Category Archives: Panasonic

Panasonic GH6 camera rumors/predictions

Here are the first Panasonic GH6 rumors/predictions:

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Panasonic G9, GH5, GH5S, Fuji GFX50S, Nikon D5 firmware updates released, Fuji X-H1, X-T2, X-Pro2, X-E3 and X100F updates coming soon

Fujifilm GFX50S Firmware Ver.3.10 and New Feature Guide Released Fujifilm Announces Firmware Updates For X-H1, X-T2, X-Pro2, X-E3, and X100F Coming Soon Nikon D5 firmware update version 1.30 released Panasonic G9, GH5, and GH5S Firmware Updates Released

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The latest financial results from Panasonic, Olympus, Nikon, Kodak, Canon and Ricoh

Panasonic announced the recognition of extraordinary losses. Their financial results can be found here but they do not provide any camera specific data/information (Panasonic’s camera business is under the appliances segment). Last year there were rumors about Panasonic dismantling their digital camera business and placing it under the umbrella of other operations. Also last year […]

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New Panasonic Lumix DC-TS7 water/dust/shock/freeze proof rugged camera with EVF announced

Panasonic announced the Lumix DC-TS7 – a new water/dust/shock/freeze proof rugged digital compact camera with EVF: Waterproof to 101.7′ / 31m Shockproof from 6.6′ / 2m Freezeproof to 14°F / -10°C Pressure-resistant to 220 lbf / 100 kgf 20.4MP High-Sensitivity MOS Sensor 4.6x Zoom Lens, 28-128mm (35mm Equiv.) Water, Shock, Freeze, and Crushproof UHD 4K30 […]

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The latest patents from Sony, Olympus, Tamron, Panasonic and Canon

→ Sony patent for PDAF usable up to the array edges. → Olympus has a patent (201821951A) for a 12mm f/1.2 lens – this will be a nice addition to the other three Olympus f/1.2 Pro MFT lenses. → The next patent (2018-45184A) is for the Hasselblad XCD 30mm f/3.5 medium format lens and it was […]

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The Panasonic G9 camera now comes with a free BGG9 battery grip

The Panasonic G9 MFT mirrorless camera ($1,697.99) now comes with a free BGG9 battery grip (a $339.96 value) at Amazon, Adorama and B&H: Additional coverage of the Panasonic G9 camera can be found here.

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Dpreview: “successor to the LX100 is probably on the way” (Panasonic LX200?)

In the latest Dpreview interview with Panasonic (see recap) the LX100 camera replacement came in one of the questions:

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CP+ interview with Panasonic

Dpreview published their CP+ interview with Panasonic executives. Here is the recap courtesy of 43addict: GH5 was designed for photos/video, GH5S for video, and G9 for photos Panasonic decided on contrast AF with DFD when they made the GH4 because PDAF pixels can damage image quality There are no plans to go PDAF Panasonic can improve their contrast […]

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