News from the world of Micro Four Thirds! First, I’ll start with two recent reviews.

Reviewed item #1 is the Voigtländer Nokton 25/0.95, currently the fastest dedicated Micro Four Thirds lens. Yes, this lens has been reviewed many times already. No, we can’t get enough of it The lates review comes from Peter Lück, a german photographer who is — like me — a fan of the Micro Four Thirds and Leica M systems. You can find his take on the MFT Nokton here. And take a look at the rest of his site as well, he’s written some excellent articles and is also a great photographer! (His site is in German, of course, but there’s a Google translator tool available on-site if you require a translation.)

Reviewed item #2 is the new Panasonic GH2, of which not as many reviews have been written so far. Soundimageplus have recently received their GH2, and are currently writing an ongoing multi-part review, comprising 10 parts so far. Check out their blog here. They’ve been testing the GH2 with a number of lenses, also with aforementioned Nokton 25/0.95.

New item #1 is a lens adapter from Kipon, which allows you to use your Canon EF lenses on your Micro Four Thirds body. The problem with Canon EF lenses is that their aperture is controlled electronically — there is no mechanical link at the outside of the lens. Thus, so far you could only use the lenses wide open. The Kipon adapter now comes with its own integrated iris, which you can use to reduce the amount of light transmitted to the sensor. See the announcement on EOS HD here.

New item #2 is an adapter for the Sony NEX system, which allows you to use Micro Four Thirds lenses on Sony’s NEX-3 and NEX-5 cameras. Indeed! Using an MFT lens on a camera with an APS-C sensor is a bit like using a C-mount lens on MFT — it will cause severe vignetting, as the imaging circle needed to illuminate an MFT sensor is smaller than the one needed for an APS-C sensor. Still, this could be interesting for some, and it sure sounds like fun! See the news on 43rumors.com here.