That hurts! What Jonathan Wong thinks about the Samsung NX10 (vs Olympus E-PL1)

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Jonathan Wong reviewed both cameras, the Samsung NX10 and the Olympus E-PL1. You can read his review on SteveHuffPhoto.com.

In short what he didn’t like about the Samsung NX:
– the AF gets confused easily in low light
– the Auto-ISO programming is AWFUL (Some daft genius at Samsung, however, has decided in their infinite wisdom that a minimum shutter speed of 1/15 is ok!!!)
– the EVF is pretty horrid (pixels galore!)
– the Samsung has a tendency to blow colors out with all the elegance of a rhino in ballet shoes.

And here the conclusion:
For all intents and purposes, this review could end here: the Olympus E-PL1 is a far superior camera.

That hurts!

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a little bit of everything…

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For those of you who might missed my first Noktor video :)

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Olympus E-PL1 review on quesabesde (google english translation)
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Some fake ads for Olympus (dpreview forum)
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Olympus Mju 9010 review (Letsgodigital)
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You need more Megapixels? DALSA Announces 140MP Custom Designed CCD (Image Sensor World)
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Panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10 review (Letsgodigital)
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Panasonic GF1 + paris kynor 20mm f3.5 (blogs.yahoo)
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Panasonic GH1 hack updated.

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EosHD.com is keeping us updated with the latest Panasonic GH1 hack news.

The hack enables following features:
– native 24p 1080p recording to the SD card (cannot be played back on the camera)
– patch to enable English language menus on the Japanese model
– 30min clip length limit has been removed
– 24p patches for 720p AVCHD and MJPEG modes

The hacker “Vitaly” (or “tester13”) believes the Panasonic GH1 has a lot more potential than Panasonic is delivering us. Why didn’t Panasonic allow some of the features listed above?

Read more on EosHD!

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Worldwide: Olympus 9-18mm lens in Stock status

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Let’s take a look where and when the new Olympus 9-18mm lens will be in Stock!

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EUROPE:
Pixmania UK -> In Stock at 24/05/2010
Redcoon Deutschland -> preorder only
Amazon Deutschland -> Gewöhnlich versandfertig in 3 bis 5 Wochen.
Amazon France -> Bientôt disponible
Pixmania France -> en Stock 24/05/2010
Redcoon Italia -> Prenotabile.
Pixmania Poland -> 24/05/2010

US:
Amazon US -> in Stock
Adorama -> preorder
BHphoto -> in Stock

ASIA:
Amazon Japan -> In Stock!

P.S.: Dear european friends. Let me know if you find the lens in Stock. I also want to buy the lens as sson as possible :)

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Drastic price drops on many MicroFourThirds stuff in US!

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I guess the price war started at least in USA. On almost every camera and lens we are experiencing consistent price drops. It is far more difficoult for me to know if the same tendency is ongoing in Europe. A first check on the german website idealo.de do not confirm a massive ammount of price drops like in US.

Anyway, here the list of the discounts. If you click on the shop name you will jump directly to the product page.

CAMERAS:
– The blue and champagne Olympus E-PL1 with 14-42mm price is now $529.00 on Amazon. You save $70.99!
– The Olympus E-P2 + lens but without viewfinder now is in Stock for $899 on Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
– The Panasonic GF1 + 14-45mm lens is in Stock for $754.95 on Amazon and BHphoto
– The Panasonic GH1 + 14-140mm lens is in Stock for $1,189.95 on Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto

LENSES:
– On Amazon you can get the Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 lens for $356.95. You save $43.00!
– The Panasonic 7-14mm lens is in Stock for $999.95 on Adorama and BHphotoAmazon

REMINDER:
The Olympus 9-18mm lens is in Stock on BHphoto. One of our reader wrote us that the same lens is shipping via Amazon US (His credit card has been charged).

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