Gerald Undone vs Panasonic controversy

As you all know Influencers get early access from companies. The question is how this influences the honesty of their reviews. Gerald Undone shared his “bad” experience with Panasonic. He complains the marketing team wasn’t happy with his S5 review and therefore was cut out from the announcement loop. But at the same time he says Panasonic told him the S9 was not a kind of camera he would like to review…so Panasonic actually came back to him and this is what makes the story a bit unclear to me.

Sean Robinson answered “indirectly” to Gerald in this video:

And also Chris and Jordan from Dpreview shared their opinion:

CineD also gave a very honest feedback:

What are your thoughts on this?

SURPRISE: New Lumix camera announcement on June 5?

Our reader Jakub sent me a link to a ‘leaked’ information about a new camera. Now, if I shared this link publicly someone would get in trouble and probably get fired. So I’m keeping it under wraps for now, unless some other website publishes it and forces me to report it. In essence, this ‘leak’ tells us this:

  • On 5 June Panasonic will announce a new camera.
  • This camera will NOT be Full Frame

I see three options:

  • It will be a new MFT camera
  • A compact fixed-lens camera (possibly the successor to the LX100).
  • It is an APS-C L-mount (I think this is very unlikely).

We know that Panasonic has registered three new Lumix cameras in China. One is for the new Lumix S9. The other two cameras have yet to be announced. it sounds pretty unusual for Panasonic to unveil a new camera two weeks only after the major S9 announcement. But the “leak” seems pretty accurate to me. I still don’t know what to expect, all I got is info from a new source saying this is a new MFT camera…but this is not a confirmed info yet.

Please drop me a message at lrumorscameras@gmail.com or use this contact box if you have some more info to share! Stay tuned folks!

 

You can now install the new Panasonic LUMIX Lab

You can now install it from the Google Play store.

Our read Ryan told me:

After playing with it I see the app gives you the ability to share any downloaded LUTs using the standard Android share menu. This means you can email them or upload them to cloud storage like Google Drive. Then you can use them in desktop apps (Photoshop, Resolve, etc) or copy them to cameras not currently supported by the Lab App.