TRUSTED sources CONFIRMED that on January 30 at 6am London time OM Digital will announce those three new products:

1. OM-1II
2. 9-18mm II
3. 150-600mm f/5.0-6.3

Let’s get into the details of this starting from a disappointment: The OM-1II will use the same OM-1 sensor and processing engine. The real changes will be:

1. Rebranded as OM SYSTEMS (as you know the OM-1 still has the Olympus name on it).
2. Double the internal buffer memory
3. 14bit raw for High resolution mode
4. human AI recognition
5. better focusing system

The OM-1II should be priced at 2400 Euro (a bit more than $2,000 in the US).

I got no detail on the 9-18mm II so I guess it’s just a re-branded version of the current 9-18mm lens.

The most exciting news is the announcement of the 150-600mm 5f/.0-6.3:

• Not a PRO lens
• But I have been told it has very high image quality
• 2699 Euro is the price (around $2,500 in the USA)

I actually SAW the lens but I cannot share images yet. If you have images I can share please send me those using the anonymous contact box or by writing me at 43rumors@gmail.com.

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

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 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 :)

This is the first leaked image of the new Panasonic G9II. It has a new 25.2 MFT sensor with phase detection AF. There will be also two new UPDATED lenses:

• 100-400mm f/4.0-6.3II (compatible with teleconverter)
• 35-100mm f/2.8

Camera and Lenses will ship from November!

UDPATED: Here are the GII specs:

• New 25.2 million pixel image sensor
• new engine
• Image plane phase detection AF
• 60fps AFC continuous shooting
• 8.0 stops of image stabilization
• 7.5 steps Dual IS
• C4K/4K 60p 4:2:2 10bit
• V-Log
• 1.84 million dot tilt free angle monitor
• 3.68 million dot OLED viewfinder
• Dustproof and splashproof
• Capable of continuous shooting for 3 seconds without blackout
• Pre-continuous shooting function
• ~AFS 75fps
• LEICA Monochrome with L2 technology
• real-time LUT
• C4K/4K 10bit 120p/100p
• 8 direction joystick
• Wifi
• Bluetooth

via Asobinet

At last folks the long wait is over! Panasonic launched this teaser for a September 12 announcement. And the teaser is super clear with their hints:

• This is a Micro Four Thirds “G” camera
• the “new phase” means this will be Panasonic first MFT camera with phase detection AF
• Announcement on September 12 at 22:00 Peking time (That’s 3pm London time).

Damn am I happy we can finally do some proper exciting rumor/news work for Micro Fou Thirds!!!

A member of the mu-43.com forum spotted something very interesting:

I was at B and H the other day and saw item coming soon posted near the OM booth. They are close to the tough 6 and Em10. Tough 7 and OM 10 coming soon?

I believe there is a very good chance OM digital will announce those two cameras soon!