Dear readers,
we have one very new and very reliable rumor for you today. Just give me some time to prepare it and ask some more details to other sources…

Yesterday we posted the Amazon top 20 chart. We thought it would be interesting to compare it with Amazon Europe charts. This is not a scientific comparison because rankings do also depend from deals and prices which are very different from Amazon US.
The biggest surprise is that the Olympus E-520 leads the ranking in Germany!

Top 5 cameras in Amazon Germany (click on the camera name to visit the product page):

Position	Position in US	Brand	Camera	Price
1	14	Olympus	Olympus E-520 inkl. 14-42mm & 40-150mm Objektive	EUR 490,45
2	9	Canon	Canon EOS 7D Gehäuse	EUR 1.327,95
3	2	Canon	Canon EOS 450D inkl. EF-S 18-55mm IS Objektiv	EUR 540,45
4	1	Canon	Canon EOS 500D inkl. 18-55mm IS Kit	EUR 667,95
5	13	Canon	Canon EOS 500D Gehäuse	EUR 595,45
			more Olympus and Panasonic cameras
25	not in the top 100	Olympus	Olympus E-620 inkl. 14-42mm & 40-150mm Objektive	EUR 738,45
45	24 (Black model)	Panasonic	Panasonic GF1 inkl. Objektiv F3,5-5,6/ 14-45mm/ OIS titan-silber	EUR 817,95

And here the results for Amazon UK:

Position	Position in US	Brand	Camera	Price
1	1	Canon	Canon EOS 500D incl. EF-S 18-55 mm IS Lens	£569.10
2	3	Nikon	Nikon D3000 with 18-55 mm VR Lens	£369.00
3	2	Canon	Canon EOS 450D incl EF-S 18-55mm IS Lens	£482.60
4	?	Canon	Canon EOS 1000D EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 Lens	£392.08
5	5	Nikon	Nikon D90 Digital SLR Camera 18-105 VR Kit	£774.70
			Olympus and Panasonic cameras
9	not in the top 100	Panasonic	Panasonic Lumix G1 Digital System Camera Kit – Black	£454.80
18	32 (with 14-42mm lens only)	Olympus	Olympus Pen E-P1 Micro Four Thirds Digital SLR Camera (14-42mm Black & 17mm Silver Pancake Lenses & VF-1 External Optical View Finder Kit) – Silver	£749.99
18	44	Panasonic	Panasonic GH1 Camera – Black	£1,065.48

One Olympus and one Panasonic cameras made it into the amazon top 20 chart. Click the camera name to visit the product page on amazon:

Position	Brand	Camera	Price
1	Canon	Canon T1i Camera with 18-55mm IS Lens	$719.00
2	Canon	Canon XSi with18-55mm IS Lens (Black)	$572.98
3	Nikon	Nikon D3000 Camera with 18-55mm Lens	$484.43
4	Canon	Canon XS Camera with 18-55mm Lens (Black)	$449.95
5	Nikon	Nikon D90 Camera with 18-105mm Lens	$1,028.77
6	Nikon	Nikon D90 Camera (Body Only)	$789.95
7	Pentax	Pentax K-x Camera with 18-55mm Lens (Black)	$559.00
8	Nikon	Nikon D5000 Camera with 18-55mm VR Lens	$699.00
9	Canon	Canon 7D Camera (Body Only)	$1,699.00
10	Nikon	Nikon D3000 KIT	$519.95
11	Nikon	Nikon D300s Camera (Body Only)	$1,499.00
12	Canon	Canon 50D Camera with 28-135mm Lens	$1,129.95
13	Canon	Canon XSi Camera (Black Body Only)	$485.95
14	Olympus	Olympus E520 Camera with 14-42mm and 40-150mm Lenses	$487.95
15	Canon	Canon 50D Camera (Body Only)	$929.95
16	Nikon	Nikon D5000 Camera (Body Only)	$552.98
17	Panasonic	Panasonic GF1 Camera with 20mm Lens	$1,081.95
18	Canon	Canon 7D Camera with 28-135mm IS USM Lens	$1,849.00
19	Canon	Canon T1i Camera (Body Only)	$849.00
20	Canon	Canon 5D Mark II (Body Only)	$2,579.00
		more Panasonic and Olympus cameras…
24	Panasonic	Panasonic GF1 with 14-45mm Lens	$899.95
31	Olympus	Olympus E-P2 Camera with 14-42mm Lens and Electronic View Finder	$1,099.99
37	Olympus	Olympus E-P1 Camera with 17mm f/2.8 Lens and Viewfinder (Silver)	$760.00
38	Olympus	Olympus E620 Camera (Body Only)	$506.95

A new “prediction” from Ken Rockwell.

“The 2000s were the DSLR decade. Those days are over. DSLRs are about as relevant today as dial-up modems and SCSI-conected scanners,

The 2010s are the decade DSLRs died.

In 2019, DSLRs will still be used for sports, news and action, but the rest of us will be using far more compact Powershots, M9s or Panasonic GF-1s for digital.“

Fabio sent us following images and text from the movei Topaz (Alfred Hitchcook 1969):

“A fantastic Pen-f, it starts in a sandwich and ends in a chicken:”

Alfred yould probably love the new digital Pens :)