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, […]
Here are the MTF charts and lens design diagrams for the three new Panasonic Lumix S mirrorless lenses: Update (via L-Forum) – 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 […]
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 […]
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 Panasonic Lumix S system intro/hands-on videos Sample photos Lumix S cameras pre-order links: Adorama | B&H | Park Cameras | […]
Two new Panasonic Lumix S1/S1R videos demonstrating the camera’s features:
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 (PDF file, via Nokishita). Previous coverage of the Panasonic Lumix S system can be found here. Join the NEW L-FORUM.COM (also on Facebook and Twitter)
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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