(FT4) Samyang is not going to produce lenses for FourThirds mount.

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One of our 43rumors friends “D.B.” contacted the Samyang Assistant Manager and asked him:

“Good Day .
i am interesting in Samyang Lens : 8mm fisheye
I know that you produce this lens for varius mounts – but Four Thirds mount ( Olympus and Panasonic DSLR )  is not among them
Do you have plans to produce this 8mm lens in Four Thirds mount ?
Do you plan to produce any other of your lenses ( like 85mm/1.4 ) for Four Thirds mount ?

Since this question is interesting to many Olympus and Panasonic DSLR users i will post your answer on Forums ( with your permissions  )
thank you . ”

The answer is:

“Dear Mr. D.B.,

Thank you for your email today.

We do not have any plan to produce 85mm or 8mm fisheye lens for Four Thirds mount.
We share same optical part on 4 different mount types such as Canon, Nikon, Sony and Pentax. The size of their image sensors are almost same but 4/3 image sensor is smaller than others. It makes more narrow angle of view and less fisheye effect on 4/3 camera.

It is possible to make 4/3 mount but due to the above reason, we do not make one for 4/3.

Best regards “

That’s it :(
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a little bit of everything…

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+ TS-E45mm f2.8　movie test

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New Tripod Adaptor for DMC-GF1 (source: panasonic.net)
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Some very nice E-P1 + Sigma 30mm pictures have been posted inside the dpreview forum
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Rollei resurrection!

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It is not an Olympus or Panasonic news but I believe this news will be interesting for everyone who loves photography. I always liked Rollei cameras! Few months ago the Franke & Heidecke GmbH (the producer of the Rollei cameras and lenses) declared the insolvency. Now a new company, the DHW Photo GmbH wants to resurrect the camera production!
According to available information, the DHW will resume production on an area of 2000 square meters, spread over three floors, with 20 coworkers.
That’s good news!
I wish you good luck!

Original article at photoscala.de: Read in german or read the google english translation.

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(FT3) new Panasonic MicroFourThirds camera to be launched on February 2010

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We received two new mails from new sources. Both messages do say that Panasonic will launch a new MicroFourThirds camera in February. It is very likely that the is going to be “upgraded”. Also a new generation of Panasonic sensors should be used for the camera.

(FT2) It is rumored that the camera will be the “GH5” and use a new 12 Megapixel sensor. 24Mbit/s video compression should also be one of the upgraded features.

No specific details are available yet.

(FT4) What we already know is that on February Panasonic will launch new lenses!

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UPDATED -> Amazon US has finally many MicroFourThirds stuff in Stock!

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UPDATE: The Olympus Zuiko 12-60mm lens gets a nice discount
– Olympus Zuiko 12-60mm f/2.8-4.0 Digital ED SWD Lens for $786.95. That’s over $100 less than the adorama price.

Other deals or important items in Stock are:

LENSES:
– The Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Lens is always in Stock! Ships from and sold by Amazon.com for $399,95
– One single Panasonic 7-14mm f/4.0 Micro Four Thirds Lens for Panasonic Digital SLR Cameras is in Stock! Ships from and sold by OneCall (you have to pay $100 more than the normal amazon price.
– Also One Panasonic 14-140mm f/4.0-5.8 Lens is in Stock.
– Panasonic 45-200mm f/4.0-5.6 Lens

CAMERAS:
– You get $62.14 discount on the Olympus E-P1 Camera with 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens (Silver Body/Black Lens). Price $737.85!
– The Panasonic GF1 Camera with 14-45mm Lens is in Stock with normal human price ($899,95)

P.S.: Forget to buy the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 12.1MP Micro Four-Thirds Interchangeable Lens Digital Camera with LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Lens it cost you $1,199.95!!!

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