Panasonic Lumix GH4 4K announced

[Tywais]

Panasonic makes the GH3 better than it was. Better...stronger...faster.

Our First Take

Sometimes it seems like designing cameras must be so simple: Take a successful camera model, add features people keep asking for, rinse, and repeat. Of course, things rarely work out that way, but sometimes the masses get exactly what they want. After all, enthusiasts are always looking for more, faster, better, sharper than last year’s model.

In this way, Panasonic’s upcoming Lumix GH4 looks like a home run. Not only is it a better stills camera, it’s aimed to bust the pro video market wide open, featuring production-grade features and accessories. You want zebra patterns? You got it. The ability to output files with massive bitrates? 200Mbps it is. How about 4K? Step right up, my friend.

Panasonic took everything that made the GH3 a great camera and upgraded it like Steve Austin in the Six Million Dollar Man. A new Venus Engine processor, a new sensor, NFC, a better LCD, and a sharper EVF all come together in a camera body that still and video shooters alike have lauded for its ergonomics and ruggedness. And...did we mention that this sucker shoots 4K?

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[Tywais]

Hands-on: Panasonic Lumix GH4 review

Ahead of the curve - that’s the phrase that first sprang to mind when we saw an early version of the Panasonic Lumix GH4. This consumer compact system camera is the first to deliver 4K video, the Ultra HD format that’s going to be the next big thing.

And we don’t mean a half-baked 4K at unusable resolutions - the GH4 can shoot 4K at 30/25/24fps at 100Mbps using ALL-Intra compression. At 1080p that rises way beyond broadcast standard to 200Mbps. Impressive.

It does this thanks to its brand new 16.05MP Live MOS sensor and latest Venus Engine IX which is much more powerful than before. It’s this one feature that really sets the GH4 apart from the earlier GH3. To look at from the front it’s nigh on impossible to tell the two apart - there’s the same weather-sealed magnesium body and layout, only there’s a lock on the main mode dial and flipping the body around also reveals a new larger eyecup around the viewfinder.

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[harrry]

Have to stick with my G1.

Cannot afford to upgrade now.

[sunshine51]

This camera has got me very interested especially after reading

this web page....

http://www.photographyblog.com/news/panasonic_lumix_gh4/

And if my ancient Lumix FZ20 is anything to go by, Pana make

an excellent product/value for $$$.

The times they are a changing....

Thanks Tywais.

[thaitanic]

Does anyone know where I can buy a Panasonic GH4 in Bangkok?

[dcoy]

Does anyone know where I can buy a Panasonic GH4 in Bangkok?

Pix-one (http://www.pix-one.com/DIGITALCAMERA/กล้องดิจิตอล-Panasonic/Panasonic-LUMIX-DMC-GH4.html) seems to be selling it (body only) for 54k

[Tywais]

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 review

It may be the first mirrorless model to shoot 4K video, but the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 compact system camera is no one-trick pony. Among other things, it also has a new 16.05-million-pixel Live MOS sensor

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 at a glance:

• 16.05-million-pixel, micro four thirds Live MOS sensor
• Venus Engine IX
• ISO 200-25600 (ISO 100 as extended setting)
• 4K video recording
• Weather-sealed magnesium-alloy construction
• 2.36-million-dot OLED EVF
• 3in, 1,036,000-dot LCD screen
• Street price £1,299 body only, or £1,749 with 14-140mm f/3.5-5.6 lens
• See sample images taken with the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4

Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 - Introduction

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3, the predecessor of the Lumix DMC-GH4, was a popular micro four thirds camera among videographers and bloggers in particular, thanks to its class-leading video-recording capabilities; it was even the camera of choice for AP's own videographer for some time. However, theGH3's photographic credentials, while good, didn't quite match the impressive standard of its video capabilities.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 has addressed this but faces some very stiff competition in the form of the Sony Alpha 6000, Olympus's OM-D E-M1 and the Fujifilm X-T1. All are very good compact system cameras with strong feature sets that give DSLRs with larger sensors a fair run for their money.

Although it carries the same resolution as the camera it replaces, Panasonic has completely revisited its 16.05-million-pixel Live MOS sensor for the GH4, as well as including a new quad-core Venus Engine IX image processor that is claimed to boost sensitivity, edge sharpness and colour reproduction. Autofocus accuracy and acquisition, processing speed and resolution are other areas that are said to benefit from the improvements Panasonic has made, with the GH4 boasting a high-speed signal readout almost twice that of the GH3.

Read more at http://www.amateurphotographer.co.uk/reviews/compactsystemcameras/129485/1/panasonic-lumix-dmc-gh4-review#uYHjEGgI7ULxEzcK.99

[thaitanic]

I got one, and some lenses, at Pix-One in Fortune Mall. Thank you dcoy!