A bit unusual for Panasonic is the fact that they did not announce any new product at the start of this new year. N new MFT or L mount camera or lens at all has been unveiled. SonyAlphaRumors made this list of products announce in January-February:

Nikon (6 products announced):
Nikon Coolpix P950
Nikon D780
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 120-300mm F2.8E FL ED SR VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200 F2.8 VR S
Nikon Nikkor Z 24-200mm F4-6.3 VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 20mm F1.8 S

Fuji (5 products announced):
Fujifilm X-T200
Fujifilm X100V
Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XC 35mm F2
Fujifilm GF 45-100mm F4 R LM OIS WR

Canon (4 products announced):
Canon EOS-1D X Mark III
Canon EOS R5 (granted just development announcement)
Canon EOS Rebel T8i
Canon RF 24-105mm F4.0-7.1 IS STM

Olympus (2 products announced):
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm F4 Pro

Ricoh-Pentax: (2 products announced):
Ricoh WG-70
HD Pentax-D FA 70-210mm F4 ED SDM WR

Sony (1 product announced):
Sony 20mm F1.8G

Leica (1 product announced):
Leica M10 Monochrom

Panasonic (0 products announced):
no product announced (a part of a new L-mount lens roadmap).

Maybe Panasonic (and Olympus) decided to shift the product launch focus at Photokina in May. But the coronavirus outbreak may will mess with their plans as I expect productiion shortages accross the industry :(

Olympus E-M5 Mark III Tutorial: Shooting Menu 1 Walk Through for Beginners

My Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III menu settings booklet (Flightlevel24).
Why I Don’t Format SD Cards & Some Useful SD Card Tricks (Robin Wong).
Transformer Tripods: More than Meets the Leg (Explora).
PROFOTO with LUMIX Featuring James Shmelzer (L-rumors.com).

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.

The Japanese website Newswitch published a detailed report about the effect of the Coronavirus induced production stop in China. Olympus and Nikon are reported to have no issues yet as their production facilities are outside Japan. Still “New products are being released on the same schedule as announced, but as many logistics have stopped in China, the company is closely watching the effects of the future.”

Lats year Olympus had to report a financial loss because of the move of their camera factory from China to Vietnam. Well, they had a luck with the timing!

via Digicameinfo

Cipa published the January camera shipment report. System camera sales dropped by 19%. And with the Coronavirus halting production and affecting the entire world economy it’s highly likely sales will drop much further.

I do expect delays in camera shipments, delays in launch of new gear and further company cost reduction measures. Wish we could fast forward to 2021 :(

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Martin Gallego
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