(FT3) New Olympus compact cameras and press release on February 2nd

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According to our friends from photorumors.com Olympus has scheduled a press release event on February 2nd

That’s what they wrote:

  • Olympus will also announce many new accessories for these cameras: floating strap, silicone case, etc.”
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a little bit of everything…

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A very old Panasonic G1 review from cameralabs!

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Focus Numerique made a Olympus E-P2 autofocus noise test (read the google english translation)
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Tyson Robichaud and his obsession with the Panasonic GF1
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The Olympus E-P2 + external microphone adapter EMA-1 pictures (letsgodigital)
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Today Deals:
Adorama: Panasonic GF1+20mm lens in Stock for $999
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First real big Samsung NX-10 review

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The korean friendss from SLRclub were the first to leak the NX-10 and now they have made their review of the Samsung NX-10. Once clicked on the link you will probably have to wait a minute before the image is loaded. They posted the review as a unique whole image! That’s why no google english translation is available. But it doesn’t matter, pictures and videos are easy to understand :)

My first thoughts:
Autofocus seems to be really fast but video quality is not as decent as the one from the .

BHphoto listed the Samsung NX-10 with a price of $699.

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Rumors summary and a not so important poll.

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I will make a quick rumor summary. Click on the linked text to open a new window with the original rumor article:

1) Olympus will at least announce two new FourThirds cameras. The E-620 successor and the E-3 (and E-30?) successor. The E-620 should use a new generation Panasonic sensor and be announced in February. The E-3 successor should also use “some kind of new sensor”. Available in March and maybe announcement at PMA (late February).
P.S.: Everyone is sending me rumors about that new sensor without giving me details about it :(

2) Panasonic will launch a new Lumix camera. Very likely a MicroFourThirds camera (G1 successor?)

3) Olympus will announce a new MicroFourThirds camera in May-June

3) Panasonic and Olympus will both soon launch the new MicroFourThirds lenses.
– Olympus 9-18/4.0-5.6 (February-March 2010)
– Olympus 14-150/4.0-5.6 (May-June 2010)
– Olympus 40-150 lens (February-March 2010)
– Panasonic Lumix G Vario f/4.0-5.6 100-300 mm (February-March 2010?)
– Panasonic Lumix 14mm pancake lens (February-March 2010?)
– Panasonic Lumix G 8mm Fish-Eye APSH f/3.5

4) And finally Samyang will release two new FourThirds lenses in March. The 85mm f/1.4 and 8mm f/3.5 fisheye!


I know you don’t have enough informations to seriously answer the poll. But I am really curious to know what you are waiting for:

If specs are correct (1080p60 included) and real image quality ok will you buy the GH2?

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Amazon Europe Charts.

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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
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