(FT4) Panasonic deleted the release of a mysterious “GS1” camera. 12-50mm zoom lens release postponed!
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There are some changes in the original Panasonic roadmap. I have been told by two sources that Panasonic had the plan to announce a new “GS” camera in Spring 2011. That plan has changed and the GS camera will not be announced. It is unclear yet if we will ever see the GS :(
The sources could not (or didn’t want) to tell me more about the camera. I really hope this wasn’t the Micro Four Thirds version of the [shoplink 19791 ebay]DMC-L1[/shoplink] model. That would be pity!
Panasonic also made a major change regarding the lens roadmap. The 12-50mm f/2.5-3.3 lens release has been postponed at least until the last quarter of the year. Also in that case I didn’t receive any reliable info about the cause of the delay although I do speculate that the reason is they have not enough production capability to release many new lenses. As you know the 25mm f/1.4 lens and probably a few reworked lenses (like the 7-14mm OIS) are scheduled to be announced in April.
I have quite a few new rumors I am working on and I will post them soon. So stay tuned on 43rumors!
Links:
– DMC-L1 at Amazon and [shoplink 19791 ebay]eBay[/shoplink].
P.S.: Hidden message for one of my sources: Dark K. drop me a line if you read that ;)
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