Strong speculations about the new Panasonic S5 Mark II being released at Cp+ and having the new phase detection autofocus system

On the web I see many speculating with a release of the new Panasonic S5II ate the CES show. It’s also said it will be Panasonic’s first S camera with phase detection AF (maybe even Lidar!). So let’s start with the facts:

  1. Yes, Panasonic held a big secret meeting in Tokyo with many famous youtubers and reviewers. So obviously something big is coming soon.
  2. Panasonic has a scheduled CES press conference on January 4th. But so far there is no hint or teaser about some camera related announcement.

And now to my speculation:

  • I do believe the S5II will be the next new camera to be announced by Panasonic.
  • I am not sure if it’s coming at the CES show but the fac they fahd that big Tokyo meeting surely suggests there is something coming soon
  • While I am certain they will have a new autofocus system I am not sure if this means they will implement the new LIDAR tech. It might be the “Normal” phase detection AF

Anyway, let’s see what’s going to happen on Jan 4th!

 

Panasonic might announce a new 13-35mm lens this week…will there also be some big autofocus Lidar news?

A usually very reliable Japanese source sad that Panasonic will announce a new “H-ES12035” lens this week! I don’t know yet if this lens will be a successor of the current 12-35mm f/2.8 II lens (seen on the image on top). Here are the rumored specs:

  • 12-35mm F2.8
  • $897
  • Announcement Mid-December

It’s unclear yet if Panasonic will also share some details about their new Lidar autofocus tech…

via Asobinet

Lots of youtubers are in Tokyo now…Panasonic announcement?

One of our readers noticed this:

Damien Bernal and French Reviewers are in Tokyo right now.
Chris and Jordan from Dpreview seem to be at the same place too.
Source: latest stories of Damien Bernal today : https://www.instagram.com/damien.bernal/?hl=en

On Damiens story it looks like I can see Lumix ambassador Sean (his youtube channel is here) and Robin Wong (his youtube channel here). So this might be a Panasonic announcement?