Weird: No Panasonic announcements so far this year

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A bit unusual for Panasonic is the fact that they did not announce any new product at the start of this new year. N new MFT or L mount camera or lens at all has been unveiled. SonyAlphaRumors made this list of products announce in January-February:

Nikon (6 products announced):
Nikon Coolpix P950
Nikon D780
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 120-300mm F2.8E FL ED SR VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200 F2.8 VR S
Nikon Nikkor Z 24-200mm F4-6.3 VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 20mm F1.8 S

Fuji (5 products announced):
Fujifilm X-T200
Fujifilm X100V
Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XC 35mm F2
Fujifilm GF 45-100mm F4 R LM OIS WR

Canon (4 products announced):
Canon EOS-1D X Mark III
Canon EOS R5 (granted just development announcement)
Canon EOS Rebel T8i
Canon RF 24-105mm F4.0-7.1 IS STM

Olympus (2 products announced):
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm F4 Pro

Ricoh-Pentax: (2 products announced):
Ricoh WG-70
HD Pentax-D FA 70-210mm F4 ED SDM WR

Sony (1 product announced):
Sony 20mm F1.8G

Leica (1 product announced):
Leica M10 Monochrom

Panasonic (0 products announced):
no product announced (a part of a new L-mount lens roadmap).

Maybe Panasonic (and Olympus) decided to shift the product launch focus at Photokina in May. But the coronavirus outbreak may will mess with their plans as I expect productiion shortages accross the industry :(

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Olympus is reported to not have production issues yet…

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The Japanese website Newswitch published a detailed report about the effect of the Coronavirus induced production stop in China. Olympus and Nikon are reported to have no issues yet as their production facilities are outside Japan. Still “New products are being released on the same schedule as announced, but as many logistics have stopped in China, the company is closely watching the effects of the future.”

Lats year Olympus had to report a financial loss because of the move of their camera factory from China to Vietnam. Well, they had a luck with the timing!

via Digicameinfo

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DPReview TV: Shoot Pentax 110 lenses on Micro Four Thirds

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DpreviewTV writes:

Between 1978 and 1985 Pentax sold the Pentax Auto 110 (and later, the Auto 110 Super), a miniature SLR system built around Kodak’s small-format 110 film cartridges. The 110 system is no longer with us, but thanks to an almost identical frame size, its lenses are a perfect match for the Micro Four Thirds system. Join us as we discover the joy of using vintage Pentax 110 lenses on a modern digital camera.

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Deals on Topaz, Franzis, Luminar, Nik collection software

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We got four running software deals:

  1.  Topaz announced their new Video Enhance AI which scales up your videos up to 8K. And there is a $100 discount if you preorder it within the next 14 days.
  2. You save $10 on the new Luminar 4.1 using our coupon code “SAR” at checkout.
  3. DxO launched the new Nik Collection 2.5 (full info here). You save 15% on the software if you use our checkout codeGETNIK25NOW “. You can also have this Free Trial before you buy it.
  4. Save $237 on the entire Franzis software collection

 

 

 

 

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