One week ago we told you that Panasonic will introduce a new 3D videocamera on July 28. I don’t know if Panasonic will also announce the development of 3D photocameras. My question to you is if you are interested in 3D photocameras…or 3D mirrorless system :)

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My two cents: There is something weird behind all that 3D hype. And I can’t understand why I have that feeling. Is it just me? And do you know the reasons why the giants (Panasonic-Sony-Samsung) are pushing 3D?

The japanese website Egami discovered a new Panasonic patent which discloses a “3 layer sensor” that works like the current Foveon sensor from Sigma (Click here to read more about the Foveon sensor on Wikipedia). The new sensor will improve the color reproduction and image sharpness. It also has Back-side Illumination. The Patent No.2010-153658 has been published 2010/07/08 and filled 2008/12/25. We don’t expect Panasonic to announce any camera with that new sensor in 2010.

Source: http://egami.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2010-07-19-english

P.S.: Sigma is the only manufactorer that released cameras with such a tecnology. But many others (like Canon) are “experimenting” with the three layer sensors.

[shoplink 14828]Panasonic GF1[/shoplink] with Manual Video Controls

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DxOMark now reviews lenses! Currenyly only two Olumpus lenses have been reviewed: http://www.dxomark.com/index.php/en/Lens-with-Camera
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[shoplink 14832]Olympus E-PL1[/shoplink] review at InsideHW
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Sony NEX-3 vs. Olympus E-PL1 vs. Leica X1 at Motimotion
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Panasonic GF1 Sample Photos on Photographybay
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Panasonic Leica Lumix DG Macro-Elmarit 45mm f/2.8 1:1 Macro review on M43photo
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Panasonic G2 review on Hardwarezone

Based on rumros, roadmaps and speculations we made a list of possible new products we could expect at Photokina. Some of them are very likely to be announced and some are not. But what we want to know is what you are waiting for! Let Panasonic and Olympus know where you want to spend your money ;)

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As noticed by noisycamera Panasonic has removed the pages with the leaked images. But don’t worry, on July 21 the pages will be back online ;)

Reminder the leaked cameras are the LX5, FZ100, FZ45, FX700 e FT10 (and also the FZ40?).

No MicroFourThirds camera will be announced now…but that’s only a matter of weeks now!

(Olympus M43 lens roadmap from November 2009) Click on picture to enlarge.

Now that the LX5 has been leaked we have to go back to our usual 43 and M43 rumors :)

We are trying to filter the rumors we do receive and day by day we feel that we are getting closer to the final correct lens and camera roadmap. We learned that Olympus will announce a minimum of four new MicrFourThirds lenses at Photokina. We have been told that there should be two new primes and two new zooms. One of our source told us the 50mm and the 70-300mm would come at Photokina (but we still have to confirm the rumor with a second source). The Olympus roadmap itself shows also the 12mm(?) wide angle lens and the 8mm(?) fisheye (Panasonic just announced the 8mm f/3.5 ED Fisheye Lens)

Reminder: We are almost certain that Panasonic is working on very fast new primes (faster than f/1.4). The first prime is expected to be on market by end 2010 early 2011.