A New Zealand store scared the hell out of some of our readers by putting this $9999 price tag on the S1R (about $7,000 in US Dollars). Don’t worry folks, this is just a place holder pricing. The rela price is expected to be at close $4,000 US Dollars.
This is what the three L-mount alliance companies have to do in 2019 according to Dpreview:
Let’s be honest, Leica – this is pointless. It doesn’t matter what we want, or what we say, or what anyone wants or says, you’re Leica! You’ll just continue to do whatever you want, and there’s every chance that in a few weeks’ time we’ll find ourselves reviewing a limited edition ping-pong-bat-rubber-clad Melania Trump signature-edition M10. And that’s why we love you.
As you prepare to enter the full-frame market in a few months, we can only imagine that things are pretty hectic in your Osaka headquarters right now. Hopefully you’re not working the engineers too hard, and they get a little downtime to read DPReview, because we’ve got some suggestions that we think might really help Panasonic out in 2019.
Sigma, we hardly recognize you. Over the past decade you’ve gone from being a respected but midrange third-party lens maker (and a quietly prolific OEM manufacturer) to becoming a force to be reckoned with in the high-end optics market. You’re making some of the finest lenses available, while still undercutting the ‘big’ brands, often by a considerable margin. How do you do that?
We love what you’ve become, but sometimes love is about being honest. Here are some ideas for 2019 and beyond.
The Sigma Foveon sensor is famous for having super 100 ISO results but also has many shortcomings like:
messy mid ISO performance
horrendeus High ISO performance
frustrating usability
speed of digital cameras made in the early 90ies
autofocus?!?!?!
Ok, now tell us…
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Surprise at the party 🙂
Sony and Canon made big announcements recently, but don’t count Panasonic out just yet! They’re releasing the new S-Series – the S1 and the S1R – and they’re pretty cool.
It’s time to recap what are the known specs and the rumored specs of the new S1-S1R cameras:
Known S1-S1R specs:
Panasonic S1-S1R rumors:
Panasonic might announce more S1-S1R specs in January (article here).
Rumored price: $4,500 (article here).
Panasonic S1 and S1R camera might output RAW video? (article here).
List of new S1-S1R features “under consideration” (article here).
The Panasonic 24-105mm and 70-200mm have a constant f/4.0 aperture (article here).
Panasonic will not make an MFT to L-mount adapter (article here).
Rumors about Sigma:
Sigma patented a new Dual Layer Full Frame Foveon sensor (article here).
Future tech and cameras:
Panasonic rumored to make an L-mount cinema camera (article here).
Sony has made new 60 and 36Mp FF sensors that can be used by third parties (article here).
In an interview with Austrian website Elektro Panasonic manager Michael Langbehn still confirmed the S1 and S1R are scheduled to start shipping this Spring.
