Panasonci will announce three new cameras and three new lenses on the CES press stage event which takes place on January 4th at 10am Las Vegas time:

• LUMIX DC-GH 5
  – Number of effective pixels 20.3 million pixels (total number of pixels: 21.77 million pixels)
  – 3,680,000 dots organic EL EVF (0.76 times)
  – 1.62 million dots free angle monitor (touch panel)
  – Wi-Fi (802.11a / b / g / n / ac), Bluetooth (v4.2) installed
  – USB type-C (USB 3.1 GEN 1)
  – Dual SD card slot
  – 138.5 x 98.1 x 87.4 mm
  – 645 g (main body only), 725 g (SD card, battery included)
  – Slow motion up to 180 fps!
  -much larger number of focus point: 225 vs 49 in the GH4.
  – Same body weather sealing as the E M1 II – up to minus 10 degrees of cold.
  – 5 axis IBIS
  – No more limit about the duration of recording. 29 minutes in Europe.
  – The audio XLR microphone hotshoe mounted I/O interface will be compatible with the DMC-GH4.
  – It has full size HDMi
  – Panasonic plans to start shipping out the GH5 in March/April!
  – Body only: Price will be between 1 800 € and 2 000 € in Europe for the DMC-GH5.
  – Price will be ± 2 900 € for the DMC-GH5 + the new Panasonic Leica 12-60 Lens (not the older 12-60mm lens!
• LEICA DG Vario-Elmarit 12 – 60 mm F 2.8 – 4 Power OIS
  – Lens construction: 12 groups 14 pieces (4 aspheric lenses and 2 ED lenses)
  – Shortest shooting distance: 20 cm (wide angle), 24 cm (telephoto)
  – Maximum shooting magnification: 0.3 times (converted to 35 mm 0.6 times)
  – Shake correction: POWER OIS
  – Filter diameter: 62 mm
  – Size (maximum diameter × length): 68.4 mm × 86 mm
  – Weight: 320 g
• LUMIX GX VARIO 12 – 35 mm F 2.8 II ASPH. POWER OIS
• LUMIX GX VARIO 35-100 mm F 2.8 II POWER OIS
• LUMIX DC-GF 9 (It has not been confirmed overseas yet)
• LUMIX FZ 80/82? (No information from trustworthy sources yet)

Via 43rumors and Digicameinfo

Sounds like we are going to have a busy January at Fuji . On January 19 they will announce the X100F, X-T20 and the GFX pricing. And before that they will also launch the Silver X-T2 and X-PRO2!

The past years it was Sony madly announcing one camera after another. Now it seems it’s Fuji the new crazy kid on the block :)

via Fujirumors

This is the new Canon Powershot G9 X Mark II!

– Color: Black Silver
– number of effective pixels: 20,10 million pixels
– Lens: 10.2-30.6mm (in terms of 28-84Mm) F2.0-4.9
– video engine: DIGIC 7
– Video: Full HD
– LCD size: 3.0-inch
– battery: NB-13L
– Media: SD / SDHC / SDXC (UHS -I compatible)
– size: 98.0 x 57.9 x 31.3 mm

via Digicameinfo

On January 19 Fuji will unveil the final GFX pricing. But it seems more and mor elikely that Fuji’s GFX will be on the same price range of the Pentax 645Z which uses the same Sony 50MP sensor. This means camera plus kit lens could cost a bit above $8,000.

On January 4th Panasonic will have a major press conference. of course we already know the new GH5 will be unveiled in all his glory. Thanks to Digicameinfo we also know that there will be a second Panasonic MFT camera announcement. Here are the leaked images and specs of the new GF9!

– Low pass filterless 16 million pixel sensor
– 4K 30p / FHD 60p video
– “4K SELPHY” “4K PHOTO” “FOCUS SELECT” “FOCUS Synthesis”
– Spatial recognition AF using DFD technology
– 180 degree tilt type Approximately 1.04 million dots 3.0 type touch panel monitor
– Wi-Fi installed, USB charging compatible
– Size: 106.5 x 64.6 x 33.3 mm
– Mass: Approx 239 g (body only)
– Color: Silver, Orange
– Kit: Double lens only (12-32 mm F 3.5-5.6, 25 mm F 1.7)
– Reservation start date: January 6, 2017
– Expected release date: January 19, 2017
– Mass store sales price (tax included): Double lens kit around 97,000 yen

At last on January 4th at 10am in Las Vegas (CES show) Panasonic will unveil the full GH5 details! So far these are the possible rumored specs:

• New 20MP MFT sensor (UPDATE: it IS multiaspect!)
• No low pass filter
• 5 axis on sensor stabilization (5.5 stops)3680k dots OLED EVF (21mm x 0,76 magnification)
• 3,2 inch 1620k dots LCD screen
• 2 SD cards slotsFull size HDMi
• Price around $2,000