Engadget found out that the GF6 name has been registered at Taiwan’s National Communications Commission. This is a necessary step in Taiwan for all new devices having WiFi.
Engadget found out that the GF6 name has been registered at Taiwan’s National Communications Commission. This is a necessary step in Taiwan for all new devices having WiFi.
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So the GF series turned from the king of m43, to the dunce and now back into what could be their best model? Flippy screen, WiFi, more modern sensor, better controls etc all sounds very promising.
Admin do you know if it will take an EVF like the GX1 and earlier GF1/2?
It seems a pretty safe bet that WiFi will be standard feature of all but the least expensive cameras before very long.
What did i say about pany upping the ante for every line if they retain the GX1 sensor for the GF6, they have to improve everything else…
I hope to see some other features like a built-in ND filter, hot-shoe, zoom levers, dials, articulated screen as standard in all lines.
remove AA filter,remove LP filter,
image process power by gpu-like ,
oh it’s awesome.
could you explain whats the difference between the lp filter and the aa filter?
http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TrbTFj5jsuM/T_UeMaKNtrI/AAAAAAAALFw/V18HXIp3VBs/s1600-h/clip_image004%25255B3%25255D.jpg
AA filter and OLP filter are different terms to describe the same thing, when talking in the field of digital cameras and optics. Anti-aliasing is a generic term that is used in many other fields. Optical low pass being specific to digital imaging sensors.
But give NFT the benefit of the doubt. Maybe he just wanted to mention both terms, as some people that are familiar with one term are not with another. In that case, he might have worded it instead as: “Remove AA/LP filter” or “Remove AA (LP) filter”.
soory maybe my idea is wrong,
but i mean all() except color-filter ^_^,
they has claimed more more power processor ,
let processor do it,gpu can do anti-alias algorithm
Sorry to point out another slight mistake. But there’s no such thing as a “colour filter”. There’s a colour array on the sensor itself.
“let processor do it,gpu can do anti-alias algorithm”
No, there is no safe way to remove aliases by mere processing power. That’s why they are called an “alias”: They are inherently indistinguishable from true detail. It is only if you have expectations on the fine-granular detail of the image that you will be able to remove aliases while retaining detail. What software imitations of anti-aliasing can do is to try to detect regular structures -like brick walls- and reduce aliases in these areas, provided their detection was correct. In all areas that go undetected, they just have two options: either hope that the aliases won’t be too disturbing to the human eye either, or drastically reduce detail beyond what an optical AA would do.
Yep, unless aliasing is prevented optically before sampling of image aliasing errors become permanently mixed into data and can never be removed completely without loss of also some real information.
Normal demosaicing process even “amplifies” aliasing because aliasing distortion/error in single RAW image pixel causes error also to surrounding pixels in RGB image. Which is how we get some butt ugly moiré like in picture on this page:
http://beauphoto.blogspot.fi/2012/02/nikon-d800-or-d800e-which-one-should.html
No AA filter may be latest fad but as standard for fashion it isn’t all good.
Even demosaicing free Foveon isn’t completely free of problems of alising.
line 10 – capable of taking photos: No
LOL!
With so many interesting things on the net, who cares about taking pictures 😉 ?
You can go to 43rumors.com and discuss latest rumors via your GF6 :D.
Yes, you have a mobile phone for taking pictures…
Admin!!! Wen is right. The 10th line does say “photo taking capability: No”. I don’t think the GF6 is a camera!!!!! Maybe it’s just a WIFI module?!
Please do not spread misinformation. This is the wifi module inside the gf6. Both VR-zone(chinese) and Engaget(chinese) says so.
Problem with the sensor in GX1 is DR.
Therefore it cannot compete with Epl5 and Epm2 IMO.
Yes but other people will choose better features/functionality, ergonomics, useability, autofocus and maybe even price over DR.
True. But I doubt the GF6 will have that.
Simply cannot believe.
@admin, are you sure that an object named G6 will be announced as well? 😀
Dont worry, it will, but maybe you will keep your current G3 – there is a possibility the G6 will use GX1’s sensor!
Vade retro Satana! 😀
this detail about GF6 only,i sure i don’t see anything
about G6 sensor/features
This is a “mistake” that people perpetuate over and over in these comments, conflating the GF6 with the G6. I am starting to wonder if it’s willful, could they really be that interested int eh topic to be hanging out here, but still that confused/clueless?
Wi-fi alone is not solution. If there is Wi-Fi, there are necessary compatible Apps for smartphone (for all OS – iOS, Android, Windows Phone…).
Lumix link
The big question is now what Panasonic will do with the G6. Is the articulated screen and viewfinder enough to differentiate it? Will it get the GH3 sensor?
BTW, it’s disappointing how Pana and Oly are able to keep a lid on their new products nowadays, even just days before the announcement.
I hope for a brand new design of the G6 replacing the G5 and GX1. Hopefully the view finder will move from the hump to the left corner and the DSLR-like design will be dropped and replaced by a L-style design.
I seriously doubt that Pany would radically change the G5 body to a rangefinder style after only one year. 43Rumors indicated the G6 would be a cheaper lighter GH3. Remember the most common early complaint of the GH3 was its larger size and the smaller & less expensive G series has always sold better than the GH series. Also the G5 size and shape very similar in style & size to the latest Canon entry DSLRs which after all are the best selling cameras.
That is not to say that Pany could not base the G6 and GX2 sharing many common parts but two distinctly different models.
Not interested in this type of features. For me WIFI in a camera is just a distraction.
No one is forcing anyone to use wi-fi built into a camera. I’d prefer to preserve battery life.
If I were using AF lenses on a regular basis, then using the Panasonic camera app on my iPhone might be fun. But, then kiss already meagre battery life good bye.
I searched in the internet for GF6. It has a very dirty dirty meaning. Pana marketing failed.
I have no idea what this is, but I think it safe to be that only you would look for that, and that no one else will know, and if they do, they won’t care.
Seriously, what are you reduced to, throwing criticisms at the wall (however inane) just in case something sticks?
Oh no, the GF6 is going to be a direct competitor to the Polaroid iM1836….just as I suspected.
If the GF6 does indeed release with the GX1 sensor, does that automatically invalidate all of the whining that it is an outdated and inferior sensor? And can we then quietly go back to just shooting pictures until the new PEN and then do this all over again with the E-M5 sensor?
My bet: no. Someone of these people I suspect literally would not know what to do with themselves if they could not whine about SOMETHING.
Tech Radar already has a review up with photos…
Removing AA filter has an almost neglible contribution to sharpness. Check out dpreviews preview of the D7100.. after-which you’ll have to content with moire. I don’t think it would be a selling point for me yet. I was impressed that Nikon has finally introduced it. Perhaps it makes the camera $5 less expensive to manufacture.