National Camera Exchange is already showing the new GM5 and LX100 pricing info. Both camera will cost $899 each (the GM5 with 14-42mm kit lens included). The Panasonic 35-100mm lens will cost $399. The Gm5 will be a 16MP camera with same built-in EVF as the LF1. The LX100 is the far more interesting camera and has following specs:
LX100 specs:
– Sensor: 16MP Multi aspect Four Thirds(!). Real resolution is a bit lower.
– 24-75mm f/1.7-2.8 lens
– Built-in EVF: 2,76 milion dots, 1.39x / 0.7x magnification
– ISO 200-25600. Can be extended down to 100!
– 4K recording (with time limitation to avoid heating issue)
– exact camera size: 4.52″ x 2.6″ x 2.4″
– hot shoe
– Looks like a “mini” [shoplink 46868 ebay]Panasonic LC1 (here on eBay)[/shoplink]
The LX100 costs 849 Euro in Europe! Announcement in a few hours: Olympus at 9:00 and Panasonic at 14:00 Photokina-Köln time!
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If the specs are accurate Panny has hit a home run with the LX100!
The LX100 price is very reasonable, given that lens. I can see myself getting that, the 40-150/2.8 and the 300/4 (for my E-M1) over the next couple of years, and being very happy with my set up. Huge range, small bag.
More than reasonable I would say, the 12-35mm f/2.8 cost that, it’s like this comes with the camera as a bonus! And that packed with feats, including 4K.
about GM5KR + 14-42RD from
http://photorumors.com/2014/09/14/panasonic-lumix-lx100-and-gm5-cameras-will-be-priced-at-899-99-in-the-us/
but i don’t know specs likes this site ,on lens update is 14-42mm ? please check it.
I’m excited! Tomorrow is a Panasonic and SonyPanic 😀 day!
(replace FZ1000 with LX100)
http://youtu.be/VswOnhHWU2k
I was hoping for info about ND filter, Mic Input, tiltable screen and touch screen and now I’m a bit pessimistic about it. The ND would be a major one, although I don’t think any of these would be a deal breaker, it would be a let down for such a video packed camera to not have some things that support video shooting.
The GM5 will probably be $799 body only, I can’t see that camera with the LF1’s EVF, it wouldn’t make any sense at all, that previous rumor must be wrong.
Or maybe they have the same EVF, but a better one than the LF1?
I find that 35-100mm f/3.5-5.6 little too pricey with $399. $299 would be great.
199$ wold be realistic.
The GM5 is going to have to be good or many will buy LX1000 instead
Why? They’re completely different cameras for different uses and buyers.
Let’s hope for ND filter and tilt-screen on the LX100.
and a mic input 🙂
I’m keeping my fingers crossed for the same features!
Yeah 🙂
My thoughts:
GM5 at $799 body only, without 4K? This who’d sell very good.
LX100 at $799 I have a feeling that will sell extremely good!
35-100mm at $399 is also way to expensive, it must be around 199 to sell.
they are nuts… 850 euro …… lol
I’d say fair price… you’d pay almost as much for a standalone zoom with similar specs.
So the GM5 will have the LF1’s smaller EVF but the LX100 will have a larger .7x magnification EVF? That can’t be right, can it? Maybe they’re serious about keeping the GMx cameras small after all.
How is it that the LX100’s lens is not only faster than the existing Panasonic 12-35mm f2.8 lens, but has a wider focal range too, all while having a camera attached to it and being significantly cheaper? Makes no sense, especially considering that the more compact design of the LX100 would be seemingly more complex. This is like Panasonic saying they have been overcharging on their lenses for years.
Lack of weather sealing, lack of optical stabilization, maybe they had to make some optical compromises… hard to say at this point. It’s also likely they will sell more LX100s in total than individual 12-35s which obviously can be reflected in cost.
I’m pretty sure the LX100 will have either OIS or IBIS. Probably won’t have weather sealing though. Still, you realize that the LX100 has a whole CAMERA BODY attached to it, including a larger-than-normal multi-aspect ratio four thirds sensor? How can you justify weather sealing of a lens costing more than a similar lens that is faster, wider ranging, AND has a camera attached to it? Please. Both Panasonic and Olympus have been ripping us off on lenses for years.
It doesn’t have a larger sensor it has a normal 4/3’s sensor and crops it so doesn’t cover the full image circle.
Nope. The multi-aspect ratio sensor is larger than a sensor than only covers the image circle of the lens. It gets cropped down to cover the image circle of the lens: http://m43photo.blogspot.com/2013/05/multi-aspect-sensor.html?m=1
That’s the GH2. Not the same camera. This is a fixed lens, so there’s no need for the lens to match a pre-existing image circle standard.
Well, I’m just going by the fact that admin claims it is a multi-aspect ratio four thirds sensor. That is the rumor after all. The only other examples of this were the ones found in the GH1 and GH2.
Indeed, but in this case the sensor being larger than image circle is being achieved simply by smaller-than-usual image circle. As for my earlier point about lenses, apart from manufacturing/material costs there are also R&D costs. If you sell more units these can be divided. But it’s not like I’m 100% certain, maybe you’re right about ripping us off.
One of the rumors I saw specified the lens was 10.9-34mm, not 12-75. If true that means the LX100 will have a crop factor of 2.2 so the multi-aspect sensor will start with a standard 43 sensor and crop. The slightly higher crop factor also helps make the lens smaller.
One big unknown is how good the lens will be optically. Making a lens that is thin, goes down to 24mm, and does not look like a circular fisheye before software corrects the distortion is asking a lot. I have a RX100 and at 28mm the corners are smeared from when the camera corrects the distortion. I expect the lens to be pretty good optically but not as good as the 12-35. Nikon makes both 18-55 and 16-85 f3.5-5.6 lenses for their crop sensor SLRs. Despite similar specs the 16-85 is much more expensive. While it has a little more range many people buy it for the better optical performance. There is more to a lens than focal range and aperture numbers.
Something seems wrong about this rumor especially with no specs for the GM5 regarding its EVF or camera size? Not reasonable that it should be same price as LX100 with its same sensor and much more capable fast lens and 4k video?
If the GM5 is what most people are expecting it should come with the 12-32, not the 14-42. either that is wrong or the GM5 is going to be larger than expected. If it was large enough to have a tilting LCD and more dials and controls than the GM1 that would be fine with me. If I did not already own a GX7 I would be interested in a slightly smaller model.