L-mount news roundup


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Panasonic has announced that it will cut 10,000 employees

Panasonic published the full year financial report. And there are a couple of important notes:

  1. Panasonic never discloses detailed info about the Lumix business but in the general Entertainment and Communications report they say that “Revenue increased due to increased sales of AV equipment and digital camera equipment.”
  2. The company will cut 10,000 employees both in Japan and overseas (5,000 in Japan and 5,000 overseas) by the end of this fiscal year. This will particularly affect the TV business. It’s unclear if this means there will be some cut in the Camera business too.

Overview of the new super fast Thunderbolt 5 external storage

For work I constantly do use external storage for backup and editing. The new thunderbolt 5 standard now allows for super fast transfer of data.

LaCie:

OWC:

  • OWC 4TB Envoy Ultra Thunderbolt 5 Portable SSD for $549 at BHphoto and Amazon.
  • OWC 2TB Envoy Ultra Thunderbolt 5 Portable SSD for $379 at BHphoto and Amazon.

Sabrent:

  • Sabrent Rocket XTRM 5 4TB for $599 at Amazon.

Leica SL3 firmware update adds ProRes 422 HQ Cinema 6K and 4K Recording

The Leica Sl3 has been update with the new 3.1.1 firmware:

NEW
• The requirements of Lot6/Lot26, Regulation (EU) 2023/826 on
ecodesign are supported.
• New video formats for C4K and C6K.

IMPROVEMENT
• Access to the function Headphone Volume is now additionally available
via the menu Audio in the Video section, and via the FN button.
• The function Magnification can now be activated and deactivated by
pressing the joystick.
• When making changes to the icon assignments in the Control Center,
the function assignment list will open with the currently assigned option presented in the list as the starting position.
• The former menus Film Style and Video Style (accessible via JPG Settings)
were integrated into the Leica Looks menu, and their menu items will
now be accessible via the Main Menu.
• The firmware update process was optimized. Following a firmware
update, all previous settings will remain unchanged, and the dialogue “Do you want to save profiles on SD card?” will no longer be
displayed. A battery charge level of around 25% will now suffice for
starting the update process.
• Electronic shutter speed 1/16000 s will now be available for P/A mode.
• The function AF-ON can now be combined with the functions Eye/
Face/Body Detection and Animal Detection.

ERROR CORRECTION
• An icon with an asterisk will be displayed alongside the User Profiles
icon in the Control Center and the sidebar if settings were modified
after profile activation.
• In case of a joystick assignme

First image of the new SongRaw 85mm f/1.2 Full Frame AF lens

Songraw announced the new 85mm f/1.2 autofocus lens for the Sony E-, Nikon Z- and Leica L-mount system cameras. On top you see the BIG lens near the recently announced 50mm f/1.2.

SongRaw 85mm f/1.2 specs:

  • 10-group 15-element optical structure
  • 13 aperture blades
  • weight about 900 grams
  • 72mm filter interface
  • minimum focus distance 0.52m
  • STM focus motor
  • Sony E, Nikon Z and Leica L mount
  • 4,999 RMB (around $700 without tariff)
  • expected to go on sale on 20 May

Here you see the lens mounted on the Sony A7rV: