The russian forum “Olympus Our life” posted the first Olympus E-5 review! The test is very detailed with all kind of ISO and sharpness comparison. We have to put our faith in hands of google translation tool to understand the text :)
More nice E-5 Image samples have been posted here at SmugSmug.
P.S.: Preorder the Olympus E-5 at Amazon.com (Click here)
And here a new Photokina video interview with Toshi Terada of Olympus (via noisycamera)
BHphoto and Adorama are closed because of the the Sukkot Holiday. But Amazon is offering some very good MicroFourThirds deal. We reported some of them the last days but there is more than we expected:
1) The Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 lens is in Stock for $336.95 at Amazon (Click here)
2) The Panasonic GF1 + 20mm lens deal is still ongoing. You can have it for $674.95 at Amazon (Click here)
3) The Olympus E-PL1 is also available for a very good price. $513.46 for the Black or the Blue model atAmazon (Click here)
4) The Olympus 9-18mm lens is in Stock for $591.99 at Amazon (Click here)
5) The Panasonic 45-200mm is in Stock for $265.00 at Amazon (Click here)
It’s the first time we see a prototype(!) listed on Amazon (Click here)
UPDATE This is the Fuji X100 page: http://www.finepix-x100.com/x100
Just look at our 43rumors poll to see what our readers want. It’s the first time I see such an unequivocal result!!!
Loading ...Anyway, if you need a real camera you could go for the Panasonic GF1 with 20mm f/1.7 Lens which now is in Stock for $674.95 only at Amazon (Click here)
Mr. Kitao Itirou from Panasonic has been interviewed by DC.watch.impress. The text is in japanese and google translation does a terrible job here. The most interesting part of the Interview is at the end when Mr.Kitao talks about future products:
1) Mr.Kitao says they can design compact MicroFourThirds smaller than the [shoplink 14908]Sony NEX[/shoplink] cameras!
2) The next three lenses, the 25mm f/1.4 and the two bright zoom lenses will be both compact and high-quality lenses.
43rumors already told you the GF2 will be announced in January-February 2011 probably along the 25mm f/1.4 lens. The bright video zoom lens could be announced along the AG-AF100 in December. But that has to be confirmed by other sources…
Would be nice if one of our japanese friends could help us to translate the most interesting parts. To be sure I understood everything well…
Thanks!
Image Courtesy Reinhard (Pen and tell)
Kowa announced yesterday that they will be making the 350mm f/4, 500mm f/5,6 and 850mm f/9,6 telephoto lenses for MicroFourThirds!
A suggestion: Make a MicroFourThirds version of the [shoplink 16501]Kowa 67mm f1.2 lens (Click here to see it on eBay)[/shoplink]…That would be an interesting lens!
UPDATE: The website is back online! Noktor is alive!
This is the old 43rumors post:
You remember the 50mm f/0.95 Noktor lens? One of our readers just noticed that their website is gone. Check it out: http://noktor.com/products.php. I tried to contact them but I don’t get any answer. Lat time I heard them they told me that they wanted to make specially designed MicroFourThrids lenses. But that was 3-4 months ago. Someone knows more than me?
P.S.: The only place to watch if you want the lens is [shoplink 15629]eBay (no auction now)[/shoplink].
Sorry to bother you with a new deal post but Amazon is continually offering new interesting deals. 43rumors already told you that Panasonic will lower the price of the GF1. And finally you can have the Panasonic GF1 with 20mm f/1.7 Aspherical Lens for $674.95 at Amazon (Click here)
