First LEAKED image of the new Panasonic G9II

This is the first leaked image of the new Panasonic G9II. It has a new 25.2 MFT sensor with phase detection AF. There will be also two new UPDATED lenses:

  • 100-400mm f/4.0-6.3II (compatible with teleconverter)
  • 35-100mm f/2.8

Camera and Lenses will ship from November!

Nikon ZF will be announced around September 20 and be priced at 2.500 Euro

A trusted source told me that at last we will get the new ZF camera around September 20. And the European price should be around 2.500 Euro. All specs:

  • Ship by end of 2023
  • Color: Black
  • 24.4 megapixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor
  • 700g
  • Size: 144×101mm
  • Continuous shooting speed: ~30fps
  • 4K 60p
  • USB-C PD compatible
  • ISO 100-64000
  • EN-EL15 battery
  • Z logo moved left
  • Dual memory card slots
    SD + Micro SD
  • Pixel shift shooting
  • Improved AF compared to Z5/Z6II
  • August-September announcement, launch by the end of 2023
  • Body only price: $1,999 (Europe 2.500 Euro)
  • One of the kit lenses is the Z 40mm F2 (SE)
  • Design/layout is very similar to Z fc
  • Equipped with a small LCD screen for aperture display on the top
  • A third function for (still image/movie +) monochrome mode has been added to the sub-lever of the shutter speed dial
  • Has a small grip/bump like Df
  • Better build quality compared to Nikon Zfc
  • vari-angle monitor
  • Codename N2137

There is finally new life in the Micro Four thirds World: Lumix G9II will be announced on September 12

Panasonic launched this teaser for a September 12 announcement. And the teaser is super clear with their hints:

  • This is a Micro Four Thirds “G” camera
  • the “new phase” means this will be Panasonic first MFT camera with phase detection AF
  • Announcement on September 12 at 22:00 Peking time (That’s 3pm London time).

I am pretty certain we will get a new G9II. Hopefully this will revive some enthusiasm in the MFT realm!

Panasonic confirms that they have no imminent plan to offer 8K on their cameras

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Image courtesy: ePhotozine.

At the Photo & Imaging 2023 event in China Panasonic managers said that demand of 8K on digital cameras is very weak and therefore you should not expect 8K to be implemented any time soon. This likely means that the S1H and the GH6 successor will both NOT have 8K recording.

If you remember back in 2017 Panasonic promised to launch an 8K MFT camera by 2020. Well, we might have to wait til the second half od this decade before this might happen :(

via CameraBeta

First images of the new Brightin star 35mm f/0,95 APS-C lens

On September 6th Brightin Star will launch this 35mm f/0,95 lens. it will be available for E/Z/X/MFT/EF/RF mount. It adopts an optical structure of 11 elements in 8 groups. The closest focusing distance is about 0.37m.

These are the first images of the lens in the X-mount version: