Here's what Sony brought to PMA:

The system, to be introduced later this year, will use a newly-designed Exmor™ APS-C HD CMOS sensor, which provides full AVCHD video capability.  Other than that, and what one can guess based on the concept models shown above, details are lacking.


Not too hard to guess that the first lens on the left is a standard zoom, and the second a normal (or possibly wide) prime.  What is the monster on the right, I wonder?

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Olympus has announced a slightly lighter, significantly less expensive digital PEN, the E-PL1.

Link: http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/product.asp?product=1501

With an estimated retail price of $599.99, which I assume is for the 14-42mm lens kit, this should be a good seller!

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Our new Micro Four Thirds site mu-43.com got a major makeover today, and we announced our second photo contest with cash prizes.  If you're interested in Micro Four Thirds, please have a look!

Link: www.mu-43.com

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A couple of pros who are excited about small, serious cameras have put the new Olympus E-P2 through its paces:

E-P2 shoot by Kirk Tuck at the Visual Science Lab

E-P2 review by Steve Huff at Steve Huff Photo

I found both of the above at 1001 Noisy Cameras, which really is the site for obsessed camera fans.  You can see their full Micro Four Thirds coverage here.

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Micro Four Thirds is an exciting development in digital photography.  With the Panasonic GF1, Mike Johnston of The Online Photographer finally has his DMD.  Long overdue.  The arrival of the Lumix 20mm f/1.7 and Lumix 7-14mm f/4 signal the maturation of the system.  The convergence of still and video capture is inherent, and as a platform, Micro Four Thirds has the potential to implement features which simply aren't possible with the older designs.  As Giani Galassi put it, "Micro 4/3 can really be considered as the Third-Millennium Leica" (link).

I think the time is right for a discussion forum specifically for Micro Four Thirds users, and I hope that those of you with an interest in Micro Four Thirds will join me at a brand new forum at http://www.mu-43.com/.

We'll kick things off with a photo contest, open to those who participate in the new forums.  The theme is "Cold" (interpret as you will), and modest cash prizes will be offered.  I hope this will be the first of a regular forum feature.  Contest details are here.

If you register at mu-43.com, please take the time to upload an album.  Miscellaneous photos from members' public albums will be featured on the front/main page of the forums.  Until others upload albums, a few of my photographs will be shown repeatedly on that front page.  This is embarrassing for me, so help me out :-).  It's very easy to do.

Those of you who participated in the Camera Work forums will find your login/registration functional at the new site.  Hope to see some of you there!

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