Why not copy the L1 design to create a "rangefinder" styled MFT camera?

What is going to happen now that the Olympus E-PL1 has been unveiled? 43rumors is working to catch some news about future Panasonic and Olympus cameras. If you read the worlwide Micro-FourThirds forums you will notice how everybody is wishing a rangefinder-styled compact camera. Many of you want the EVF built-in in the body and not external. Let’s see if Panasonic will satisfy the request!
Latest rumors are telling us that Panasonic will at least announce one new MFT camera. Some rumors we recieved do say two are coming (even better!). At the moment it seems very unlikely to see the Panasonic GH1 replacement.
Fact is the Panasonic G1 is discontinued in Japan and totally deleted from some official Panasonic websites (like here in Canada).
We are almost certain Panasonic will show some of the pre-announced lenses at PMA (Feb 21-23).

And what about Olmypus?
We are still waiting to get news about the E-3 replacement which will probably be annouced at the end of February or earyl March. And we really hope Olympus will enjoy us all with the release of new lenses!

Exciting times!
Stay tuned on 43rumors!

P.S: The Panasonic GH1 keeps dropping at amazon…now $1,219.95!

I just switched to the new layout design. it is just a first step of the work I have to do. It is very likely that every day you will see small updates. On Friday 43rumors will have the new server and there will be no more blackouts.

And if all works well we will have new rumors to post. Panasonic and Olympus still have to show us new stuff!

Panasonic Canada removed the G1

Not only is the Panasonic G1 officially out of Stock in Japan but now Panasonic Canada directly removed all G1 references. Something new is coming???

Just recieved a new rumor from a new source. He told me Panasonic will launch two new MicroFourThirds cameras. And he says one of the cameras is to put into the “GF1″ category. Two days ago another rumor we received told us that Panasonic will announce a new camera on February 18.

Something is happening…can you tell me more? Send your rumors at 43rumors@gmail.com

Today we found two comparison:

1) Olympus E-P2 vs. Panasonic GF1 comparison at Neutralday. They posted only the first part of the review so final conclusions will follow soon.

2) Panasonic GH1 vs Olympus E-P2 vs Leica M9 by Steve Huff. Steve recently produced a lot of interesting reviews and comparisons. The Leica M9 wins the challenge but costs also 7 times more than the Panasonic GF1!

I just received following information from a new source. He says Panasonic will announce the new MicroFourThirds camera on FEB 18. The new camera will probably have more to offer than the E-P1/E-P2 or GF1  ( ….I know that’s a criptic message but that is what I have been told ).

If you know something more contact me at 43rumors@gmail.com

UPDATE: I upgraded the rumor value from FT2 to FT3. I had the chance to contact the rumor source and my sixth sense says he could really know something!

Reminder:

FT1= Rumor which is almost impossible it will become true

FT2=Rumor from a new unknown source (not reliable and not confirmed from trusted sources I know)

FT3=Rumor from one or more sources which maybe could become true

FT4=Rumor from one or more sources which already gave me correct rumors in the past. There is a 70-80% the rumors are true

FT5= Very trusted sources gave me the rumor. There is a 90% chance it will become true.

One more thing: We also learned that trusted sources can be wrong sometimes and also Companies can change their decisions or maybe spread false rumors into the wild!

Olympus E-PL1 + 9-18mm and + 14-150mm lens

The Four-Thirds matching simulation now supports the new Olympus E-PL1 and both new Olympus lenses the 9-18mm and 14-150mm.
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Hands-On Preview: Olympus E-PL1 (digitalcamerainfo.com)
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Olympus E-PL1 PEN Preview Gallery at DPinterface.

Both layouts are very similar and not in final stage. But now you take the decision!

What’s the difference between the two? One has the central camera database bar with shortlinks to shops and latest news. The other has a smaller adsense bar.

Layout A

Click to enlarge Layout version A

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Layout B

Here we have the camera database. You can select Cameras, lenses, Adapters (it slides smootly from one content to another). And you have always direct links to shops, latest news and reviews!

Click to enlarge Layout version B

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UPDATE:

Latest version on top:
Screenshot 4 (it opens the image in a new tab) of the future 43rumors website

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Screenshot 1.

After long discussions I choosed to work on the details of the actual design.

Major changes are:
1) The Logo is new. I hope you like it
2) We added a cameradatabase under the header. Every camera has a quick link to news and reviews
3) We choose to keep the three column design but the main-central content with all the post is now 100px larger. The main content has been also moved up by 200px (Less scrolling)

Remember this is only a very Alpha version of the design. Feel free to tell if you like it or not!
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Olympus E-PL1 + PT-EP01 underwater case! (via Fotoactualidad)

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Samsung NX10 vs Panasonic GF1 (dpreview forum)
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Danny Hurley predictions about the future Olympus E-5
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E-PL1 at Forum Olympus France ! (French / google english translation)
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Amazon US: Panasonic LX3 (Silver) for $386.90

Photographyblog just posted the E-P2 review!

"Moonrise" by Craig Mod 10 sec @ f/2.8, ISO 100 (The montain is the Annapurna)

UPDATE: I am sure because of the E-PL1 rush, many of you missed these nice reviews. That’s why I moved the article on top again.

We from 43rumors want to make a big compliment to Craig Mod and David Clapp. Both are showing us the potential of the Panasonic GF1 when shooting landscapes. We find this “real reviews” fare more enjoying than professional in studio pixel-peeping tests

Thanks guys!

Need your help once again. We have seen that ebay links were one of the main cause of slow page loading. We now have rewritten the scrript and need you help for a check.
The new script recognizes your OS language (Windows-MAC-Linux operative system language) and should link you to the right ebay page from your country. Please check if it really works. Let me also know if the search string works well or if I should change it. If you also have ideas for more search terms let me know

The script works for: Austria-Australia-Belgium-Canada-Suisse-Germany-Spain-France-Ireland-Italy-Holland-UK-US. If you are not from one of those countries you will be redirected to Ebay.com

The ebay links are on the left sidebar. But I also posted them here:

Ebay US:
Micro Four Thirds

Panasonic GF1

Olympus E-P1

Leica Lenses

Zeiss lenses

Voigtländer Lenses

Micro Four Thirds Adapter