Finally I have two trusted sources saying that both new MFT cameras will be unveiled in few days! According to one of them the cameras should be announced on on March 7 in Japan!!!

Keep following us! We will update you with every rumors and news we can find!

UPDATE: Panasonic will have a press conference at the Focus on Imaging show on Sun 7th Mar, 9am (London time)

P.S.: Both cameras will have a 12 megapixel sensor!

The newly announced Noktor 50mm f/0.95 lens is not your only option if you need ultrafast manual lenses. I made a small list of lenses I found on Ebay (all 50mm lenses). My hot tip is the Canon FD f/0.95…really a decent lens for the price!
P.S.: For all these lenses you need to use the adapter!

UPDATE2: I forot to mention the Olympus 50mm f1.2!
Click here to find the lens on Ebay

UPDATE: Nikon Nikkor 50mm f/1.2 Lens added!
Click here to find the lens on Ebay

Voigtländer 50mm f/1.1
Reviews: bophoto – Steve Huff
Where to buy: Ebay – BHphoto -

Canon FD 50mm f/0.95
Click here to find the lens on Ebay

Fujinon 50mm f/1.2
Click here to find the Lens on Ebay

Leica Noctilux 50mm f/0.95 (expensive!)
Click here to find the Lens on Ebay

a little crazy style to talk about lenses…

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E-P2 and Voigtlander 35 1.2 (dpreview forum)
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Very good Review: EP-1 vs GF-1 with 20mm lens (dpreview forum)
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GH1 vs 5Dmk2 BLIND TEST (dpreview forum)
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Exclusive look at Olympus Micro Four Thirds 9-18mm super wide zoom lens (FourThirds-User.com)

UPDATE 2: Steve Huffs Lens review diary -> http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2010/03/03/the-noktor-50-f0-95-lens-review-diary/
UPDATE: More image samples posted here -> http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2010/03/03/more-noktor-0-95-and-e-p2-samples/

Check it out: http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2010/03/02/first-look-at-the-noktor-50-f0-95-lens-on-the-olympus-e-p2/

Cool…he starts the hand-on with the following statement “So far, I AM IMPRESSED”

It seems that the BLACK Olympus E-PL1 camera is the most wanted of the three colored E-PL1.
So where can you find it in Stock?

As usual europeans are a little bit more lucky than US citizens
Amazon DEUTSCHLAND: BLACK Double kit and Body only version are in Stock! The Single lens E-PL1 will be in Stock in “2 bis 5 Wochen”.
Amazon UK: BLACK Double kit and Body only version in Stock

In US Amazon / Adorama / BH all do have the BLACK E-PL1 in pre-order status (with BH saying that it will be available in March).

Posted on Olympus Japan website: http://www.olympus.co.jp/jp/support/cs/DI/fwdl/e1/ep1.html

Seems to be a Bugfix update only.

Finally sold by amazon itself for $399. Click here: Panasonic LUMIX G 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Pancake Lens for Micro Four Thirds Interchangeable Lens Cameras

The LOREO 3D Lens

UPDATE: The only place I found where you can buy Loreo lenses is on Ebay (click here)

I was told that Loreo will soon have their Loreo 3D lens available for MicroFourThirds cameras!
UPDATE: The 3D Lens for FourThirds mount is already available since months.

Text from their website: “The new subframe 3D Lens in a Cap 9005 (patent pending), in development since 2007, is a sports and portrait 3D lens. The lens has a focal length of 40mm and a stereo base of (interocular distance) of 90mm.” … “On Olympus and Panasonic Four Thirds and Micro Four Thirds digital SLR cameras, the 2:1 FOV crop factor brings the effective focal length to 80mm on the vertical side of the image frame, making it a telephoto 3D lens. With a pair of 1.45x converters, the effective focal length on 4:3 format units becomes 116mm. The wide image pitch (90mm) allows excellent 3D photographs to be taken from 5 meters or more away. ”

The 3D effect: “The 3D effect is achieved by transposing two images through a matched pair of focusing lenses and a reflector housing with four mirrors. Beam splitters designed in the 1960s for SLR cameras have a pronounced keystone effect. The new 3D Lens in a Cap 9005 eliminates the keystone effect. It is a self-contained, integrated mirror assembly and lens system that mounts directly onto the camera body and does not need any supporting lens. This means that it does not work with SLRs which do not have interchangeable lenses, such as the Olympus E10, E20 series of digital cameras.

The 3D Lens in a Cap 9005 takes full advantage of the accurate viewing, exposure control and wide range of shutter speeds that SLRs possess. Excellent print and digital 3D images can be produced with this lightweight 3D Lens. Processed 3D prints are ready for viewing with Loreo Deluxe or Lite 3D Viewers. They can also be viewed on computer screens with a Loreo Pixi 3D Viewer.”

More infos here: http://www.loreo.com/pages/products/loreo_3dlenscap9005.html

Dpreview just posted the Ricoh GXR review.

They compared the camera with the Panasonic GF1. Use this quick links to see the results:

Ricoh GXR vs Panasonic GF1 noise test: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/ricohgxra12/page15.asp
Ricoh GXR vs Panasonic GF1 JPG test: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/ricohgxra12/page24.asp
Ricoh GXR vs Panasonic GF1 RAW test: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/ricohgxra12/page28.asp
Ricoh GXR vs Panasonic GF1 High ISO: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/ricohgxra12/page29.asp
Ricoh GXR vs Panasonic GF1 Resolution: http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/ricohgxra12/page30.asp

Reminder: the Ricoh GRX is a modular camera. If you buy every single piece on Amazon you will have to spend quite a lot .

You all didn’t forget that the Panasonic “Focus on Imaging show” will be held at the NEC Birmingham from 7th-10th March …or not?

The official Panasonic UK website shows clearly the following text:

Now, we didn’t receive any reliable rumor about the exact launch date. If Panasonic wants to show the new MicroFourThirds cameras at that event they could probably announce the cameras in few days.

But few things are a little strange:

1) We didn’t recieve any rumor about the exact launch date
2) Panasonic UK changed the teaser (the new teaser doesn’t show the camera silhouttes) -> Click here to see the difference
3) Few weeks ago Panasonic made a countdown for the launch of a new website and they don’t do anything for the launch of their new products?

If this doesn’t happen than we should expect an annoucement next week at the C+ show in Japan (it starts on March 11).

Anyway we are definitely SURE two MFT models will be announced! The G2 and the G10. We also recieved some specs from new sources but we first want to check them with our rleiable sources. So expect more rumors soon.

If you know somehting contact us at 43rumors@gmail.com (Suggestion -> create a gmail account and contact me. I am also available via gmail chat)

Cheers!

Ale

Today I show you the Top 3 and the 5 most sold Panasonic and Olympus cameras in amazon bestseller rankings.

If you compare the rankings you can notice that:
1) Classic Olympus FourThirds still rules in Germany and France
2) In Amazon UK Panasonic beats Olympus cameras
3) In Japan MicroFourThirds sells extremely well
4) In Amazon US the Panasonic GF1 is since months the best ranked Panasonic-Olympus camera

Click on the camera name to jump to the amazon camera page

	Amazon UK
Position	Product
1	Nikon D3000
2	Nikon D5000
3	Canon 450D
8	Panasonic GF1 20mm Lens Kit – Black
11	Panasonic G1 – Red
16	Panasonic G1 – Black
18	Panasonic G1 – Blue
21	Panasonic GF1 20mm Lens Kit – Red

	Amazon Germany
Position	Product
1	Canon 1000D
2	Canon 500D
3	Nikon D90
9	Olympus E-520 inkl. 14-42mm & 40-150mm Objektive
30	Panasonic G1 inkl. 14-45 mm Objektiv
45	Olympus E-620 inkl. 14-42mm & 40-150mm Objektive
46	Olympus E-520 inkl. 14-42mm Objektiv
48	Olympus E-P1 inkl. 14-42mm Objektiv