In case you missed my post on NikonRumors from few days ago: a price increase is coming to Canada on April 1st, 2016 (not a joke) on all major camera manufacturers, including Nikon, Canon, Sony and Panasonic. The reason for the price increase is the decline of the Canadian Dollar:
Panasonic announced a new Lumix G 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH. POWER O.I.S. lens for MFT cameras: Price: $497.99 Shipping will start on April 28th Production 1,000 pieces / month Micro Four Thirds System Lens 24-120mm (35mm Equivalent) Aperture Range: f/3.5 to f/5.6 One Extra-Low Dispersion Element Three Aspherical Elements POWER O.I.S., Dual I.S. Compatible Splash- and […]
Tomorrow (February 24th) Panasonic will announce a new Lumix G Vario 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS lens (pictured above). Also: the Japanese website Nikkan reports that Panasonic will introduce a new 6K 30fps capable camera before the end of their 2016 fiscal year (March 31st, 2017). Maybe this will be the new Panasonic GH5? Via Digicame-info
There is probably/hopefully at least one person out there that will be excited about the freshly announced Panasonic GF8 camera (previously reported here). Here are the specs at a glance:
These are the current ongoing rebates/deals by manufacturer:
Olympus officially announced that five new companies have joined the Micro Four Thirds standard:
→ Check out the Filmtoaster – it lets you digitize your own film archive with a digital camera (available on Amazon). → New Plustek OpticFilm 135 film scanner announced (price: $399). → PhaseOne and ALPA announced a new A-series IQ3 100MP camera system. → Check out the current Olympus and Panasonic rebates. → Olympus released new firmware updates for the E-M1 and E-M5 […]
Panasonic published some information on their organic CMOS sensor with global shutter that uses organic photoconductive film developed by Fuji:
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