Panasonic Lumix S9 and a new lens to be announced on May 22

Lumix USA officially published a teaser for a May 22 product announcement event. According to L-rumors.com we are getting this:

Panasonic Lumix S9:

  • compact Full Frame L-mount camera
  • a bit more compact than Fuji X100VI
  • no integrated EVF
  • 24MP sensor of the S5II
  • dedicated LUT button on camera to select your style
  • possibility to upload your own LUT styles
  • four different body color versions
  • $200-$300 cheaper than S5II
  • Announcement on may 22 at 3pm London time
  • Curiosity: The Ai design in ny video is a mockup, but I have been told it’s actually pretty close to the real cam!)

New L-mount lens:

  • no info yet about what it is but it could be a compact lens for the S9

The camera is aimed at “content creators” and people who want ot have a very compact camera.

The three cool aspects of the camera are:

1) Compact Size: 

The Lumix S9 is just a tiny bit smaller than the X100VI (also because it gets rid of the EV). Yes, you still need to buy an extra lens for it but we have some nice option with the Sigma DG DN contemporary lineup (Click here). Overall this will make it barely bigger than the Fuji.

2) LUT style:

The camera LUT’s capability should also attract those Fujifilm customers that love to use their own film recipes.

3) Price:

Now compact camera lovers can buy the Lumix S9 instead of a Ricoh GR or FujiFilm X100VI. it will have about the same size, about the same price but you get the benefit of higher Image Quality thanks to the use of the excellent 25Mp Full Frame sensor.

My take:
I am not a real “content creator”. I can’t really say if this camera will be a hit or miss. As a photographer I miss the integrated EVF. Still, if this is a camera that you can truly carry always in your pocket…this might be something cool for us photographers too don’t you think?

New Panasonic L-mount compact FF camera coming on May 23!

The new Full Frame L-mount compact camera will be announced on May 23. Here are some of the rumored specs:

  • Camera made for “content creators”
  • It has newly developed and “unqiue” features for content creators. Something never seen before!
  • Uses the same S5II 24MP sensor.
  • Very compact, barely taller than the L-mount itself. Smaller than the Fujifilm X100VI (without lens)
  • No EVF
  • around $200 $300 less than the Lumix S5II
  • different color variations

 

FujiFilm goes crazy: New medium format fixed lens camera coming in 2025

Fujifilm can’t keep up with the production of the X100VI but they don’t care and are going to double down! According to Patrick from Fujirumors we will get a sort of blown up medium format version of the X100VI in 2025. The very first ever made digital fixed lens medium format camera.

No specs have been rumored yet but I am sure Fujirumors will share some more rumors soon! Stay tuned!

RED CEO Oishi says RED Z-mount camera will come in a few years but they will not stop making CAnon mount version


Image by FDtimes

In an interview released by FDtimes the new RED Ceo Oishi he confirmed that in the future we will get Z-mount RED cameras:

We would like to introduce RED cameras with a Z Mount as one of the options in the future. It will be in addition to the RF mount currently offered, but it could take a couple of years.

Interestingly they do not plan to phase out the Canon mount:

We’re not going to take away people’s Canon mounts, because that would be unfair to the customer.

And yes, they are considering making Z-mount lenses too:

Our current Z lens series has been designed for higher resolution and precise image reproduction. In the future, we would like to take these different approaches into consideration for an additional cinema lens lineup if we have a chance. We do understand the market requirements.