I just got some news from trusted sources saying that Panasonic will have a second product announcement next week. I guess this means that we will see a new GF5 camera tomorrow (April 5th, between 6-8 am London time). And a new Micro Four Thirds camcorder announcement next week.
Saty tuned on 43rumors tomorrow! Let’s see if the GF5 will be something good for us!
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I would prefer the 12-35 f2.5 weather-sealed ! 😀 That would be a perfect timing with the release of EM-5 ! I don’t care about camcorder…Of course I don’t hink it will be the 12-35 !
Or best of the two worlds, new camcorder and new fast zooms!
It will probably be a 12-35 f/2.8 that we won’t see until Spring of next year. 🙁 I’d give anything for a 12-something zoom with corner-to-corner sharpness.
I’m interested in the camcorder. It should compete in specs and price with the Sony VG20, be a consumer model, and not be in the pro league with AF100, C300, etc. In fact, it should be better than the VG20 which probably isn’t selling too well, thanks, in part, to its predecessor, the horrible VG10.
Yes would be more interesting if the new camcorder also comes with the new fast zooms many are waiting for.
if it is a low price (1,400 no higher) and has a lense mount (rather than fixed) i probably still wont buy it because ive got a gh2.
How about if it had a larger sensor that you can use m4/3 lenses with in crop mode & new full frame lenses when you want to use all the sensor?
Anyway, Panasonic need come up by a video cam so can do K4 video now.
i hope so, everybody else is announcing/releasing their heavy hitters. panasonic still doing small refreshes, they need a real successor here.
I could just be an announcement for Panasonic Tee Shirts and matching Indy Race-Car hats? 🙂
lol, if true, i wonder if they can deliver those in a timely manner….
yes…but only in EXTRA SMALL !
want to see Pana pull out a new sensor with better noise and DR performance
Panasonic will be announcing the E-M6 :p
And it will be available………….. 🙂
Still hoping for a G5 announcement …
I don’t think at all that Panasonic needs an interchangeable lens video camera at the consumer price point. For starters, they have the GH2. Add a Rode VideoMic Pro and what are you missing?
More than that, Panasonic has a very successful consumer camcorder line that is very capable if you don’t want a GH2 or even GX1/G3/GF3/GF5. Panasonic has no need either to compete with the Sony VG20 because it doesn’t sell.
The AF100 is $3500 right now after all of the rebates available for it. It’s only realistic competitor is the Sony FS100 simply because of price. But the AF100 is a thousand dollars less than the FS100 and has a ton more features. Everyone speaks about the F3, the C300, and now the FS700 as competitors when they simply are not. the F3 with S-Log is pushing $14,000 (another 10K for the kit lenses). The C300 is $16,000 and then the FS700 will need a paid firmware upgrade and a paid external recorder to be anything more than a glorified, overpriced FS100 (come on, it should have had ND from the beginning… obviously Sony’s “flange distance” excuse was bs).
And that’s just my problem with the market right now… Panasonic realistically owns their price point and they could sit there comfortably if they wanted to. Sony is being very aggressive but is obviously moving too fast and is overlooking major elements to put out what is essentially a rush job. And it was the same story on the original EX-1 before the EX-1R. Canon took their sweet time to put out the C300 which was disappointing for the price and the 5DmkII which is disappointing for the price. What do you do?
Personally, I want Panasonic to come out with something new. But they don’t need to replace the AF100. They can update with an AF100a and that would be nice, but what they need to do is make a new product entirely. On the higher end they only have the VariCam which is 30+ grand for a 2/3 sensor. They need to make a new line that is priced to compete with the F3, with a Super35 sensor, 10bit AVC-Intra with as wide a feature set as the AF100. They would kill the real competition if they would only do it…
That’s what I’m holding out for. I’ll find out soon if I will get it. If not…………
“But the AF100 is a thousand dollars less than the FS100 and has a ton more features.”
Not so sure I’d go that far. The Super 35mm sensor alone is a stunning leap.
seriously… what kind of tons of features are you talking about? built in NDs? yes, that’s a big plus I admit. other than that?
other than that fs100 IS a more capable camcorder. period.
plus, here in euroland, af101 costs around 4500-5000 euro…:/ go figure.
I’m a video person myself and right now canon just released a $16,000 super 35 that only shoots 8 bit 4:2:2, the af100 with hd sdi can do the same thing. The canon shoots highest internal 50mb/s on CF, if Panasonic makes interchangeable lens camcorder with a 10 bit, 4:2:2 or do i dear dream a 4:4:4 with Intra-i 100mb/s on p2, it would be a game changer in the video world. I would pay up to $8,000 for a camera like that, especially if they upgrade the censor with better processing which I’m sure they will. it’s for cinema and that would separate it from the still camera’s.
Thoughtful post, but I don’t really concur. I just spent a month shooting with a GH2 and a cage, with Senn boom and lavs, mixer, etc. Of course the video is stellar, as the GH2 is, and the audio is good because of the attachments.
However, as with most HDSLRs, the run-n-gun aspects are simply too cumbersome and requires two hands to balance. It’s a lateral form factor, as opposed to a perpendicular shoulder mount, a la ENG, and no news shooters I know of use DSLRs.
Hence, there’s a gap between the GH2 and the AF100 that could probably be rectified by a consumer-ish middle ground, akin to the VG20 or Canon XA10. In fact, I’d welcome an XA10 type M43 camcorder with interchangeable lenses and XLR attachment for about US$2k. Canon lists the XA10 in the pro category probably because of the XLR inputs, whereas the G10 is consumer.
marsupial, I’m thinking about getting the EM5, or it’s OMD successor, and adding a Azden SGM-1X mic to the hotshoe and plugging it into a Tascam DR100 MkII. I’ll set the levels on the Tascam before rolling and then put it in a small shoulder bag. You can lock the controls on the Tascam so you don’t have to worry about it getting knocked around in the bag and the levels getting changed. I know it won’t be perfect audio but I figure it’ll be far better than what I would get from anything plugged into the camera. I don’t want to mess with a boom pole. Anyway, do you have any thoughts on that set up. I want to go with Olympus because of the new five axis IS- I think I’ll be able to avoid having to get something like a Glidecam.
It’s a brilliant idea. With the crop factor lets you change sensor size depending on depth of field that you want. Also let’s people who already have the lenses to hit the ground running. Also let’s Panny sell a whole different set of m4/3 lenses that work with the bigger sensor but also backwards compatible with GH2 etc.
X-Pro 1 will come and go, as most Fuji products. Only their film cameras survived until today. Except image quality, theres nothing good on that camera.. which is sad, cause it had pretty big potential. But camera which fights against you? Meh, rather will live with standart sensor, but perfectly working rest of camera.
@Matt S
Quote: “… I don’t think at all that Panasonic needs an interchangeable lens video camera at the consumer price point. For starters, they have the GH2. Add a Rode VideoMic Pro and what are you missing? …”
A headphone jack.
FYI to all: the Panasonic store has the GH2 + 14-42mm kit for $599 + tax (in US), if you access the EPP store.
Price just dropped, perhaps in anticipation of tomorrow’s announcement?
Thanks for the heads up RAS- that’s a tempting price. I wonder if they’re offering it to their Facebook friends as well? A lot of times they do that.
The reason why most viewers here wont buy the gf5 is because most of us are probably seasoned m43 users. As a result I think we’re all looking forward to more adv gear (em5 and gh3)right? haha
I believe it is an Lx6 with fourthirds sensor to compete with the canon G
Hi…
I am currently looking to buy the gx1. But as 43rumors blogs, Panasonic is releasing a new product next week, could that be a gx2? Or should I just buy the gx1?
thanks