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Panasonic is now displaying the mockup of new Panasonic GH 4K camera at the CES Las Vegas show! There are no details yet about the camera price, specs and launch date. The new GH 4K will NOT replace the GH3. It will be placed above it rumored specs are:
16mp
1/8000 shutter
1mil dot OLED screen
21mm OLED viewfinder, 3,000+ dot.
Time code
200mbps mp4 All-i/100mbps IPB
4k/30p
4:2:2 10/8bit output
3G-SDI and XLR adaptor (An adaptor that the camera sits on with XLR x2, HD-SDI x4)
Price: €2799
This is an enlarged crop of the top of the GH 4k (it’s just like the GH3).
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Woohoo!! Yeah baby! Glad I didn’t jump on the black majic bandwagon.
Well….. unfortunately Panasonic is almost sure to be lacking ProRes/Raw :-/ 🙁
So Blackmagic still makes a lot of sense for some to buy instead, I’d love to have a BMCC MFT or BMPCC (yay for them being Micro Four Thirds too!!).
the BMCs are so overhyped. I don’t need raw and their shite ergonomics. I need 4k, 10 bit 422, pro audio, and the ability to shoot awesome stills in one small package. Black majic aint got none of that.
They dont have 10bit 4:2:2 they have more than that. And as a owner of a BMPCC and a GH3 I can say that ino the gh3 ergonomics are worse.
(I also have a BMCC and will buy a GH4 so no fanboy bs please).
Owing a BMPCC, GH1, GH2 and tried the GH3 multiple times…the
BMPCC is more comfortable to hold but dialing everything in (outside a cinema set)
is much faster on the GH2 IF you use an external monitor with focus peaking
to emulate the native focus peaking and zebra on the BMPCC (but much slower and
less accurate then on the BMPCC).
So GHx win for auto-wb, auto-focus, auto-iris and audio levels but BMPCC wins for shape, manual focus, manual exposure (better zebra, 13 stops in 10/12 bit), LANC in terms of ergonomics.
For image quality (and in the end it comes down to sound and this) the BMPCC wins by far.
But due to the button combinations and menus (wb in menu, iris +/- each power cycle, focus and focus-peaking on each power cycle) the BMPCC may simple miss the shot because you aren’t ready instantly.
Oh I forgott. The gh4 does not have 10bit 4:2:2 internaly. If you really need that an 4k your best bet is the BM4K and something els for stills.
Like the shape. But really needs at least 10bit for that price.
Ah, text now says 10/8bit. Confirmed specs will be interesting.
LIKE THE SHAPE??? It’s RE-BADGED GH3!!! FARK!!!
Panasonic NEVER replaced the AF100m they just tarted it up a bit and called it an AF100A! LOLOLOLOL
Woooooow!
The price, not so much. 🙁
looks EXACTLY like GH3 body. Is it really Real? 😀 😀 😀 😀
Yes, the “4K” label on the GH3 body is real.
The only ‘REAL’ thing is the 4K STICKER!
Hot indeed! I just got an erection.
+1 🙂
At least they didn’t say it was “sexy” like they so often say 😛
That looks an awful lot like a photoshopped GH3, boys and girls. Has anyone actually seen it at CES?
I just spotted another picture of this camera:
https://plus.google.com/105719184763576791481/posts/Z3P5e7NJgqp
Look very carefully, you can see it looks the same as this one here as it is the GH4K too 😀
Wait…. never mind! I’m being silly.
IT’S a Fake ! It is the exactly the same body as the GH3, but Admin says ” will NOT replace the GH3 ” Ok i don’t get it then ?
Companies often use existing bodies as test mules to work out the functionality before making the final version.
Seems awfully expensive. Guessing it includes ibis & focus peaking??? Does it come with xlr adapter? Does it do 120 fps at 1080p? RAW in camera? Trying to figure out the point of this..
God I hope it has IBIS and focus peaking.
I bet my pannyleica 25mm this thing is fake 😀
what are you babbling about now? The GH3 is one of the top video solutions. As far as I am concerned, the only two short-comings are lack of focus peaking and IBIS (which CaNikon doesn’t have anyway).
Nevermind, looks like Admin is dumping the trolls now. Hurray! 😀
yes, I am tired of them 🙂
Thank the Gods!!!
Hallelujah! Can I have an “Amen”?
please also kick this C.C. admin. Maybe you can forward him to dpreview forum to troll over there?
C’mon C. C. is our friend….
excellent news – less trolling on m43 rumors – that’s going to be an enormous gain of time for any reader here!
GH3 is very nice, but it can certainly be improved. Higher FPS, better internal codec (ProRes would be nice), better handling of audio, and so on the list can go….
4K however is rather low down on my list! But if it comes with everything else then 4K is ok, is just a nice bonus and icing on the cake 🙂
GH3 photoshop. Nice try though 🙂
Not photoshop. It’s displayed at the Panasonic CES stand!
I suppose they Could actually just soup up a GH3 into the 4… But for that kind of money, in addition to the listed upgrades, they better also improve a Lot of things the 3 got wrong.
Panasonic should name this camera the EM10 Slayer.
Now that is just cruel. Shame on you. The Gods of Olympus will strike you down for such blasphemy.
It doesn’t make sense to call it an “E-M1 slayer”. The E-M1 is not directed towards video use at all, it only has one video mode with 30fps. The GH4K, if real, will be directed solely towards video use.
For the 5% of m43 users really interested in high end video, yes.
But the GH3 (and GH2) had already done that.
For the rest it is good because it will attract more users to m43 but a recent poll (was it here?) only 12% of the people who voted said they used any video regularly.
12% of users who cared to vote.
And don’t forget that users != camera sales.
I use 1 camera for photos but 6 bodies for film and video.
Camerass like the BMPCC and GH4K are only good for *all* Micro Four Thirds users, even photographers.
As it raises the profile of m4/3, and drives more sales, including sales of more m4/3 lenses.
More sales there are, the stronger the system is for the future, and the greater the variety we’ll see in terms of choice.
Thanks but not for me .
I never shoot video even 1 time with my GX1 .
Most likely the same thing with my GX7 as well .
No, that will no doubt prove to be just the ‘proof of intent’ body for the show display, just a placeholder to remind a new model is coming, while the new cam is being developed. For one thing, you know at least some cosmetics will be changed if only to help sell the new flagship (w/ it’s much higher price).
What that pic tells me, is we’ve still got some waiting to do.
I do get the point of it as video first camera but some people will still take photos with it and I already see a problem with buttons being not ergonomic for that. Those 3 buttons near the shutter button should and I think are in a way and not comfortale to actualy use
I really hope this is fake. This is not the body of a video oriented camera.
Please tell us, what is the body of a video-oriented camera?
THIS
http://store.sony.com/4k-camcorder-with-1-sensor-zid27-FDRAX100/B/cat-27-catid-All-Handycam-Camcorders
for less money including a superb lens.
Can you mount a 7-14mm lens on it or 42.5 f/1.2 or 100-300mm and video at 4K?
no, but a 28-200mm constant F2.8 for 2000$ with 4k camcorder is pretty impressive. Most useable focal lengths for video should be covered and at the long end there is a quite good digital zoom.
But yeah, M43 users gonna hate it because it’s a Sony.
the 2x digital zoom is actually lossless in this cam, that means up to 400mm F2.8 4k readout. (Pana 100-300mm is F5.0 at 200mm). Hard to beat this unless you really need a wider angle. However usually cinema focal lengths are reaching from 28mm to 135mm due to less distortion.
Of course using fast primes can make for more creative movies due to DOF, but F2.8 is not too bad on a 1-inch sensor.
The specs say the lens is a Vario Sonnar, F2.8-F4.5
What absolute nonsense!!
I’ll tell you what a GH4K ought to look like, anything like any one of these: AF100, C100/C300/C500, or FS-100/FS-700.
Now that would be fantastic!
But to have a consumer grade handycam? NO Thank You!
no, but it’s way cheaper and “good enough” for most, just like M43. Nothing is “PRO” grade in M43 world either. I don’t see the point for having a pro grade M43 handycam when there isn’t even one pro grade M43 cine lens. This is all still consumer and enthusiast stuff, which doesn’t mean image quality isn’t “good enough for most”.
In the video world many many many pros are using m4/3 cameras (hmmm… I wonder if maybe there are more of them than photographers who are using m4/3?? Dunno, but possibly? It certainly seems like it to me!).
So if Panasonic moves more upmarket to cater to even higher end video professionals that is only a *good* thing!
After all, Panasonic has already explicitly catered to the higher end professional videographers using m4/3 system with their AF100 series of cameras. I’d like to see a return of that!
Please don’t get so nervous if someone offers a cheaper alternative from another brand. But yeah, M43 seems to be the holy grail, for it’s beliebers…
Eh? Other brands don’t really offer anything cheaper for the same performance (well, the major brands… so ignoring Blackmagic Design for a second), is one reason why I am so keen on Panasonic’s cameras 😀
The whole point of the GH4 is the sensor size. Of course there are and will be many 1/3 inch sensor camcorders that are cheaper and similar resolution, but I’m not interested in them because of the sensor size. That’s why I visit this website instead of a camcorder website.
if you care about sensor size, why care about M43 then? I thought less is more?
http://www.cameralabs.com/reviews/Sony_Cyber-shot_DSC_RX100/images/Sensor-sizes.gif
43 comes close to APS-C in terms of image quality and so does the SOny 1″ sensor with M43, it surpasses almost all old models, just the last years sensors are better. This sensor just has 16MP, even less than the excellent RX100II sensor.
It will most probably be as good as a panasonic sensor in a GH4. It’s a fixed lens and yes, F2.8 has limitations compared to some faster primes. But yeah, you get what you pay for, still think the Panasonic is too overprized 1500$ would be more reasonable.
The 4/3 sensor size for me is a perfect balance – Reasonable shallow depth of field is achievable and the prime lenses are very small and light.
When shooting video, I can shoot wide open with my prime lenses and still manage to –
1. Get a nice subject/background separation
2. Keep my moving subject in focus
I can’t do this as easily with my FF camera and lenses. Even if I could – it’s all too heavy for prolonged handheld use.
A 1 inch sensor is a nice – but I spent 30 years shooting documentary video with a similar sized broadcast sensor and really struggled to get decent shallow depth of field when I needed it.
This is why – for me – 4/3 sensor size is kind of a sweet spot.
did they burn the hotshoe? hahahaha…
Hopefully it’s not the full specs showing just yet. Cos I don’t really like 4K 30p!! I prefer 4K 24p 25p 🙁
I’d hope/expect it will have 24p/25p too, as otherwise it would be a *huge* screw up by Panasonic to leave those missing. So I wouldn’t worry about it 🙂
Often people just state the maximum fps that it can manage.
That’s not exactly the body I’d expect for a camera aimed at 4K film. 🙁
It has DSLR haptics and the way oversized GH3 body (can’t reach the WB knob at all, hard to reach dial one handed) 🙁
I was expecting a body similar to the AF100/AF101 or C100-300.
well, here you are then
http://store.sony.com/4k-camcorder-with-1-sensor-zid27-FDRAX100/B/cat-27-catid-All-Handycam-Camcorders
Hans, that looks *NOTHING* like a AF100 or C100/C300 like Marcus posted about.
no, but it’s way cheaper and “good enough” for most, just like M43. Nothing is “PRO” grade in M43 world either.
Do tell, what is “PRO” for you???
Many pros are using m4/3, as you ought to know.
certainly not the “pro” 12-40 fall-apart-plastic-elastic “all metallic” look lens
Pro is a marketing mans dream to sell equipment to incompetent amateurs who think they know what they’re doing.
Real pros are using and abusing five year old equipment that is held together by sticky tape and delivering results for their customers regardless.
Exactly Mr Anonymous!
I too, would much prefer this tech in a AF100-style body. Here’s hoping that the M43 and professional departments of Panasonic will talk to eachother and put out a better version of the AF100 in 2014. Better screen (with zoom focus!) is high on my wishlist, and higher bitrate/HQ prores.
I spoke with a representative of Panasonic’s professional division a few months back. He said large-sensor video cameras are a fad, and the pro division will stick with its bread-and-butter small-chip cameras! He said there will be no follow up to the AF100, as it is a dead-end product line.
As an owner of both the AF100 and the GH3, I was a little shocked at this revelation. I got the impression the consumer division (responsible for the GH line) was able to wrest total control of the large-sensor market from the pro division.
I love my GH3, but it doesn’t handle like my AF100, doesn’t have XLR inputs like my AF100, doesn’t have ND filters built in, and doesn’t have a 3-second pre-record function (huge in my book). It doesn’t have focus peaking or zebra stripes either, but we almost certainly see these in the GH4K.
The sad part is I think Panasonic Pro will do fine. It has been my experience that entrenched newsroom bosses aren’t interested in large-sensor cameras, and will stick with their huge, shoulder-mounted, 2/3-inch sensor cameras that are five times the price of the AF-100. Sigh.
Apparently, innovation can be stifled by “This is the way we have always done it.”
“[i]Apparently, innovation can be stifled by “This is the way we have always done it.[/i]”
As someone who worked in TV news for 13 years, there is a reason it was always done that way. If given the choice between shooting news on my AF100 or a shoulder mount 2/3″ camera, I would choose the 2/3″ every time. Heck, I would choose an AC130/AC160/HPX250 long before and AF100 for newsENG type stuff. There is zero practical benefit to shooting news on an MFT or larger sensor, and a lot of draw backs. No one cares about DoF when covering news, and shooting sports with shallow DoF is a nightmare. However, not having a motorized zoom with a long range is much more important, and creating one with the range of a 2/3” ENG lens on a MFT sensor would be hugely expensive, not to mention just huge in terms of size.
There is a reason why I never got rid of my HMC150 when I bought my AF100… smaller sensors just make more sense for certain applications than larger sensors.
I understand where you’re coming from and you make some good points. Having a wide aperture Fujinon zoom lens is very nice.
I too had an HMC-150, a lovely little camera. After I bought my GH3, I donated the HMC to my church. It simply doesn’t work well in low light, but it is an older 1/3″ CCD. Still, large-sensor cameras will perform far better in low light than 2/3″ cameras.
Our video section uses a mix of 1/2″ Sony cameras, D800s, and AF100s. We often host media who are lugging around the large shoulder-mounted cameras. They rarely take them off their huge Sachtler tripods, and the footage reflects this. In contrast, the video taken by the D800 and AF100s are more dynamic, sharper, have better dynamic range, and exhibit a lot less noise.
I typically have an Oly 12mm f2 on my GH2, and an Oly 45mm F1.8 on my AF100, swapping in a 75mm F1.8 for certain shots. I zoom with my feet: a skill lost on a lot of people today.
People are afraid of large sensor cameras because of the loss of “flexibility:” the ability to simply lean on a Fujinon rocker switch to zoom in on the action. I prefer to get closer to the action. Our videographers have not had any problems using D800/AF100s for ENG, though there certainly was an adjustment to be made. My two cents. I appreciate your time.
I noticed that Panasonic has a presentation at 14:30 (UTC/GMT – 8) on Tuesday about “The Future of 4K” which might be interesting. They might have a lot more to show.
I’m a video noob so don’t give me shit. Can someone explain why an expensive video cam is shaped like a dslr?
I’m not sure I can see who this GH4 will appeal to. How many consumers need 4K (and have the computing power to edit with it) and will video pros appreciate the hybrid cam styling or prefer something more like the AF101? For the money I was expecting a step change in many ways – this looks like a souped up GH3.
Looks like Panasonic wants to pull a “Canon 1D-C”.
This is not for parents taking Family videos, but for the higher (purchase power) segment ofvtge video enthusiast /semi-pro market, and for small ptoduction agencies etc. When you drive on the road didnt u notice there are cars, vans and trucks of shapes and purposes totally different than the vehicle u drive? Same here!
This GH4K isn’t for the average consumer, but for the “prosumer” / serious hobbyist / indie filmmaker / owner operator professional.
This camera is exactly what I’ve been waiting for – A GH2 with a broadcast codec. I skipped the GH3 because the viewfinder is useless and it doesn’t have a 4.2.2 codec.
I don’t understand the argument about what’s professional and what’s not. Professional videographers and broadcast industry professionals use all sorts of cameras depending on the requirements of the assignment. Some may need a 1/3inch sensor camcorder and some require a DSLR larger sensor camera or an Alexa or a GoPro….etc, etc.
I guess all the improvements people proposed for GH3 never got to its firmware and were saved for GH4. I am not talking about focus peaking alone, there are a lot of stuff you can improve in terms of usability via firmware updates. But no, they listen to feedback and sell the updated version for 3K, shame. I still hope their XLR adapter will fit GH3 as well, that would be nice.
Panasonic needs to be more bold and interesting, chuck us a few surprises and work on their social media marketing as well…
If its got all that processing power to pull 4k around I would like to think it can do 1080 @ 120p or even 240p! Would also be nice if they do 2.5k @ 25/30/50/60p Now that would make a splash…
Awesome
Looks good, not too big.
Until you try to wrap your hand around that monster
and try to actually use any of the knobs with your right hand while
having your left hand on the lens.
Man you must have some small hands. I have no problem reaching any buttons on the GH3 and the camera is pretty small.
Can you reach the WB-button or use the dial while holding the camera with the same hand and not using your left hand?
I can but I nearly break a finger or drop the camera doing so.
The GH1+2 are very comfortable to use without moving your left hand to the right side to reach something.
So support the weight of the camera with your left hand, and your right hand only has to keep the camera steady while shooting, but is free for operating any buttons and dials.
The right hand is the one on the firm grip and would have to completely let loose to reach the controls.
The left makes minute adjustments to the lens.
I’m usually using a wrist-strap and holding the camera with the right hand.
Then swing it up while switching the GH2 on and auto-focusing in the same movement, adjust with the left hand if needed (mostly not) and use the video button or shutter with the right. The right hand has the leverage to the side to keep the kamera horizontal during the shot while the left hand is a stable pivot point below the optical center, wich is usually quite near the center of gravity.
To first shift the weight to the left hand I’d have to grip with my left hand first, free my right hand, correct the camera currently slipping to one side, push the buttons and hold the camera with a few remaining fingers.
The camera will be way more stable when permanently putting the weight on that ‘stable pivot’, through it may take a little practise to make lens adjustments while supporting the camera. Regardless, this handling technique for cameras in this form factor had over half a century history as ‘best practise’ for good reasons.
That best practice works well for photos, where you often have time to get the camera ready, frame perfectly, adjust everything and only hold your camera for a split second.
Clearly this camers is not intended for photos. That would be the GH3 instead.
I found this heavy DSLR form factor disagreeable when you run around with a camera in your hand, then raise it to start filming within (half) a second and have to hold it for sometimes quite extended times.
A DSLM form factor that is no higher and no thicker then your fist or a digital bolex style pistol design or a handheld or shoulder-mounted camcorder form factor works much better here.
Only the first is light and at the same time inconspicuous enough that I’d consider it for run&gun.
Something larger then my hand requires me to shift my grip while it would be much more reasonable to have the buttons where my hand already is (on the grip). On the GH2 I can reach all the buttons of the right side from where my right hand grip the camera already. (On the BMPCC I *could* reach them but the idiotic usability forces me to press 2 buttons at once to change aperture.)
I quite agree that a DSLR form factor isn’t exactly ideal for video. Personally I prefer a shoulder mounted rig, and despite video not being something I do that much or very seriously, I got me one.
i’ll take it! is this the smallest 4k cam, provided it’s GH3 sized?
O-oh…. same shitty viewfinder…?? Hope it’s not..
So what’d going after GH3 ? GH5 ?
The GH4K won’t be the GH3 replacement, so the GH3 replacement is apparently likely to be named the GH5.
Finally. But please Panasonic – unlike the GH3 – we need a decent viewfinder with clear sharp optics!
What’s with SDI output x 4? Who needs 4x SDI outputs? Strange.
SDI sometimes uses more then one coaxial cable for a single video signal.
If you need 2xcoax for 10bit FullHD, it can be assumed that 4K output may need 4 coaxial cables
just for 1 video signal.
have to start figuring out proxy editing with lower res files transcoded down from the 4K then after I’m done let the computer do the final render to 4K.
should be able to do it in a couple of days. not joking, if I have to save up my pennies for this camera there will be no pennies left over for a new computer. start figuring out you 4k workflow now before the camera comes out.
My bet… this is the GH3-4K! They putted the GX7/GM1 4K-ready sensor (?) and tweaked the engine. So if the price is in the $3K range it will be a steal and a bad strategy against the blackmagic production camera: 4K, 12 stops DR, global shutter, raw/prores 10-12bit. Only time will tell…
Rinaldo you forgot 120fps @ 1080.
Panasonic needs to step their game up to be competitive.
4K, 12 stops DR, global shutter, raw/prores 10-12bit w/ 120fps. The mbps range does sound very appealing though …
Yes MESSI… it’d be fantastic! But your wishlist is higher than mine… don’t believe they’re gonna bring everything at once… they like to cook us… Hopefully GH5 will have 120fps at 1080… Neymar would love it 😀
Time for a gh3 hack
vk already stated: it takes time.. maybe somewhen in 2014..?? > http://goo.gl/uQoPJ1
A C300 or Hasselblad style body would be ergonomic.
A small DSLM body (about GH2 sized) but made longer. Moving more controls to the side
and having space for 2 XLR connectors with phantom power and a physical gain dial.
A power-zoom+focus rocker (hey, you could even make a non-parfocal Panasonic lens parfocal in software) +selectable ND0/2/4/2+4 would be great.
12V input that charges the battery and SD+battery doors to the side.
Raw is a nice option but ProRes 422HQ + LQ or H.264 for long recordings is enough.
FullHD with 24, 23.93, 30, 25, 30, 48, 50fps. No downscaling, thus less artifacts from the downscaling. Good debayering in camera.
Doesn’t need SSD if it has dual-SD (then also raw is not difficult anymore).
With a micro-LED above the 2 SD-slots to show wich one is currently in us (or both for raw). So you can replace the full card during a long stage recording without needing an external recorder and external recorder power and cables for it.
Weather sealing is overrated and usualy doesn’t even mean the waranty covers rain or dust.
+1000… to me is so obvious, I don’t get why manufacturers don’t get it…. I almost can see the giant sign with blinking words in red “THIS IS THE CAMERA WE NEED” and your spec list below, but I can also see the product managers with headphones looking down to their tables while scratching their heads…. sad picture 🙁
Vitaliy knows nothing!
Why so much envy?? Did he kicked your ass? Hack yourself the GH3 than we can talk.
Assuming most of the m43 users already have a good still-oriented camera, Panasonic should come with something truly oriented on video to compete with the Black Magic. The specs I would like to see are those :
– A new orientable evf with improve speed and
– “AF100″ body style but in a smaller package
– XLR sound output
– ProRES Codec
– 2.5k @ 25/30/50/60p
– 1080 @ 120p
– Bonus would be a 2.5” SSD drive memory + dual SD slots
– About 2 500 $ or 3000$ if body sealed
I’m sure this could be made and would attract a lot of people !!
I’m interested in this camera, but come on Panasonic. That doesn’t look just like a GH3, that IS a GH3 with a “4K” slapped on it. This is either a poorly thought out tease or they are not close with this camera.
Panasonic, I like how you listen to people on the internet, but don’t start “mocking up” fake cameras like people on the internet.
Panny wants to jump on the 4K train with less effort – a blind shot, to see what happens. A GH3-4K version (no mock-up) in the $1.5K~$2K price range and the rumored specs would make MUCH more sense….
Agreed and Engadget is reporting so. $2000 or less. I could see $1799.
2800$ for a Mini 43 sensor in a huge DSLR body and a bit of a faster processor for 4k readout? 2800$ really? This processor alone must cost around 2000$ to justify this price. Or is it just the 4k logo?
It seems to be a bit too early to jump on the 4k ship this year. Nobody has the TVs or the required medium yet to play it. It’s clearly an early adopter price. I’d really wait for a year until every entry level DSLR and mirrorless has 4k as a standard feature for prices starting from 600$. Yes, XLR uncompresse bla bla, but these are just parts for some cents. I don’t know what Panasonic is thinking, I thought they had been once a company with good price/value and quality. Quality seems to be the only thing left. All their M43 stuff is tooooooo exensive!
ANOTHER GH in a DSLR case????
WHY? What a hassle rigging these things!
Photokina is just 9 months away. This had better not be the GH4 final config.
Rejigged GH3!!
Engadget is reporting $2000 or less. So this makes more sense.
Endgadget know eff all! Clueless dummies.
200Mbps for 4k footage, that is a bit low :/
WTF is the 4K sticker over the GH3 logo? How sad.
4k is cool and if they can put it in then that’s a bonus and bit of future proofing. I would love to know more about the 1080p specs. I see 10bit next to 4k, is it also for the 1080p option? (im guessing so). And if it can pull 4k then there is no excuse for it to not pull 120fps 1080p. (I’m a noob at video, just doing a tonne of research recently to buy my first video centric camera, correct me if I’m wrong!!!).
I would love the OPTION of doing 1080p raw, if the BMPCC can do it then then this can. Of course Panasonic is capable of doing it, it’s just if they want too. If it includes a strong 10bit codec then I’m buying one anyway. I’ll get a BMPCC after for RAW. Before anyone mentions, I know I don’t need raw, I just want it as my rig is definitely powerful enough to crunch it and I want experience with it.
Actually I will add, if it only does 8 bit internally and I need an external recorder for 10 bit, I will probably still get one as I’m sure this will be a GREAT system to learn on. But I will not invest so heavily in the system. I’m guessing as the g6 has focus peaking then this must have it, if not ill have a cry.