We closed our poll. We had over 2.100 unique voters. Every person had three votes. 29% of the voters came from US, 34% from Europe, 23% from Japan and 14% from other regions.

What do we learn from the poll results?

1) It came with no surprises that people needs prime lenses (and possibly fast lenses!). Almost half of the voters voted for it!

2) The first surprise came on position three: 28% of the voters wants a camera with built-in electronic viewfinder (rangefinder look!)

3) 26% of the voters wants Olympus and Panasonic to continue the “classic” FourThirds line development. And many people (26%) is wants a High-End camera model that includes all the best features (wheatersealed body, fast autofocus and all the gimmics you need inside a High-End model).
Duarte (a 43rumors reader) added the following conclusion “The interesting issue here is that both of these groups are probably 4/3 hardcore users. The conclusion is that half of them are on jump ship mode (4/3 -> m4/3).”

4) “Only” 14% needs a fullframe camera.

Feel free to add your considerations! Comment this post!

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P.S.: I voted for my “monochrome sensor camera” option, and only 2% voted for my idea :)

The final results are here:

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pixel peepers episode 2!!!

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Some fun…Ricoh goes MFT! (source: dpreview forum)
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Panasonic GF1 Receives DIWA Gold Award (source: photographyblog)
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Luminous Landscapes tested the Leica X1 and they also made a comparison with the Panasonic GF1.
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And finally something really cool! The first waterproof housing is here! Read in japanese or the google english translation. There are many images!
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Tamron.de has updated the countdown and they clearly say “Sorry, it’s not a lens”. Probably a rebates program? Boring…

Polish E-P2 event.

The E-P2 is available for preorder at Amazon UK / Amazon US / Adorama / BHphoto / Amazon DE
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At Thedigitalstory you can find a poadcast which discuss three camera: The Canon PowerShot S90, Panasonic Lumix LX3, and the Leica X1.
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Some nice Concepts for the latest Ricoh GXR at akihabaranews.com. Some nice accessories are available at amazon.com!
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Panasonic in ‘giant pigeon’ publicity stunt! Panasonic wake up! We need more cameras and not giant pigeons!
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DCfever article about the E-P2. Read in japanese or google english translation.
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The japanese website journal.mycom.co.jp made a GF1 vs E-P1 comparison. Read in japanese or google english translation.
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Deals:
The GF1+20mm lens is still not available in amazon.com but everything else is in Stock! Ships from and sold by Amazon.com with normal price!
Panasonic GF1 Camera with 14-45mm Lens (Ships from and sold by Amazon.com for $899.95! 5 items in Stock)
Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Lens (Ships from and sold by Amazon.com for $399.95! 2 items in Stock)
Panasonic DMW-LVF1 External Live Viewfinder (Ships from and sold by Amazon.com for $199.95!)
and
Amazon US ships the Olympus 50mm f2 lens for $400