Panasonic Interview at Dpreview

Here are some key takeaways from the long interview at Dpreview:

  • Autofocus: we recognize that there are still issues that need to be improved to reach perfection when it comes to AF. We are currently considering further improvements, such as improving the processing capacity with new hardware and improving the accuracy with new software algorithms. Please look forward to the evolution of our AF in the future.
  • Computational images: We believe that realizing these consumer trends in cameras will bring even deeper value to customers and we will continue to evolve them.
  • RAW video: But of course, we feel that demand for Raw recording is increasing, and we need to develop products with that in consideration.

Will Olympus join the join the L-mount alliance?

The Japanese site DC.life is speculating about a possible L-mount move from OM Digital. They name a couple of reasons why they think that might be the case:

  1. First we have fact that the L-mount alliance itself announced that new partners might be coming soon.
  2. OM Digital is now free from Olympus “philosophy” of sticking to MFT only
  3. OM Digital announced a new “WOW” product for end 2021 or early 2022. This wow product may be a FF camera?

I think these speculation are unlikely to be true. Nevertheless…you never know!