43rumors reported rumors of a new Panasonic point and shoot camera with m4/3 sensor, fixed 3x zoom Leica lens (starting from 24mm f/2.0 on the wide angle) and some kind of a built-in optical rangefinder with wide and tele markings. They also mentioned that Leica will release their own version of the same camera for Photokina. Thephoblographer speculates that this new camera could be similar to the Panasonic L1/CL1/Leica Digilux combo.
Today, Panasonic UK displayed a new camera model LX5 listed on their website. At that point it is not clear if this will be the rumored camera with the bigger m4/3 sensor or there will be two different models announced, but the Leica D-Lux 5 cannot be far away (probably announced for Photokina).
Panasonic is expected to have an official announcement in the second half of July.








Oskar Barnack Award 2010 slideshow
The best awarded portfolios of the Oskar Barnack Award 2010 organized by Leica Camera (slideshow):