Our friends over at Digicaminfo (Click here) do report that the GF5 will be announced in Japan on April 5 and start shipping on April 26. There will be four different colors. ON the other side the new G5 will not be announced the same day of the GF5. It will arrive later (very likely in May).
As usual please be aware that this is a rumor from an external source. I will soon give you info from my sources. One thing is sure, there is a lot of new stuff coming from Panasonic! If you have some info about the upcoming announcement and you want to share them sue the contact form on the right sidebar. You can avoid to send me your name and email address. Just send the message anonymously…Thanks!
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My two cent. If you need a GF camera you may go for the current GF2 and GF3 cameras. There are many deals in many countries on the two cameras. Plus the GF2 is hackable and the GF3 will be hackable soon!
Panasonic GF3 search links: [shopcountry 23109].
Panasonic GF2 search links: [shopcountry 17361].
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I wonder what GF stand for.. Girlfriend camera?
Seriously? Are you 9 years old?
Seriously! Don’t be so serious.
In Hong Kong, they actually nickname these cameras Girlfriend no.1, Girlfriend no.2, and Girlfriend no.3, which kind of fits actually, because first loves are always more significant than the subsequent ones, and first loves stay in your heart – GF1 compared with the 2 and 3…
That is so true, haha.
When people upgraded from to the GX1, they basically went back to their Ex, haha.
To me the last one counts more than the first.
And for what kind of girlfriend GX1 stand for ? 🙂
+1
haha.. that’s funny!
LOL good one
he’s right, don’t be so serious. I have GF2 and it does feel like girlfriend camera, because panasonic targets women with small hands with GF series, i think starting from GF2. I’ll probably get next GX to replace my GF2. GF3/5 look even more feminine and crippled.
Nice to see Panasonic moving on to continuously improve the cameras. Any further news about the sensor; earlier rumours said something about improved S/N ratio (at the level of D7000). Now the big question is:
Who makes the new sensor:
– Sony
– Fuji
– Canon
– Aptina
– Samsung
– Kodak
– ???
🙂
Panasonic has always made their own sensors. No difference this time.
But Panasonic made a huge loss, and Samsung made big profits last year. Therefore it would be interesting for both parties to cooperate, especially now tht Panasonic is also making Android phones, just like Samsung. And they also ditched DVD-HD in favour of Bluray, so it could also be Sony.
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🙂
Panasonic, obviously
“One thing is sure, there is a lot of new stuff coming from Panasonic! ” I think Panasonic will do an Olympus and launch lots of accessories and some surprise lenses and the the GH3 will have lots of new surprising features…
Panasonic have been busy beavering away in the background 😀
panasonic announced lens converters a few months back. then nothing.. so their supply chain sux
Keep dreaming 🙂 My hopes in GF5 are almost gone. Improved LCD and slightly improved noise performance is good for marketing only. I believe in GX2 and two mysterious f2.8 lenses 🙂
Baaahh actually i dont care ’bout GF5, mmmm there’s any news of a XZ-2 ?????
Many ppl have already asked that question here. Admin said mid or late summer
At about the same time as the LX6. Should be interesting time.
Is “lots of new stuff coming from Panasonic” referring to the two cameras, or is there something more in the pipeline apart from the X-lenses end of this year? Please tell us what you know!
Good , more Pana stuffs to come .
Likely news of very high end Pana camera to come. Hopefully Pana can offer true breakthrough in sensor technology in it’s flagship camera .
Any information on price?
@ Admin
do you know the Olympus E-M5 does not have spot metering linked to focus points? 🙁 🙁 🙁
Don’t know!
The link I sent you yesterday contains the answer.
Youdidntdidyou: No, E-M5 does not have this function yet, Panasonic has already implemented this feature.
@Jesper
Panasonic implemented this feature 5 years ago in the Panasonic L10 ! I hope they are not expecting me to re-compose my shots when framing 🙁 have emailed Olympus…
What? The OMG E-M5 doesn’t have spot metering?? Even my E-P2 and all other PENs I’ve owned and sold have spot metering. Are you sure that’s right?
As for linked metering to focus points, I think I prefer focus-and-recompose. I use centre-weighted and only enable centre AF point. If I want to use an off-centre AF point (or enable all AF points), I’d use evaluative metering instead (and adjust it in the menu of my E-P2 to +1/6EV because the metering seems to be overprotective to the highlights).
@Leiya
Olympus cameras have 3 different types of spot metering but they are only at the centre 2% of the frame, recomposing is no good for dynamic situations or when you don’t want to alert your subject….
I use spot metering for about 20% of my shots
Me too, it’s old school i guess. Digital new born use matrix metering and let the camera choose the best focus point for us. 😉
@Gabriel
not old school see my Flickr set for spot metered shots http://www.flickr.com/photos/youdidntdidyou/sets/72157629324434206/
No one said anything about Olympus not having spot metering.
What we were discussing about was spot metering linked to focus point. In the case when you don’t have your single focus point centered.
@Jesper
OK the problem is even bigger, I won’t be able to use enough exposure compensation because the E-M5 only has -3/+3 exposure compensation where as the E-620 and E-5 have -5/+5.
Why have Olympus reduced it!!!
Focus and recompose is not an option in dynamic shooting situations when the scene is high contrast and/or you want to expose for your subject…
@Youdidntdidyou
I get your point, that’s why i seldom use spot metering. Relying solely on center metering and fine adjust in post prod.
What is the naming convention that Panasonic uses.
What are the differences in GF, GX, GH and G names. I am getting confused. Also, why did Panny skipped GF4 and went straight to GF5.
I am a bit curious.
Sob. The meaning of the number 4 in eastern Asian cultures has been mentioned a couple of thousands times under a couple of hundreds different posts in this forum .
If I got it right, G is the entry level, GH the high end level (H=high), GF the small size line (F=fmall). Then they decided to split the GF line into a more basic GF and a more advanced GX line, which should keep the small dimensions (and look?) of the original GF.
Thanks Pedro. I understand about 4 as I am a Japanese but I did not know that was the reason. We don’t like 9 either… as it means ‘suffer’. BTW, my birthday is Sept 4th. Probably one of the worst combination.
I am not sure this is the real reason for the avoidance of the 4, but it is what we Western people like to believe. 🙂
There is a Leica event 10. may, maybe they will among other stuff announce Leica D-Lux 6 and this being the same as Panasonic LX6.
@ ADMIN:
Amazon.de deals for GF2 (and many other items) are certainly not the chippest ones. The best deals can usually be found on gh.de.
E.g. for GF2:
http://geizhals.de/585449 (ab 299 E)
the best deals in EU can be found by clicking on the relevant flag (top left) :
http://geizhals.de/eu/585449
Grueße & Spaß
No info on the GF5 sensor?
Who will be surprised when it turns out to be the one in E-M5?
Where are the f2.8 X zooms Panasonic!? Where are the prices?!
Can’t be the same sensor as E-M5, because the GF5 only features 12 MP.
This will be interesting for me only if they introduce focus peaking and stacking modes in these two models. That would mean upcoming higher end cameras would get those functions as well and maybe previous ones via firmware update.
regarding focus peaking – the following post seems to hold some truth…
http://www.mu-43.com/f42/olympus-e-m5-manual-focus-peaking-mode-21459/index3.html#post205472
How much will it cost??????????????
For those of us who can’t keep track, what are the differences between the GF2 and GF3 (and GF5), briefly?