Leica announces two new M rangefinder cameras. The M and the ME!

Leica surprised us all and announced two(!) new M rangefinder cameras. The M is the first camera using a 24 Megapixel CMOS (and no more CCD) sensor. The M-E is a more “affordable” Leica. The crazy think is that the Leica CMOS sensor is made by a Belgium company named Cmosis…never heard about it before! Here is a collection of links to news and previews of the cameras:
Leica M at Leica website, dpreview, Jean Gaumy (vimeo), John Dooley (vimeo), Photoscala.
Leica M-E at Leica website, dpreview, Photoscala.

Three new m43 lenses from Schneider. New 12-24mm and 45mm NX lenses from Samsung.

We also had plenty of new lens announcements today! Schneider released these three new Micro Four Thirds lenses

  • Super-Angulon 14 mm/2.0 wide angle lens (10 lenses with 4 aspherical surfaces, 1:10 to ?)
  • Xenon 30 mm/1.4 universal lens (7 elements with 1 aspheric surface, 1:10 to ?)
  • Macro-Symmar 60 mm/2.4 highly open Macro Lens (8 lenses, scale 1:2 to ?)

Source: Photoscala (translation here).


And Samsung announced two new NX lenses:

  • 12-24mm f/4-5.6 ED
  • 45mm f/1.8

Full GH3, PEN and lenses preorder links roundup!

Lot of m43 stuff has been announced. There is a special GH3 page at Amazon (Click here) and a full Olympus presentation page at Amazon (Click here). And here the detailed links:

GH3 at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
35-100mm X lens at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
E-PL5 at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
E-PM2 at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
XZ-2 at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
60mm macro at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
12mm Black prime lens at Amazon (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).

Mirrored from 43rumors: Full Olympus announcement preorder and news/reviews links!

Note: This post will be continually updated with new links. Reload the page from time to time.

Preorders:
Full presentation page at Amazon (Click here).
E-PL5 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
E-PM2 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).
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 Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here), Bhphoto (Click here).

previews, hands-on, reviews:
E-PL5 at Engadget, Techradar, PocketLint, Dpreview, Photographyblog, Size comparison at Photographyblog, TheVerge, Imaging Resource,
E-PM2 at Engadget, Techradar, PocketLint, Dpreview, Photographyblog, Imaging Resource,
XZ-2 at Techradar, Photographyblog, DSLRmagazine,
60mm macro at Robin Wong, Pen And Tell, Photographyblog, DSLRmagazine,
15mm cap-lens at Photograpphyblog, Photographyblog, DSLRmagazine,

Image samples:
E-PL5 at Dpreview, New watercolor filter,
E-PM2 at
XZ-2 at
60mm macro at Pen And Tell,
17mm prime lens at
15mm cap-lens at

press releases in all languages:
E-PL5 /E-PM2at Cnet Asia, Clubsnap, ThePhoBlographer, Techradar, Dpreview, Photographyblog, Quesabesde, DSLRmagazine, Photoscala,
XZ-2 at Cnet Asia, Clubsnap, ThePhoBlographer, Engadget, Techradar, Dpreview, Photographyblog, Quesabesde, Photoscala,
60mm macro at ThePhoBlographer, Dpreview, Photographyblog, Quesabesde, Photoscala,
17mm prime lens at ThePhoBlographer, Dpreview, Photographyblog, DSLRmagazine,
15mm cap-lens at ThePhoBlographer.
12mm Black lens at Photographyblog,

Videos:
E-PL5 at OlympusPen, OlympusPen_2,
E-PM2 at
60mm macro at
17mm prime lens at
15mm cap-lens at

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Firsth GH3 video and already first PEN and GH3 preorders!

Genesis from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

Tomorrow is the big Olympus and Panasonic announcement day but sadly for them there is no mroe secret left to unveil. On top of this post you can already see the first video shot on the new GH3. And leaking goes even more further with Samys that is alreayd accepting preorders on the new Olympus stuff:
Panasonic GH3 (Click here)
White E-PM2 (Click here)
Black E-PL5 (Click here)
60mm macro lens (Click here)
12mm limited lens (Click here)

Reminder: There is still a Leica and Hassleblad announcement to come!