Panasonic China teased an event on November 9th. For sure we will get the new new LUMIX S 35mm f/1.8 lens on this day. It’s unclear if there will be more stuff…

Nokishita first leaked the images of the new 18-50mm APS-C L lens and wrote:

The mass retailer price of Sigma “18-50mm F2.8 DC DN | Contemporary” seems to be around 66,000 yen including tax (suggested retail price is 73,150 yen including tax, 549 dollars in the United States).

The lens will be announced on Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 JST 21:00 / CET 13:00 / EDT 08:00

On Tuesday, October 19th, 2021 JST 21:00 / CET 13:00 / EDT 08:00 (about 30 minutes) Sigma will announce the new 18-50mm f/2.8 APS-C L lens

And here it is the new LUMIX DC-BS1H L-mount cine camera that will be announced very soon! Press text below:

via Nokishita

As you might know Panasonic offers a BGH1 Micro Four Thirds cinema camera. Well it sounds like Panasonic will soon announce a L-mount version of this boxy thing. Nokishita reports:

Panasonic will announce the box-style 6K mirrorless camera “LUMIX BS1H” in the near future. Equipped with a 24.2 million pixel sensor. Is the US price $ 3497

Nokishita reports that the 18-50mm F2.8 DC DN Contemporary lens will be priced at 73,150 yen including tax. That’s around $650 at current conversion rate. But real USD price might be lower.

It’s still unclear when the lens will be announced but the specs known so far are:

13 elements in 10 groups
minimum shooting distance 12.1cm (wide angle) / 30cm (telephoto)
maximum shooting magnification 1: 2.8 (wide angle) / 1: 5 (telephoto)
filter diameter 55mm
size φ65.4 × 74.5mm (E-mount version φ61.6×76.5mm)
weight 290g.