Panasonic announces the new S1H Sony “killer”

Panasonic has officially announced the S1H. A full coverage can  be seen at L-rumors.com. All you have to know is that this is the official Sony A7sII killer….clickbait clickbait  :)

Jokes aside this is a serious hybrid camera! Nothing wrong as far as I can see….except  of course the usual crappy autofocus. But if you don’t care about that the S1H is a magnificent camera!

But I am sure we will only have to wait til September/October to see Sony’s answer to this camera…and they will come with quite some BIG new features trust me ;)

Preorders:
Panasonic S1H at Amazon, BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera. Park UK.
Panasonic 24-70mm f/2.8 S lens at Amazon, BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera. Park UK.
Panasonic 25mm f/1.4 MFT II lens at BHphoto. FocusCamera. Park UK.

Note: To not upset the MFT  folks they also announced an updated 25mm II lens :)

Leaked Canon RF lens specs!

Canon will announce new  RF lenses  and the EOS-M6II on August  28. Here are the leaked specs of two of the three lenses they will announce on that  day:

RF24-70mm F2.8 L IS USM

Lens construction: 21 elements in 15 groups
Minimum focusing distance: 0.21m (wide-angle end), 0.38m (telephoto end)
Maximum shooting magnification: 0.3x (when 32mm)
Number of diaphragm blades: 9
Filter diameter: 82mm
Size: φ88.5 × 125.7 mm
Weight: 900g
Camera shake correction effect: 5 steps
North America Price: $ 2299

RF15-35mm F2.8 L IS USM

Lens construction: 16 elements in 12 groups
Minimum focusing distance: 0.28m
Maximum shooting magnification: 0.21 times
Number of diaphragm blades: 9
Filter diameter: 82mm
Size: φ88.5 × 126.8 mm
Weight: 840g
Camera shake correction effect: 5 steps
North America Price: $ 2299
Expected release date: late September 2019?

 

via Nokishita

Leaked price info: Pansonic S1H will cost $3,999 and 24-70mm f/2.8 lens for $2,199

Today at  17:00 London time Panasonic will announce the new S1H  and 24-70mm lens. Nokishita leaked pricing info:

 LUMIX S PRO 24-70mm F2.8 specs:
– has 18 elements in 16 groups (including 3 aspherical lenses, 4 ED lenses, 1 UHR lens),
– the shortest shooting distance 0.37m, aperture blade 11 sheets,
– maximum shooting magnification 0.25 times,
– filter diameter 82mm, φ91x140mm, 935g,
– 2199 dollars.

“LUMIX S1H”
– $ 3997.99. #rumor

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Panasonic will announce seven new S lenses in 2020 and the S1H has 6 stops of in body stabilization!

Panasonic is  going to announce the full S1H specs on August 27. A source at L-rumors.com spilled out his info:

  • it has IBIS (up to 6 stop)
  • cooling fan  to allow for unlimited video recording
  • ‘24,2MP sensor
  • HFR sound recording

The officially Panasonic unveiled specs are:

  • 6K 3:2 capture at 24p
  • 16:9 5.9K capture at up to 30p
  • ‘Multi aspect’ recording including anamorphic 4:3 capture
  • 10-bit DCI and UHD 4K capture at up to 60p
  • Unlimited recording times
  • 14+ stop V-Log/V-Gamut capture LR
  • Color reproduction to match Cinema VariCam series

And he also said this about the updated  S lens roadmap:

1) Panasonic will announce the new 24-70mm f/2.8and 70-200mm f/2,8 in a month or so,
2) 16-35 f/4.0 end of this year.
3) Panasonic will  announce seven new S lenses in 2020!

So far Panasonic seems  to have failed to make meaningful sales of their  new  system (at least that ‘s  what big store owners tell me). That’s why Panasonic US greatly reduced the price of the two S cameras:

$700 off on the Panasonic S1R at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.
$300 off on the Panasonic S1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto.