Photokina is getting closer and some of you may be confused about what could be announced and what is NOT coming. So here is a list of the cameras and lenses you can expect to see announced. Of course these are rumors only for now :)

Panasonic cameras:
FT5: A new Micro Four Thirds camera.
FT5: A fixed lens Four Thirds sensor compact camera.
FT2: LX8 (article here).

Olympus cameras:
FT5: A new E-PL7 camera (article here).
FT3: A new Silver E-M1 edition and maybe a 4K firmware update (article here).

Lenses:
FT2: Olympus 9mm PRO prime (article here).
FT4: Black Olympus 12mm f/2.0 lens (article here).
FT4: Olympus 40-150mm PRO lens (article here).
FT5: Panasonic 35-100mm lens (article here).
FT5: Olympus 7-14mm and 300mm PRO lenses (article here).
FT5: Panasonic 150mm f/2.8 lens (article here).

Third party stuff:
FT5: Zyoptics 42,5mm f/1.2 coming (article here).
FT5: Samyang 50mm f/1.5 for MFT (article here).
FT4: Schneider Kreuznach lenses (article here).

What’s not going to happen:
No Olympus Full Frame camera (article here).
No 100-300mm X from Panasonic (article here).
No Panasonic G7 (article here).
No GF camera coming this year (article here).

Like you see there are really many new MFT lenses to come!

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

A highly trusted source confirmed that there will be no “entry-level” GH camera from Panasonic. The simple strategy from Panasonic is to lower the price of the camera that gets replaced. Like it happened with the GH3 after the GH4 release.

The source said the GH4 sales exceeded the expectations and Panasonic is also preparing a “surprise” for current GH4 owners…

GH4 North American store links:
GH4 camera at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Ritz Camera and Panasonic. Price: $1,698. In Canada at Vistek.
GH4 camera with interface unit at Adorama and BHphoto. Price: $3,298
Interface unit only at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto and Panasonic. Price: $1,998
Save $100 on the Open BOx GH4 sold by [shoplink 47293 ebay]Samys one Bay (Click here)[/shoplink].

GH4 Europen store links:
Germany: Wexcameras, Marcotec-shop.de.
UK at Wexphotographic, CameraWorld, UKdigital, CVP, TipTop.
Holland at Fotohanskeuzekamp.
Belgium at Fotokonijnenberg.
Norway at Fotovideo.
Sweden at Cyberphoto, Skandinavianphoto.
Finland at Telefoto, Topshot, Verkkoauppa.
France at Photocineshop.
Spain: Fotoboom.

Asian store links:
Digitalrev and Digidirect Australia.

4K cards
Kingston 16-32-64 GB SDHC UHS-I Speed Class 3 at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Sandisk 16-32-64 GB Extreme PRO SDXC UHS-II Memory Card at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Transcend 64-128 GB High Speed 10 UHS-3 at Amazon (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).
Panasonic 16-32-64 GB SDHC-UHS-I U3 Card (90MB/s) at Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here).

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

Since yesterday you can see links posted on forums (and even on my comment system) to rumor/news sites that claims to know that Olympus will launch a Full Frame OMD.

Well, of course you can never be 100% sure on any rumor (not even on 43rumors). But as far as I heard this is completely fake!!! I know I am not spectacular when I say this but as far as I heard Olympus will “only” announce an E-PL7 and probably a Silver E-M1 is going to be announced at photokina (among some great PRO lenses).

That said of course I would love to get a Full Frame version of the OMD. That’s why for once I posted a FT1 rumor months ago to keep dreaming a bit… :)

I can confirm via highly trusted sources that Panasonic is going to announce two new “Four Thirds sensor” cameras by end of August/early September:

1) A new Micro Four Thirds camera
2) A fixed lens Four Thirds sensor compact camera

I hope to get the specs about them soon!

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

Image on top shows the E-Pl6.

Digicameinfo confirmed the E-PL7 specs that have been already leaked weeks ago. This is likely the only real new Micro Four Thirds camera that Olympus will announce at Photokina. The other “new” MFT camera may be just a Silver E-M1 edition.

This is the E-PL7 (translated via google):

– 16MP Live MOS sensor
– ISO LOW (ISO100 equivalent)
– Image processing engine TruePic VII
– Fine detail II
– 81 points FAST AF
– Continuous shooting 8 frames / second
– Monitor 1.04 million dot 3.0-inch. Aspect ratio is 3:2. Touch panel. Rotate 180 degrees in the downward direction.
– 3-axis camera shake correction VCM
– Added new and “vintage” and “part color” art filter
– Wi-Fi built-in. Possible cooperation with smart phone app “OI.Share”
– 114.9mm x 67.0mm x 38.4mm size
– (Including battery and memory card) 357g Weight
– Media SDHC / SDXC (UHS-I)
– Battery BLS-50
– The color of the body is silver, white, black
– Kit, EZ double zoom kit lens and EZ kit
– Is prepared is (PT-EP12) waterproof protector accessories
– Announcement soon. Expected Release Date September 20 in Japan

A month ago Panasonic unveiled at Imaging Resource that they withdraw the plan to release a high end X zoom lens. Well, one of our anonymous sources told us that the planed lens specs were: 100-300mm f/4. So now I am curious to hear from you guys if you would have been interested to buy such a lens or not:

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct

UPDATE: One of our good sources contacted me to say that unlike some speculation made by our readers the new OMD camera that Olympus will launch in September is neither a E-M5 replacement nor a complete new OMD model. And I got word from two sources that the new OMD may be just a new Silver E-M1 with new firmware update.

This means no real NEW OMD camera is coming at Photokina. Hope other sources will contact me to confirm or deny the rumor.

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Rumors classification explained (FT= FourThirds):
FT1=1-20% chance the rumor is correct
FT2=21-40% chance the rumor is correct
FT3=41-60% chance the rumor is correct
FT4=61-80% chance the rumor is correct
FT5=81-99% chance the rumor is correct