The Panasonic G6 priced dropped down to $529 via Samys at Amazon US (Click here). Remember to select Samys on the righ box showing the “More byuing choices“. The G6 is the most sold MFT camera yet at Amazon (ranking here). On top yo can find the OMD competitor, the Fuji X-T1 which is in Stock now for the first time.
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Are there any news about the successor of the G6 and its release date?
I expect it to be a GX7 in G6’s clothes and it should be around the corner if we look at the product cycle:
Panasonic G5 – July 2012
Panasonic G6 – April 2013
I was planning to buy the successor of the G6, but it is taking to long. I need it already in March…
I guess I’ll buy the G6 + 14-140mm kit for 850 €, and decide whether I sell the body and get a G7 or not depending on the G7’s specs. (IBIS, faster,…)
That will probably cost me a total of something like 1050€ which is still less than the G7H kit will cost at that time. (probably MSRP 1099€ like the G6H)
It’s still pretty sad that when Digital Camera rankings are displayed, no m43 cameras make the 100 top camera listing.
Rankings? How about real use? In watching hours of footage of the events in Kiev, I didn’t see one m43 camera. Some of the videos may have been shot with GHx cameras, but I didn’t see any in the crowds. I hope I’m wrong about that.
The saddest part of your statement is that Canikon owners/users seem to be content with their camera equipment.
On the other hand, the m4/3 community is constantly frustrated and defensive, besieged with internecine squabbles, brand bickering, etc. and desperately seeking new cameras which will restore their flagging pride.
I don’t need sales figures nor the applause of the majority to enjoy the m4/3 camera system. In my experience the majority is nearly always wrong. Like lemmings going over the cliff, forever.
If I am out of step I wear it as a badge of honor.
I agree…I use MFT cameras because they make sense to me. People are curious about them when I am out shooting (in USA)..but no one has heard of them and they generally walk away missing the relevance (with their smartphone/camera in pocket and their hunkin big DSLR at homet!). ..I don’t care either…but with no growth MFT will die on the vine, no?
+1 . . . Good call.
I remain optimistic about m4/3 in the long run due to Canon & Nikon’s failure to innovate. Much of the innovation of the past 5 years has come from m4/3 manufacturers.
As you say, “and their hunkin big DSLR at home”. My son’s wife doesn’t want to be out in public with his Nikon D600 and 35mm f1.4. She evidently feels conspicuous. (She doesn’t object when he carries the Lumix LX7 that I gave him).
Huge, hulking SLR’s are already losing favor. I am still convinced that m4/3 has a bright future.
Can I make a suggestion? Learn photography properly – no, don’t bother telling me that you are a 20-years pro and you shoot Hollywood and whatever, I am not going to believe you.
After learning for a couple of years, you will see why Canon and Nikon DSLRs are still way better than M43.
I shouldn’t respond due to your insulting manner. You believe whatever you want; here are the facts.
I started repairing cameras in 1972 and did so until 1978. I have been a camera/photo enthusiast for 40 years since. I don’t claim to be a pro photographer. I use the video button on my GH3 & GX7 almost as much as I use the “stills” shutter button.
I have had Nikons and I don’t need that much camera, even if it is “way better”. BTW the new D4 is $6500.00 – without a lens. To my unlearned mind, that kind of money would buy a GH4 (for video), an E-M1 for stills and perhaps 6-10 killer lenses,maybe a Voigtlander or two.
I’m 60+ years old and my eyesight isn’t what it was back in my camera repair days so pixel-peeping quality isn’t my most important consideration . . . More important would be preserving what’s left of my back and my money.
You are probably too stubborn to learn but just in case, here is a tip for you: First thing on ANY job is to make yourself comfortable. If you comfortable lugging 40# of gear around with you then just do it.
Any G7 rumors floating about yet?
Looking at Panasonic product cycle it should be around in 1-2 months… but I haven’t read any rumors yet!
This is taking too long…
Take these rankings with a large grain of salt. They are not rankings of camera models, but of camera packages! For example, the GM1 is listed at positions 10, 53, ad 61. The GX-7 is listed at 17 and 27. The EPM2 is listed at 6, 16, 25, 48, and 70, while the E-M10 is listed at 9, 29, 31, and 46. It is impossible to tell from these rankings what the actual top-selling camera model is!
Amazon rankings in general are not particularly useful. The sellers already many years ago have discovered that largest influencing factor is the Amazon’s margin off the product.
They’re not useful at all. One retailer publishes a list of the new product du jour at a single point in time. They all play leapfrog when first announced.
Manufacturers do not receive revenue by being the number one on Amazon for a week. They receive revenue week after week, month after month. That is what counts.
Only interweb boys think purported numbers- based even on preorders rather than actual sales- mean anything. And besides, who audits any of these numbers? There is no claim by Amazon that this is official corporate reporting, or of any interest at all to shareholders.
IMO the biggest failing of the G6 (and other Gx line cameras) is that they are *relatively* expensive. Relatively means that they comparable to the entry-level CaNikons – in everything except the price. Yes, it is hard to compete against 400€ bargain bin camera, but that should be the long term target.
Nah, just look at a G5 or G3 and then Panasonic is an easy win for value.
This is one of the many reasons why I went for Micro Four Thirds, their bodies are ridiculously good value compared to the competition!!!
(a pity the same can’t be said about their budget lenses… :-/ But this is why I adapt lots of other cheap mounts to m4/3 instead!)
G5 or G3? You mean they are an easy win in value because their equipment depreciates in value so much more rapidly? That is a good point. Unless of course you are the one who bought new and now seeks to sell, which would be another reason to think twice before buying a new one.
Anybody who buys consumer electronics thinking it is a firm investment for the future is a fool. Buy it for what it can do *now*.
Buy smart, and buy it on sale! 😉
B&H had it for US$499 for the kit (lens + body) back last year. So I’m still waiting to see a new low in price for the G6. When I can get it for US$350 for just the body then I’ll pounce on it 🙂
As a former G6 Owner, now GX7, all I can say that the G6 must be the most underrated m4/3 camera of late. Its ergonomics are better than the GX7, the viewfinder is better, the value for money is fantastic, it’s all-round brilliant. Yet, dpreview never even bother to review it. What a pity. The main reason I got the GX7 was the in-body stabilization for the use with my primes.
I’m just hoping a G7 with the GX7 innards is around the corner…
I think the G6 has been hindered by it’s un-attractive body shape.
I was initially intrigued when the first rumors surfaced about the G6’s new technology, however when I saw the photos of the camera I lost interest in it’s capabilities.
BTW, I get the same feeling when I look at the Nikon D4 and the Sony a7r.
To each his own. I actually find G6 the best looking of the whole G series. Its form somehow reminds me of Leica R8 but with softer lines. Too bad I’m a fan of Oly’s JPG engine and in-body stabilization.
Agree with you 100%. Bought an OM-D for the same reason, but in some regards the G6 was/is the better camera. Also more compact because of the OM-D’s “humb”.
only thing I wish G6 had is softer eyecup rubber and up to date sensor 🙂 Remote flash options works great with my metz 50af1, it’s loaded with tons more of other options compared to Gh2 that I have, Oh and that silent shutter is also very nice