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As it is 'big enough' already, I don't think I need that battery grip, but a 'free' spare battery is nice to have.Panasonic will announce a promotion soon where they’re offering a free battery grip and an extra battery with the purchase of any LUMIX S camera or kit which is an additional $440 value.
I agree but there’s rumors of a super telephoto lens coming later this year so it may be useful for that depending on the size of it. Especially if it’s like a 400/4 lens or something given how they’re touting the AI tracking for dogs, cats, and birds yet there are no “wildlife lenses.”As it is 'big enough' already, I don't think I need that battery grip, but a 'free' spare battery is nice to have.
Thanks. Yes, slightly prior GH5.Interesting take on the LUMIX S background. Apparently development started on them around the same time the development began for the GH5 (so circa 2015-16 timeframe).
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/film-mavericks/id1202949402?mt=2&i=1000431630706
Also goes a bit into the future of Micro 4/3.
Here it is in YouTube form. https://youtu.be/bE5vrTMct74
I agree that Micro 4/3 is largely a complete system for most types of photographers/videographers. It’s the compact system I recommended to most fornthe longest time though now I’d add Fuji X to that recommendation for small and compact systems. Sony has nice compact bodies but their APS-C lens lineup needs to be further fleshed out for serious use unless one is comfortable with using FE lenses.Thanks. Yes, slightly prior GH5.
I'm finding remarks relevant to m4/3 --by quickly jumping late-- at minute 33:33 or thereabouts.
In short, Pana can walk & chew gum at the same time. (Also, that m4/3 is pretty well done now.)
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It depends on what their goals are and what market share they can capture. The haven't sold their first FF camera yet, so it's a little early to declare victory.I don’t think Panasonic, Sigma, or Leica are in any real trouble assuming they plan on keeping their camera body numbers reasonable and perhaps use L-mount in some of their cinema cameras to offer users what Sony is already doing in E-mount as a “universal mount.”
No one is declaring victory and Leica has been selling SL’s (in comparatively small numbers) for over 3 years. The rest is almost exactly what I stated and I don’t know that their goal is to overwhelming dominate the market by any single entity but to capture market across the board for a variety of customers across the imaging world (not just system cameras).It depends on what their goals are and what market share they can capture. The haven't sold their first FF camera yet, so it's a little early to declare victory.
Put your firmware where your mouth is ... :thumbup:
These prizes look very attractive in the current world of crazy high prizes for FF mirrorless lenses from almost all other manufacturers :thumbs:
They're identical to the Sigma prices for their DSLR and Sony FE lenses but yes they appear to be reasonably affordable. I find that the Panasonic lenses are fairly priced as well for what they are but some are complaining based on the idea of the $400 DSLR 50/1.4. The Panasonic lenses are all designed to be near parfocal and are to be optimized for both photo and video usage. This is an important factor for lens design IMO for those that want to do indie content creation/production or for general hybrid usage.These prizes look very attractive in the current world of crazy high prizes for FF mirrorless lenses from almost all other manufacturers :thumbs:
This could form the base for me to get into the L-mount with a S1 or maybe even a S1R and add 1 or 2 FF Sigma L-mount lenses for the beginning.
?????? :banghead:
Its an old story before the firmware update was released for Leica cameras. The L-Mount lens protocol was changed/updated when the other members were added. This even Panasonic lenses didn’t work on the Leica L-Mount cameras until the first week of April a few days after the story was published.?????? :banghead: