On top: E-P3 Video Review from Digitalrev.
Fotopolis published an English interview with Michiharu Uematsu from Panasonic. In short, he confirms they are working on new viewfinder technology and focus speed improvement. And for him the future is Mirrorless (not DSRL).
[shoplink 23109]Panasonic Lumix GF3[/shoplink] review at Trustedreviews: “It’s really hard not to like the GF3 – it’s very small, very stylish, very easy to use and is capable of delivering very good image quality too. On top of this it also offers a generous amount of user control, some useful shooting features and excellent HD video recording abilities. Our only real concern is that the removal of the hot-shoe is a step backwards in terms of flexibility. ” New GF3 studio shoots are available at Imaging Resource.
[shoplink 22077]Panasonic G3[/shoplink] review at Fotopolis (google translated!): “Panasonic Lumix G3 is an interesting proposition for amateurs and for those who prefer a little more size than access controls. It offers image quality comparable to the SLR, but it is closed in a much smaller package. Items that are missing in the new Lumixie is primarily the removal of the proximity sensor with an electronic viewfinder and the lack of artistic modes, HDR images and vast panoramas”
[shoplink 23568]Olympus E-P3[/shoplink] review at Adorama: “Would I recommend this camera for photojournalism, street, documentary, and travel photography? Absolutely—even with the higher price tag, and even though I would have to pay extra for an eye-level viewfinder—because in the tradeoff between speed and quality, in these particular areas of photography speed will inevitably win, and the E-P3 is faster than anything else out there in its size and price class for capturing the decisive moment.”
Those are all the directs search links to the new Oly/Pana products! Click on shop name to visit the search pages of every single product:
Panasonic G3 [shopcountry 22077]
Panasonic-Leica 25mm f/1.4 [shopcountry 23110]
Panasonic GF3 [shopcountry 23109]
Olympus E-P3 [shopcountry 23568]
Olympus 12mm f/2.0 [shopcountry 23576]
Olympus 45mm f/1.8 [shopcountry 23577]
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Wow, u can barely understand his english, it’s pain to listen to it.
Are you talking about the interview with the Panasonic exec? I take it that you are not talking about the Digital Rev review with Kai – his English is very good!! I always enjoy Kai’s reviews. Its good to see the AF improvement of the E-P3 for some street shooting.
OFC I am talking about the interview -_-. Kai is from UK and a nativ speaker…
well then learn japanese moron….
EP1,2,3 Question to those who have experience:
How does Dynamic Range evolved in out of the box JPEGs (not raw!), as the sensors remained roughly the same?
When I git my Oly E-510 years ago, I though the sensor was defective and wanted to bring back the camera, so blown the skies appeared as soon as there was even the smallest cloud. Or land was underexposed.
DXO tells daynamic range remained the same (even including the E-510.. 🙁 ) all over the years.
A low dynamic range translates into clipping of high tones (usually). There are tricks (with some draw backs)to circumvent this by tweaking the tone curves, which in the e-510 did not really gave better results.
How is it nowadays? Anyone did some comparisons from camera to camera?
Has DR improved in JPEGs from lets say EP1 to EP2 to EP3?
from what i have read around, there is a slight improvement in the shadows, not so much in the highlights.
personally when i’m comparing its always with raw and not jpeg,
raw represent the maximum of DR that you can get
“raw represent the maximum of DR that you can get”
Yes…but as to highlight clipping (really a problem with E-510, and as to DXO measurements all subsequent olys seemt to be the same roughly)m highlight clipping can be reduced by underexposing the image and then pulling up the darker areas of the image.
That’S why I asked for DR in JPEG and not in RAW which (should be) unprocessed by the camera.
If there is enough “headroom” in the darker areas, then this (albeit dirty) method could to a certain extent enhance DR.
So Oly can get a little more out of its bad old sensor in DR …
Do they do this in “in camera” processing? And does it works?
the G3 the lack of artistic modes is a big plus to me 🙂
I think Kai’s review showing us the key points that improved from the previous models. it always fun to see his review on internet. not boring at all.
GF3:
“Items that are missing in the new Lumixie is primarily the removal of the proximity sensor with an electronic viewfinder and the lack of artistic modes, HDR images and vast panoramas”
Excactly, and that’s more than surprising as especially consumers nowadays harvest the most wows of their friends by showing around panorama pics. And I must admit, I like theses features as well and wonder why Pana is lagging behind so much in theses things!
why did he use Pentax branded strap? Was it ad? 🙂
Of course it was
in lots of videos he uses the wrong strap on the camera… just a thing i suppose
Check the German manual.
There is a hint to the new viewfinder.
http://www.de.olympus.ch/consumer/208_manuals.cfm?prodID=E-P3_master
Page 120
PS. Okay, there are many many hints…Not just on page 120. Just search for “Sucher”
If its called VF-3, maybe its not worse than the VF-2.
Hmm.. it doesn’t look smaller, at least not much. So I suppose it is either cheaper or better. It doesn’t look cheaper though. It seems to be tiltable, just like the VF2.
Nice catch Andi! I am going to post that on 43rumros and I will mention you as the “soure” 😉
admin congrats, you have little “spies” everywhere 🙂
btw, that EVF resembles the one in the video, looks like it might have flash
For your update:
The Korean ad that I pointed new EVF have 480p video on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1a7UURPxpxQ
This time at 01:03, better than second hand recording.
looks like its a flipping up flash unit
The English translation mentions only the VF-2, on pages 102 and 120(pictured) as far as I can see.
Ah! The German and English manuals are different. Looks like the VF-3 is not going to be available in England! Or is it just a marketing department typo? Very strange…
jeremy clarkson! lol
I am very impressed with the autofocus I would love to see some work doneon the highlights $300 dollar upgrade over the lite version I really think I’m going to get 1
haha e-p3 skin for the Iphone: http://www.etsy.com/listing/77704845/olympus-ep3-camera-white-iphone-4-skin?ref=v1_other_2
cool 😉
thats cute!
X100 also
http://www.etsy.com/listing/59263130/fuji-finepix-x100-iphone-3g-3gs-skin?ref=v1_other_1