Sigma 70mm f/2.8 L-mount macro lens will be released on February 21
Sigma Japan issued a press text to confirm the new 70mm f/2.8 L-mount macro lens will be released on February 21.
Panasonic reports “sluggish” sales in Europe…
The new Q3 financial report says that camera sales were “sluggish” (mainly in Europe). Unfortunately Panasonic never discloses detailed reports about the camera business. But for sure it looks like cameras sales are worse than they forecasted 🙁
L-mount news roundup…
Sony A7R4 vs Nikon Z7 vs Panasonic S1R – Image Quality Comparison
Plenty of L-rumors readers images on our L-mount Facebook Group.
Panasonic Lumix S Pro 16-35mm f/4 – The S-Line’s long awaited wide angle lens (Thepixelconnection).
Neue Kamera eingezogen Panasonic Lumix S1R und 24-105mm Review (Von Hacht).
Lumix event in China reported on Fengniao
Links:
Panasonic S1R at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic S1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic S1H at Amazon, BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera. Park UK.
Panasonic 24-70mm f/2.8 S lens at Amazon, BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera. Park UK.
Panasonic 50mm f/1.4 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic 24-105mm f/4.0 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic 70-200mm f/4.0 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic issued a new firmware update for the S1 and S1H cameras
You can now download the new firmware update here: av.jpn.support.panasonic.com.
For both cameras “The flicker during V-Log recording has been improved“
What is Optical Low Pass Filter in camera?
Richard Wong:
How does Optical Low Pass Filter / Anti-Aliasing Filter affect the image quality? Is it a good or bad thing? I’ll show you some comparison photos I shot with the S1H and S1 and explain to you what the Optical Low Pass Filter is and whether it’s good or not.
Interview with Matt Frazer from Panasonic about their new 16-35mm F4 S-Pro Lens
Personal View:
Interview with Matt Frazer from Panasonic about their recent addition to L mount lenses lineup. As usual for L mount lenses it is superb optically but little on expensive side for F4 lens. We also touch a little Netflix including S1H in the list of allowed A cameras.