Category Archives: Panasonic

Panasonic LX5 leaked on UK website

By PR admin | Published: July 6, 2010

A new Panasonic model LX5 made an appearance on Panasonic UK website. As mentioned before, announcement is expected at the end of July.

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Rumors recap from last week

By PR admin | Published: July 5, 2010

A quick recap of the rumors that from the last week while I was away: The Samyang 14mm f/2.8 lens is now available in B&H under the brand name “Bower”. Believe it or not, Sigma SD15 is now in stock. Anybody care about a digital Holga? (this is juts a concept). Not a Holga fan? How […]

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Bits and pieces

By PR admin | Published: June 22, 2010

Pentax 645D unboxing pictures are now online. For 645D sales outside Japan check this site. The lens hood for SMC DA* 55mm f/1.4 SDM is discontinued (via RH). There were some previous rumors that the 50mm lens from Pentax will be discontinued in the fall of 2010. RED Scarlet & EPIC launch hindered by bugs. […]

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Two announcement from Panasonic before Photokina

By PR admin | Published: June 17, 2010

DSLRmagazine (in English) mentioned that there will be two waves of announcements from Panasonic in the next few months – one in mid-July and another one right before Photokina. A LX 3 replacement is on the list of expected cameras.

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Panasonic to have new product announcements in July

By PR admin | Published: June 16, 2010

Panasonic is expected to have an announcement in mid-July. One possibility for Panasonic could be a new GH2 camera with more advanced video features and maybe even global shutter which if true would eliminate the “jello effect”.

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Another Panasonic announcement expected at the end of July

By PR admin | Published: June 10, 2010

There are already rumors floating around that Panasonic will have a major product announcement at the end of July, most probably at/around July 28th (this should not be a surprise given Panasonic’s history of announcements at the end of July). One of the possibilities is a Lumix LX3 replacement. Just 10 days ago Panasonic announced a […]

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Panasonic update – Lumix LX4 maybe in July

By PR admin | Published: June 9, 2010

Update: a reader just reminded me about this post I wrote last year – almost every year Panasonic releases new products around July 20th. Quesabesde visited Panasonic factories in Japan and there are two interesting bits of information in terms of upcoming products: For some reason Quesabesde is “convinced” that there will be a successor of the Panasonic […]

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Interview with Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: June 2, 2010

This interview is 2 weeks old and it was conducted by unwire.hk with Panasonic’s Development Planning Staff Officer – Mr. Inoue. Here are some quotes (computer translated): Q: What will be the launch of the lens? A: lens, we will soon be introduced fish-eye, more powerful variety of long focal length lens and fixed focus […]

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New Panasonic FX75 & Lumix 8mm f/3.5 G lens

By PR admin | Published: June 1, 2010

Update: the new 8mm fisheye lens is available for pre-order on Amazon. As previously reported, today Panasonic announced a new Lumix 8mm f/3.5 fisheye G lens and a new point and shoot camera Lumix FX75 (I got a tip in advance and this post was online for a short period of time last week, but then I […]

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Panasonic to announce something next week

By PR admin | Published: May 27, 2010

Panasonic will have an announcement on June 1st or June 2nd, 2010 (depending on your location). I am still not sure what will be announced, I will look into previous rumors for clues and will post an update.

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