Category Archives: Panasonic

Panasonic 45-300mm lens?

By PR admin | Published: March 30, 2012

I received this (probably fake) image of a Panasonic 45-300mm lens. This lens was rumored to be announced at Photokina together with 12-35mm, 35-100mm f/2.8 lenses and a GH3 camera.

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Panasonic GF5 announcement on April 5th

By PR admin | Published: March 28, 2012

Digicame-info is reporting that the announcement of the Panasonic GF5 camera is expected on April 5th, 2012. Shipping will start on April 26th. The G5 model will be released later. Here again are the rumored GF5 specs:

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This is the Panasonic G5

By PR admin | Published: March 26, 2012

In addition to the GF5, Panasonic is also preparing a new G5 camera as seen on this leaked picture. No announcement date or details are known at that point, but my guess is that we will see those cameras before the summer. Here are also two more images of the white and black Panasonic GF5 models:

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Nauticam NA-GX1 underwater housing for Panasonic Lumix GX1

By PR admin | Published: March 21, 2012

Nauticam announced a new underwater housing for Panasonic Lumix GX1 camera with a depth rating of 100m. The US price is $1200 and will start shipping at the end of March, 2012.

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Panasonic 12-60mm f/4.5-5.6 and Olympus 150mm f/2.8 lens patent

By PR admin | Published: March 19, 2012

Panasonic filed a patent (201247813) in Japan for a 12-60mm f/4.5-5.6 Micro Four Thirds lens: Patent release date: March 8th, 2012 Patent filed on: August 24th, 2010 Focal length: 58.1999-12.3599mm Aperture: 4.63557-5.76853 Angle of view: 10.1280-4.3446 deg. Zoom ratio: 4.70875 Lens design: 11 elements in 8 groups 1 ED glass element 5 aspherical elements Optical […]

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Panasonic GF5 picture leaked *updated*

By PR admin | Published: March 17, 2012

This is the first leaked picture of the upcoming Panasonic GF5 camera. The size and design resembles the Panasonic GF3 model. The expected specs are:

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The latest patents from Pentax and Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: March 12, 2012

Pentax filed a patent 201048084 in Japan for a 90mm f/2.8 (medium format) and 60mm f/2.8 (full frame) macro lenses.

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The latest patents from Canon and Panasonic

By PR admin | Published: February 20, 2012

Canon patents for a 400mm f/4, 200mm f/5.6, 300mm f/4 lenses. The next Canon patent is for a 18-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens for a APS-C mirrorless camera:

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