Tomorrow (February 24th) Panasonic will announce a new Lumix G Vario 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS lens (pictured above). Also: the Japanese website Nikkan reports that Panasonic will introduce a new 6K 30fps capable camera before the end of their 2016 fiscal year (March 31st, 2017). Maybe this will be the new Panasonic GH5? Via Digicame-info
There is probably/hopefully at least one person out there that will be excited about the freshly announced Panasonic GF8 camera (previously reported here). Here are the specs at a glance:
These are the current ongoing rebates/deals by manufacturer:
Olympus officially announced that five new companies have joined the Micro Four Thirds standard:
→ Check out the Filmtoaster – it lets you digitize your own film archive with a digital camera (available on Amazon). → New Plustek OpticFilm 135 film scanner announced (price: $399). → PhaseOne and ALPA announced a new A-series IQ3 100MP camera system. → Check out the current Olympus and Panasonic rebates. → Olympus released new firmware updates for the E-M1 and E-M5 […]
Panasonic published some information on their organic CMOS sensor with global shutter that uses organic photoconductive film developed by Fuji:
Fuji X70 and X-E2S owner manuals now available for download Fuji X-Pro 2 hands-on field test and review videos Fuji’s 3rd quarter financial results are out
The 2015 BCN camera rankings are out. Here are the top manufacturers in each category: Compact cameras: Canon DSLR: Canon Mirrorlesss: Olympus Video cameras: Panasonic Lenses: Canon Please note that BCN Ranking collects sales data from approximately 2/3 of all Japanese retail stores. Here are the complete rankings:
The replacement of the Panasonic CM1 camera smart phone that was announced today doesn’t actually have a phone functionality – the new CM10 is basically a “connected” camera that runs on Android OS. Panasonic calls it “communication camera” – the CM10 still has LTE communication capabilities, but it will not be able to make phone calls.
Today Panasonic announced one new MTF lens, two compact cameras and one camera-phone in Japan: Leica DG Vario-Elmar 100-400mm f/4.0-6.3 ASPH POWER OIS lens (press release) Panasonic DMC-CM10 camera phone (press release) Panasonic DMC-TZ85 camera (press release) Panasonic DMC-TX1 camera (press release) Additional info on the new Leica DG Vario-Elmar 100-400mm f/4.0-6.3 ASPH POWER OIS lens:
