Along with the new E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds camera announced on February second, Olympus also announced two new Micro Four Thirds lenses. The new M.Zuiko Digital ED 9-18mm F4.0-5.6 (18-36mm equivalent) and M.Zuiko Digital ED 14-150mm F4.0-5.6 (28-300mm equivalent) are designed specifically for the Micro Four Thirds cameras. They’re compact, light and best of all – they have significantly improved auto focus compared to the previous two Olympus Micro Four Thirds lenses. And I’m not just saying that because I read it in the press release. I got a little early hands-on with the new 9-18mm lens and the auto focus performance was noticeably quicker and more accurate than the 14-42mm Micro Four Thirds kit lens.
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The Olympus E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds camera was announced early this morning. The E-PL1 is the first consumer-level Micro Four Thirds camera. It has much the same performance as the Olympus E-P1 and E-P2 with a simplified feature set and a much lower price. I had a pre-production E-PL1 to play with for a few days and made a hands-on video preview as well as an in-depth introduction article. The video is below.
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I believe the new Olympus E-PL1 Micro Four Thirds camera is going to be huge. It definitely deserves to be. If you’ve been on the fence about Micro Four Thirds, now is the time to jump (learn more about Micro Four Thirds). The first two Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras, the E-P1 and E-P2, were designed and priced for pros and serious photography enthusiasts. The E-PL1 offers pretty much all the performance of the E-P1 and E-P2 for hundreds less – and it has the pop-up flash the other two cameras lacked. Olympus sent us a pre-production camera to play with. Read on to find out about the new camera and make sure to watch our hands-on EPL-1 preview video.
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Fujifilm calls their new FinePix HS10 digital camera a “True Photographers’ Camera.” The FinePix HS10 is the first compact digital camera from Fujifilm to use a CMOS imaging sensor. Fujifilm says the 10-megapixel “BSI” backside-illuminated CMOS sensor is 200% more sensitive than standard CMOS sensors, offering, “stunning richly detailed low noise images”. The HS10 has an SLR-style “bridge” camera design with a full range of controls and a huge, image-stabilized 30x wide-angle zoom lens (24-720mm equivalent) with manual zoom ring. It can capture 1080i HD video with stereo sound and has a tilting 3-inch LCD display. It can even capture 10 frames per second at the maximum 10-megapixel resolution. That’s high-end digital SLR territory there, son!
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Please write your own review if you own a Olympus E-P2 or other Olympus gear. Reviews by community members are the foundation of PhotographyREVIEW.com. Share your experience with other photographers by writing reviews for all your camera gear. You don’t have to be an expert – everyone’s opinion counts.

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Olympus E-P2 Digital SLR Camera

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Price Paid: $1099.00 from B&H Photo Video
Review Date: January 29, 2010
Used product for: Less than 1 month
Overall Rating: 5 of 5
Value Rating: 5 of 5

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High resolution studio sample photos taken with the Canon EOS-1D Mark IV digital SLR. All photos were taken in RAW mode with the camera in Aperture Priority at f/8 using the Tamron AF28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di zoom lens. No adjustment or processing has been applied to the tests other than the addition of the logo, gray bar and text. Click on the thumbnails to see the photos at their original resolution.

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Panasonic announced four new compact digital cameras today, including their latest pocket superzoom, the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS7. Last year the pocket superzoom digital camera category really took off. Previously, Panasonic’s TZ-Series owned the space and they really staked their claim last January when they announced the Lumix ZS3 / TZ7, which had a longer, wider zoom lens and AVCHD Lite video. I think I recommended that camera to more people than any other in 2009. After that, Fujifilm, Canon and Casio jumped on the bandwagon; announcing pocket-sized cameras with 10x zooms. Here we are one year later and Panasonic does it again. The new Panasonic Lumix ZS7 is everything the ZS3 was and then some.
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This is the first user review for the new Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di-II VC LD zoom lens. The new 17-50mm is an updated version of an already popular and highly-rated lens that adds Tamron’s VC Vibration Compensation image stabilization. I’ve been anxious to see reviews for this lens and this review absolutely qualifies as a Featured User Review.

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Featured Review: Tamron SP AF17-50mm F/2.8 XR Di-II VC LD Zoom Lens

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The 2010 Consumer Electronics Association tradeshow (CES) took place last week (Jan 7 – 10) in Las Vegas. The photo industry has its own tradeshow coming up next month in Southern California. But since a lot of the big electronics companies make digital cameras as well as TV sets and other electronics; CES usually sees quite a few camera announcements. Read on for our CES camera news highlights.
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Canon has updated their venerable 70-200mm f/2.8 professional zoom lens making one of Canon’s best even better. The new Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS II USM zoom lens has improved optics, increased durability, enhanced image stabilization, a shorter minimum focus distance and faster auto focus.
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2010 International CES Tradeshow

January 7-10, 2010 – Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas Convention Center/Las Vegas Hilton/The Venetian

The International CES is produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), the preeminent trade association promoting growth in the consumer technology industry. CEA represents more than 2,000 corporate members involved in the design, development, manufacturing, distribution and integration of consumer electronics products. All profits from CES are reinvested into industry services, including technical training and education, industry promotion, engineering standards development, market research and legislative advocacy.

2010 CES Tradeshow Camera News Wrap-Up >>

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Samsung has finally made an official announcement about the DSLR-alternative concept camera they teased us with almost a year ago at the 2009 PMA tradeshow. Displayed behind glass in the Samsung PMA booth, the concept camera got a lot of attention even though Samsung had very little information to offer. After months with no follow-up, it looked like maybe they were going to let it fade away. Happily, that’s not the case. In concept, the 14.6-megapixel Samsung NX10 is the same as the Panasonic and Olympus Micro Four Thirds cameras, trading the traditional SLR mirror and through-the-lens optical viewfinder design for a smaller, lighter camera with an LCD display and electronic viewfinder (EVF).
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