Comments on: (FT5) UPDATED! Panasonic teaser for a new MFT cameras and the LX3(or TZ ?) successor! http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-hot-panasonic-teaser-for-a-new-mft-cameras-and-the-lx3-successor/ Panasonic and Olympus Digital Camera News Sun, 12 Feb 2012 10:09:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Panasonic presentará nuevas cámaras en Marzo http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-hot-panasonic-teaser-for-a-new-mft-cameras-and-the-lx3-successor/comment-page-1/#comment-29765 Panasonic presentará nuevas cámaras en Marzo Wed, 01 Dec 2010 19:38:47 +0000 http://43rumors.com/?p=10502#comment-29765 [...] | 4/3 rumors Web Oficial | Panasonic 0 me gusta Todo sobre Panasonic [...] [...] | 4/3 rumors Web Oficial | Panasonic 0 me gusta Todo sobre Panasonic [...]

]]> By: Correcting Maz http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-hot-panasonic-teaser-for-a-new-mft-cameras-and-the-lx3-successor/comment-page-1/#comment-8192 Correcting Maz Fri, 12 Feb 2010 00:35:23 +0000 http://43rumors.com/?p=10502#comment-8192 Maz says: • Add IBIS to make Zuiko lenses more compatible. Seems to me Panasonic might sell more bodies (in the absence of an Olympus G1 competitor) given a wider range of lenses to draw on, while Olympus might sell more lenses. Win-win for both companies, maybe? (Nothing wrong with dual IS – NX10 has it)! -No, NX10 doesn't have it! Only dedicated lenses marked "OIS" has it. P.S: I doubt you will see IBIS on Panasonic. Their route has been chosen and that is with MEGA O.I.S. Maz says:
• Add IBIS to make Zuiko lenses more compatible. Seems to me Panasonic might sell more bodies (in the absence of an Olympus G1 competitor) given a wider range of lenses to draw on, while Olympus might sell more lenses. Win-win for both companies, maybe? (Nothing wrong with dual IS – NX10 has it)!

-No, NX10 doesn’t have it!
Only dedicated lenses marked “OIS” has it.

P.S:
I doubt you will see IBIS on Panasonic. Their route has been chosen and that is with MEGA O.I.S.

]]> By: Maz http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-hot-panasonic-teaser-for-a-new-mft-cameras-and-the-lx3-successor/comment-page-1/#comment-8190 Maz Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:15:52 +0000 http://43rumors.com/?p=10502#comment-8190 There was a thread on dpreview started by an ex-employee of Panasonic.a couple of years ago stating that Panasonic characteristically issued new product announcements on the penultimate Thursday of the month (in the U.S. -- Friday in Tokyo). I forget the reason. Something to do with Panny's month-end accounting cut-off dates, I think. If this contention is true, it gives some credence to an announcement on Thursday Feb.18th. It seems clear that the announcement, if any, will introduce a G2. -- (G1 discontinued in Japan, removed from the Panasonic Canada site, teaser looks like a "G" form factor). If so, here's my (partial) wish list: • Retain the form factor and flip screen of the G1 -- I love 'em! • Add IBIS to make Zuiko lenses more compatible. Seems to me Panasonic might sell more bodies (in the absence of an Olympus G1 competitor) given a wider range of lenses to draw on, while Olympus might sell more lenses. Win-win for both companies, maybe? (Nothing wrong with dual IS - NX10 has it)! • Update the G1 sensor • Faster AF (if the technology is there yet). Those are my main wish items. I'm sure you have others. (Personally, I have no particular interest in video, only in still photography; but I recognize video to be an important requirement for others). There was a thread on dpreview started by an ex-employee of Panasonic.a couple of years ago stating that Panasonic characteristically issued new product announcements on the penultimate Thursday of the month (in the U.S. — Friday in Tokyo). I forget the reason. Something to do with Panny’s month-end accounting cut-off dates, I think. If this contention is true, it gives some credence to an announcement on Thursday Feb.18th.

It seems clear that the announcement, if any, will introduce a G2. — (G1 discontinued in Japan, removed from the Panasonic Canada site, teaser looks like a “G” form factor). If so, here’s my (partial) wish list:
• Retain the form factor and flip screen of the G1 — I love ‘em!
• Add IBIS to make Zuiko lenses more compatible. Seems to me Panasonic might sell more bodies (in the absence of an Olympus G1 competitor) given a wider range of lenses to draw on, while Olympus might sell more lenses. Win-win for both companies, maybe? (Nothing wrong with dual IS – NX10 has it)!
• Update the G1 sensor
• Faster AF (if the technology is there yet).
Those are my main wish items. I’m sure you have others. (Personally, I have no particular interest in video, only in still photography; but I recognize video to be an important requirement for others).

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