Now that Amazon US has the Black G2 in Stock
EUROPE:
Amazon Deutschland -> versandfertig in 1 bis 3 Wochen.
Amazon UK -> will be released on 1 Jun 2010
Amazon France -> preorder
US:
Amazon US: Black G2 in Stock
BHphoto: Approx. Arrival June
JAPAN:
Amazon: in Stock
Click here to check it out on Amazon: Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 with 14-42mm Lumix G VARIO f/3.5-5.6 MEGA OIS Lens (Black)
Dpreview tried to found an answer to the following question: Can software ever take the place of optical excellence?
They tested four cameras: Canon Powershot S90
Olympus E-PL1
Olympus E-PL1
Olympus E-PL1
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And what did they discover? “Purely optically-corrected design have an edge over the Micro Four Thirds lens that combines both optical and digital correction.”
Interesting!
Read more on dpreview.
Letsgodigital just posted their latest Olympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mm
In the meanwhile one owner noticed a “extreme softness on the right side” (dpreview forum). Hope this is a problem with that specific sample and not a general issue.
Other 9-18mm reviews:
– slrgear
– dpreview
Click here to check the current price of the lens: Olympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mmOlympus 9-18mm
Panasonic just launched a new cashback action. You get 200 Euro cashback when you purchase the Panasonic GH1Panasonic GH1
Panasonic GH1
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Read more on Panasonic Germany and Panasonic Japan.
I don’t know yet if the same action is available in other countries…
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 ;)
