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A new E-P2 owner is showing his camera!

– The E-P2 is available for preorder at Amazon US / Adorama / BHphoto / Amazon DE
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Olympus FE-5020 Review at trustedreviews.com.
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D300S vs DMC-G1 Vs 7D (dpreview forum)
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Bradford sent us a link to his new GF1 Gigapan images: “You will find a 300+ megapixel 5-shot bracketed night shot panorama, a 1+ gigapixel panorama, a 400+ megapixel handheld panorama as well as a few others.
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Not only Japanese giant industries can produce DSLR in motion cameras!
http://www.kinor.ru/en/products/camera/dc2k/
http://www.ikonoskop.com/support/faq_sp16/
http://www.pixpolar.com/company.html
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We found the first lucky E-P2 owner inside the dpreview forum ;)
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Inside the dpreview forum we also found a megacomparison: The SonyA550 fights against the A380/A700/Pentax K-7/Olympus E-620/Canon 50D/Canon 500D/Canon 7D/Nikon D300s!!!
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Something different: Polaroid business is back in Japan!
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Today deals:
Amazon US: Olympus E-P1 with 14-42mm Lens (Silver Body/Black Lens) for $703.98.
Adorama: Panasonic 20/1.7 lens in Stock.
Amazon US: Panasonic GF1+20mm and GF1+14-45mm lens will be in Stock on December 13!
Amazon US: Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 Lens in Stock for $399.
Pixmania Deutschland: The Panasonic GH1 für 1.290 € mit dem Promo-Code DE181209.
Pixmania Italia: Una serie di sconti su fotocamere Panasonic a Pixmania!

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Panasonic GH1: worldwide price drops.

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We noticed that the Panasonic price dropped in many countries. As you may remember few weeks ago we posted a rumor which said that the GH1 could become a successor in February-March. We don’t know (and we don’t believe) that the current price drops has something to do with the rumored successor release.

Check for yourself the worldwide price drops:

US
– Today amazon US sells the Panasonic GH1 with 14-140mm lens for $1,299.00. In few weeks the price dropped $200 (-13%).

Germany
Let’s take a look on the 90 days price history:
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The cheapest price you can find is in Pixmania Deutschland: 1 290 € mit dem Promo-Code DE181209 .

Other European countries
Pixmania dropped the prices in Netherland, Belgium and Italy.

UPDATE:
And that’s the UK price history (Thanks Andy!)
Panasonic_Lumix_GH1_+_14-140mm_lens_graph

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E-P2 – Manual Focus

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I found an interesting post inside the dpreview forum:

Dear all,

Manual focus on E-P2 works a bit different than on E-P1 – at least in case of m4/3 and 4/3 lenses.

Moving focus ring automatically brings up magnification view (it is by default, but you can change it through menus). That part is the same as with E-P1, but the difference is that when you stop with focus adjustments (when you stop moving focus ring), E-P2 automatically closes magnification view, and you can see the whole scene.

You can check video sample at:

http://www.mah-productions.com/pics/E_P2_ManualFocus.mp4 (approx 8MB)

and the result photo is available at:

http://www.mah-productions.com/pics/E_P2_ManualFocus.JPG
http://www.mah-productions.com/pics/E_P2_ManualFocus.ORF

Best regards,
Boris

– The E-P2 is available for preorder at Amazon US / Adorama / BHphoto / Amazon DE

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43rumors redesign progress

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Good morning!
Wanted to give you a little redesign update.
Things are going forward slowly. The main reason is that there will be a new version of WordPress in few weeks. I am waiting until them before I start to work on it. The good news is that I found a very good Designer which will redo our logo and layout.
I am currently developing the new 43rumors section (deals-photocontest-forum-wiki). All is working very well on my local computer.

I expect to have a first beta version of the website on late January. Keep sending me your suggestions at 43rumors@gmail.com.

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UPDATED->Olympus E-P2 in Stock in amazon US and in Asian shops! And GF1+20mm in Stock on December 13!

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AMAZON US: Olympus E-P2 with 14-42mm Lens in Stock via EXPO! and with 3-4 days processing via J&R!

The camera is in Stock at Amazon JAPAN
I recieved emails from other asian countries saying that some stores do have the in Stock!

Amazon Deutschland says “Gewöhnlich versandfertig in 1 bis 2 Monaten”.

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Today Deals:
Amazon US: Panasonic GH1 now $1,322.99!.
Amazon US: Panasonic GF1+20mm and GF1+14-45mm lens will be in Stock on December 13!
Amazon US: 6 Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 Lens in Stock for $399.

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