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Panasonic 8mm in Stock on eBay and european stores (+ first user tests)

August 7, 2010
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[shoplink 14968]Lumix G 8mm Fisheye Lens[/shoplink] short video

Inside the dpreview forum a user shared his first thoughts: Panasonic 8mm Fisheye – first shots

Some european stores do have the lens in Stock: Amazon Uk / Pixmania Deutschland

Amazon US has the lens available for preorder (click here)

More dealers from Asia and US are now offering the [shoplink 14968]Panasonic 8mm fisheye(Click here to check out all current auctions on eBay)[/shoplink]

UPDATED: three little price drops: Olympus E-PL1, Panasonic 45mm and 45-200mm

August 6, 2010
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UPDATE: The black Olympus E-PL1 now sells for $515 with the 14-42mm lens (click here to check the deal on amazon)

J&R (via amazon) is selling the Panasonic 45mm f/2.8 Lens for $809 (click here). That’s almost $60 less than the official Amazon, Bhphoto and Adorama price.

The Panasonic 45-200mm f/4.0-5.6 Lumix G Vario MEGA OIS Zoom is also in Stock on amazon for $289 (That’s $30 cheaper than a few days ago).

Let’s see if we will have more price drops soon when Panasonic and Olympus will announce the new stuff…

(FT5) Another exceptional µ4/3 lens from Panasonic is soon to be unveiled!

August 6, 2010
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Few days ago we told you that at Photokina (September) Panasonic will finally release the 14mm f/2.5, 100-300mm and 1-2 new video lenses for the new MFT camcorder (The AG-AF100). Today two of our best sources told us that we should expect one more “exceptional” lens. A lens that was not one the Panasonic roadmap -> yes Panasonic cheated on us ;)
The sources didn’t reveal any details about the lens. But they said we don’t have to wait a long time to know it…

Just a reminder. Few weeks ago we received rumors from good sources saying that Panasonic was working on fast primes (faster than f/1.4). We don’t know if one of those fast primes could be announced now. There has been also a rumor saying that there could be a MicroFourThrids version of the current [shoplink 14959]Panasonic 25mm f/1.4 FourThirds lens[/shoplink].

Let’s see…

European deals: Olympus E-P1 kit for less than 400 Euro on Pixmania!

August 6, 2010
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Finally I found a very good deal for us europeans :)

The Olympus E-P1 is in Stock for less than 400 Euro at:
Pixmanai Spain / Pixmania Holland / Pixmania Deutschland / Pixmania Österreich

P.S.: I am a proud owner of the Olympus E-P1 since August 2009 and I am completely happy with it!

a little bit of everything…

August 6, 2010
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High on London from Matt G on Vimeo.

[shoplink 14830]Olympus E-P2[/shoplink] review on Infosyncworld.

[shoplink 14834]Panasonic G2[/shoplink] ISO TEST on SmugMug

The Complete Sigma DP2s (and Accessories) Review (ThePhoBlographer)

Olympus celebrates 70 per cent market share in the ‘mirrorless’ camera category by offering a two year Australian warranty across its PEN range (Imaging Resource)

Olympus Mju 9010 Review (Digital-Photography-School)

Samsung EX1 / TL500 vs Panasonic LX3 Shootout – Detail Captured at 24mm Equivalent (Seriouscompacts)
Panasonic Leica 25mm f1.4 vs Canon 50mm f1.4 (Photoramblings)

Olympus digital camera sales down by -18%

August 5, 2010
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In the fiscal first quarter (April-June 2010) Olympus sold 18% less cameras than in the quarter before. The result is not surprising if you consider that there have been no new FourThirds camera for a year now. “Only” two MicroFourThirds cameras, the [shoplink 14830]Olympus E-P2[/shoplink] and the [shoplink 14832]Olympus E-PL1[/shoplink] have been announced since July 2009. 43rumors expects at least two new Olympus cameras to be announced at Photokina (E-5 and a new Pen). Let’s see if that will stop the sales loss.

Source: Photoscala.de (google english translation)

(FT3) UPDATED: a new “tweaked” sensor for the MicroFourThirds camcorder?

August 5, 2010
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According to 43rumors sources the AG-AF100 will use a “tweaked” sensor which works slightly different than the GH1 and GH2. Panasonic could use a “non RGB flow” that is optimized for the video codec. One of our sources also added an awesome detail: Panasonic is working on a loss less compression! He doesn’t know if that compression will be added to the camera but he knows they are working on it!

Bye the way, Panasonic officially said that the AG-AF100 will not use the [shoplink 14826]GH1 sensor[/shoplink]…(Source: DVXuser)

Reminder:
FT= FourThirds
FT1=probably fake rumor
FT2=rumor from unkown sources
FT3=50% chance it is correct
FT4=rumor from known sources
FT5=almost certainly correct!