Category Archives: Panasonic

New Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH lens

In addition to the Panasonic Lumix G2 and G10, this Sunday we may see also a new Panasonic 14-42mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH lens (a replacement for the current Panasonic 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens):

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Panasonic G2 & Panasonic G10 full specs are out

This post is being updated continuously, come back for more. Click on images for larger view: Panasonic G2 and Panasonic G10 are expected to be announced on March 7th, 2010. Here are the full specs. Pictures coming soon (hopefully): Panasonic G2 Camera Type Digital Interchangeable Lens Camera CameraEffective Pixels 12.1 Mega Pixels Image Sensor N/A […]

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Interesting patents from Sony and Panasonic

Sony half-mirror/Pellix-mirror patent (US Patent Application 20100045853) – this patent will allow AF during video recording/live view: “There is proposed a digital camera which is capable of simultaneously performing phase difference detecting AF by a phase difference detecting AF sensor and live view in which time-series images for determining a picture composition are electronically displayed […]

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PMA announcements are over, Panasonic and Pentax are next

2010 PMA show is over (see detailed report here). A lot of point and shoot cameras were released and almost nothing in the DSLR area. The stars of show, in my opinion, were the “three S”: Sony: EVIL and a700 replacement prototypes. Sigma: 5 new lenses, 2 DP cameras, the SD15 DSLR (after almost 2 years delay) plus maybe […]

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New Panasonic Lumix cameras in March

Update: here is a comparison for the silhouettes: This teaser is from Panasonic UK site: “Find out more on the launch of our new models” combined with the silhouettes of two cameras indicates that Panasonic may release a new Lumix G and another smaller model (LX4?) during Focus on Imaging show in Birmingham NEC (March 7-10, […]

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Panasonic LX series remains in 2010 lineup

Panasonic still lists the LX series in their 2010 lineup: Rumors for a Panasonic LX3 replacement has been floating around for a year, but nothing credible has been reported so far. Via Cnet

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Panasonic GH2: the first shutter-less camera

The latest rumor is that Panasonic will unveil the the first shutter-less camera – the GH2 during the 2nd half of 2010.

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