Amazeballs Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 You dont need AF for a very wide lens I guess.. Thpriest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSMW Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Nah… even Panasonic would not fly in a load of YouTubers just for the launch of a super-wide angle lens. Why would they? That is not to say there isn’t a SWA lens, but it’s not the main event or it would be the biggest WTF moment in camera history. newfoundmass 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thpriest Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 23 minutes ago, MrSMW said: Nah… even Panasonic would not fly in a load of YouTubers just for the launch of a super-wide angle lens. Why would they? That is not to say there isn’t a SWA lens, but it’s not the main event or it would be the biggest WTF moment in camera history. Maybe that's why there is no announcement yet! They are scrambling about to find something AF related to go with the super-wide lens!😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfoundmass Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share Posted December 15, 2022 7 hours ago, MrSMW said: Nah… even Panasonic would not fly in a load of YouTubers just for the launch of a super-wide angle lens. Why would they? That is not to say there isn’t a SWA lens, but it’s not the main event or it would be the biggest WTF moment in camera history. I can't imagine they'd do that but nothing would surprise me these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMGJohn Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 They sure are taking their sweet time with the announcements. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharathc47 Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I don’t think LIDAR with panasonic will happen! Yesterday on lumix live, someone asked about LIDAR for AF. @42:03 min hoodlum 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thpriest Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 😱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thpriest Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 I have no idea if this guy knows anything but he seems pretty convinced that there will be a new camera but with PDAF. Amazeballs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide DB Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 Unless there is some further leak, whatever it is, we probably won't have official news until the new year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael S Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 5 hours ago, Thpriest said: I have no idea if this guy knows anything but he seems pretty convinced that there will be a new camera but with PDAF. Just a guy, reading the same rumour sites as everyone else, but then decides to make a video about it with catchy thumbnail (expressive face, bold colours) and suppressing a healthy dose of scepsis, hoping to gain some traffic. He's not the only one using that technique. Davide DB, IronFilm, FHDcrew and 3 others 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thpriest Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 1 hour ago, Michael S said: Just a guy, reading the same rumour sites as everyone else, but then decides to make a video about it with catchy thumbnail (expressive face, bold colours) and suppressing a healthy dose of scepsis, hoping to gain some traffic. He's not the only one using that technique. Are they all Canadian? Their unhealthy looking faces and obsession with cameras seems to be taking over our corner of the internet! Must be something in the water/ice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSMW Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 5 hours ago, Michael S said: Just a guy, reading the same rumour sites as everyone else, but then decides to make a video about it with catchy thumbnail (expressive face, bold colours) and suppressing a healthy dose of scepsis, hoping to gain some traffic. He's not the only one using that technique. Yes, pretty much. Has zero inside info and is generally just re-reporting in a rather long-winded manner, perpetually repeating the same rumor(s) over and over and over again. He’s not doing any harm, but as above, is just regurgitating rumor, not inside info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfoundmass Posted December 16, 2022 Author Share Posted December 16, 2022 He claims that his previous videos "shook a tree" and netted him some "reliable sources", but his account is literally just him creating videos "reporting" what the rumor sites report, so I am skeptical that he has any sources of his own. That trip IS very peculiar though. I still feel it's unlikely they flew so many people out to Japan for just a lens reveal for M43, especially because people like Chris Hau were there, and they're S5 shooters not M43 ones. Perhaps it was a combination of a lens release and getting feedback from YouTubers on a future release? Or maybe we're all just dumb and getting our hopes up? It could be anything, haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FHDcrew Posted December 16, 2022 Share Posted December 16, 2022 4 hours ago, MrSMW said: He’s not doing any harm, but as above, is just regurgitating rumor, not inside info. True. He does at least present the info in a nice format, sometimes I enjoy watching his channel versus reading the rumor sites. That being said, I get why it’s a little annoying that it’s not original content. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSMW Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 6 hours ago, newfoundmass said: especially because people like Chris Hau were there, and they're S5 shooters And Sam Holland who also is plus the Make Art Now guy whose name I forget and he’s no YouTube wannabe flake, plus a few others so as has been mentioned, either it’s multiple releases of several things that are coming at some point ‘soon’ or something bigger. It can’t just be some wide-angle M4/3 lens because honestly who would give a sh!t?! Not enough to warrant this gathering for sure! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davide DB Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Panasonic announced the S1H in 2019 followed by the S5 in 2020. Then for the S5 it made updates that transformed the camera. But they are now old cameras considering that Canon and Nikon have since migrated to mirrorless cameras. Canon that has been sleeping for years has been the most aggressive one with cinema cameras like the R5C and C70 that also have internal RAW. IMHO it's to be expected that Panasonic in 2023 will make a new iteration for their models and who knows there might be the RAW innovation for them as well and certainly PDAF which for the market, right or wrong, is their achilles heel. We shall see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrSMW Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 Well looks like DP Review and Ted Forbes also in Japan and in the end of year predictions for next year, the only major camera body brand not discussed… Panasonic. NDA in place so you can hardly speculate when you already know what’s coming can you?! Another sign IMO there is at least one FF camera coming soon. I could be reading that wrong, but don’t think so. John Matthews, Davide DB and IronFilm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stv Posted December 18, 2022 Share Posted December 18, 2022 They did make mention of an expectation of more cinema styled lenses. I wonder if that's an indication of what's to come, because if I was to make a prediction about Panasonic in 2023, I definitely wouldn't be expecting "cinematic styled lenses" unless I knew that they were going to address their autofocus issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MurtlandPhoto Posted December 19, 2022 Share Posted December 19, 2022 On 12/17/2022 at 2:20 PM, MrSMW said: Well looks like DP Review and Ted Forbes also in Japan and in the end of year predictions for next year, the only major camera body brand not discussed… Panasonic. NDA in place so you can hardly speculate when you already know what’s coming can you?! Another sign IMO there is at least one FF camera coming soon. I could be reading that wrong, but don’t think so. I think you're spot on. There's no way they'd not mention Panasonic without some sort of NDA prohibiting them from doing so. John Matthews 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfoundmass Posted December 23, 2022 Author Share Posted December 23, 2022 Looks like they've got a press event on January 4th. Thpriest and Leon Postma 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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