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Mr. Tetsuro Goto is the Director of Laboratory Research and Development at Nikon Japan. Focus-Numerique just published a lengthy and very interesting interview with him (in French | Google translation).

  • On Micro 4/3 & Nikon: “If we follow this type of equipment, we change our frame (mount). The new frame will provide new opportunities or provide access to new technologies and to use targets smaller and lighter”.
  • Large sensor compact camera: “We study this way. You’ll know soon enough.”
  • On EVF: “In the near future, it is possible that we will also use electronic viewfinders, but for now the quality is not there yet.”

source: nikonrumors.com

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(FT2) The Panasonic G2/GH2 ?

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All this informations are from a new source. Keep it in mind! We can’t guarantee the infos are true ok?

UPDATE: we made a first check and we are not convinced the rumor could become true. We are still waiting for some info from known sources.

That’s what I received right now:

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Panasonic will announce following MicroFourThirds products at PMA

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LENSES

14mm/F2.8(more compact than 20mm/F1.7),

8mm/F3.5 FishEye

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CAMERAS

G1/GH1 replacement model. G2 and GH2 are differentiated by image sensor and kit lenses. G2 have similar image sensor of GH1. GH2 will have new desingned image sensor. Other specs will be almost same.

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GH2
~14MP LiveMOS supports 1080/60p(up to 24Mbps) AVCHD movie, global shutter, multiple-aspect.
~EVF:360Hz;RGBx120Hz SXGA(target), which can tilt forward&backward
~LCD(vari-angle):960xRGBx540 guarterFullHD(HITACHI Displays, a affiliate company of Panasonic)
~AF will get a little bit more faster, SDXC, HDMI real-time output, Bluetooth3.0(target)
~colors:GRAPHITE BLACK, TITANIUM, MIDNIGHT BLUE VIOLET
~kit:14-140mm/F4.0-5.6 HD OIS, 12-75mm/F2.5-3.3 HD OIS(target)

G2
~14MP LiveMOS supports 1080/60p(up to 24Mbps) AVCHD movie, global shutter, multiple-aspect.
~EVF:360Hz;RGBx120Hz SXGA(target), fixed
~LCD(vari-angle):960xRGBx540 quarterFullHD(HITACHI Displays, a affiliate company of Panasonic)
~AF will get a little bit more faster, SDXC, Bluetooth3.0(target)
~built-in stereo microphone
~colors:URBAN RED, EXTRA BLACK, CORAL GOLD
~kit:14-45mm/F3.5-5.6 OIS, 45-200mm/F4.0-5.6 OIS, 14mm/F2.8

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Once again. We don’t know the source. But we had to post such a nice rumor even if there is a good chance that it isn’t true :)

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a little bit of everything…

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A professional(???) E-P2 EVF review :)

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Steve Huff keeps working on daily Stuff :) -> M9, 7D, D300s, E-P2 comparison!
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DMC-FX60 Review at photographyblog.
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A 25mm f0.95 Lens to use on your MicroFourThirds? (source: dpreview)
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