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Olympus confirms PEN E-P3 successor

Olympus confirms PEN E-P5 Olympus keeps sending messages about the future development. In an interview made by DigifotoPRO Toshiyuki Terada from Olympus confirmed that there will be an E-P3 successor. At that point I remind you that trusted sources that the E-P series as it was is will not continue. The new camera will be [...]

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Olympus PEN EPL-5 vs OMD EM5

Olympus PEN E-PL5 vs Olympus OM-D E-M5 Preview             Olympus OM-D E-M5 Vs Olympus PEN E-PL5 The Olympus PEN Lite E-PL5 features the same 16 megapixel Micro Four Thirds sensor as the Olympus OM-D E-M5, although the body lacks the EVF, weather sealing, and 5-axis image stabilisation, instead features just 2-axis sensor-shift based [...]

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Olympus PEN E-PL5 and PEN E-PM2 Review

Olympus was one of the instigators of the mirrorless uprising, having formulated the Micro Four Thirds standard with Panasonic. At first it looked like Olympus might be overshadowed by Panasonic’s technical prowess but a combination of its class-leading JPEG processing and pretty heritage-inspired designs meant they were able to offer something interesting. With the first [...]

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New Olympus Lens 17mm 1:1.8

If you liked the Olympus 17mm 1:2.8 pancake lens, you’re going to love this new 1:1.8 version with the enhanced low light and DOF capabilities this wider maximum aperture brings! Coming soon in 2013!

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M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm 1:1.8 lens & ED 60mm F2.8 Macro lens

Heads up all you portrait and macro fans! We’ve got some good news for you and it takes the form of the new M.ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 75mm 1:1.8 lens and M. ZUIKO DIGITAL ED 60mm F2.8 Macro lens. We will post some reviews on these awesome lens soon.

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[NEW] Olympus XZ-2 STYLUS

Here’s everything you need to know about the new XZ-2 in two minutes!

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Lumix GF5 White and Black Version

  Due to a source from nPhoto, the upcoming Lumix GF5 will be in black and white. Specs were also stating that the noise performance is on par with the 7D, how awesome is that?! As you can see, the grip was revised and much better than GF3. We are still waiting for a confirmed [...]

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PTool v3.64d to Hack GF2 to GH2

PTool v3.64d released http://www.gh1-hack.info/wiki/PToolSoftware A new hack (PTool v3.64d) adds identical GH2 features to the GF2 (except 24p). Special thanks to Vitaliy_Kiselev who came up with the tool and right now he’s working on the GF3 hack. So here are the steps to hack your GF2 if you have one: You’ll need to download firmware [...]

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OLYMPUS OM-D E-M5 Starts Shipping from 31 March 2012

Great news we have here! Olympus announced that the new Olympus E-M5 worldwide shipment will start on March 31st. As usual Asian countries should receive the first stock first with Amazon Japan saying that the camera will ship on the same day. But unlike Panasonic Olympus does a pretty good job with worldwide shipments and [...]

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Rumored Lumix GH3 in September?

What are the chances of a Lumix GH3 to be released at Photokina this September? This might be the rumored specifications for the upcoming GH3: Sensor: 15.5 mega-pixel sensor ISO: ISO 160-12800, extends to 80-51200 Speed: 6.7 FPS Body: Magnesium alloy body, weather sealed, thinner and lighter than GH2 LCD: 3.2″ IPS with 1050k-dots, with [...]

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