The mirrorless 3D battle begins! Panasonic announces the first 3D lens!

July 28, 2010
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Sony calls Panasonic answers! The 3D battle is getting hot and today Panasonic announced a new 3D lens which will work on all current $loc = $_SESSION[‘geoip’];

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