Just a small update:
The 8mm and 85mm Samyang lens will be available in March.
After that Samyang will release the 35mm f/1.4 lens with FourThirds mount.
In US the lenses are known as “Vivitar” lenses. The 85mm lens is already available in Amazon US for Nikon-Canon-Sony-Pentax mounts
New Olympus E-P1/E-P2 books are available for preorder at Amazon UK
The only book available in Amazon US is the Magic Lantern Guides: Olympus E-P1
Two Panasonic GF1 books will be soon available in Amazon UK
Finally it is official! We have new lenses for FourThirds mount :)
Press realease:
Samyang company has informed that new lenses: Samyang 8mm f3.5 fish-eye and Samyang 85mm f1.4 with a mount for Olympus 4/3, have been released to the market. The lenses complete the series of mounts designed for Canon, Nikon, Sony and Pentax.
Apart from adjusted bayonet, optics in the products will remain the same. Both lenses will be available with manual focusing. Delta company, the general distributor of the Samyang products, shall be responsible for sales in Europe. Both lenses will become available at the end of March 2010.
via: lenstip
So here we are. it is the end of the year and we have the Japanese DSLR sales rankings from January 1 to December 24!
P.S.: Click on the camera name to see the product in Amazon.
| Ranking | Camera | Market Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canon EOS Rebel T1i / EOS Kiss X3 |
15.9 |
| 2 | Canon Digital Rebel XSi / EOS Kiss X2 |
13.2 |
| 3 | Nikon D90 |
9.1 |
| 4 | Nikon D5000 |
6.6 |
| 5 | Nikon D60 |
5.4 |
| 6 | Nikon D40 |
5.1 |
| 7 | Panasonic G1 |
4.2 |
| 8 | Canon 50D |
3.5 |
| 9 | Olympus E-P1 |
3.0 |
| 10 | Panasonic GF1 |
2.7 |
| 11 | Pentax K-m |
2.5 |
| 12 | Sony A300 |
2.2 |
| 13 | Canon 5DII |
2.1 |
| 14 | Nikon D3000 |
1.8 |
| 15 | Sony A350 |
1.8 |
| 16 | Pentax K-x |
1.8 |
| 17 | Canon 7D |
1.6 |
| 18 | Canon 1000D |
1.6 |
| 19 | Panasonic GH1 |
1.6 |
| 20 | Olympus E-520 |
1.3 |
source: bcnranking.jp
The japanese very popular website DC.watch.impress asked their readers to vote the best camera of the year. These are the results:
1. E-P1
2. 7D
3. K-7
4. GF1
5. K-x
6. D3s
7. GXR
8. E-P2
9. D300s
10. GH1
But real japanese sales rankings do show a different story. Take a look at the November 2009 sales rankings: http://bcnranking.jp/category/subcategory_0008_month.html.
Interesting or not? It seems that a lot of people like the “concept” of MicroFourThirds cameras but not so many of them are buying it…
Source: blog.livedoor.jp
SILKYPIX Developer Studio 3.0 has beenn released and can handle the Olympus E-P2 RAW files.
