A couple of hours before the official announcement many websites are already posting the Panasonic and Olympus specs and images:
E-PL5, XZ-2 and 60mm macro and 17mm lens:
XZ-2 press (Click here) and E-PL5 press (Click here). Clubsnap posted the full E-PL5 press release! The XZ-2 Clubsnap press text is also available. 60mm macro presentation at Clubsnap.
GH3 specs:
Official specs at Dpreview.
Today is a big day! All starts with the Fuji XF1 announcement at 6am London time. Olympus announcement is scheduled for 10am, Panasonic for 12am. Than we will have Leica and Hasselblad.
This is just to say that I will have massive work to do today!
Genesis from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.
Tomorrow is the big Olympus and Panasonic announcement day but sadly for them there is no mroe secret left to unveil. On top of this post you can already see the first video shot on the new GH3. And leaking goes even more further with Samys that is alreayd accepting preorders on the new Olympus stuff:
Panasonic GH3 (Click here)
White E-PM2 (Click here)
Black E-PL5 (Click here)
60mm macro lens (Click here)
12mm limited lens (Click here)
Reminder: There is still a Leica and Hassleblad announcement to come!
SLRmagic announced two new lenses for three mirrorless systems. Interesting that they didn’t make the lens in NX mount for Samsung! Here is the press text:
PRESS RELEASE:
Hong Kong, September 15th, 2012.
During Photokina 2012 in Cologne, Germany (September 18-23), SLR Magic will present attractive new CINE products as well as its Toy Lenses, all of the highest technical quality. Among them, will be a new SLR Magic CINE 35mm T1.4 lens in stores by the end of 2012. SLR Magic would like to invite all participants of Photokina fair held in Cologne to visit our stand in Hall 3.1 B059. SLR Magic will present its entire range of camera lenses, cine lenses, spotting scopes, and camera accessories during Photokina.
A major attraction is a high-performance mirrorless format cine lens with manual focus. With a focal length of 35mm and aperture of T1.4, this lens joins the family of cine lenses designed for demanding users. The reason why the 35mm T1.4 lens is not in the HyperPrime series is because T1.4 is not the fastest speed we can design for this 35mm lens.
Ever since the release of the HyperPrime CINE 12mm T1.6 lens, cinematographers have been requesting for a set of HyperPrime CINE lenses. In addition to our new CINE 35mm T1.4 lens, we will also showcase our 25mm T0.95 (MSRP: US $649) in mFT and 35mm T0.95 (MSRP: US $1,249) in mFT, X-mount and E-mount concept lenses that are based on the optical design of the HyperPrime CINE 50mm T0.95 lens.
Due to difficulty to source a particular material to manufacture the HyperPrime 23mm F1.7 for E-mount announced on December 8th 2011 it was discontinued within 3 months of launch. During this time, we have re-designed the lens, increasing image quality across the frame yet keeping the lens size and price similar to the original. The new design also supports mFT and X mount cameras.
All details concerning the optical type and physical size of the lens will be published at a later date. The SLR Magic CINE 35mm T1.4 lens in mFT, X-mount and E-mount (MSRP: US $279) will be introduced for sale in December 2012. The SLR Magic HyperPrime 23mm F1.7 (MSRP: US $399) in mFT, X-mount and E-mount will be introduced for sale in February 2013.
SLR Magic CINE 35mm f/1.4
Mount : mFT mount / E mount / X mount /
Black Magic Cinema Camera mFT mount
Focal Length (35mm equivalent) : 70mm[mFT] 52mm[E] 52mm[X]80mm[Black Magic mFT]Minimum Focus Distance : 0.3m
Maximum Aperture : T1.4
Minimum Aperture: :T16
Optical Design : 8 elements, 8 groups (4 x Tantalum)
Lens Length : 70.3mm
Lens Weight : 370g
Filter Thread Diameter: 52mm
SLR Magic HyperPrime 23mm F1.7
Mount : mFT mount / E mount / X mount /
Black Magic Cinema Camera mFT mount
Focal Length (35mm equivalent) : 46mm[mFT] 35mm[E] 35mm[X]52mm[Black Magic mFT]Maximum Aperture : F1.7
Minimum Aperture : F22
Optical Design : 9 elements, 8 groups (4 x Tantalum)
Lens Length : 61.3 mm
Lens Weight : 265g
Filter Thread Diameter: 49mm
Sometimes you see small leaks over weeks and sometimes like today everything gets visible within a couple of hours! Here are the images of all new stuff that Oly and Pana will announce on Monday!
On top you see the GH3 and here is the video that leaked it (Source youtube):
Than we have the two pics of the new E-PL5/E-PM2 with E-M5 sensor with TruPic VI image processing engine and touch screen.
We also have the two images of the new Olympus lenses:
And let’s not forget the 35-100mm X lens:
Question is…is that all we are going to see on Monday?
A couple of weeks ago we had a first $1000 discount on the Leica M series and now there is another $500 disocunt to add.
Silver M9 for $5999 (Click here)
Black M9 for $5999 (Click here)
Silver M9-P for $6499 (Click here)
Black M9-P for $6499 (Click here)
That’s soooo cheap or not? :)
via Steve Huff.
What you see here on top is the new nice looking 18-5mm f/1.8 lens for the Nikon 1 system. You can get in Black at Amazon (Click here) and in Silver at BHphoto (Click here) and in White again at BHphoto (Click here). The price is very good for such a fast lens!
