According to one of our readers (and rumor sharer) the new Lumix camera coming in May is a fixed lens FF camera. He wrote on 43rumors:

It’s right to compare it to a Leica.
What I know so far, is it’s full frame, fixed lens, and will be available in multiple different colors. The price point is attractive, at least when compared to the little competition in this niche.

So this camera would fall right into the hype of fixed lens cameras and in particular unique spot: Much more affordable than the Leica Q3 and much higher image quality than the Fujifilm X100VI. Could it become a hotseller too?

The only fixed lens camera wit Four Thirds sensor was the LX100. Great looking camera but I don’t think we will ever see a fixed lens FT sensor camera anymore…

Ther German company released the new Excire Foto 2024 update (Click here to get it).

Press text:

Excire Foto 2024 Update Adds Timesaving Features and Improved Search Functionality
PRC’s Revolutionary Photo-Organizing Software Receives Major Enhancements in Free April 2024 Update

Lübeck, Germany – April 23rd, 2024 – PRC, the AI company behind the award-winning Excire software, has today unveiled a major update to its flagship program, Excire Foto 2024.
Known for its futuristic image-management tools – including a prompt-search AI that allows users to instantly retrieve images by inputting text descriptions and an X-tetics AI that intelligently rates each image based on its aesthetic qualities – Excire Foto 2024 has propelled photographers into a new era of image organization. Now, thanks to enhancements included in the April 2024 update, Excire makes it easier than ever to find, cull, and catalog images so photographers can spend less time behind the computer and more time on their craft.

Improvements to Excire Foto 2024 include:

• New filters to sort and locate images more effectively (including an option to identify files that have not yet been analyzed by the program)
• Refinements to the Find by Keyword search selectors; users can now apply OR and NOT operations for increased precision when searching
• Extension of the text-search feature to selectable metadata so users can locate images from the file path, file description, file headline, and more
• Additional keywording features, including the option to select, copy, and paste a subset of keywords; drag-and-drop functionality when assigning keywords to photos; and automatic copying of keywords to the clipboard when performing keyword copy-paste operations
• Significant enhancements for a more streamlined duplicate-search workflow, including a duplicate statistics dialog with intuitive flagging functionality; the option to exclude photo sequences from the AI-powered Find Duplicates search; and the option to select the first photo of each duplicate-search-result cluster to save time when cleaning up folders

Smaller upgrades include:

• The option to change the loading behavior for lens model metadata
• An “Invert selection” menu option
• Keyword tree multiselection
• A “Manage profiles” option in the “Renaming Profiles” dialog
• Minor bug fixes, design changes, and improvements

Importantly, the update resets the 14-day trial period. Photographers who previously tested – but did not purchase – Excire Foto 2024 can once again download a 14-day trial of the program and evaluate the software’s updated features.
For customers who already own a copy of Excire Foto 2024, the April 2024 update is complimentary. Users will be prompted to download the update package upon launching Excire Foto 2024. It is recommended that users make a catalog backup before installing the new software.

Panasonic 15mm F1.7 Vs Olympus 17mm F1.8

Today deals at Amazon, BHphoto, Adorama, Amazon DE, Amazon UK, Amazon FR, Amazon IT, FotoErhardt DE, FotoKoch DE.
OM-1II Hands-On Review with Susan Magnano (42West).
OM-1 Firmware 2.0 Is Coming! (Robin Wong).
Choosing a Lens for Wildlife Photography (Explora).
OM-1II product pictures at Mapcamera.

Plenty of news on the facebook OMD group, Panasonic FF and the GH5 group.
I kindly invite you all to follow me on Youtube, Instagram, Threads for more broader camera talk :)

The Chinese E-commerce platform JD.com released its report on brand sales in the camera and lens category in the past year:

Panasonic is doing quite well but OM Digital is at the very bottom of the sales ranking.

Found via Weibo