New reviews roundup (X-E1, Gh3, PEN, Sony 35mm lens).

Image courtesy: DSLRmagazine

We got many new reviews and here is a roundup of the most important ones:

Digitalcamerainfo posted their full GH3 review: “The Panasonic GH3 is the Micro Four Thirds system all grown up, and it’s hard to argue that it’s not the best mirrorless system camera to date. While we’ve seen impressive performance from other bodies like the Sony NEX-7, and incredible styling and control in the Olympus OM-D E-M5, the Panasonic GH3 brings all of that together with some exceptional video quality to boot.“

ePhotozine is the first website posting the full Sony 35mm f/1.8 E-Mount lens review. The lens gets marked as “Highly Recommended” for the following reasons: “Sharpness is very good from maximum aperture, and can even be considered as outstanding as the lens is stopped down.Other optical anomalies, such as CAs, falloff and distortion are also kept well in check, plus the light weight and compact dimensions of the lens should make this an ideal addition to any serious NEX camera owners kit bag. The addition of optical stabilisation can only enhance the appeal of this lens.“

Photographyblog (Click here) just published the full X-E1 review. It gets Highly Recommended by the reviewer: “The Fujifilm X-E1 feels even more like the natural interchangeable lens evolution of the incredibly popular X-100 camera than the X-Pro1 did, offering refined, intuitive handling, fantastic image quality, premium build quality and five high-quality lenses on launch.“

Body cap resolution test at DSLRmagazine (translation here). The Dutch website Pixelmania (translation here) posted the full E-Pl5 review. Also Frankfurter Allgemeine (translation here) tested the E-PL5.

New Fuji X-E1 reviews and a Nikon 1 deal and a free tablet on NX camera purchase!

Photographyblog (Click here) published the full X-E1 review: “The Fujifilm X-E1 feels even more like the natural interchangeable lens evolution of the incredibly popular X-100 camera than the X-Pro1 did, offering refined, intuitive handling, fantastic image quality, premium build quality and five high-quality lenses on launch.“

It’s certainly a camera that will attract many buyers unlike the Samsung NX cameras which sales are disappointing. That may be the reason why Samsung UK decided to reward every NX camera purchase with a free tablet!!! More about it at Photographyblog.

And while Nikon 1 is patenting one AF technique after another (latest one here) they started a huge deal on the Nikon V1 with lens at Amazon (Click here).

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Black Fuji X-E1 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Silver Fuji X-E1 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Black Fuji X-E1 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Silver Fuji X-E1 with 18-55mm lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Fuji 14mm f/2.8 lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Fuji 18-55mm f/2.8-4.0 OIS lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

Two Olympus lenses to be announced soon!

So, there is still some exciting new announcement to come before the end of this year! According to multiple top sources Olympus will soon have a double lens announcement. One is the already well known 17mm f/1.8 prime lens. M43.eu posted the first JPG and RAW image samples of the lens. It will cost around 550 Euro and be in Stock right before Christmas. But there is also a second mysterious “high quality” lens to come. Hope to hear some specs about it soon…

P.S.: Panasonic GX2 announcement has been probably delayed til early 2013 :(

New Fuji X-E1 fw update and new Sony/Panasonic tests.

We had quite a couple of news yesterday. On top you can watch a super nice GH3 video review made by CameraStoreTV. But yesterday we also had a new Fuji firmware update:
Firmware 1.01 for X-E1 (click here): It will add the compatibility with Fujinon XF18-55mmF2.8-4 R, improve the auto focus accuracy with XF60mm lens, and prevent under exposure when using the M-Mount Adapter .
Firmware 2.01 for X-PRO1 (click here) : Get full performance with the Fujinon XF18-55F2.8-4 lens. The size of the bright frame on OVF can be magnified in relation to zooming motion of Fujinon XF18-55mm lens. When using the focus checking function with “3-time” magnification in manual focus mode, you could find a few dots (black or color) only in live view image on EVF/LCD. Improve auto accuracy focus of XF60mm lens and prevent under exposure when using the M-Mount Adapter.

And here are some other new reviews you may want to check out: Sony NEX-6 tested by Quesabesde (translation here). E-M5 review at Neocamera. GH3 hands on by EosHD.

Oh…one more thing: Mr.Yosuke Aoki from Sony said at The.me that “We’re studying the possibility” of doing a Full Frame mirrorless system.

Sony NEX-5R gets DxOmarked!

DxOmark (Click here) tested the Sony NEX-5R sensor and it will not be a surprise for anyone here that it got the same score as the previous NEX-5n cameras (78 vs 77 points). So the real question is, will you spend hundreds of dollars/euro more to buy the NEX-5R? The answer seems to be no! Currently the NEX-5n is the most sold camera at Amazon US (ranking here),

Interesting is also the note they added when comparing the NEX-5R with the Olympus E-M5. basically the performance is the same. The real difference and reason why the NEX scores better is that it has ISO 100!