Many thanks to all the people who gave their vote! I will soon open the zoom poll and after that I will send the results to Olympus and Panasonic.
Here the results of the prime lens poll:
Update: The most voted focal lenghts are,
– 25mm (982 votes)
– 12mm (823 votes)
– 17mm (475 votes)
– 14mm (373 votes)
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I know you are all busy reading the über-professionals review made by hundreds of professional tech-guru’s.
That’s why I invite you to read the Olympus E-P1 review written by Katie! It is nice to bring some feminine sensible touch in this masculine dominated world! http://www.whatkatiedoes.net/
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P.S.: I met her inside the new E-P1 user forum!
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/olympuse620/
The E-620 seems ot be a real winner and if the review convinced you to buy the camera than simply click here:
I received this rumor from a completely new source. He claims to know that
1) Panasonic has designed a new “back-illuminated” CMOS-sensor.
2) Panasonic is ready to release a compact camera using the new sensor.
3) The camera will have a 1/1.3 inch sensor!
A little history first:
Sony was the first company to develop a back-illuminated CMOS-sensor (read more at the Sony homepage). Sony’s new CMOS sensor design made its first appearance in the new HD Handycam video model HDR-XR520VE/500VE. A detailed review of the XR520 has been written by trustedreviews: “Another revelation with the XR520 is how well Sony’s claims of improved low light performance pan out. The image isn’t significantly brighter than that of Canon’s LEGRIA HF S10, but it is noticeably less noisy. The white balance also remains very accurate, so colours are quite faithful. This camcorder will be hard to beat when shooting in poor illumination.”
What are the benefits of the new sensor?
The Sony “back-illuminated” EXMOR-R sensor nearly duplicates light sensitivity while reducing the signal-to-noise ratio. I expect the Panasonic sensor to be able to fulfil the concept’s potential.
What our sources told us
“Panasonic developed a backside ilumination LiveMOS 1/1.3 inch sensor. ”
I asked him if there is a plan to apply the technology to a bigger sensor and the answer was:
“It’s difficult to apply backside illumination technology to large image sensor for comsumer model like MFT. There are some problems about heat and yield ratio.”
And the first compact camera using the new sensor
“…will be launched 3Q-4Q”
If you have questions concerning that news write a comment or contact me at 43rumors@gmail.com and I hope the source can answer your questions.
