A source sent me this image of the Blue Panasonic Lumix S9. What’s new on this image is that it has a handgrip attached. So it appears the S9 will have that additional accessory that might be very useful!
Various sources (Thanks!) sent me images of the new Panasonic Lumix S9 with the 26mm f/8.0 lens. For the first time we see the 26mm lens and also the red version of the S9 (there will be also Black, Green, Blue versions).
And onto his image we see the new LUT button that will allow to quickly select your own styles:
Recap of what we know so far about the May 22 3pm London time announcement:
1) Panasonic Lumix S9 specs:
2) Pansonic Lumix 18-40mm L-mount lens:
3) Panasonic 26mm f/8.0:
I have some additional info to share about the new lenses:
Photographers told me that this combo (S9+26mm) is a joy to use. Truly easy to carry with you and Image Quality is great for street photography. Hopefully Panasonic plans to make also some faster pancakes like the Nikon 26mm f/2.8.
Lumix S9:
Like I told you yesterday I saw the real life camera. I can confirm it has a dedicated LUT button with completely new functionalities. Will do a video about this very soon!
Three trusted sources confirmed this:
If I am not mistaken I think this is thew world’s first f/1.8 Full Frame Autofocus zoom ever made! It is a sort of Full Frame version of the epic 18-35mm f/1.8 APS-C zoom (you can see it here).
I have been told that the primary target for this lens are filmmakers. That makes sense because the 18-35mm f/1.8 APS-C was a popular lens in the video world. The new FF lens has a much shorter zoom range equivalent to 18-30mm in APS-C. But aperture in APS-C would be f/1.2 so depth of field will be short and bokeh much more pronounced! I talked to a few people testing the lens and they said the lens is way too big and heavy as a photography lens. Still, I you wanna try it on the new Lumix S9 go ahead and show me the photos of the combo 🙂
A source (Thanks!) shared this image of the S9. For the first time we can see the top of the camera. And it’s also clear it has no mechanical shutter to keep the body “slim”. I also have been told there are two compact lenses coming! One is the 18-40mm pancake zoom and another one is a pancake prime.
I ask the same source (and all other sources) if it’s possible to get images of three important missing pieces:
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Recap of what we know so far about the May 22 3pm London time announcement:
1) Panasonic Lumix S9 specs:
2) Pansonic Lumix 18-40mm L-mount lens:
3) Panasonic compact prime (specs unknown)
Finally I can share ons single image of the new Panasonic Lumix S9. From the looks this is really like a sort of Full Frame version of the superb Lumix GM1. I also can a couple of new exclusive info:
Here are a bunch of quickly made size comparisons:
So let me know in the comment system what you think about this camera!
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I just got additional info about the new Panasonic camera that will be announced on May 22 at 3pm London time!
Camera name: “Panasonic Lumix S9”
The camera is aimed at “content creators” and people who want ot have a very compact camera.
The three cool aspects of the camera are:
1) Compact Size:Â
The Lumix S9 is just a tiny bit smaller than the X100VI (also because it gets rid of the EV). Yes, you still need to buy an extra lens for it but we have some nice option with the Sigma DG DN contemporary lineup (Click here). Overall this will make it barely bigger than the Fuji.
2) LUT style:
The camera LUT’s capability should also attract those Fujifilm customers that love to use their own film recipes.
3) Price:
Now compact camera lovers can buy the Lumix S9 instead of a Ricoh GR or FujiFilm X100VI. it will have about the same size, about the same price but you get the benefit of higher Image Quality thanks to the use of the excellent 25Mp Full Frame sensor.
My take:
I am not a real “content creator”. I can’t really say if this camera will be a hit or miss. As a photographer I miss the integrated EVF. Still, if this is a camera that you can truly carry always in your pocket…this might be something cool for us photographers too don’t you think?
