Tag Archives: L-Mount Alliance

PersonalView interview with Panasonic on the new L-mount

By PR admin | Published: October 15, 2018

PersonalView interviewed Mr. Michiharu Uematsu, Ms. Emi Fujiwara and Mr. Taku Kariyazaki from Panasonic about the new L-Mount alliance and the future of Micro Four Thirds. Here is a recap of the interview:

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IR interview with Sigma’s CEO Kazuto Yamaki on the new L-Mount Alliance

By PR admin | Published: October 5, 2018

Imaging Resource interviewed Sigma’s CEO Kazuto Yamaki on the new L-Mount Alliance – here are major Sigma L-mount announcements at the 2018 Photokina show:

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Panasonic swears they are still committed to Micro Four Thirds

By PR admin | Published: October 5, 2018

PGN published another video interview from Photokina yesterday and Panasonic is still committed to Micro Four Thirds – the exact quote was “It’s still a big part of our business. We will never give up Micro Four Thirds”:

Posted in Panasonic | Also tagged L-mount, Micro Four Thirds, Micro Four Thirds is dead, Panasonic S1 full-frame mirrorless camera, Panasonic S1R full-frame mirrorless camera, Panasonic still committed to Micro Four Thirds | Leave a comment

The L-mount is not an open standard (at least for now, future additional members are possible)

By PR admin | Published: October 3, 2018

As some readers have already reported, the new L-Alliance was formed by invitation only (Olympus decided not to join) and the L-mount is not an open standard (Leica Camera AG is the licensor). Here are some quotes:

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Interview with Sigma’s CEO Kazuto Yamaki about the new L-Mount Alliance

By PR admin | Published: October 1, 2018

Cinema5D Interviewed Sigma’s CEO Kazuto Yamaki about the new L-Mount Alliance: Here is the recap from 43addict:

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Interview with Panasonic about the new L-Mount Alliance

By PR admin | Published: September 29, 2018

Lesnumeriques interviewed Panasonic’s Yosuke Yamade about the new L-Mount Alliance. Here is a recap from 43addict:

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Olympus at Photokina: nothing to report (rumor: Olympus was invited to join the L-alliance)

By PR admin | Published: September 28, 2018

The Olympus press conference at Photokina was sad to watch. The company had nothing to announce or show, not even a prototype or an updated roadmap. After Panasonic joined the new L-alliance together with Leica and Sigma, Olympus released a press release emphasizing their commitment to the Micro Four Thirds format (the press release is available at the bottom […]

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Sigma to announce full frame mirrorless camera with L-mount and Foveon sensor

By PR admin | Published: September 25, 2018

Some more interesting developments from Sigma after the announcement of the L-Mount Alliance that for now includes Sigma, Leica and Panasonic: Sigma will release a new full frame mirrorless camera with L-mount and Foveon sensor in 2019. Sigma will no longer make any SA-mount cameras Sigma will continue to develop SA-mount lenses Sigma will continue to develop the […]

Posted in Sigma | Also tagged 60MP Foveon sensor, Foveon sensor with X3 1:1:1 technology, L-mount, Photokina 2018, Sigma full frame mirrorless camera with L-mount and Foveon sensor | 2 Comments

What do we know about the Panasonic S1/S1R full-frame mirrorless cameras?

By PR admin | Published: September 25, 2018

This is what we know so far about the two new Panasonic S1/S1R full-frame mirrorless cameras: The S1R and the S1 cameras are the world’s first to support 4K 60p/50p video recording Dual I.S. image stabilization Global release in early 2019 Newly-developed 35 mm full-frame image sensor and image processing engine Effective pixels: approximately 47M […]