Up to $200 off on Panasonic lenses. And super deal on the Sony A6000.

There are new great deals today:

Sony: $748 for the Sony A6000 with two lenses, bag, SD card, $50 gift card at BHphoto (Click here).

Panasonic: And Panasonic lenses got a huge up to $200 discount:
Leica Nocticron 42,5mm f/1.2 OIS Lens got a $200 off on Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic Store.
$200 off on the 35-100mm f/2.8 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$200 off on the 7-14mm f/4.0 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$200 off on the 35-100mm f/2.8 ASPH Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$170 off on the Panasonic 14-140mm Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$160 off on the 8mm fisheye Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$130 off on the Leica 25mm f/1.4 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Panasonic 100-3000mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$100 off on the Leica 15mm f/1.7 Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$100 off on the 12-35mm f/2.8 ASPH Lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto
$80 off on the Panasonic 20mmII pancake at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$80 off on the Panasonic 45-200mm lens at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.

Olympus E-M5II has same E-M5 sensor.

Image of the E-M5 sensor by Engadget

Olympus is going the Canon route and will keep “re-using” the same sensor on the newer generation cameras. The E-M5II will get the same E-M5 sensor without PDAF.

But still, Olympus will add the sensor shift shooting feature that will allow you to take 40 megapixel pictures by combining 8 pictures shot in rapid succession.

Mirrorless news roundup…

Samsung NX1: Comparable to the Canon EOS 1DX Speed (SamsungCameraRumors).
Using the LX100 in studio at Mirrorlessjourney.
Sigma dp1 Quattro Full Review (ePhotozine).
E-Pl7 review at Trustedreviews.
Switching to Mirrorless: Embracing Fujifilm X (Danielkorzeniewskiphoto).
Samsung S 50-150mm f/2.8 Lens Focus (ePhotozine).
Samsung NX-1 First Impressions (Luminous Landscape).
Few Months with the Sony a7S – What I Learned (Learningdslrvideo)
Sigma DP1 Quattro review (CameraLabs).
Nikon 1v3 review: A marvel of a camera (Theinspiredeye).
Samsung NX1 Expert Review (ePhotozine).
Sensor Crop Factors and Equivalence (Photographylife).

Finally a rumor that will happen for sure! E-M Mark II has sensor shift resolution trick!

This rumor is confirmed by best sources. So do not take it with a grain of salt but as an almost 99% certain fact. The first week of February Olympus will announce the new E-M5 MarkII which will have one new unique feature in the OMD range:

The camera has a 16 Megapixel sensor that can shoot up to 40 Megapixel by shifting the sensor (in up to 8 frames of single shots).

So just like HDR shoots get combined to increase the dynamic range the new Olympus sensor will shift of 1 pixel for every shot and than combine the pictures to increase the resolution. This will work perfectly for landscape pictures a bit less perfectly on fast moving subjects.

For the rest the E-M5II will use the same E-M5 sensor so there is no improvement there :(

 

 

Next Fuji X-PRO2 rumor: Has Dual-SD card slot and comes mid 2015.

The X-Pro2 is slowly becoming a myth on the web. It’s rumored for release since early 2014 but its’ still not here for real :)

But the day may comes soon when it will be released if we trust in latest rumors posted by Fujirumors. They report it will be announced in mid 2015 and feature the new sensor we already heard about and also a very useful Dual SD card slot.

And this is the X-PRO2 rumor recap from Fujirumors:

Fujifilm X-PRO2 rumored specs list

(TS= trusted source / NeS =New Source / AS = Anonymous Source / AswN = anonymous source with nick-name / SRP = source who was right in the past, but not yet trusted / ORS = other rumor sites)

– APS-C sensor (TS + ASwN + AS)
– 24MP sensor (ASwN) – More than 16MP (AswN)
– dual SD card slot
– available early/first half of 2015/second quarter 2015 (NeS)
– tilt screen (AS)
– WiFi (AS)
– Non organic ASP-C X-Trans sensor (ORS)
– Price about 20% to 30% more expensive than the X-T1 (AS)