The Sigma and Panasonic lens announcement of last week took away some of the spotlight of the most recent Panasonic 6K camera rumor posted by Nikkan. So let’s recap and discuss the details fo the rumor.

Panasonic will announced a 6K mirrorless system camera during fiscal year 2016. This means it will be announced within now and March 2017. Easy to guess that Photokina is the best spot to announce that new High End camera. While it has not been confirmed by Nikkan sources, it’s very likely that this will be the new GH5 camera. The GH5 will have those specs:

– 6k recording at 30fps and 4K at 60fps
– Each 6K frame has 18 Million Pixels. this means you can screen grab 18MP photos from each 6K recorded frame
– If the camera records 6K than the Four Thirds sensor will have 20+ Megapixels in “normal still photo mode”.

I don’t think the GH5 will have the new “organic sensor”. That’s highly unlikely to happen any time soon. And 8K will find his way in a future GH6 model in 2018-2019. at 8K every single frame has 33MP resolution:

Panasonic will soon announce a brand new MFT lens: The Lumix G Vario 12-60mm f/3.5-5.6 ASPH. POWER O.I.S.! The lens will be shown at the CP+ show that is starting on Feb 25. Price is yet unknown.
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via Digicameinfo

A photoshopped GH5 :)

The Japanese site Nikkan reports that Panasonic will launch a new 6K capable mirrorless camera during fiscal year 2016 (goes til March 2017). Those are the cameras new features:

– Records 6k at 30fps and 4K at 60fps
– From each 6K frame you can grab 18 Million Still images.
– This could be a new GH model (GH5?)

There is yet no other info unveiled by the site. But we can assume that camera will be announced at Photokina!

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found via Digicameinfo.

We got an unexpected goood news right now! On February 23 Sigma will announce a new 30mm f/1.4 Micro Four Thirds mount lens! The image above has been lekaed by Digicameinfo. And here are the specs:

– Nine lenses in 7 groups (Double-sided aspherical lens with high refractive index and high dispersion glass)
– Aperture blades: 9 sheets (circular aperture)
– Filter Size: 52mm
– AF motor: stepping motor
– Shortest photographing distance: 30cm
– Maximum shooting parking rate: 1: 7
– Inner focus
– Total length: 73.3mm
– Maximum diameter: 64.8mm
– Weight: 265g
– Mount Sony E mount, Micro Four Thirds mount
– Release Date: March 18, 2016
– Suggested retail price of 51,840 yen (tax included). This is around 420 Euro or $460.

That’s  their fourth lens after the three f/2.8 primes: [shoplink 58406 ebay]19mm (Click here)[/shoplink], [shoplink 58407 ebay]30mm (Click here)[/shoplink] and [shoplink 58408 ebay]60mm (Click here)[/shoplink].

Follow the announcement live on Tuesday February 23 at 5-6am London time here on 43rumors!

Olympus Europe added a long list fo refurbished cameras and lenses o their [shoplink 22691 ebay]Olympusmarket eBay Store[/shoplink]. I am not going ot link to all single auctions as there are really too many of them!

There is a bunch of new Olympus-Panasonic deals in UK:
Up to £100 Cashback with Selected Panasonic Cameras and Camcorders at Amazon UK (Click here), Jessops (Click here) and WexUK (Click here).
February Amazon Credit with Olympus at Amazon UK (Click here).
Save 10% on Olympus-Panasonic lenses with code “PANCAKE2016” at WexUK (Click here).

German deals:
Demo Olympus and Panasonic cameras at Cyberphoto (Click here).

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Zy Optics is a chinese company that so far launched a couple of MFT lenses. Well this may change from now on. Their new 35mm f/0.95 II lens will no more be available in native MFT mount. I guess they are not selling those kind of lenses in decent numbers to MFT folks. And we do have the Nokton 0.95 lens series that is seriously competing against their 0.95 lenses…