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While the translation is difficult to read and there are not a log of details, we can expect to see S1H and more compact cameras from Panasonic. Below are a couple of the comments from the interview.
https://qicai.fengniao.com/537/5378995.html
In terms of market demand insight, Panasonic is keenly aware of the trend of recovering demand in the fixed lens camera market. With the increasingly powerful cell phone photography function, the competition in the cell phone market has become more and more intense. Fixed lens cameras have become an important direction for cell phones to realize differentiated competition due to their unique functional characteristics, such as the long focal length function, which opens up new possibilities for cell phone photography. Based on this market change, Panasonic is looking forward to the fixed lens camera market and is actively planning the introduction of new products. Although it is not yet possible to determine the specific time of the release of new products, it can be seen that Panasonic in this field has launched an in-depth thinking and layout.
In addition, Panasonic in the LUMIX S1H follow-up product planning is also actively exploring the LUMIX S1H as a positioning of the creation of film cameras, in the market has a unique position. With the continuous development and changes in the field of movie micro camera, Panasonic has received a large number of opinions and suggestions from various parties. In terms of product form, there are different expectations from users and the market. Some want the product to be similar to the FX3, cutting out the warship section and focusing on movie and video functions; some prefer to keep the micro-single form while strengthening the video function; and others expect to make it a square camera similar to the FX6. In terms of functional requirements, 8K 60p or even 8K 120p video shooting and built-in ND filters have become the focus of users' attention. In order to better meet the market demand, Panasonic merged with its professional-grade system imaging division in 2024, integrating the technical resources of both parties and engaging in deeper and closer discussions with technicians. Although the launch date of the next generation of the LUMIX S1H has not yet been determined, it can be seen that Panasonic is fully committed to the development of this product, and is striving to bring users an even better tool for movie creation.
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1 hour ago, Andrew Reid said:
At first I thought they'd gone and done an APS-C camera.
Nice that it has an updated sensor and the full pixel readout 6K. Sigma Fp 4K output was a bit scratchy looking.
No word on Cinema DNG?
An APS-C sensor would have made more sense. New prime lenses could be more compact and the faster sensor readout would have helped reduce the instances of rolling shutter. And maybe they could have implemented IBIS as well. A m43 sensor could have implemented IBIS in this body.
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Sigma says BF stands for Beautiful Foolishness.
https://petapixel.com/2025/02/23/the-sigma-bf-stands-for-beautiful-foolishness/
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Sigma announced the BF camera.
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13 minutes ago, John Matthews said:
Obviously, a main competitor for this camera is the Sony A7r V (also at roughly the same price). I've been looking through the specs and found advantages for the Sony like: webcam capable, maybe slightly better AF, better lens selection, better card slots, and a little more resolution. If these Panasonic specs are correct, the Panasonic will have a host of things:
- Opengate
- Maybe better IBIS
- Dual ISO sensor (couldn't find anything with the Sony)
- More Pro Codecs
- 32-bit audio with the accessory
- High Resolution photo mode, in-camera AND handheld
- Support for anamorphic
- Fantastic video tools
- Realtime LUTs
- Live View Composite
Already, that would be great! Am I missing something?
Does Sony have an app providing similar capabilities.
New Lumix Flow app features:
Designed for videographers
Use an iPhone as an external monitor
Storyboarding
Editing
LUT creation and direct import into the camera
A filming assistant in a smartphone
- Juank and John Matthews
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56 minutes ago, IronFilm said:
Strange, why not just call it MFT sized? I guess they don't wish to give any extra attention to the MFT system....
The m43 sensor is approx 1.35” so I guess Canon could say it is larger than the a m43 sensor. Although the sensor area is likely the same due to the different aspect ratio.
But the comparison to m43 may give us an idea of the lens aperture. Based on the LX100, the V1 lens could be f2.0 to f2.8
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Since we are likely less than 10 days away from the announcement, I thought I would start a separate thread. Below are the leaked details so far.
24MP CMOS (Canon Made)
1.4″ 3:2 Sensor
DIGIC X Series
DPAF
Multi-Function Shoe
Approximately 16-50mm (35mm Equivalent)
3″ LCD (1 Million Pixels)
Articulating Screen
1.4x Photo Crop (17mp 70mm equiv)
4K Video (Slight crop for aspect ratio)
4K 60P / 1080 120P (Unconfirmed)
Vertical Video Capable
New Streaming Features (No detailed information)
RAW, C-RAW, Dual Pixel RAW
H.265 / HEVC
C-Log 3 / HDR PQ
A full line of accessories
February/March 2025
Price: $899 USD
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It looks like we may finally get a compact camera with wide angle to normal zoom, 8 years after the Nikon DL cameras were cancelled. Except it is Canon doing it with the V1. This is exciting news for me and it could be an automatic buy depending on the implementation.
https://www.canonrumors.com/the-powershot-v-series-will-become-canons-new-line-of-compact-cameras/
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24MP CMOS Sensor (approx)
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Approximently 16-50mm (35mm Equivalent)
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3″ Screen (Approx 1 million pixels)
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Screen has a 170° viewing angle
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4K Video (Very slight crop, but likely for aspect ratio)
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1.4X Crop Mode for Stills
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RAW, C-RAW, Dual Pixel RAW
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H.265 / HEVC
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C-Log3 / HDR PQ
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Launch: Late Q1/Early Q2 2025
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54 minutes ago, Marcio Kabke Pinheiro said:
This.
A 14 yr old daughter of a friend have a Iphone 15pro, but now carries everywhere a VERY crappy Olympus digicam, shoots everything with flash, and loves it. (now I've taught her on how to do long exposures)
For me, is a trend - when Instagram appeared, everyone used their integrated filters in every photo, because it was so different, and now nobody uses. Dunno how this trend will carry - if 3 or 4 of the biggest infuencers start saying "clean iPhone photos are now the trend", it could dissapear fast.
(probably is where the camera companies will put their money - reversing the trend could be cheaper than develop and sell new cameras)My daughter in university requested a compact camera last Christmas. She specifically mentioned the Canon Powershot Elph 180 due to looks and also since her friend uses the same camera so they could share settings. She liked the photos her friend took from that camera over her iphone. I believe smartphone camera have gone too far with HDR and along with sometimes getting the colour wrong. Camera companies just get the colours right for the most part.
She also specifically mentioned the flash. I think the flash is the number #1 feature that is currently too limiting with smartphones and that is a big part of what is driving the compact camera trend. While some may be going for the retro look, that is not the main factor. I suspect camera companies still don't understand this and are not filling this large niche. I am not seeing many new compact cameras with a built-in flash.
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37 minutes ago, eatstoomuchjam said:
Don't Sony take APS-C seriously? It seems to me like the FX30 is one of the most popular entry-level cinema cameras on the market - due in no small part to being an excellent camera (from all that I've heard, I've never used one personally).
If we're talking glass, I have no idea what's currently available from Sony themselves, but with the popularity of E mount and Sony being permissive with licenses (or not requiring them?), just about every third-party vendor releases a version of their stuff for it (including the outstanding Fujinon MK series). 🙂
It is a great body but it still using a non-stacked sensor which Fuji and Olympus had a couple years ago already.
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I am looking forward to see what Canon has planned in 2025 for APS-C. This will also force Nikon and Sony to start taking APS-C more seriously, providing more competition for the GH7 and Fuji.
We have been told that Canon will be shaking up it’s APS-C line “significantly” later in 2025. It sort of sounds like there are going to be some deparatures instead of simple Mark II versions of the APS-C line.
The EOS R7 Mark II will be the first APS-C Canon camera to get a stacked sensor. There was no word on the resolution of the new sensor, but it would be cool to see it go slightly above the current 32.5mp to give it 8K capabilities. As we’ve mentioned before, and we’re being told again. The EOS R7 Mark II will be going “up market”, so it may be a true EOS 7D Mark II successor.
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Panasonic's biggest mistake was not introducing PDAF with FF from the very beginning in 2019. Then they could have rolled out PDAF to updated m43 bodies. Instead we still had the GH6 introduced in 2022 without PDAF and other missteps, which required the GH7 to fix just 2 years later. The GH6 had one of the shortest shelf life for a GH body.
The last 5 years was a great missed opportunity for Panasonic from a marketing perspective.
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This is a bit surprising from Leica. I wonder if this would also work for the LX100.
https://leica-camera.com/en-int/photography/cameras/d-lux/d-lux-8/downloads
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Panasonic GH7
In: Cameras
21 minutes ago, Andrew Reid said:A dream GH camera, although feel a bit sorry for GH6 owners and those who weren't invited to the launch like Gerald.
Incidentally Panasonic did not even email me that it was coming out or give me any press release.
Panasonic marketing at their finest!
Gerald did receive the GH7 from Panasonic.
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Gerald had this comment from his GH7 review. (Yes, Panasonic did send him a copy) 🤣
QuoteI've always found the North American LUMIX team to be reasonable people who are good to work with and it's important to separate any concerns I might have with certain marketing maneuvers from the actual product and engineering teams that work on it.
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Panasonic GH7
In: Cameras
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I suspect many have had the GH7 for a few weeks now.
Ambassador Ben Staley will be showing a new Short film this coming Saturday that was partially filmed with an unreleased Lumix camera, showcasing its action capabilities.https://www.cinegearexpo.com/programs/la/cine-gear-news-la-expo-2024.pdf
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48 minutes ago, kye said:
During the livestream around S9-gate Gerald mentioned he didn't have anything that he was reviewing but couldn't talk about, so depending on the accuracy of that claim and the timelines involved, maybe he doesn't have either.
Wow, that seemed to go really fast!
I guess it was just over 2 years ago, but still.
Maybe the GH7 launch was what all the influencers were invited to in Japan, and like Dave said, they switched up the camera that was released for some reason. It would explain the audience and also the S9 not having the associated lenses also being announced at the same time.
2 years is very short for a GH series camera.
Yes, I think they were invited to see the GH7 and at some point Panasonic decided to show the S9 as well. I think Gerald decided not to go based on the GH7 and was upset he missed the S9. It sounds like a lot of sour grapes to me. I am surprised it got the play time it did. But that is social media for you.
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Panasonic Japan has now discontinued the GH6, so it looks like the GH7 is coming. This is likely what the GH6 should have been.
https://panasonic.jp/dc/p-db/DC-GH6_manualdl.html
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19 hours ago, John Matthews said:
The word has it that there's a 18-40 and a pancake coming with it. If it does have a proper shutter and IBIS, I'll probably get it, but I need more info. I would have rather had a flip-up screen and no hotshoe though because it's just more fun (like the GX850).
If Panasonic doesn't release more pancakes and smaller affordable bodies for M43, there won't be many people going to it.
The problem is that cameras like the GM1 were too small to operate with adult hands whereas the GX85 was just big enough. The S9 looks about the same size as a GX85.
The rumor site confirmed today that there is no mechanical shutter and the pancake prime is a very slow lens cap lens.
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On 3/29/2020 at 8:04 AM, BTM_Pix said:
The Mevo Plus has a 4K sensor to be fair.
Livestream themselves have a very sophisticated product called Studio that can switch multiple Mevos but can also do the multi angle crop trick on external cameras.
Not sure it does the auto stuff though.
Its free for subscribers to Livestream/Vimeo as well but that is a $70 a month cost if not.
It does the multi cellular device bonding trick as well but only when streaming to Livestream itself.
I thought I would resurrect this thread as it looks like Logitech will be announcing a new MEVO product on the 17th with the m43 sensor/mount. The video specs are not great but it will be interesting to see how far they take this. The 6400mAh battery should provide a very long run time.
https://asobinet.com/logitech-announces-micro-four-thirds-camera-for-live-streaming-on-march-19/
Interchangeable lens camera Mevo Core
micro four thirds system
Dual USB-C ports
3.5mm audio interface
HDMI output
microSD card slot
6400mAh replaceable battery
1/4 inch screw
cold shoe
USB-C 20W power supply
4K 30fps output
Compatible with Mevo Multicum APP
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It looks like Sony has significantly cleaned up their video noise quality. I do wonder if this can be applied to other non-global shutter sensors as well.
https://www.cined.com/sony-alpha-9-iii-lab-test-dynamic-range-and-latitude/
QuoteDynamic range using our Xyla21 chart and IMATEST analysis is average when compared to other full-frame consumer cameras. But as is so often the case, IMATEST results are only one piece of the puzzle looking at the dynamic range of a camera. It basically gives a feel for how noisy images are at the various Xyla stops (patches). And here it can be clearly seen that the global shutter sensor is definitely noisier than its CMOS full-frame counterparts seen in other consumer full-frame cameras.
But Sony applied some magic to the image pipeline including the codecs, as the fine noise of the sensor is conserved in the final image and shadows can be massively pushed in post without ugly larger blotches of noise. This results in a superb 9 stops of exposure latitude with some room towards 10, making it the best Sony Alpha camera to date in video mode in terms of dynamic range! It is also the best consumer full-frame camera in that regard.
What a surprise – all this from a global shutter sensor! Well, as mentioned at the beginning of the article, times are a’changin …
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https://news.panasonic.com/uploads/tmg_block_page_image/file/21105/en231220-3-1.pdf
QuotePanasonic Connect Co., Ltd. and Panasonic Entertainment & Communication Co., Ltd. (PEAC) announced today that they have decided to transfer the Professional AV business and Panasonic Visual Co., Ltd. from Panasonic Connect to Panasonic Entertainment & Communication. Foreseeing future growth in the overlapping markets for consumer and professional video production, and livevideo streaming, the move to integrate the businesses will enable the Panasonic Group to strengthen its imaging business and achieve high growth. The integration is scheduled to take place on April 1, 2024.
In recent years, the imaging market has seen increased demand, particularly for mirrorless digital cameras, due to the expansion of video production for solo creators. While on the other hand, the professional video production market, such as cinema and broadcast production, is also growing, and due to the increasing size of sensors in mirrorless digital cameras and tighter budgets for production the lines between consumer and professional video production markets are quickly blurring.
Furthermore, in the field of live broadcast and video streaming, there is an increasing demand for diverse video shooting and streaming equipment that satisfies the requirements of video creators and caters to improved video and audio quality, as well as advancements in visual expression.
In the future, there is expected to be further integration of consumer and professional video production and live-video streaming, leading to the continued growth of the imaging market.
Both companies have determined that in response to this trend, there is a need to bridge the divide between professional and consumer uses in order to provide timely and consistent support throughout the entire process from video shooting to editing and streaming, while developing products and services that exceed the expectations of video creators. To achieve this, the imagingrelated businesses spanning both companies will be integrated into one organization within the Panasonic Group.
As a result, the Group's resources in this market will be consolidated within Panasonic Entertainment & Communication, which will make the imaging business a pillar of its growth strategy and strengthen its ability to adapt to market changes and respond quickly to the needs of a diverse range of video creators,.
New US camera import tariffs - 25-50%
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I guess the US doesn't want those in other countries to invest in their businesses. I don't think they realize the consequences if this goes through.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/88b464f77c2863c66a9326ee3eb93664ae337885ca5483f02881b645ad033c36/SWHM3X32RBFQFM2OX4MG5IDEWY/
Canadian investors holding U.S.-listed securities could see a sudden spike in the amount of tax they owe under a recent U.S. bill that has been tabled as a retaliatory measure against what it calls “discriminatory taxes” of foreign countries, including Canada’s digital services tax.
If passed, the proposed legislation would add 5 percentage points to the withholding tax rate each year for four years on certain types of U.S. income for anyone living in a country that imposes a tax that the U.S. considers discriminatory or extraterritorial for U.S. citizens or corporations. The additional 20-per-cent withholding tax would remain in place as long as the other country’s disputed tax is in effect.
The proposed bill appears to be targeting jurisdictions that have implemented a digital services tax on large U.S. technology companies or have an undertaxed payments rule (UTPR). Canada’s DST was enacted in 2024.
The proposal means that Canadians who own U.S. securities that pay dividends or interest, or have realized gains, could see a large tax increase, said Kris Rossignoli, a cross-border tax and financial planner with Cardinal Point Wealth in New York.