The latest Cipa reports contains some very worrisome data: The system camera market dropped by 19%. The system camera market sales were down 11% in terms of units sold and by 19% in terms of value. The rest of the year will be even worse due the effect of the Coronavirus outbreak.
Panasonic-Leica-Sigma might slow down their product release cycle because of that đ
Usually the first two months of the year are full of announcements. CES and CP+ (although canceled) are good timings for new announcements. But as noted by SAR a couple of companies had no nearly no announcements at all. All we got so far from the Lecia-Sigma-Panasonic L-mount group is the updated Panasonic S lens roadmap.
Here is the list of profucts announced by all camera companies:
Nikon (6 products announced):
Nikon Coolpix P950
Nikon D780
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 120-300mm F2.8E FL ED SR VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 70-200 F2.8 VR S
Nikon Nikkor Z 24-200mm F4-6.3 VR
Nikon Nikkor Z 20mm F1.8 SFuji (5 products announced):
Fujifilm X-T200
Fujifilm X100V
Fujifilm X-T4
Fujifilm XC 35mm F2
Fujifilm GF 45-100mm F4 R LM OIS WRCanon (4 products announced):
Canon EOS-1D X Mark III
Canon EOS R5 (granted just development announcement)
Canon EOS Rebel T8i
Canon RF 24-105mm F4.0-7.1 IS STMOlympus (2 products announced):
Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III
Olympus M.Zuiko Digital ED 12-45mm F4 ProRicoh-Pentax: (2 products announced):
Ricoh WG-70
HD Pentax-D FA 70-210mm F4 ED SDM WRSony (1 product announced):
Sony 20mm F1.8GLeica (1 product announced):
Leica M10 MonochromPanasonic (0 products announced):
no product announced (a part of a new L-mount lens roadmap).
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Sigma just teased the launch of a new major firmware update for the FP:
SIGMA is pleased to announce the firmware update schedule for the SIGMA fp.
Firmware update Ver.2.00 will be released in summer 2020. It will improve the cameraâs capability with the addition or improvement of a number of functions including CinemaDNG playback, cinemagraph functionality and movie recording with the Directorâs Viewfinder.
[Benefits of the update] ă»Supports CinemaDNG 120/100fps (FHD 8bit) shooting.SIGMA is also developing firmware Ver.1.02, which corrects card errors when using certain SD cards, and introduces added lens aberration correction processing. This is scheduled to be released on Wednesday 18th March 2020.
ThePhoBlographer tested the Panasonic 50mm f/1.4 lens and concluded:
The Panasonic 50mm f1.4 Lumix S Pro is a truly exceptional lens. It really delivers where it counts with image quality. This lens is not only very sharp but also delivers beautiful bokeh. Portrait photographers will appreciate the colors as will wedding photographers and photojournalists. Those who travel will like the build quality. However, all of these photographers wonât like the size. Combine this with the mammoth bodies that the L Mount has right now, and youâll realize that itâs all going to take up a lot of space in your camera bag. $2,297.99 also seems a bit steep for a lens like this. But once the system gets better camera bodies, this lens will prove itself to be a very worthy long term investment.
Sigma FP Hands on and What You Must Know Before You Buy
Plenty of L-rumors readers images on our L-mount Facebook Group.
Lumix S Pro 70-200mm f/2.8 Review by Dan M Lee.
Panasonic 16-35mm L test at DC.watch
Panasonic Lumix S1R | CFexpress vs. XQD vs. SD (ValueTech).
Links:
Panasonic S1R at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic S1 at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic S1H at Amazon, BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera. Park UK.
Panasonic 24-70mm f/2.8 S lens at Amazon, BHphoto. Adorama. FocusCamera. Park UK.
Panasonic 50mm f/1.4 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic 24-105mm f/4.0 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Panasonic 70-200mm f/4.0 S at Amazon, Adorama and BHphoto. In Europe at Calumet DE, ParkCameras, Jessops.
Below you can see the new Panasonic L-mount lens roadmap. You will find those new lenses:
They removed the 100mm f/2.8 macro from the roadmap and Panasonic said this lens is “under consideration”. Panasonic also says the new f/1.8 primes have very high quality, impressive bokeh and are compact.
