In future Olympus will support Cromatic Aberration correction.

• May 31, 2010
• Rumors
• 2 Comments

According to JeanPierre (dpreview forum) “CA correction will be supported in the Spring of next year.”

(FT5) The new Panasonic 8mm fisheye specs

• May 30, 2010
• Rumors
• 13 Comments

Tomorrow Panasonic will launch the new 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens. We didn’t receive any price indication yet but at least we have some technical details of the lens:
– 10 elements in 9 groups (1 ED lens)
– 7 diaphragm blades / circular aperture diaphragm
– No optical image stabilizer
– It can’t take filter
– closest focusing distance 0.1m
– maximum magnification 0.20x – 0.40x
– diagonal angle of view 180°
– overall length 51.7mm
– weight 165g

It comes with a lens cap, lens rear cap and a storage bag.

a little bit of everything…

• May 30, 2010
• Rumors
• 0 Comments

Panasonic G2 Aufnahmen aus der Hand ( A Panasonic Germany How-To)

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LUMIX Festival für jungen Fotojournalismus 2010 (Systemkameraforum / google english translation)
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Your Olympus E-P2Olympus E-P2Olympus E-P2Olympus E-P2Olympus E-P2Olympus E-P2Olympus E-P2Olympus E-P2Olympus E-P2Olympus E-P2Olympus E-P2Olympus E-P2 can look like a Hasselblad ;) -> DCwatch (google english translation)
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Is The PEN Mighter Than the SLR? (UniquePhoto)
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First Panasonic G2 user samples: (dpreview forum)

AF-assist beam mod to E-PL1

• May 30, 2010
• news
• 6 Comments

ZappB created an AF-assist beam mod for the Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1Olympus E-PL1. On dpreview forum he says that “With the AF light, I can take photos in pitch black conditions using the flash. Normally, this would be impossible. I also added a mode for the light to stay on constantly for video or whatever you desire with a constant light.”

Now he wants to teaming up with a manufacturer to produce these device. Contact him if you want to collaborate!

Well don ZappB!!!

(FT5) Panasonic 8mm f/3.5 fisheye to be unveiled next week

• May 28, 2010
• Rumors
• 25 Comments

According to many rumors we received from different sources Panasonic will launch a the new P&S camera but also the long awaited 8mm f/3.5 fisheye lens. It will be smaller than any other 8mm lens on market (smaller than the Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5Olympus 8mm f/3.5 and the Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5Sigma 8mm f/3.5).

It doesn’t come with optical image stabilizer and it can’t take filter (like the Panasonic 7-14mm).

We don’t know when the lens will be in Stock but we really hope Panasonic will not make us wait too long!

Via Photorumors:
The Panasonic FX75 will have 14MP and a Leica 24mm ultra-wide-angle f/2.2 Summicron lens with 5x optical zoom. The camera will support HD video in AVCHD Lite format. No RAW file format.

Keep following 43rumors!

Panasonic 7-14mm tested (dpreview)

• May 28, 2010
• reviews
• 6 Comments

According to Dpreview the “Panasonic 7-14mm offers more consistent sharpness across the frame at 9mm”
Anyway, the Olympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mm “is noticeably sharper in the central region at 14mm”

Read the review: http://www.dpreview.com/lensreviews/panasonic_7-14_4_o20/

Direct links to the lens:
Amazon / Adorama / BH / Amazon Deutschland / Amazon UK / Amazon France

New reviews (Panasonic G10, Olympus 9-18mm and more…)

• May 28, 2010
• reviews
• 0 Comments

The Panasonic G10 has been reviewd by PocketLink. They found the image-quality to be better than the quality from the Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10 (which has the same price-tag)
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Olympus 9-18mm sample images and comparisons (FourThirds-User)
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Panasonic SC-BT330 Review (Trustedreviews)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10 review (CNET UK)
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Olympus µ tough-6020 test on Forum-Olympus-France (google english tranlsation)