micro four thirds

Panasonic Announces Their High End Lumix G X 12-35 f2.8

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We’ve seen this lens behind glass at many a trade show in the last 12 months, the first of a pair of high end weather sealed Panasonic zoom lenses for the Micro Four Thirds System.  Today Panasonic finally confirmed the last piece of the puzzle, that the maximum f-stop is f2.8 and they officially announced the lens.  No word yet on the second of the two but it could possibly come fairly shortly with the expected GH-3 which should also be a weather sealed body to match the lenses. Being a higher end product, and having seen this lens myself

Panasonic Finally Launches The True Successor To The GF1. Meet The GX1.

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The original GF1 was launched several years ago back in the very beginnings of Micro Four Thirds and it quickly gained a dedicated following from more advanced users with its small size and manual features.  Much to many people’s dismay, the theoretical successors (GF2 and GF3) became more and more consumer focused and lost key features like controls dials in favor of full touchscreen interfaces.  Today Panasonic are finally addressing the diversion and beginning a new line with the GX name.  The GX1 takes all the major advancements that we’ve seen in the GH and GF series over the last