Panasonic announced a new S lens roadmap: Two new zooms teased and new Lidar AF technology partnership!

Today Panasonic held an event in China. They announced a new Lidar partnership with DJI and also a new S lens roadmap. The S lens roadmap now teases the launch of:

  • a zoom lens in the 30-70mm range (Could be 28-70mm f/2.8)
  • a zoom lens in the 100-400mm range

DJI and Panasonic also teased a partnership when it comes to Lidar AF technology. It’s unclear how this will work and when they will bring this. But on images you can see a Lidar system mounted on the hot shoe:

Just announced: new Laowa 10x to 50x super macro lens

This is the new Laowa 10x to 50x super macro lens that has just been announced in China. There is no English press nor pricing info outside China. All we know is that the whole set (lens + full set of 4 tube lenses) is priced 8999 Yuan (roughly $1250). It will be available in different mounts: EF, F, E, R, Z, L, G, PL.

Checked some of the image samples and it actually looks like a funny lens!