I think the new Panasonic FZ-1000 is a hell of a camera and Chris from TheCameraStoreTV does agree with me. Interestingly he doesn’t believe the 1 inch sensor is the same of the Sony RX100M3…
Panasonic FZ-1000 preorders at Amazon (Click here), Adorama (Click here) and BHphoto (Click here). In Europe at WexUK (Click here).
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Excellent review of the new Lumix Fz1000. Great job as always!
Thanks Chris & Jordan and The Camera Store.
What exactly is 4/3 or m4/3 about this camera?
http://www.pointandshootcameras.com
Now, even the regular users start to troll….. Oo
Sorry, wanted to delete this comment, as I was refering to Jer81.
Now, even the regular non-FF/-APSC users start to troll….. Oo
This camera sensor is somewhat tinier than the m43 sensor, that’s what they have in common
Who cares?
Who said that the name of a website must be a complete description of its content? Just like Sony Alpha Rumors also covers Cyber-shot cameras like the RX series, this site also covers compacts made by Panasonic and Olympus. Nothing strange about that.
Given this draught regarding m43 rumours, I don’t mind a few news here and there about cameras. And Panasonic is a main pillar of the m43 consortium, and doing well is sth positive overall too.
The subtitle of this forum is “Panasonic and Olympus Digital Camera News”. Hence, items don’t have to be restricted to 43 cameras. Nor do they have to be restricted to Rumors only (which would eliminate all announcements, since an announcement is no longer a Rumor), just because it is in the short title.
Fantastic comprehensive review, Chris! Panasonic just keeps getting better. First the GM1 then the GH4 and now this. The FZ1000 looks like a clear winner for me. Now if they can just make it the size of the GM1, lol.
No, lol is not enough. It should be more like LOOOOOOL! 😀
OK, LOOOOOOOOOL 🙂
Now, if it had a touchscreen, weathersealing, 2 dials and an ND filter, it would have been near perefect! FZ1100? 😉
Hope to hear something about the LX8/9. That would be very interesting to me. 😀
RX10 ticks the important boxes. It’s a camera lover’s camera.
I might understand yozr point (constant aperture and westher sealing) but the longer range of the Pana is the main reason why it is so much more appealing, at least to me.
Totally fair. The Panasonic is great for the price. But the RX10 is something special. Threaded shutter release, smooth/click aperture dial, constant aperture, built-in ND, better video quality, full-pixel readout (don’t know if the Panny has this), smaller size, weather sealing, quieter zoom. It’s definitely the more refined camera, and the better video camera (the 4K coming out of the FZ1000 is really poor). But the Sony comes at a premium which isn’t worth it in every situation.
The Pana will probably use a full-readout, but bin the pixel brefore the processing or so. Imaging Resource had some comparisons in there initial review, if I remember correctly.
Holy bazooka batman.
Given that a lot of us came to m43 from larger sensors and are quite happy, how long before we start moving to 1-inch sensors? I’m pretty confident this camera would beat the image quality of my original G1 and probably some of the newer models, the lens is a stop or more faster than most of the m4/3 lenses at equivalent focal length, it’s smaller and less hassle than a 2-lens m4/3 kit, and it’s (relatively) cheap. Extremely cheap if you compare to a kit with the two 2.8 zooms.
I’m not ready to switch yet, but maybe when the next generation is announced, with silent zoom, touch screen and headphone jack …
I mostly agree with you, 1″ is the new 4/3 with the exception that if you like wide angle you may have issues as 10mm is 27mm equiv. On the telephoto side, wow!
Nikon already has a 6.7-13mm zoom for its CX camera that’s 18mm equiv on FF not bad
An EXCELLENT All-in-One, carry-around camera and a great backup for my GH4.
Wouldn’t a spare GH4 or GH3 body be an even better backup?
yeah, the video quality is pretty poor on the FZ1000. Another GH would be a much better option (and smaller).
This looks like a great all-in-one camera. One point of clarification, though: the GH4 has the same free AF point selection as demonstrated with the FZ1000. Also, the MFT sensor is more than a little bigger than a 1″ sensor. In fact the MFT sensor has almost exactly double the surface area, i.e., it’s twice as big.
And considering that a 4/3 sensor is incredibly small to begin with, a 1″ sensor is practically unusable for photographic purposes.
Nice try
Yes, this important fact cannot be emphasised enough. Our independent research shows that it’s nearly impossible to take decent pictures with these small sensor cameras.
Thanks! It’s nice to get some input from real scientists, because there is so much misinformation being spread around in photography forums.
When I am not Batman, I manage Optical Engineers. That is not an accurate assessment of our findings, dear underling.
ROFL
And since when an optics engineer is qualified to talk about electronics ?
The effects of sensor size have nothing to do with electronics. The pictures from small sensor cameras are completely ruined by shot noise, which is determined by total light gathering over the entire sensor. Read noise is caused by the electronics, and is dependent on pixel size rather than sensor size.
From wiki:
“Shot noise is a type of electronic noise which originates from the discrete nature of electric charge.”
It is certainly an electronic phenomenon.
Regards,
CN
Batman, optics engineer supervisor and chief, dept of urology at your hospital.
Look up photonic shot noise, which is a property of light itself, and hence independent of the image sensor.
Will do. But “shot noise” was presented, not photonic noise. Perhaps “urologist” should look it up too so he is better informed when trolling this forum.
Actually if you compare the images form FZ 1000 to Nikon D5000 or Pentax Kx-Kr at the same resolution in jpg, this little sensor will get better results at all ISO settings.
No it doesn’t , the 2009 D5000 matches the best mFT has to offer, the Sony 1″ sensor does well on DR and colour depth falling behind at higher ISO settings.
http://www.dxomark.com/Cameras/Compare/Side-by-side/Sony-Cyber-shot-DSC-RX10-versus-Olympus-OM-D-E-M1-versus-Nikon-D5000___918_909_587
For a low ISO shooter [ under 1600 ISO ] these 1″ cameras using Sony sensor make for a decent alternative to a mFT camera, in a number of ways.
This is the reason why noone on the earth tries to take photo with a smartphone.
It looks like one heck of a nice camera. If only it shot in 4K 24p it would make for a great little video camera. Would be nice to have built in NDs, headphone jack and a stepless aperture around the lens as well.
If it had all of that, I’m not sure I would even buy a DSLR for video.
cancelling my pre-order. wanted this mostly for video. expected better low-light performance. 1080p doesn’t look better than the current fz200, but the reach is shorter.
I wish it was mandatory for pre-orders to include a non-refundable deposit.
People would just return the product anyway. Makes no difference. Less headache.
Quality of the YT video is pretty poor: out of focus, weird smearing.
I wonder with what the TheCameraStoreTV guys are shooting videos these days.
As YouTube comments are dead now, it is not possible to ask anymore.
Pretty sure they use the GH4 now, or possibly the FS700.
i am confusing when reviewer shows those high iso samples of images of the product. i observed some reviewer from one brand to another brand do the test in different light environment, in this case this was pretty bright environment. so when see images at iso3200, 6400 images still looking good. but i used to see ie: A7 sample at iso3200,6400 is not as clean as these one since was shoot in different brightness environment.
wonder is this my perception problem…
you answer your own question: comparing ISO performance using images shot in different light conditions is useless.
Just try this for yourself: take a picture outside in broad daylight with iso 6400 with whatever camera you have. Now take another picture inside in the evening or where there’s very little daylight, again at iso 6400, with the same camera.
The results are totally different using the same camera and same iso.
Great review. Really impressed with stills capabilities. But really unimpressed with the video capabilities. I’d buy the RX10 over this Panasonic camera if I had to have one of them, even with the price difference (though, hopefully the price will drop when the FZ1000 launches).
Love the reviews of the camera store. Its a nice camera for some point and shoot work. Oly and Pana should focus more to this segment of the camera market.