Panasonic Lumix S mirrorless lenses MTF charts and lens design diagrams

By PR admin | Published: February 2, 2019
Here are the MTF charts and lens design diagrams for the three new Panasonic Lumix S mirrorless lenses:
Update (via L-Forum) - several readers noticed that Panasonic is fudging the LUMIX S lens MTF charts by using non-uniform X axis. To an uninformed reader, the LUMIX S MTF charts may look flatter when comparing to MTF charts from others who use standard linear axis. Here are the re-adjusted LUMIX S MTF charts to a standard linear axis. Attached are the charts comparing to Panasonic’s and the re-adjusted ones (left is re-adjusted, right is Panasonic’s):

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Panasonic Lumix S L-mount lenses roadmap

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2019



Here is the updated Panasonic Lumix S L-mount lenses roadmap:

  • Panasonic Lumix S Pro 50mm f/1.4 (Announced)
  • Panasonic Lumix S 24-105mm f/4 Macro OIS (Announced)
  • Panasonic Lumix S Pro 70-200mm f/4 OIS (Announced)
  • Panasonic Lumix S 1.4x Teleconverter (Coming in 2019)
  • Panasonic Lumix S 2x Teleconverter (Coming in 2019)
  • Panasonic Lumix S 24-70mm f/2.8 (Coming in 2019)
  • Panasonic Lumix S 70-200mm f/2.8 (Coming in 2019)
  • Panasonic Lumix S 16-35mm f/4 (Coming in 2019)
  • Super Telephoto Lens (Coming in 2020)
  • Fixed Focal Length Lens (Coming in 2020)
  • Fixed Focal Length Lens (Coming in 2020)
  • Macro Lens (Coming in 2020)

The L-mount will have over 42 lenses in total by the end of 2020:

  • More than 10 Panasonic Lumix lenses by the of 2020
  • 18 Leica lenses by the end of 2020
  • 14 Sigma lenses in 2019 and a lens mount converter


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Panasonic Lumix S mirrorless system announced

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2019


The Panasonic Lumix S mirrorless system is now officially announced - see the recap here and here,

This post is still being updated - refresh this page for the latest version.

Panasonic Lumix S cameras and lenses main features:

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New Hasselblad X1D Mark II camera registered at bluetooth.com

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2019


It seems that Hasselblad will be announcing a new X1D Mark II medium format mirrorless camera - the X1D Mark II model name was recently registered at bluetooth.com:

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New Panasonic Lumix S1/S1R videos

By PR admin | Published: February 1, 2019


Two new Panasonic Lumix S1/S1R videos demonstrating the camera's features:

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Panasonic has a patent for 18mm f/4 APS-C mirrorless lens (L-mount?)

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2019


Panasonic has filed a new patent P2019-15827A for an 18mm f/4 mirrorless lens designed for APS-C based cameras. Could it be that Panasonic is working on a new mirrorless camera with L-mount?

Leica already has two APS-C L-mount mirrorless cameras (Leica TL2 and Leica CL) and a few lenses.

In an interview with Dpreview a few months ago Sigma confirmed their plans to develop APS-C lenses for L-mount, while Panasonic said that they will not make APS-C lenses for L-mount:

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Updated Pentax K-Mount lens roadmaps

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2019


Ricoh published updated Pentax K-Mount lens roadmaps (click for larger view):

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Canon to accelerate development of new mirrorless products (2018 financial results are out)

By PR admin | Published: January 31, 2019


Canon's 2018 financial results are out:

  • Canon expects its annual operating profit to drop for the first time in three years
  • Canon forecasts an operating profit of 325 billion yen ($2.97 billion) for 2019, down 5.2 percent from 342.95 billion yen a year earlier - the first decline since 2016
  • Tough competition in mirrorless interchangeable lens cameras and a stronger yen are also expected to hurt Canon’s earnings.
  • Canon shares have lost about 30 percent over the past year as the company slashed its annual profit forecast twice (Reuters)

Here are the slides related to the company's camera business (above slide indicates accelerated development of new mirrorless products):

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