Panasonic has filed a new patent P2019-15827A for an 18mm f/4 mirrorless lens designed for APS-C based cameras. Could it be that Panasonic is working on a new mirrorless camera with L-mount? Leica already has two APS-C L-mount mirrorless cameras (Leica TL2 and Leica CL) and a few lenses. In an interview with Dpreview a […]
The new Panasonic S Lumix mirrorless system will be announced at 6am EST on Friday, February 1st. While waiting, check out the just leaked full set of S1R camera specifications. Previous coverage of the Panasonic Lumix S system can be found here.
Here are the leaked specifications of the upcoming Panasonic LUMIX S L-Mount lenses with Leica-level prices (50mm f/1.4 for $3,000): Panasonic LUMIX S Pro 50mm f/1.4 L-Mount Lens: Lens construction: 13 groups of 11 lenses (2 aspheric lenses and 3 ED lenses included) Minimum shooting distance: 0.44 m Number of diaphragm blades: 11 Filter diameter: 77 […]
The new Panasonic Lumix S mirrorless cameras are already listed for pre-order at Park Camera: The US prices are: Panasonic S1: $2,499 (body only) Panasonic S1R: $3,699 (body only)
The specifications of the Panasonic Lumix S1 and S1R full-frame mirrorless cameras with L-mount leaked online (no big surprises so far from what has been already reported): Panasonic Lumix S1: 24.2 MP full frame sensor Maximum standard ISO 51,200 It can create 96 million pixels (12,000 x 8,000) images using high-resolution mode Size: 148.9 x […]
Panasonic already has a launch teaser online for the upcoming S1/S1R full-frame mirrorless cameras announcement tomorrow night:
The Russian YouTube channel SG TV posted two new Panasonic S related videos. The first video is a 1080p -180fps slow motion test that confirms the announcement time as February 1st, 2:30 pm Russian time (GMT+3):
This is the upcoming Panasonic Lumix S 24-105mm f/4 L-mount lens from the SG TV videos. Update #1 – the initially posted the wrong picture to this post Update #2: added a real picture from the Panasonic Lumix S 24-105mm f/4 L-mount lens.
43addcit reports that Panasonic may release additional information or officially announce their upcoming Lumix S1/S1R full-frame mirrorless cameras on January 31st. The official announcement has been rumored for the January-February timeframe and Panasonic recently confirmed that shipping will start at the end of March. Recap of everything we know so far for the Panasonic S1/S1R […]
Digitalcameraworld reports that the upcoming Panasonic Lumix S 70-200mm L-mount lens could be with a constant f/2.8 aperture and not f/4 as initially thought: “However from its size and 77mm front filter thread, it look almost certainly to be a 70-200mm f/2.8. You can also clearly see that the closest focusing distance of the lens is […]
