Category Archives: Panasonic

September 1st: Canon EOS 7D, Panasonic GF-1 and more

By PR admin | Published: August 30, 2009

September 1st will be an exciting day. First, Panasonic will unveil the new GF1: Then Canon will bring the big guns with the EOS 7D, 3 New Lenses and an underwater video camera: And don’t forget: Leica M9 on 09.09.09!

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Panasonic GF-1 prices

By PR admin | Published: August 26, 2009

Panasonic GF1 prices: Kit pancakes / 99,800 yen -1,060.00 USD (EVF Set / 118,000 yen -1,254.00 USD) Macro Kit / 109,800 yen -1,166.00 USD (EVF Set / 128,000 yen -1,359.00 USD) Single body / 79,800 yen -847.834 USD EVF single / 29,800 yen -316.000USD pancake lens / macro lens only 45,000 yen -640 USD Panasonic […]

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Panasonic GF-1 announcement: September 1

By PR admin | Published: August 11, 2009

According to the Danish magazine Zoom, Panasonic have scheduled a press conference for September 1st. Expected is a “New Lumix Camera”: the Panasonic GF-1 (the camera silhouette looks identical to the leak from last week): Canon has also scheduled a press conference for the same day.

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Panasonic GF1 (Micro Four Thirds)

By PR admin | Published: August 6, 2009

This Panasonic GF1 (Micro Four Thirds) pictures were found on a Chinese forum and the poster claimed that they are from an internal Panasonic PDF document (click on image for larger view): Specs: Internal pop-up flash similar to LX3 HD Movie 720P 30fps Supersonic anti-dust Aspect Ratio: 4:3, 3:2, 16:9, 1:1 Total pixel: 13.1mp Effective […]

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Rumor: Panasonic LX3 discontinued

By PR admin | Published: July 31, 2009

I received a rumor that the current Panasonic LX3 model is being discontinued. This is hard for me to believe, since this camera is a very good seller and is hard to get, but maybe a new model is in the making.

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New Panasonic cameras announced: FZ35, FP8 and ZR1

By PR admin | Published: July 27, 2009

As expected, Panasonic reveled three new consumer cameras today: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ35 12.1MP Digital Camera with 18x POWER Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD Panasonic Lumix DMC-FP8 12.1MP Digital Camera with 4.6x POWER Opical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.7 inch LCD Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZR1 12.1MP Digital Camera with 8x POWER Optical Image Stabilized […]

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Panasonic’s new Micro Four Thirds camera to be released in September

By PR admin | Published: July 23, 2009

“In an interview with Photobusiness.fr, a French online magazine, Luc Saint Elie (manager of new technologies at Panasonic France) hints that the next Panasonic MicroFourThirds cameras could be unveiled in September. He adds that the ‘platform’ could allow manufacturers to come up with radical design such as a spherical camera.” Via 1854

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Panasonic LX4 and DMC-GL1 rumors

By PR admin | Published: July 20, 2009

The translatiojn from Japanese is difficult to understand. I think it says that Panasonic will release LX4 with 1/1.3 inch backside illuminated sensor and integrated Summicron f2.0 lens and Panasonic DMC-GL1 with a LUMIX G 20mm F1.7 (pancake / 55,000 yen) lens:

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Panasonic announcement next week?

By PR admin | Published: July 15, 2009

I read somewhere that Panasonic always have a new camera announcement around July 20th. I decided to investigate this further and here are the results – yes, Panasonic has been doing this since 2004: Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ20, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ3, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX2 & DMC-FX7, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LC80, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ15: 21 July 2004 Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX9, Panasonic Lumix DMC-LX1: July 20, […]

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Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 is almost here

By PR admin | Published: July 10, 2009

Update: false alarm – B&H screwed up, error in their system – they do not have the camera in stock yet and they sent apolagizing emails to customers who ordered it (source). Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH1 was in stock @ B&H earlier today. Amazon has it in stock right now but for $2,499.99 (ouch!). What that means […]

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