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Panasonic kicks off new Lumix S series with two full frame mirrorless cameras

Sep 25, 2018 by John Aldred 5 Comments

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Panasonic has just finished their Photokina press event and officially announced the new Panasonic S series full frame mirrorless camera. And they’re starting off the new line with two cameras and three lenses. They’ve also confirmed the L mount collaboration between Panasonic, Leica and Sigma.

With the collaboration confirmed, we now know for sure that the new Panasonic S series full frame cameras do indeed utilise the Leica L mount. And the new S series, as rumoured, is starting off with two cameras. The S1, with a 24MP sensor, and the S1R, with a 47MP sensor.

The other specs so far, as you can see, seem largely identical between the two.

  • 4K60P video
  • Contrast AF, DFD technology
  • Deep learning AI autofocus (?!?)
  • Dual IS (in-body and in-lens)
  • Large high res EVF
  • Dual card slots (XQD and SD)
  • 3-axis tiltable LCD (maybe flippy out?)
  • 100% weather sealed
  • Low temperature resistant

The two models are due for release in early 2019, but no more specific date has yet been provided.

Three new lenses have also been announced along with the new bodies. A 50mm f/1.4 prime, as well as 24-105mm (not the previously rumoured 24-70) and 70-200mm zooms.

These will also be released in 2019. No aperture has been mentioned on the two zooms, but if I had to take a guess, I’d say f/4 for the 24-105mm, and hopefully f/2.8 (but maybe f/4) on the 70-200mm. But within a year from launch, we should expect to see 10 total lenses from Panasonic, along with 8 already existing lenses from Leica, and whatever Sigma will release.

Presumably, Sigma will be announcing their new lenses in their own press statement. Panasonic says they will have more information on their other 7 lenses at next year’s Photokina in May.

As for Micro Four Thirds users, well, you can breathe a sigh of relief. Panasonic has stated that they will not be abandoning Micro Four Thirds any time soon. They will continue to work with MFT, and the two systems will co-exist and grow simultaneously.

I like the adoption of XQD. This means it will likely evolve towards CFexpress in the future with a firmware update. But I’m a little disappointed about the tilt screen. Panasonic is a company that’s consistently given us flippy out LCDs on the G series. So I was really hoping they’d carry that over to full frame, especially for those vloggers disappointed by the Sony A7III and Nikon Z6’s lack of flippy out LCD, and the Canon EOS R’s lack of full frame 4K video.

Update: Never mind, apparently it may have a flippy out LCD, after all!

Other Update: Nope. SlashCAM.de just posted a photo of the “3-axis tiltable LCD” and… I don’t know what this, but it’s not what Panasonic normally put in their cameras.

There’s no word on prices for any of the new full frame S series kit yet, and availability is “early 2019”. And there’s no information about them on the Panasonic website yet, but we’ll update this post when that arrives.

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John Aldred is a photographer with over 20 years of experience in the portrait and commercial worlds. He is based in Scotland and has been an early adopter - and occasional beta tester - of almost every digital imaging technology in that time. As well as his creative visual work, John uses 3D printing, electronics and programming to create his own photography and filmmaking tools and consults for a number of brands across the industry.

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