Mr. Tetsuro Goto is the Director of Laboratory Research and Development at Nikon Japan. Focus-Numerique just published a lengthy and very interesting interview with him (in French | Google translation).

• On Micro 4/3 & Nikon: “If we follow this type of equipment, we change our frame (mount). The new frame will provide new opportunities or provide access to new technologies and to use targets smaller and lighter”.

• Large sensor compact camera: “We study this way. You’ll know soon enough.”

• On EVF: “In the near future, it is possible that we will also use electronic viewfinders, but for now the quality is not there yet.”

source: nikonrumors.com

All this informations are from a new source. Keep it in mind! We can’t guarantee the infos are true ok?

UPDATE: we made a first check and we are not convinced the rumor could become true. We are still waiting for some info from known sources.

That’s what I received right now:

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“Panasonic will announce following MicroFourThirds products at PMA

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LENSES

14mm/F2.8(more compact than 20mm/F1.7),

8mm/F3.5 FishEye

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CAMERAS

G1/GH1 replacement model. G2 and GH2 are differentiated by image sensor and kit lenses. G2 have similar image sensor of GH1. GH2 will have new desingned image sensor. Other specs will be almost same.

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GH2
~14MP LiveMOS supports 1080/60p(up to 24Mbps) AVCHD movie, global shutter, multiple-aspect.
~EVF:360Hz;RGBx120Hz SXGA(target), which can tilt forward&backward
~LCD(vari-angle):960xRGBx540 guarterFullHD(HITACHI Displays, a affiliate company of Panasonic)
~AF will get a little bit more faster, SDXC, HDMI real-time output, Bluetooth3.0(target)
~colors:GRAPHITE BLACK, TITANIUM, MIDNIGHT BLUE VIOLET
~kit:14-140mm/F4.0-5.6 HD OIS, 12-75mm/F2.5-3.3 HD OIS(target)

G2
~14MP LiveMOS supports 1080/60p(up to 24Mbps) AVCHD movie, global shutter, multiple-aspect.
~EVF:360Hz;RGBx120Hz SXGA(target), fixed
~LCD(vari-angle):960xRGBx540 quarterFullHD(HITACHI Displays, a affiliate company of Panasonic)
~AF will get a little bit more faster, SDXC, Bluetooth3.0(target)
~built-in stereo microphone
~colors:URBAN RED, EXTRA BLACK, CORAL GOLD
~kit:14-45mm/F3.5-5.6 OIS, 45-200mm/F4.0-5.6 OIS, 14mm/F2.8”

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Once again. We don’t know the source. But we had to post such a nice rumor even if there is a good chance that it isn’t true :)