And here is a new roundup of videos and images about the Photokina event!
Videos:
Olympus Pen Light E-PL5 & Pen Mini E-PM2 by Digitalkamera, Photonewsreviews, Which (E-PM2), Which (E-PL5),
GH3 by Pixinfo, PMAstudionews, Fototvplus, PhotoNewsReviews, Digitalcamera, Digitalcamerainfo, Mediaworldchannel (italian), FotoTVplus (hungarian), Nomobile (rumanian),
The GH3 hands-on by The Verge contains some incorrect info! 1) same 16 Megapixel sensor as GH2 (wrong). 2) he says it is priced at $2000 in same price range as the Canon 6D and Nikon D600 new entry level FF. Wrong, the price of the mentione FF cameras is arounf $2100 for the body only while the GH3 body price is at $1300 (here at Amazon).
Images:
GH3 Hands-on by DC.watch. GH3 hands-on at EosHD. Impression review at Digitalcamerainfo.
E-PL5 pictures at Photographyblog.
E-PM2 pictures at Photographyblog.
35-100mm X lens at CSCmagazine.
60mm hands-on at ePhotozine, Zuikoholics.
15mm cap lens at Popphoto.
43rumors note:
If you are visiting Photokina and want to share some videos and images you took of the Panasonic and Olympus booth send me a message at 43rumors@gmail.com. I will post links and/or images on 43rumors. Would be nice if you cans end me your name and website link too for an appropriate credit! Thanks!
Panasonic and Olympus Preorder Links with specs and price:
Special GH3 page at Amazon (Click here) and a full Olympus presentation page at Amazon (Click here).
GH3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here) and in Europe at Wexphotographic UK (horrible price in UK!).
35-100mm X lens at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
E-PL5 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here). In EU at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, Amazon France,
E-PM2 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here). In EU at Amazon Germany, Amazon UK, Amazon France,
XZ-2 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
60mm macro at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
12mm Black prime lens at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
15mm cap-lens at Adorama (Click here).
31 Responses
@Admin
think you’ve embedded the wrong video…unless you have gone over to the dark side :p
That’s for CanonWatch… 🙂
Weird error. Was sure to have the correct link! Sorry!
Nothing new fom Tamron, Sigma and Tokina??? Need a fast tele (-zoom) lens.
Very interested to hear some serious verdicts on the 60/2.8 macro. First lens to give me GAS since the 45/1.8!
The ride hand side of the video (like most of the pictures on this site) are cut off on the ride side… Could you please fix this…. Maybe you create this on a wide screen monitor?
+1 on iPad 3.
Yeah…there is a cut off the right on my iPad only…does not happen on my iMac.
I get the same with firefox, ie and seamonkey. Right side is always missing.
Yep. Same here on iPad 3.
It’s okay on my Mac/OS 10.8.1.
The annoying boomerang scrolling bug persists on iPad, regardless of browser… Safari, Grazing, Atomic, Chrome…
The Body cap lens IQ looks quite encouraging for only 50 bucks! Although there is too much noise reduction going on to truly assess sharpness on those samples, the lens looks to be at the very least about “kit-lens” quality, which is frankly, more than I was expecting for the price and design. Corner sharpness in particular doesn’t just go completely by the wayside.
the 15mm plus a mini PEN makes a truly pocketable m43 setup for snapshot style pics..its cool.
Eyeing the cheap GF3 prices with the 15mm, too.
The 15mm should be fun!
Admin: Could you always add a link under the videos so we can open them on their native sites, so we do not have to watch the imbedded videos with the right side cut off? Thanks.
This thing looks huuuuge in her hands.
Yes… it does look large…. Awesome.
Yes, but it’s still smaller and lighter than the Olympus E-1 that started all of this Four-Thirds business.
If the image quality is high, the GH3 seems perfect for me.
well its very close to the E-1 ‘s dimensions, with the E-1 being heavier due to the glass prism and prob more rigid body construction. I can imagine lots people not understanding this increase in size. Maybe when Olympus comes with their interpretation from a pro-m43 body, a comparison could either support or bash Panasonic’s view about size. And in any case, its also a matter of personal preferences.
That is a good point about the future Oly pro 4/3-m4/3(??)camera. That camera may have to be somewhat more substantial than the E-M5 in order to properly handle/balance the larger 4/3 lenses. At least, I hope so.
BTW, I like the size of the GH3.
thats something I really don’t understand. A lot of people complained about the size of the GH3 (a lot of people also liked it, to be honest), but nobody actually forces them to buy the biggest cam in the park. If size is their main concern, why not pick e-pm or gf models? If you want all kinds of features in a moderatly sized package, get the om-d. And if you want to have a big body stuffed with all kind of videographic features, go and get the GH3. It’s really just about choices
Can somebody confirm that the GH3 sensor is smaller than that of the GH2? Is this a pure rumor or do we have evidence for it? I don’t understand the evidence provided by the photo in a previous post. I.e., it isn’t clear to me whether this photo actually shows it.
It has been conjectured that a firmware upgrade could bring multi-aspect to the GH3, but if this comes at the cost of an increase in crop factor, it would be pointless.
It is slightly smaller Total Pixels 17.20 Megapixels GH3 vs: GH2 Total Pixels 18.31 Megapixels… But it’s not multi-aspect on the GH3.
Hmm, it having less pixels does not entail it being smaller physically though.
@admin:
RU means Russian (and definitely not Romanian)
that 35-100 begs for a capable photographer doing portraits and model photography…..
Wow that 15mm lens, can finally get iPhone quality pictures from the pen series!
The GH3 has me very tempted… The only spec missing is the IBIS during video… (seiously, the OMD can feel like a steady cam! )I also dont have a single OIS lens which is another issue for me buying the GH3…
But everything else looks perfect, honestly, I dont know what people are moaning about. It is loaded with features, and to be honest, it is nice to have a bigger body option if only for when you need it.
I hope the pro m43rds from olympus is around this size.
Ab
the GH3 size like an DSLR…
or i thought size is a main adv on MILC
GH3 is video oriented and small size doesnt mean much as ergonomics.
OMG THAT THING IS GINORMOUS!!!!!!
Way too big, defeats the objective of “MIcro” 4/3.