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Deal reminder: $100 off on the GX7 (and on the E-m5). New GX7 video tutorials.

September 30, 2013
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Panasonic Lumix GX7 Tutorials – Mirrorless Technology and Silent Shooting

Panasonic UK posted ten GX7 video tutorials. You can find them all on youtube (Click here). Reminder: The Panasonic GX7 body is now priced at $899 and the kit at $999. These are some direct links to the new GX7:

At Amazon US (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Samys (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). And if you waant the E-M5…that camera along the PEN’s got an up to $100 discount too at Amazon (Click here).

Something else: I really never thought that one day you could get a Full Frame camera (new!) for $1499. This is the price for the [shoplink 42062 ebay]Canon 6D right now on eBay[/shoplink].

(FT4) Panasonic announcement on October 10!

September 30, 2013
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an imaginary ultra-compact Panasonic camera. Not a real product! :)

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According to one trusted source Panasonic will announce the new ultra compact camera next week on Thursday (October 10). The source didn’t share any details on the camera and new lenses yet. But we know from other sources that we can expect the following new stuff:

1) A new Panasonic GM1 very thin and small camera. Close to the Sony RX100MII in terms of size. No mechanical shutter at all. Body is made of magnesium with a leather finnish. It comes in total black, silver/black, silver/brown.
2) A new Panasonic 12-32mm compact zoom (non PZ). Even smaller than the current Panasonic X Vario PZ 14-42mm.
3) The new Nocticron 42,5mm f/1.2 lens will be in Store in December. I guess the price and final specs will be announced on October 10 too.
I can also confirm that there will be an Olympus announcement in October. More about that soon…

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Great picture collection from Magnum photographer Moises Saman. And guess what camera he uses for his work :)

September 29, 2013
reviews
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Wired.com (Click here) posted a large set of wonderful pictures from Magnum photographer Moises Saman. Moises is one of the leading conflict photographers of our time and recently shot stories in Afghanistan, Egypt, Iraq, Libya and Syria.

If you scroll down there is an Interview with the photographer. Obviously the most interesting part is when he tells about his work on field and the effects of that work on the people around him. That said it’s nice to see once again that REAL photographer don’t care about Full Frame vs MFT sensor size discussions, pixel peeping, high ISO noise characteristics and whatsoever. What matters is if the camera fulfills your very personal need. If it makes it easier for you to create a story that you want to tell. When asked about Color vs B/W photography he answers:

“Some specific stories I see in black and white. It can depend my mood, or the mood of the work. There’s no formula. I mostly work with an [shoplink 29074]Olympus OM-D E-M5[/shoplink] camera and almost always with just one 35mm F/2 lens (Editor’s note: I guess he means the [shoplink 34914]17mm f/1.8[/shoplink]). Technically speaking, I find black and white easier — you have more freedom. The picture doesn’t need to be perfect. With color, if the colors themselves are not strong then the image does not work. Black and white, on the other hand, gives you more leverage; you have more space to focus on the content, instead of composition or lighting.”

Nice to hear a Magnum photographer using the E-M5 (P.S.: Also the GX7 is now being used by M.Photogrpahers). The E-M5 definitely has a successful history which I do hope will continue with the E-M1 and the future E-M7 (E-M5 successor).

E-M5 store links: [shopcountry 29074].

Huge surprise! $100 off on the brand new Panasonic GX7!!! And Oly deals back.

September 29, 2013
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What a surprise! Panasonic US just decided to drop the GX7 price by $100:

The Panasonic GX7 body is now priced at $899 at Amazon US (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Samys (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). I don’t know if people that already preordered the camera will also get the $100 discount without having to redo a new order. And for those that already got the camera ask your store if you can claim back the $100. it should be possible! otherwise tell them you will return the camera and buy another one one minute after :)

And there are many more brand new deals:
Save up to $100 on Olympus cameras at Amazon (Click here).
Save up to $100 on Select Olympus Lenses and Accessories at Amazon US (Click here).
$80 off on the Olympus Stylus TG-830 at Amazon US (Click here).
Save $40 or More on Select Olympus Digital Cameras at Amazon US (Click here).

E-M1 under tap water video. New Robin Wong E-M1 post.

September 28, 2013
reviews
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The guys from ThePhoBlographer posted that video of an E-m1 run under water. Check it out to see if the camera survived it :)

Robin Wong (Click here) posted the fourth part of his E-M1 review. It’s about one of the camera’s new features, the Color Creator. Check it out to learn more about it!

Preorder Links:
Olympus E-M1 body at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto, Amazon DE (via DL), Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL), WexUK, Topshot FI, CameraWorldUK.
Olympus M. Zuiko Digital ED 12-40mm f/2.8 PRO Lens at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, AmazonDE (viaDL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-40mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK and CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus E-M1 with 12-50mm Lens kit at Amazon DE (via DL), WexUK, CameraWorldUK, Amazon UK (via DL), Amazon ES (via DL).
Olympus EP-13 Eyecup for E-M1 at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus HLD-7 Battery Grip for E-M1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LC-62D Metal Front Lens Cap for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.
Olympus LH-66 Lens Hood for 12-40mm at Adorama and BHphoto.

E-M1 test roundup.

September 28, 2013
reviews
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Olympus OM-D E-M1 Demo Video from Jurek Ugarow on Vimeo.

There are many new E-M1 tests to link. First of all our reader Jurek made the video on top: “Here is a test video I did a few weeks back with an almost finished version(firmware 0.9) of the Olympus OM-D E-M1. Most of it was shot with the 12-50mm f/3.5-6.3 ED M. Zuiko EZ and a few final shots with the Olympus 75mm f1.8 M. Zuiko Digital ED. All clips straight out of the camera.”

The video quality of the E-m1 is certainly not one of the strenghts. That said it’s goo enough for most of us. And here are all other new tests and reviews: E-M1 hands-on review at Ayton. E-M1 review at PCmag. Hands-on at DC.watch. E-M1 test by Thomas Leuthard. Test by Steve Huff. Size comaprison by TheAaronLoy. Praxistest by Photoscala. Video illustrations comparing AF speed with MFT and FT lenses on E-M1 and E-3 at Onfoto.ru.

That’s it for now. I am back working on Olympus rumors now. I am 100% sure there will be an announcement in October!

New GX7 tests (and in Stock reminder)

September 27, 2013
Rumors
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Image courtesy: Tyson Robichaud

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The GX7 is in Stock and shipping at Amazon US (Click here). And it is also easily on top of the most sold mirrorless camera ranking (you can see it here). And there are alreayd plenty of new tests and reviews to report today:

Our friend Tyson Robichaud (Click here) posted the first part of his ongoing GX7 review. He likes the camera a lot but also marked some quirks that can hopefully be fixed by Panasonic via fw update:

“Oddly, if you are using a Lumix lens that also has OIS, the GX7 will disable the In Body Image Stabilization and as far as I can figure out, you cannot use it. This also follows a very odd omission of the lack of IBIS for video requiring optical stabilization for video shooters. Silly. I certainly hope this is remedied in a near future firmware update.”

Hardwarezone wrote a very positive conclusion:

“The Panasonic Lumix GX7 has genius. When I first learned about the camera I was not impressed, but when I started to use it I became impressed by how smoothly the camera handles. When I got the chance to use it side by side with the Olympus PEN E-P5 I became even more enamoured with the camera. On paper, the GX7 seems like it doesn’t hold up to many of the E-P5′s specs. But Panasonic’s great strength is in making their cameras easy to use, and that’s a metric you can’t judge on paper.”

And there are more test here:
GX7 test at Dime. And Jonas sent us a link to his own test: “I did a quick videotest with a GX7 and a slider. Have a look man! It’s all filmed as flatt as possible. -5,-5,-5,0 Natural style on 1080p 50fps then converted to 24fps 720p in premiere elements 11. http://youtu.be/DEoEJ23B7Ac”

GX7 links:
Silver GX7 body at Amazon US, BHphoto, Adorama, Samys, Wex Deutschland, Wex UK , Amazon JP.
Silver GX7 with 14-42mm lens at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Samys, Henrys, Wex Deutschland, WexUK, Amazon UK.
Black GX7 body at Henrys, Wex Deutschland, Wex UK, Amazon UK, Amazon Japan.
Black GX7 with 14-42mm lens at Henrys, Wex Deutschland, Wex UK, Amazon UK.
Black GX7 with 20mm lens at Henrys, Wex UK, Amazon UK, Amazon Japan.
Silver GX7 with 20mm lens at Henrys, Wex UK, Amazon UK, Amazon Japan.