Vitaly from Personal View shared some Photokina “backstage rumors”:
“One of Photokina backstage rumors/leaks is that main LSIs in Panasonic GH5 and new Olympus are very very close :-).
Both include dual cards support, but with only one being UHS-II.
Both support 422 10-bit video, but Olympus got LSI with agreement to restrict it to HDMI output.
Both cameras will have impressive burst performance.
LSI supports new sensor based 5-axis stabilization algorithms (it means that it has necessary outputs to all coils and things). Will be strange to not see it in flagman. Stabilization algorithms sharing was one of points in new agreement rounds (long time ago).
GH5 sensor will be custom.
Some quiet talks are also about special film like filters ala Fujifilm.
P.S. One of the talks is that new G80/85 shares almost same LSI with GH5 but restricted.”
Olympus preorders:
E-PL8 at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
25mm f/1.2 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
12-100mm f/4.0 PRO at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
30mm macro at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon, GetOlympus. Amazon.de.
FL-900r flash at BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon.de.
Panasonic preorders:
G85: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
FZ2500: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
Lx10: BHphoto. Adorama. Amazon. ParkCameras. WexUK.
Xiaomi M1:
M1 Micro Four Thirds camera can be preordered at Amazon US (Click here).