This week I got a rumor that a Panasonic NON-FF camera might be announced on June 5th. I still got no final confirmation this is going to happen. And I don’t know if this is going to be a new LX100 compact camera or a new MFT.

Fact is Panasonic has officially registered two cameras in China that still have to be announced. And in the past days I got some indication that we might get the GH7! Here are two messages I got:

Source 1:

• Panasonic GH7 to be on market around July
• has most features of the Lumix G9II
• Has larger fan like the Lumix GH6
• new 32bit float recording methods via a new XLR unit
• Lumix LAB app support

Source 2:

• Lumix GH7 is already being tested by “influencers”
• This might be the camera announced on June 5 (but this is my speculation)
• Testers feedback si that this is a near perfect camera for the MFT system
• Shoots internal RAW

What do you think about these rumors?

Our reader Jakub sent me a link to a ‘leaked’ information about a new camera. Now, if I shared this link publicly someone would get in trouble and probably get fired. So I’m keeping it under wraps for now, unless some other website publishes it and forces me to report it. In essence, this ‘leak’ tells us this:

• On 5 June Panasonic will announce a new camera.
• This camera will NOT be Full Frame

I see three options:

• It will be a new MFT camera
• A compact fixed-lens camera (possibly the successor to the LX100).
• It is an APS-C L-mount (I think this is very unlikely).

We know that Panasonic has registered three new Lumix cameras in China. One is for the new Lumix S9. The other two cameras have yet to be announced. it sounds pretty unusual for Panasonic to unveil a new camera two weeks only after the major S9 announcement. But the “leak” seems pretty accurate to me. I still don’t know what to expect, all I got is info from a new source saying this is a new MFT camera…but this is not a confirmed info yet.

Please drop me a message at 43rumors@gmail.com or use this contact box if you have some more info to share! Stay tuned folks!

I was hoping to get a new compact MFT Lumix from Panasonic. Instead on May 22 Panasonic will announce a new Full Frame version of the glorious little GM1 MFT camera. The new L-mount camera will be named S9 and be announced along two pancake L-mount lenses.

this is all we should get for now. But I heard more Panasonic events are scheduled from early Summer. They still have two more Lumix cameras registered in China. Usually this means we can expect two more cameras to be announced within 1-2 months!

Panasonic has invited a lot of “content creators” to the “Lumix Global Summit” event in Osaka. There is also this teaser for a May 22 announcement. All I heard is that there will be a new S9 L-mount camera. I have not heard any reliable rumor about a possible new MFT camera.

That said Panasonic officially registered three new cameras in China. The S9 is one of them…so we still have two more cameras to be announced soon! I hope one of them is the GH7 or a new entry level GM/GF kind of compact camera.

In May Panasonic will have a new product announcement event. And I am now certain we are not going to get any new MFT cameras. Instead we are getting something rather “unusual”: A very affordable and compact L-mount camera made for “content creators”. Which means this is a camera for Youtubers, TikTokkers, Instagrammers and that sort of target. Think Sony ZV-E1 but more affordable. Don’t know if Panasonic will ever consider making a similar camera for the MFT world. Personally I don’t care, I am not interested in this. But I know that this is a booming market and there is money to be made.

One trusted source confirmed there will be ONE more camera announcement from OM Digital. Likely to happen in second half od 2024. The source did not share details about what camera we can expect. I can see three possibilities:

• OM-10V
• OM-5II
• Pen-FII

I see no chance this being a OM-M1x…

Let’s see if I can gather some more info the upcoming weeks.

I just got this message from a reader that recently had a chat with Panasonic. He claims that a new MFT Lumix camera is coming in May too.

Sadly no trusted sources could confirm this yet so take this rumor with huge skepticism.

All I know is that:

• Panasonic has NOT excluded making new entry level cameras
• Panasonic actually has three new camera codes registered in China. So definitely a ton of cameras will be announced within the next few months!
• Trusted sources confirmed one Panasonic announcement will happen in May with new “non High End” camera coming

Personal note: A new GM1 successor would make me happy :)

If you happen to know more about the Panasonic announcement drop me a message using this anonymous contact box or send me an email at 43rumors@gmail.com.