Panasonic Japan announced a delay in the release of their latest Panasonic GH3 camera (body only). The new release date is December 29. 2012. The company is planning to produce/sell 8,000 pieces a month:
I tried to collect all available specs for the upcoming Panasonic GH3 camera: 16MP “Wide Dynamic Range” CMOS sensor New Venus 7 engine ISO range: 100-12,800 6 fps The GH3 will have the fastest AF to date Focus peaking Electronic shutter Weather sealed Improved EVF 1740k OLED LVF Touch LCD screen OLED 610k. Built-in Wi-Fi 3.5 Mic [...]
Those are the latest pre-Photokina Panasonic rumors: New Panasonic GH3 camera: it will be similar to the GH2, weather sealed, no global shutter with improved AF speed and better EVF. The rumored sensor is 15.5MP with 160-12800 ISO range (expandable to 80-51200). The rest of the specs: 6.7fps, 3.2″ LCD with 1050k-dots, double SDXC memory card [...]
Panasonic confirmed to Techradar that there will be no update to the GH2 model this year. It seems that the next Photokina show (that will take place in September, 2012) will be very important event for Panasonic.