Panasonic LX10, FZ2500, G85, GH5 cameras announced

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Panasonic made their official Photokina announcement and there were no surprises - all the information was already posted here on PhotoRumors. The US pricing and availability of the new Panasonic cameras can be found here.

The Panasonic GH5 camera also got pre-announced with 6k photos as I already reported (check pricing and  availability). The rest of the GH5 specs:

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Sigma rumored to announce three new lenses today – pictures included

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Sigma is rumored to announce three new lenses today:

Here are the technical specs of the new Sigma lenses:

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This is the Olympus E-M1 Mark II camera

This is the Olympus E-M1 Mark II camera:

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Panasonic Lumix LX15 press release leaked

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This is the full press release for the Panasonic Lumix LX15 camera - the official announcement will be tomorrow:

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Tomorrow (Monday) is a press day at the 2016 Photokina show: what to expect

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Monday is a press day at the 2016 Photokina show in Germany. Here is another quick recap on what else we are expecting to be announced (I am sure there will still be some surprises, so stay tuned):

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What else is new?

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→ The new shipment date of the Hasselblad X1D medium format mirrorless camera is now end of September (the shipment date was delayed once already till September 15th).

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→ The US pricing for the latest Samyang/Rokinon lenses were announced:

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→ Fuji X-T10 and X-T1 cameras are listed as discontinued at the official Fujifilm Japan website.

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Sinar announced a new Sinarback S 30|45. They have also a few more new products.

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ALPA also announced several new products for Photokina.

Recap from the other -rumors and -addict websites:

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Profoto D2 announced, Profoto Pro-10 still to come (leaked from Photokina booth)

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Profoto recently announced the D2 AirTTL - the world's fastest monolight (pictured above, see US pricing and availability).

A reader sent me this picture from the Profoto booth at Photokina and it seems that they will also announce a new Profoto Pro-10 - "the world's fastest flash":

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Sigma 85mm f/1.4 Art lens mockup / comparison

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In addition to the 500mm f/4 DG OS HSM, Sigma is also rumored to announce a new 85mm f/1.4 Art lens. This rumor got confirmed when Sigma introduced their new 85mm T1.5 FF cinema lens that had a completely new lens design - 14 elements in 12 groups compared to the 11 elements in 8 groups design used in the existing Sigma 85mm f/1.4 EX DG HSM lens. Flickr user foxfoto_archives created a mockups of the 85mm f/1.4 Art lens and did a comparison of the lens design:

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