Category Archives: Panasonic

More bad news for Panasonic: Lumix S9 product page controversy and the use of stock photos *UPDATED*

More bad news for Panasonic: in addition to the latest statement from the company’s president and reports for the marketing department trying to influence reviewers, Panasonic is now also being accused of using stock photos in their latest Lumix S9 camera campaign. One of the photos seems to be taken with a Nikon camera by… […]

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Finally someone said it: “camera reviews need to change” or how camera companies are influencing the influencers

If you still have doubts about how camera reviews are done, watch this video by Gerald Undone:  

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Panasonic in trouble: the company is considering transferring or withdrawing from businesses with low growth potential by fiscal 2026, President Kusumi calls it a “crisis situation”

Asahi reports that Panasonic has not achieved its medium-term strategy goals and President Kusumi calls it a “crisis situation”: Panasonic Holdings (HD) has revealed that it expects to fail to achieve two of the three targets set in its three-year mid-term strategy ending in fiscal 2024. President Yuki Kusumi acknowledged that the situation is “critical, […]

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Updated Panasonic Lumix S lens roadmap (L-mount)

Panasonic released an updated Lumix S lens roadmap as of May 2024 (see previous L-mount roadmaps):

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Panasonic Lumix S9 compact camera with L-mount officially announced with a new Panasonic S 26mm f/8 lens (L-mount)

The already leaked compact Panasonic Lumix S9 camera with L-mount is now officially announced: Pre-orders: Adorama | Amazon | B&H | WEX | Koch | Erhardt (free 26mm f/8 lens with the purchase of Lumix S9 camera or kit) Update: there is also a new Panasonic Lumix S 18-40mm f/4.5-6.3 lens Panasonic announced a new real-time […]

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The new Panasonic Lumix S9 camera already shown on Amazon, the official announcement is tomorrow

The previously rumored Panasonic Lumix S9 camera with L-mount is already shown on Amazon on another accessory listing from SIRUI: Additional pictures:

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New Panasonic Lumix camera announcement next week

A reader sent me this picture of what appears to be a new Panasonic camera (Lumix S9?) – the only problem with the image is the label “DUMMY” present on several spots – maybe this is not the final version or perhaps this is just a prototype:

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Panasonic’s patent for a new box style camera

Panasonic has a new patent for a box-style camera with a grip similar to the existing LUMIX BGH1 (MFT mount) and LUMIX BS1H (full frame) models (JP2024-065694):

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Update: Panasonic to announce a new Lumix camera on May 22

A quick update to my previous post: Panasonic to announce a new Lumix camera on May 22 US time (May 23 in China):

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Panasonic to announce a new Lumix camera on May 23

Camera Insider reports that Panasonic will announce a new Lumix camera on May 23rd (±1 day). Panasonic already has two registered and not yet announced models: Update – here is the teaser for the new Panasonic camera:

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