If you need to know why the NEX-5 can’t overshadow MicroFourThirds cameras read the preview on Luminous Landscape. They are very satisfied with the cameras image quality but: “Sony’s engineers and marketing people had a mandate when it came to the design of the NEX-5, and unfortunately the needs of the more advanced photographer were not part of that brief.”
Read more: Luminous Landscape
The following patent is really old. The Publication Date is 04/10/1991!
But I thought you would be interested to read more about it: http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP0225408B1.html
It shows that Olympus already had a plan for building a modular camera a very long time ago ;)
You can now preorder the Olympus E-PL1 For Dummies on amazon (click here)
Olympus E-PL1
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prooves once again how popular the camera is. The same book is also available for pre-order on Amazon UK (click here)
But there are more new books coming (click on the link to visit the product page on amazon.com):
– David Busch’s Olympus PEN EP-2 Guide to Digital Photography
– Olympus Pen Series Tutorial DVD, including E-PL1 (E PL1) by QuickPro
– David Busch’s Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 Guide to Digital Photography
One thing we noticed is that in Germany you have tons of books about FourThirds and MicroFourThirds cameras. Check out the book list for Olympus PEN (click here)
The last new entries are the Olympus PEN
The Olympus PEN book will be soon available in Amzon UK (click here)
I only found Panasonic related books on Amazon France
Do you have some book suggestions?
Thanks!
Ale
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Shootouts vs K-7, GF-1, EP-1 and EP-2! (RiceHigh)
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Panasonic GF1 review at Digital-Photography-School
43rumors is now certain that we will soon see a revolution inside the FourThirds product strategy. FourThirds will continue to live and grow but in a different and somewhat unexpected way. According to many rumors we received from many different sources Olympus has made some important decisions:
1) FourThirds will continue to exist. There are two reasons why this will happen.
a) MicroFourThirdsMicroFourThirds
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cannot satisfy some of the needs of pro-semipro photographers (like fast and reliable autofocus for example). So there is still a need for classic DSLR cameras
b) There are many FourThirds users out there that Olympus don’t want to disappoint
2) Future FourThirds development will focus on High-End products. The low-entry FourThirds lineup will not be developed anymore. We don’t expect any new Olympus E-4xx
3) In order to be competitive with cameras like the Canon 7D
4) We received confirmation (from new and “old” known sources) that the Olympus modular camera concept really exists! This innovative camera was supposed to be introduced in 2011. But it is very likely that Olympus engineers are now working to introduce the hybrid-system by end 2010.
We received first details about that camera but we need to confirm the rumors before to post it on 43rumors. If you can help us send us an email to 43rumors@gmail.com
Thanks all for your help!
Reminder:
As usual please keep in mind that we are talking about rumors and there is no official news yet!
(FT1) Only a dream (FT2) Sounds a little more real (FT3) Could be (FT4) Possible, from trusted sources (FT5) It’s done! FT= Four Thirds
Most über-fast lenses (with f/1.1 or faster aperture) do have a focal length between 25-50mm. But there are some (crazy) exceptions. Take a look at the follwoing four items (clicking on the link will show you the lens on eBay):
1) FJW Industries Lens 90mm f/1.0FJW Industries Lens 90mm f/1.0
FJW Industries Lens 90mm f/1.0
FJW Industries Lens 90mm f/1.0
FJW Industries Lens 90mm f/1.0
FJW Industries Lens 90mm f/1.0
FJW Industries Lens 90mm f/1.0
FJW Industries Lens 90mm f/1.0
FJW Industries Lens 90mm f/1.0
FJW Industries Lens 90mm f/1.0
FJW Industries Lens 90mm f/1.0
2) Leica Leitz 90mm f/1.0Leica Leitz 90mm f/1.0
Leica Leitz 90mm f/1.0
Leica Leitz 90mm f/1.0
Leica Leitz 90mm f/1.0
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Leica Leitz 90mm f/1.0
Leica Leitz 90mm f/1.0
Leica Leitz 90mm f/1.0
Leica Leitz 90mm f/1.0
3) Varo Optical Inc. High Speed Lens 90 mm f:1.0Varo Optical Inc. High Speed Lens 90 mm f:1.0
Varo Optical Inc. High Speed Lens 90 mm f:1.0
Varo Optical Inc. High Speed Lens 90 mm f:1.0
Varo Optical Inc. High Speed Lens 90 mm f:1.0
Varo Optical Inc. High Speed Lens 90 mm f:1.0
Varo Optical Inc. High Speed Lens 90 mm f:1.0
Varo Optical Inc. High Speed Lens 90 mm f:1.0
Varo Optical Inc. High Speed Lens 90 mm f:1.0
Varo Optical Inc. High Speed Lens 90 mm f:1.0
Varo Optical Inc. High Speed Lens 90 mm f:1.0
4) Canon XI 90mm f/1.0Canon XI 90mm f/1.0
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Canon XI 90mm f/1.0
-> Images samples on flickr
I found image samples for the Canon lens only and I don’t know if you can use all of them on a MicroFourThirds camera. Let us know if you ever used one of those lenses on your camera!
Thanks!
Check out the three video on youtube (click here). It is easy to see that the Samsung NX-10Samsung NX-10
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is the worst camera here. The NEX-5 and the Panasonic GF1
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are almost on par with the GF1 having the less worse results (in my opinion).
