Amazon US: Buy the Panasonic GF1 and you get the electronic viewfinder for free!
Click here: Panasonic GF1+14-45mm+EVF deal on amazon
As usual such deals are not available in Europe…I am getting frustrated :(
Click here: Panasonic GF1+14-45mm+EVF deal on amazon
As usual such deals are not available in Europe…I am getting frustrated :(
DSLRphoto wrote a facebook post which says that Tamron could soon make m4/3 lenses. The only issue I see with that “rumor” is that Sony is the major shareholder of Tamron and I don’t know if they really want to make the m4/3 sys
read the original post written in spanish: http://www.facebook.com/pages/DSLR-Magazine/91408188189
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} ?> hacked firmware 1080p 4:2:2 sample
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Panasonic G10 Review at Infosync. Some image sampels are available on flickr.
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Olympus 14-150mm }
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Email from readers:
“This is not earth shattering but there appears to be a shortage of 7-14mm and 45mm Panasonic lens.
I ordered them with Panasonic Direct and after I make the order they shipped the camera / 20mm but then told me the two lens were on Back Order. After going though a couple layers of people at Panasonic Direct I got a managers on the phone they were able to check all of their stock locations and they are out of both lens and do not expect more until late Sept.”
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Email from readers:
“My panasonic g10 kit arrived today. I took tripod mounted pics in low light for iso’s 100-6400. 800-6400 samples are also included with lightroom 3.0’s (another new toy) noise reduction, which I found impressive. The set with explanations are on my page here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gregoryfo/sets/72157624131038987/
Overall I think I will like the camera. It will be the in the car always around camera. The camera is very light even compared with the gf1, but feels solid. The kit lens was a bit larger/longer then I expected, and I am not that happy with how is balances on my gf1. It fits much nicer on the g10. I think the gf1 will be pretty exclusively mated with the 20 1.7 and olympus 9-18 and when I need the 14-42 or 45-200 I will use the g10.”
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Olympus outs the X-560WP, T100 waterproof, entry-level digital cameras (Electronista)
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Deals:
BHphoto has the blue G2 in Stock

The Olympus E-PL1 }
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kit will be sold for 899 Euro starting in July (you save around 300 Euro off the list price).
Source: Focus Numerique
One more news: Amazon removed the Olympus 14-150mm lens preorder option.
Now you can see (and vote) the best video on getolympus: http://www.youtube.com/getolympus
P.S: I love that song ;)
P.P.S.: Reminder: Price drop on the Olympus E-PL1 (click here to order the camera on amazon for $524.99)!

Hi again! I asked tester13 (the major contributor of the GH1 patch) if the firmware really works (well) for the GF1 also. And he said of course! Dear Panasonic GF1 }
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} ?> owners, now it is your turn to hack your camera!
You don’t know hot to do it?
1) First follow the How-To written by tester13: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=206788&page=225
2) I suggest you to read the posts of tester13 to follow the daily discussions and improvements.
3) Hack the camera and send us some image/video samples! We will post it on 43rumors!
4) If you don’t own the GH1 or GF1 use following links to buy the cameras:
– Click here to buy the Panasonic GF1 }
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– and here to Panasonic GH1 }
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UPDATE: The GH1 hack also works for the Panasonic GF1 }
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{?>Panasonic GF1
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1920x1080p
29,970fps
32Mbit
lens:
Panasonic 20mm f/1.7
Panasonic 45-200mm
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And one more Panasonic GH1 }
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Tester13’s Firmware Hack test, before – after comparison from Gunther Machu on Vimeo.
Shot with kitlens at f8, 1/160 shutter, iso 100, manual in creative movie mode at 5300K. For MJPEG, the settings of Pappas (see thread MJPEG 70Mbits+ 1080p settings) were used, for AVCHD the “safe” settings indicated at the end were used (from jobless, see thread AVCHD high bitrate tests, mud free footage).
I tried to keep the pans at the same pace, but thats difficult. What is incredible, the MJPEG clearly shows a better resolution (I used just the 1440x1080p settings as my card is only class6), plus the AVCHD shows no mud and increased resolution (before, on low contrast scenes islands of unsharp areas could be seen), as can be clearly seen in the comparison (e.g. look at the shadow area right to the gardenhouse).