Panasonic 15mm lens shipment delayed in US (and likely Europe too)

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You will have to wait a lot more time before to get your preordered Leica 15mm MFT lens. According to BHphoto (Click here) the lens will now ship in late June only! There is also no way to grab the lens in European stores (like WexUk). Japanese sellers on [shoplink 46010 ebay]eBay (Click here)[/shoplink] plan to ship this lens by end of May.

15mm Lens preorders:
Black lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Wex UK (Click here), Amazon Japan (Click here).
Silver lens at Adorama (Click here), BHphoto (Click here), Amazon Japan (Click here).

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Thanks Taz!

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New Adata card for your GH4. Plenty of 4K ready SD cards in Stock.

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Today Adata announced their 4K ready SD cards. So while the GH4 is still hard to find in Stock you can find plenty of 4K ready SD cards in Stock right now (or very soon):

Kingston 16-32-64 GB SDHC UHS-I Speed Class 3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sandisk 16-32-64 GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Memory Card at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Transcend 64-128 GB High Speed 10 UHS-3 at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Panasonic 16-32-64 GB SDHC-UHS-I U3 Card (90MB/s) at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

If you are confused about the card types read that great article at Suggestionofmotion! In short this is the diagram that explains it all:

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(FT4) Possible E-PL7 specs

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Image on top shows the E-Pl6.

These could be the specs of the new E-PL7 which will be announced soon. There is no info yet about a possible E-PM and E-P successor.

16 Megapixel sensor (same as the E-M10)
200-25,600 ISO
81 AF points
8 fps
1/4000 – 60 seconds
3 inch vari-angle LCD touch screen with 1,040k dots
Stereo mic
Flash sync speed: 1/250 seconds
Built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n)
SD. SDHC, SDXC, Eye-Fi and UHS-I
Camera size is 119.1mm x 82.3mm x 45.9mm
Weight is 396g
Same E-Pl5/E-PL6 design.

via Photorumors.

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a little bit of everything…

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Camera-porn – Tour Olympus’ Private Collection!

Panasonic Battle, GX7 vs GM1 by Tysonrobichaudphotography.
Olympus 25mm lens review at Lenstip.
The GH4 design patent (pdf file)
Panasonic image app – power zoom control on iPad. GX7 and 45-175mm lens (Soundimagesplus).
Olympus E-M10 review by Imaging Resource.
Olympus 25mm review at Photographyblog.
Panasonic GH4 Video Timelapse at Luminous Landscape.
EM1 & 12-40 long exposures at BetterFamilyPhotos.

Michael: “I have been testing the Oly E-M1, Fuji X-T1, and now the Lumix GH4 to decide which I want as my alternative system to my 1Dx birding set-up. After my testing with the other 2, after my first test shoot with the GH4, I have decided that the Gh4 meets my needs the best. Image quality, while not nearly as good as the Fuji, is more than sufficient for my need when I will be shooting this camera. I have lots of experience with the GH3, but was not happy with the IQ. The GH4 (based on this one shoot so far) seems to have a smoother grain pattern, that makes all of the difference for me. And I love the UI and ergonomics of the GH3/4 over the others. Here is ny first shoot gallery with a full range of ISOs. I edited the RAW files to look like GH3 files in the meta-data so that Lightroom would read them. LR adjustments are limited to tone and clarity. Default sharpening on all of them and no NR except for the final shot that has Luminance=20. Here is the gallery…
http://www.mtapesphoto.com/gh4test“

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The funnist GH4 unboxing video to date by Peter Gregg (and great AF test).

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Whenever a new camera gets shipped you will find plenty of unboxing videos on youtube. But the one posted by Peter Gregg really beats them all :)
Watch the video above to see “His performance” and the very interesting AF test in complete darkness. It shows you an “Untold” aspect of the GH4 camera. It’s likely the best System Camera for low light focusing too! Peter also posted a 4K video sample you can see on Youtube.

Meantime Photoreview Australia tested the GH4 and writes:

From the start we felt the GH4 could be the most significant camera Panasonic has released so far, and after using it for almost two weeks we believe it will be a genuine game-changer. Not only is it a superior performer for still image capture, but to offer such a wide range of video options – many of them meeting professional requirements – puts the icing on an already attractive cake and takes the camera into areas we could only dream about previously.

5D Mark III raw versus Panasonic GH4 by EosHD. Video below:

Matching the Panasonic GH4 to full frame 5D Mark III raw – an EOSHD test from Andrew Reid on Vimeo.

Our reader Sherif posted that GH4 grading test:

GH4 Cinematic Grading Tests from Sherif Mokbel on Vimeo.

North American preorders, shipping date and price:
GH4 camera at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Ritz Camera and Panasonic. Price: $1,698. In Canada at Vistek.
GH4 camera with interface unit at Adorama and BHphoto. Price: $3,298
Interface unit only at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. Price: $1,998

Europen preorders, shipping date and price:
Germany: Wexcameras, Marcotec-shop.de.
UK at Wexphotographic, CameraWorld, UKdigital, CVP, TipTop.
Holland at Fotohanskeuzekamp.
Belgium at Fotokonijnenberg.
Norway at Fotovideo.
Sweden at Cyberphoto, Skandinavianphoto.
Finland at Telefoto, Topshot, Verkkoauppa.
France at Photocineshop.
Spain: Fotoboom.

Asian preorders, shipping date and price:
Digitalrev

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(Part one for Europe) Get a cheap Panasonic GF3 camera before they are gone!

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Like I told you recently there will be no new GF camera this year and Panasonic main focus will be on the GM line. And I suspect the GM line will never be as cheap as the GF cameras and that’s why it could be a good idea to grab one of the highly discounted GF cameras you can find right now. Let’s start with the GF3 camera. It’s really a good-looking (in my opinion) and well spec camera. Reviews can be read at Dpreview, Photographyblog, Imaging Resource and CameraLabs. And these are the best prices I found in Europe:
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Blac body for 117 Euro at Amazon Germany (via DL).
Black body only for 169 Euro on [shoplink 45998 ebay]eBay DE (Click here)[/shoplink].
White display camera with 14-42mm lens for 243 Euro on [shoplink 45999 ebay]eBay UK (Click here)[/shoplink].
Red camera with 14-42mm lens for 279 Euro on [shoplink 46000 ebay]eBay DE (Click here)[/shoplink].
White camera with 14-42mm lens for 279 Euro on [shoplink 46001 ebay]eBay DE (Click here)[/shoplink].
Black camera with 14-42mm X pancake zoom for 292 Euro on [shoplink 46002 ebay]eBay UK (Click here)[/shoplink].
Black camera with 14-42mm and 14mm lens for 295 Euro on [shoplink 46003 ebay]eBay FR (Click here)[/shoplink].
Black camera with 14-42mm and 14mm lens for 295 Euro on [shoplink 46004 ebay]eBay AT (Click here)[/shoplink].

PLease let me know if you find more or better deals! It’s quite a challenge to check the GF3 price offers in all stores and all countries :(

 

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