Category Archives: Panasonic

Panasonic 3D camcorder

The 3D camcorder from Panasonic that is expected to be announced next week was already introduced in few countries behind closed doors. The 3D part of the solution will involve some kind of adapter that will attach to front of the lens. Still not sure if this adapter will be compatible with older/existing models or […]

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Next week: new Panasonic 3D Camcorder

An update from PCWord (yep, we are talking about consumer camcorder): The camcorder, details of which are not yet available, will be shown at a Tokyo news conference scheduled for July 28, the company said Wednesday. It will be the first 3D-capable camcorder for the consumer market from a major manufacturer. Akihabaranews reports that Panasonic […]

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Panasonic LX5 and four other cameras now official

LX5 sample gallery at dpreview (more samples available here) Full LX5 press release AP sees the LX5 as a direct competitor to the Canon G11 Pre-order options for LX5 | FZ100 | FZ40 | FX700 | TS10

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A much better Panasonic LX5 leak (directly from the mothership)

Panasonic’s website leaked the long expected Panasonic LX5: direct link direct link Main differences between the LX5 and the older LX3: the LX5 has 3.8x zoom 24-90mm (the LX3 has 2.5x and ends with 60mm) LX3 has 8 elements in 6 groups, 4 aspherical lenses and 4 aspherical surfaces. LX5 will have 10 elements in 9 […]

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Panasonic DMC-FZ100K and DMC-FZ40k also leaked

Direct link on Panasonic’s website Full specs after the break:

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And one more leak: Panasonic DMC-FX700K

Direct link on Panasonic’s website Full specs after the break:

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Are all of those fake? (Panasonic LX5, GF2, GH2, FZ48, FZ100)

Every once in a while we get a fake/photoshopped image of an upcoming camera, but 5 of them at the same time? And the corresponding release dates: What do you think? Source

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Panasonic LX5 imminent

The Korean Radio Research Agency has posted a new entry for a Panasonic DMC-LX5 camera on their website (every electronic devices has to be approve by the KRA before being released). The long expected replacement of the Panasonic LX3 should be released at the end of July.

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Another Panasonic camera in the pipeline: FZ100

The Korean Radio Research Agency has been a pretty good source of information for upcoming cameras in the past, since it has to approve electronic devices before they are officially released in Korea (see previous Samsunng NX10 and Olympus E-600 posts). Their latest entry is for a new PanasonicFZ100 camera which is expected to be a replacement for the Panasonic FZ38:

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New Panasonic camera was presented in Sweden

The Italian website pmstudionews claims that Panasonic had a presentation of a new camera in Sweden (see first video on top; the video is in Italian). The details are similar to what was reported few days ago: point and shoot camera with m4/3 sensor, fixed 3x zoom  Leica lens (starting from 24mm f/2.0 on the […]

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