Olympus seems to be quite stubborn and has made it clear that they will NOT go Full Frame. They will insisit developing MFT cameras and lenses only. I think there is now 0,0001% chance Olympus will join the L-mount system within the next couple of years.

Olympus interview at Imaging Resource.

Shoten annonced two new L-mount adapters (Leica R and Leica M). They will cost around 16.000 ¥ in Japan. No info about the international price and shipment start. Those adapters will be sold in EU and US under the Kipon brand name.

The image above shows the silhouette of seven future Panasonic lenses. it might well be that they are only a random “placeholder” image. But just for fun…based on the size and form what lenses coudl they be?

My guess:

1) 50mm f/2.8
2) 85mm f/1.8
3) 24-70mm f/2.8
4) 85mm f/1.4
5) 35mm f/1.4
6) 24mm f/2.0
7) 35mm f/2.8

And your bet on what?

If you look at Google Trends you will notice that after the Photokina spike the S1 and S1R cameras got little searches on Google compared to regular Panasonic MFT cameras. This is normal as Panasonic has not unveiled any more news about these cameras and nobody had the chance to test the camera. I am curious to see how this will change once the cameras will be released with full specs, preorder options and most importantly first reviews.

If you haven’t seen it yet check it out: panasonic.com/global/consumer/lumix/lumix-design.html