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It’s official: Sirui joined the L-Mount alliance!

Sirui is the ninth company to have joined the L-mount alliance. Sirui writes:

We’re excited to announce that SIRUI has officially joined the Leica L-Mount Alliance! 🎉 As part of this prestigious group, we’re dedicated to working alongside alliance members to further expand the L-Mount lens ecosystem, offering more creative possibilities for photographers and filmmakers.
The first SIRUI autofocus lens to be offered in L-mount will be the full-frame Aurora 85mm f1.4. This will be joined by other SIRUI AF lenses later in the year. This will provide owners of L-mount cameras like the Panasonic LUMIX S5X II and S1R II, DJI Ronin 4D and Blackmagic PXYIS and Pocket Cinema Camera 6K with exciting new lens options.

Welcome to the club!

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New Sigma 300-600mm f/4.0 reviews

300-600mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.

Darek Dariuszbres tested the Sigma 300-600m lens and concluded:

Technological masterpiece , a top-shelf telephoto lens, which includes 500 4 and 600 4 class primes. Bright, fast, sharp throughout the entire range, universal, giving plastic frames, stuffed with the latest technologies and… above average sexy!

And this is a review from Seth Miranda from Adorama:

Sigma preorder links:
300-600mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
16-300mm at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.
Sigma BF L-mount camera at BHphoto. Amazon. Adorama. FotoErhardt. Fotokoch. WexUK.

Hot: Panasonic will announce a new Lumix L-mount cine compact camera in April ?

According to my trusted sources, Panasonic will announce a new L-mount full-frame camera with ‘video focus’ in April. And it sounds very likely that it will NOT be an S1H successor , but something else. The trusted sources have NOT yet shared any specs, camera names or other information. Ao now I’ll share information I’ve received from other new sources I’m working with. I’m still not sure, but I hope that after this article is published, trusted sources can confirm or deny the information I’m sharing now.

The new sources claim that it could be a Sony FX3 competitor, a very compact L-mount camera without an EVF with a fast 24MP stacked sensor. One of the sources claims he has heard that it could use the partially stacked sensor of this Nikon camera. However, I doubt this is true as I believe this sensor is used exclusively by Nikon as they developed it (and Sony manufactured it).

So to sum this up:

90% reliable info from trusted sources:

  • New Lumix FF video oriented camera is coming in April
  • It’s not a direct S1H successor

Rumors from new sources (unclear how reliable this can be):

What about the S1HII?

I have no idea if Panasonic still plans to announce a proper S1H successor. Basically, it should be an S1rII body with lower resolution, stacked sensor or better image quality and less rolling shutter issues, for example. All I know is that Panasonic has registered three new camera codes in Asia. So there are still many new cameras to be announced between April and probably late summer. One of them could be a compact camera with a fixed lens, which has been directly ‘teased’ by Panasonic managers in an interview.

Anyway, now is the time to comment on this post and let Panasonic know if you like the idea of a new compact cine camera… or if you still think a larger body with EVF, an S1HII, is needed!

How to share rumors:

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