WILD Rumor: Panasonic GH6 successor to be announced in January/February?

It would be highly unusual for Panasonic to announce a successor only two years after the GH6 announcement. But there are two aspects to consider:

  • The phase detection AF is a crucial feature that Panasonic is eager to implement as soon as it gets on all models
  • The S5II with phase detection AF also was announce two years only after the original S5.

Panasonic now has a total of TWO cameras registered in China. Usually it takes up to a couple of months until registered models get officially announced:

  • Camera “P2303A” has dual 5.1/2.4GHz support indicating it’s a mode advanced model (Could be GH7 or SR1II)
  • Camera “P2301A” has 2.4GHz support “only” which indicates this is a more entry level model (Could be fixed lens camera or entry level MFT or some BG video model)

Source NYA on Weibo

I am finally starting to get some “exciting” hints about OM Digital plans for 2024…

There has been a long silence around the OM Digital strategy for MFT. The OM-5 and OM-1 cameras were smaller updated to existing Olympus cameras. And I was hoping OM Digital would not become like Pentax: Releasing a model from time to time with only minor upgrades. But now I finally got confirmation about one “product”. Will post something about it soon. If you know “something” about this product and want to share that info to me contact me at 43rumors@gmail.com or use this anonymous contact box. Thanks!

Wild RUMOR: Panasonic G100 Mark II specs

CameraBeta claims to know that the G100II is coming soon. It says the camera will have the following specs:

  • 25.2MP Live MOS Micro Four Thirds Sensor
  • 779-Point Phase-Detection AF System
  • 4K 60p 4:2:2 10-Bit Video Recording
  • Single UHS-II SD Slots

We know the Blogger market is booming so it would make sense for Panasonic to update the current G100.

Panasonic officially registered another new model in China. We now have TWO cameras coming soon!

Panasonic now has a total of TWO cameras registered in China. Usually it takes up to a couple of months until registered models get officially announced:

  • Camera “P2303A” has dual 5.1/2.4GHz support indicating it’s a mode advanced model (Could be GH7 or SR1II)
  • Camera “P2301A” has 2.4GHz support “only” which indicates this is a more entry level model (Could be fixed lens camera or entry level MFT or some BG video model)

Source NYA on Weibo

Panasonic registered a new “high end” camera model in China

Panasonic officially registered a new and yet to be announced camera model. As you can see from the table above the camera was listed on September 28. We learn two info from this table:

  1. The camera supports 5.1 and 2.4 GHz. This usually means it’s not a low end camera model
  2. The G9II was announced two months after the registration, so it should not take long until this model gets announced

We don’t know yet if this is a MFT or L-mount camera. But for sure the GH6 NEEDS to get an update asap :)

(FT3) New GH6 successor with phase detection AF is in the works and will be named GH7 and not GH6II

A source told me that the

GH6 with phase detect AF is in development and that it will be named GH7 and not GH6II as some rumors suggested

The fact that it might be named GH7 suggests that this isn’t just an updated Gh6 with phase detection AF (like the S5II compared to the S5). But a major new camera update. Not sure when this GH7 will be announced but I guess the Gh7 is not coming this year and more likely sometimes in mid-late 2024.