A source sent me this image of the Blue Panasonic Lumix S9. What’s new on this image is that it has a handgrip attached. So it appears the S9 will have that additional accessory that might be very useful!

Various sources (Thanks!) sent me images of the new Panasonic Lumix S9 with the 26mm f/8.0 lens. For the first time we see the 26mm lens and also the red version of the S9 (there will be also Black, Green, Blue versions).

And onto his image we see the new LUT button that will allow to quickly select your own styles:

Recap of what we know so far about the May 22 3pm London time announcement:

1) Panasonic Lumix S9 specs:

• compact Full Frame L-mount camera
• 24.2MP sensor of the S5II
• a bit more compact than Fujifilm X100VI
• no integrated EVF
• no mechanical shutter
• no fan
• fully articulating screen
• It has IBIS
• dedicated LUT button on camera to select your style
• possibility to upload your own LUT styles
• four different body color versions (Black, Blue, Green, Red)-
• $200-$300 cheaper than S5II
• The camera is aimed at “content creators” and people who want  to have a very compact camera.
• There is an additional attachable hand-grip

2) Pansonic Lumix 18-40mm L-mount lens:

• compact Full Frame AF lens
• aperture unclear yet

3) Panasonic 26mm f/8.0:

• manual focus
• 0,25m close focus
• Unconfirmed: Comes as FREE lens when buying the S9

I have some additional info to share about the new lenses:

• Both the new 18-40mm compact zoom lens (variable aperture) and the 26mm f/8.0 will only ship in September/October
• Initially the Lumix S9 will be offered with the Lumix 20-60mm as kit lens.
• The 26mm f/8.0 has 0,25m close focusing, it’s manual focus only, and sharp in the center
• The Lumix S9 plus 26mm lens seem to be a tiny bit smaller than the FujiFilmX100VI.

Photographers told me that this combo (S9+26mm) is a joy to use. Truly easy to carry with you and Image Quality is great for street photography. Hopefully Panasonic plans to make also some faster pancakes like the Nikon 26mm f/2.8.

Lumix S9:
Like I told you yesterday I saw the real life camera. I can confirm it has a dedicated LUT button with completely new functionalities. Will do a video about this very soon!

Three trusted sources confirmed this:

• Sigma will soon announce a new Sigma 28-45mm f/1.8 DG DN lens!

If I am not mistaken I think this is thew world’s first f/1.8 Full Frame Autofocus zoom ever made! It is a sort of Full Frame version of the epic 18-35mm f/1.8 APS-C zoom (you can see it here).

I have been told that the primary target for this lens are filmmakers. That makes sense because the 18-35mm f/1.8 APS-C was a popular lens in the video world. The new FF lens has a much shorter zoom range equivalent to 18-30mm in APS-C. But aperture in APS-C would be f/1.2 so depth of field will be short and bokeh much more pronounced! I talked to a few people testing the lens and they said the lens is way too big and heavy as a photography lens. Still, I you wanna try it on the new Lumix S9 go ahead and show me the photos of the combo 🙂