PANASONIC REVEALS FULL LUMIX S SPECS

ANNOUNCED AT LAST year’s Photokina and due to go on sale locally during April, Panasonic’s all-new Lumix S full-35mm format mirrorless camera system will launch with two bodies and three L mount lenses. With Lumix S, Panasonic will start competing with Sony, Canon, Nikon and fellow L Mount Alliance member Leica in the full-35mm mirrorless category. Thanks to the alliance, L mount lenses are already available from Leica (at a price, of course) with more promised soon from the third member, Sigma.

The Lumix S bodies are designated S1 and S1R, with Panasonic following Nikon’s policy of offering two identically styled and featured