Category Archives: Panasonic

Pictures of the upcoming Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 II and TZ95 cameras leaked online

By PR admin | Published: February 15, 2019

A quick update to my post from yesterday – we now also have the first leaked pictures of the upcoming Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 II and TZ95 cameras that will replace the current Lumix FZ1000 and Lumix TZ90 models:

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Panasonic Lumix FZ1000 II and TZ95 cameras to be announced soon

By PR admin | Published: February 14, 2019

Panasonic will soon announce two new compact camera – FZ1000 II and TZ95 that will replace the current Lumix FZ1000 and Lumix TZ90 models (pictured above). Here are the technical specifications:

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The latest financial results: there are no winners in the camera industry

By PR admin | Published: February 10, 2019

If you are curious about how camera companies are doing financially – the short answer is not good: Nikon – all previous forecasts were slashed. Sony sees unit sales of all major hardware products failing in coming years. Canon: Canon expects its annual operating profit to drop for the first time in three years. Fuji: Instax is doing well, […]

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Panasonic Lumix S mirrorless lenses MTF charts and lens design diagrams

By PR admin | Published: February 2, 2019

Several readers noticed that Panasonic is fudging the LUMIX S lens MTF charts by using non-uniform X axis. To an uninformed reader, the LUMIX S MTF charts may look flatter when comparing to MTF charts from others who use standard linear axis. Here are the re-adjusted LUMIX S MTF charts to a standard linear axis. […]

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Panasonic Lumix S L-mount lenses roadmap

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2019

Here is the updated Panasonic Lumix S L-mount lenses roadmap: Panasonic Lumix S Pro 50mm f/1.4 (Announced) Panasonic Lumix S 24-105mm f/4 Macro OIS (Announced) Panasonic Lumix S Pro 70-200mm f/4 OIS (Announced) Panasonic Lumix S 1.4x Teleconverter (Coming in 2019) Panasonic Lumix S 2x Teleconverter (Coming in 2019) Panasonic Lumix S 24-70mm f/2.8 (Coming in 2019) Panasonic Lumix […]

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Panasonic Lumix S1/S1R mirrorless cameras announced

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2019

The Panasonic Lumix S mirrorless system is now officially announced – see the recap here and here, Press release: Lumix S1 | Lumix S1R | S lenses Panasonic LUMIX PRO now open for registrations Lumis S series official website Sample photos Lumix S cameras pre-order links: Adorama | B&H | Park Cameras | WEX Lumix S lenses pre-order links: […]

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New Panasonic Lumix S1/S1R videos

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2019

Two new Panasonic Lumix S1/S1R videos demonstrating the camera’s features:

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Panasonic has a patent for 18mm f/4 APS-C mirrorless lens (L-mount?)

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2019

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 […]

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Panasonic S1R Lumix camera full specifications

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2019

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.

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Panasonic LUMIX S L-Mount lenses specifications leaked

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2019

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 […]

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