UPDATE: You can now preorder the new Olympus 300mm f/4.0 PRO lens on Amazon US (Click here).

Digicameinfo leaked two more images of the final production version Zuiko 300mm f/4.0 PRO IS lens. The “beast” will be announced on January 6th at around 6am London time. The Japanese leaked specs list confirmes the “german” spec list we leaked on Friday:

– 6 stop correction (world’s best stabilization!)
– 17 lenses organized in 10 groups (three Super ED lens, one E-HR lens, three HR lens)
– New Z Coating Nano” coating to reduce flare
– weather sealed (17 sealing points).
– Lens fully functional down to -10 ℃.
– Tele Macro function of the shortest photographing distance 1.4m.
– Maximum magnification is 0.24 times (MC-14 0.34-fold during use).
– It is equipped with a “manual focus clutch mechanism”. Focus limit switch, with a L-Fn button.
– nine blade circular aperture
– 77mm filter size
– Total length 227mm (hood when using 280mm). The maximum diameter of 92.5mm. It weighs 1270 grams (1475 grams in the tripod sit).
– built-in lens hood can be fixed sliding that is stretched.
– detachable tripod mount
– price of ¥ 370,000 (including tax ¥ 399,600). In Europe 2.600 Euro
– ships late February

The Chinese public agency Srrc.org.cn registered the new Panasonic GF8. I reported about that camera months ago saying it would ship early Spring and basically be a sort of 4K GF7 camera. So to sum up those are the next MFT cameras and lenses to be announced:

January 5 (5-6am London time): Panasonic 100-400mm lens
January 6 (6am London time): Olympus 300mm f/.40
End of January: PEN-F with 20MP sensor
End of February: GF8 4K camera
End of February: new Olympus f/1.2 primes

SRRC link via Digicameinfo

Those are the full specs of the two new Panasonic compact cameras. The TX81 will ship in February and the TZ101 will ship in March. Price is still not known.