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Olympus E-P2 Hands-On Video Intro
Last week Olympus announced their second Micro Four Thirds Pen Digital camera, the E-P2. We got a little sneak peak at the E-P2 in the form of a pre-production camera that showed up about a week before the announcement. Since it wasn’t a finished camera we couldn’t shoot studio tests or evaluate the performance. […]
Read More »Olympus E-P2 Preview
Micro Four Thirds fans, listen up! The Olympus E-P2 digital camera has landed and Olympus sent me one to check out for a few days before they made the announcement! Its predecessor, the Olympus E-P1 was one of the surprise hits of the summer. The Olympus E-P2 is more or less the same camera […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix GF1 Micro Four Thirds Camera Announced
Panasonic has announced their third Micro Four Thirds camera, the Lumix DMC-GF1. Obviously an answer to the well-received Olympus E-P1 Micro Four Thirds camera, the Panasonic Lumix GF1 is about the same size as its Olympus cousin, but adds a built-in pop-up flash and optional electronic viewfinder (EVF). Like previous Micro Four Thirds cameras, […]
Read More »Olympus E-P1 Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera
Today, Olympus introduces their first Micro Four Thirds camera – the E-P1. The compact new Olympus E-P1 has a 12.3-megapixel sensor and it’s Olympus’ first changeable lens camera to offer a movie mode (720p HD). The Micro Four Thirds format was announced last August and since then I’ve been anxiously waiting to find out what […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix GH1 Camera Price Announced
Panasonic has announced a price for the forthcoming Lumix GH1 Micro Four Thirds HD-capable digital camera. The Panasonic Lumix GH1 will be available in June with an MSRP of $1499.95. That price includes the new image-stabilized Lumix G Vario 14-140mm f/4.0-5.8 10x zoom lens. The 14-140mm lens was specially developed for the Lumix GH1 camera. […]
Read More »Olympus Micro Four Thirds Concept Camera At PMA 2009
Olympus didn’t introduce their hoped-for Micro Four Thirds camera at PMA this year, although they did have a concept camera behind glass in their booth. This is the same camera they showed behind glass at Photokina, last year. There’s not much to learn from looking at the Olympus Micro Four Thirds concept camera except that […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix GH1 – 2009 PMA Show Winner?
Today, Panasonic made what is likely the biggest announcement at this year’s PMA tradeshow. They introduced the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 Micro Four Thirds camera. The GH1 adds high-def video capability to Panasonic’s Micro Four Thirds line. The GH1 captures 1080p HD video at 24 frames-per-second or 720p at 60 frames-per-second. The GH1 has a built-in […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1
Today, Panasonic introduced its latest Micro Four Thirds camera and member of the Lumix G Micro System, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1. This creative HD hybrid DSLR is compatible with the Micro Four Thirds System standard and delivers professional-level performance and features in a compact and easy-to-use body.
Read More »Micro Four Thirds vs DSLR Video
The Battle For 2008 Camera Of The Year A few days before the end of 2008 I started to think about choosing the 2008 Camera Of The Year. I had a camera in mind and figured I’d wait until after the New Year and then publish an article with my camera choice. Then I had […]
Read More »Camera Review Roundup – Nikon D3X, Panasonic G1, Canon EOS 5D Mark II
It seems that people like my Camera Review Roundup articles. They’ve been getting a lot of visitors and I’m finding more and more camera review fodder to write about. This is the third installment of what looks like it will become a regular feature on PhotographyREVIEW.com. The concept is a little bit of editorial inspired […]
Read More »Panasonic Announces Lumix DMC-G1 Pricing
Panasonic has announced pricing for the first Micro Four Thirds digital camera, the LUMIX DMC-G1. The Panasonic Lumix G1 will be available for $799.95 in mid-November as a kit with the LUMIX G VARIO 14-45mm/F3.5-5.6 ASPH/MEGA O.I.S. kit lens. You can choose from red, blue, and black G1 camera bodies. A 45-200mm f/ 4.0-5.6 LUMIX […]
Read More »Olympus Developing Micro Four Thirds Digital Camera
Olympus Four Thirds Digital Camera Under Development Olympus has announced that they are developing a Micro Four Thirds digital camera and released some images of a concept camera they’ll be showing this week at the Photokina tradeshow in Germany. They haven’t offered any potential features or specs in their press release but they do have […]
Read More »Panasonic Lumix DMC-G1 – First Micro Four Thirds Camera
At the beginning of August, Panasonic and Olympus made a joint announcement about Micro Four Thirds, a brand new camera standard. The goal of the new camera format is a smaller, lighter camera with changeable lenses, built around the Four Thirds digital SLR sensor. The smaller camera size is achieved by eliminating the mirror system […]
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