The Panasonic 14mm review by Craig Mod!

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[shoplink 16258][/shoplink] Stop reading those boring studio tests and reviews! Forget charts and comparisons! Read a real “human” world review of the new [shoplink 16258]Panasonic 14mm f/2.5 lens[/shoplink]. The reviewer…ops NO!…The photographer is Craig Mod: “This is a discussion of seeing (and by extension, photography) under the pretense of a lens review. If you want to read about what it feels like to use this lens, this is your place.

I do totally agree with his prime lens philosophie: “By using a prime, you train both your brain and your eyes to think in their space. A zoom lens allows you to shift the lens-space to your brain-space. But with primes you’re stuck in their world. You become intimate with life within their frame until composition becomes second nature.

And what does he say about the lens? “It’s a lovely, sharp, whisper quiet, quick to focus, unbelievably tiny, beautiful little prime lens. I highly recommend it.”

I soo enjoyed it to read that article. Thanks Craig for your awesome work. We want to see more of it ;)

You want to order the lens? Here you have a few direct links:
Amazon US, Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon Deutschland, Amazon UK

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There is finally a discount on two (until now very expensive) Panasonic lenses

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The Panasonic 45mm and the 8mm lenses are not really the most popular lenses. The problem is not their quality but the very high price. But it looks like Panasonic is recognizing that and the price is now much lower than it was a few weeks ago:

The Panasonic 45mm f/2.8 OIS macro:
Amazon (Click here) is selling the lens for $788 which is $111 less than the original price (or $754 via third party resellers).

The Panasonic 8mm f/3.5 lens:
The original price was $799 but you buy it now for $739 Amazon, Adorama or BHphoto.

As usual we europeans do have to pay a much higher price. That’s why I usually my US friends to bring me some nice lenses from there when they visit me in Europe :)

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(FT2) Olympus E-PL1s coming on November 16?

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[shoplink 14832][/shoplink] The popular japanese website Digicame-info.com writes that the new Olympus E-PL1s might be announced on November 16. That camera should have almost the same [shoplink 14832]Olympus E-PL1[/shoplink] design but be paired with a new Lens-kit taht could be smaller than the current 14-42mm lens. So after the black E-P2 kit and the infrared E-PL1 will we get another NOT new camera? But let’s focus on the positive aspect…we could get a new lens ;)

The Olympus E-PL1 has been announced in February 2010, the [shoplink 14830]Olympus E-P2[/shoplink] in November 2009.

Uh one more thing, get the refurbished E-P1 for $369.95 only at Adorama!

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HOT deal! Panasonic GF1+20mm lens for $599! (E-5 in Stock)

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Click here: Panasonic GF1 with 20mm f/1.7 Lens for $599 at Amazon

Last time we had this deal it was from a third-party reseller. But now it’s Amazon itself that dropped the price! For those of you that don’t like the new [shoplink 17361]GF2[/shoplink] (or can’t wait until late January) that’s a big chance to get that awesome camera for cheap!

The Panasonic GF1 with 14-45mm Lens kit is for sale at $679.95 on Amazon

One more thing:
The Olympus E-5 is finally in Stock at Amazon (Click here)

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Panasonic GF1 vs. GF2 – Original Sound Comparison

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Ifranznation.de just posted this very unusual but interesting GF1 vs GF2 sound comparison. The GH2 sound quality is actually better than the current GF1 recording. Franz also posted a few image samples on his blog (reminder he is testing a preproduction camera)

BHphoto confirmed that the GF2 approximal arrival is January (no price indication yet). Also on Amazon you can sign up to be notified when this item becomes available.

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Canon 60D vs Panasonic GH2 noise reduction comparison (+ Panasonic Fisheye review)

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Dpreview just posted the new Canon 60D review. The good news is that they compared the noise perofrmance with “our” new Panasonic GH2: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canoneos60d/page11.asp. It’s doing pretty well! Maybe we should not pay to much attention at what DxOmark says :)

For out japanese readers: Ascii.jp posted a GH2 review!

Panasonic GH2 price and availability check:
Amazon US, Adorama, BHphoto, Amazon UK, Amazon France, Amazon Japan and [shoplink 17526]eBay[/shoplink].

M43blogspot tested the new [shoplink 14820]Panasonic 8mm[/shoplink] fisheye lens!

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