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Panasonic Announces Their High End Lumix G X 12-35 f2.8

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We’ve seen this lens behind glass at many a trade show in the last 12 months, the first of a pair of high end weather sealed Panasonic zoom lenses for the Micro Four Thirds System.  Today Panasonic finally confirmed the last piece of the puzzle, that the maximum f-stop is f2.8 and they officially announced the lens.  No word yet on the second of the two but it could possibly come fairly shortly with the expected GH-3 which should also be a weather sealed body to match the lenses. Being a higher end product, and having seen this lens myself

Panasonic Launches New Line of Lumix G X Pro Lenses For Micro 4/3

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With the quality of Micro Four Thirds cameras improving it was only a matter of time before Panasonic and Olympus began to target professional photographers with higher quality lenses.  A short while ago Panasonic launched a Leica branded 25mm f1.4 , Olympus released the M. Zuiko 12mm f/2.0 which was well received and now Panasonic has also announced a new Pro line of lenses called the Lumix G X- Series.  The lenses feature image stabilization and a power zoom function that will be popular with those who like to shoot video with these lenses.  With strong rumors of a pro

Panasonic finally launches the AG-AF105 (AF100) Four Thirds video camera

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Panasonic launched the AG-AF105 Four Thirds video camera today in Japan.  Originally the camera was show as a prototype at NAB.  What we do know is that it is coming in December . Pricing was initially rumored to be about $10,000 but now it seems that it could be as little as half that.  I will update when more info is available.

Confusingly it seems in Japan it will be called the AF105 , in Europe the AF101 and in N.America the AF100.

  • Frame rates are 720/60p, 720/50p, 720/24p (Native), 720/25p(over 50i),720/30p (over 60i), 1080/60i, 1080/50i,1080/30p (over 60i), 1080/25p (over 50i),  1080/24p (Native)
  • 2 x XLR inputs with +48v phantom power
  • 1 HDMI output
  • 1 HD/SDI BNC output
  • SD Card
  • Built in ND grad (1/4, 1/16, 1/64, OFF)
  • 4/3 sensor with Micro Four Thirds mount
  • weight of 1.2 KG
  • dimensions W163mm x L209.4mm x H195mm
  • Focus-assist function: edge coloration, focus bar display.
  • Variable recording bitrates selectable for quality Vs. file size.

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