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    What Digital Camera E-M1 review: 92 %

    What Digital Camera has been rather enthusiastic about the E-M1, as it was with the E-1, giving it just one percentage point less. http://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/equipment/reviews/compactsystemcameras/129680/1/olympus-om-d-e-m1-review.html
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    [ Review ] My impressions of using the Olympus 12-40mm f/2.8 and E-M1

    Today, I had the chance to extensively use the Olympus E-M1 and 12-40mm f/2.8 lens, alone and with a Olympus chaperoned group on a photo walk. My first impressions of the lens are that it’s quite amazing compared to any other micro Four-Thirds zoom lens and as good as the 14-35 f/2.0 and...
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    Weather-proof lenses available?

    Are these the only native micro Four-Thirds lenses that are weather-proofed at the moment? Olympus 12-50mm Olympus 60mm macro Panasonic 12-35mm Panasonic 35-100mm I believe that's correct but I wanted to make certain of my choices. Thanks in advance!
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    Faster AF with Panasonic GF5, just announced

    If the AF gets any faster, it will have to wait for the scene to be finished, won't it? Panasonic Launch the Lumix DMC-GF5 | Photography News | What Digital Camera
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    E-5 vs. E-1: more work

    I've been slowly acclimating myself to the E-5 body since buying one in November. Find my way has been interesting since so much has changed in the 7.5 years between the E-1 purchase and the E-5 purchase. I would imagine that I spent some time with the E-1 to set it the way I liked it but I...
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    Panasonic Toughbook advert shot with DMC-GH1

    This video was amazing to me, especially with the surprise at the end. Of course, the surprise isn't that it was shot with a GH1 because it's getting more and more critical acclaim. http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/25/panasonic-proves-its-toughbook-u1-is-rammer-resistant/ I'm guessing the...
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    Sony used my idea on the convertible mirror

    I was somewhat surprised to see the technology behind these two new cameras, especially since I'd been mentioning a mirror that would change to (near) 100 % transparency. http://www.dpreview.com/news/1008/10082421sonyslta55a33.asp My point, which wasn't really here is how they could use this...
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    Apple manager arrested in kickback scheme

    Interesting that they mention a Singaporean along with the Apple employee: http://www.mercurynews.com/business-headlines/ci_15773966?nclick_check=1
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    Panasonic will offer interchangeable 3D lens for Micro Four Thirds by year's end

    I was surprised to see this but they announced their consumer 3D video camera today. http://www.engadget.com/2010/07/27/panasonic-will-offer-interchangable-3d-lens-for-micro-four-third/
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    Doctor Sennheiser Died

    A week ago, Dr. Fritz Sennheiser died. I'm not sure if any of you know anything about his company or his contributions to audio, but from what I know, the company is highly regarded. So many innovators have died lately, it seems...
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    U.S. Olympus television advertising

    Thinking back, beyond the U.S. Open advertising during the U.S. Open, it's been a very long time since Olympus advertised on television in the U.S.A. In fact, Cheryl Tiegs, the supermodel was hawking the OM-10 at the time. Just today, I saw an advertisement for the PEN series where a woman...
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    E-600

    There is a new product, the E-600, which is apparently only available in North America for some reason. It's a E-620 without the art filters apparently, but it currently costs US$50 more than the E-620. I haven't compared all the specifications, so it's probably a bit lighter since the art...
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    I used the E-1 auto focus!

    I was out shooting Thursday for the first in a long time and I switched on the auto focus and in the very bright daylight, it worked adequately for the 45 shots I took. :) In the past, I tried it for 2 or 3 shots, just to see if it worked at all, but it was unreliable and so slow that I...
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    Facebook vote for new rules on IP

    It's been a bit hidden, but Facebook is calling for a vote on new rules concerning each user's property. http://apps.facebook.com/fbsitevote/contests/208/entries/new?_fb_fromhash=db4751b9ccf74bca2db94a9cf66ba773 The wording seems quite clear that they will relinquish all claim to any...
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    Samsung are showing their mirror box-less hybrid

    It looks as though Samsung have finally gotten to the mock up stage with their hybrid micro Four-Thirds like camera. There is an article here. They seemed to give Panasonic and Olympus a shot with The only real things stopping Samsung is that they can't copy the design of the DMC-G1...
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    Samsung have announced a micro four-thirds-like system

    They're supposedly not copying Olympus and Panasonic. Could it be the other way round? http://www.whatdigitalcamera.com/news/Samsung_announces_plans_for_new_hybrid_digital_camera_system_news_266738.html
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    Olympus partly sponsors U.S. Open tennis but Canon advertises

    It's been interesting to watch the U.S. Open tennis tournament. Since last year, Olympus has been supporting the tournament in order to provide some visibility for the E-System in the U.S.A. However, I've noticed that while you see "E-System" quite visibly in the stadiums, Canon advertises...
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    Micro four-thirds concept camera?

    I saw this story posted elsewhere and thought that the images were quite interesting, seeing as how Photokina is almost upon us. It's not the first time to see such a leak but it does seem as though Olympus would be more careful.
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    Three way test: Nikon D300 vs. Sony A700 vs. Olympus E-3

    What Digital Camera did a new test using three of their readers with the D300, A700, and E-3. In the end, the E-3 didn't fare well, which was disappointing, especially with the A700 also in the test. I was a bit surprised to see that they photographed it with the 14-45mm lens, since it isn't...
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    Apple has released 10.5.3 as an update to Mac OS X

    For those of you Mac users, Apple has released 10.5.3 and it's available in Software Update. There are quite a few stability fixes, including fixes for wireless support. I've been running it for about 3 hours and it seems better, though the performance still isn't as good as 10.4.10 seemed...