Reminder: Today at 12.00-13.00 London time Panasonic will announce the G7. Follow the live blogging here on 43rumors!
This is the full G7 leaflet. Click on the small images to enlarge:
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Cool. Can’t wait for more details. Like:
1. Does it have a headphone jack along with a mic jack?
2. What is the video bitrate?
3. Does it have clean HDMI output?
4. Does it have manual audio controls?
5. What does it cost?
It should be a continuation of the G series in terms of price and usability, i/o, plus it should at least have all video feats the FZ1000 has.
In the leaflet they stated QFDH 3840 x 2160p, 30 fps, 100 MBit/s in the part for the 4k photo function. But no details on the compression.
G6 has manual audio control. I assume G7 has it as well. Probably Mic-In only, no headphone jack like previous model. Price historically should be around $800-ish
Still no news on VLog stuff for the GH4 ?
Interesting camera, great choice from Panasonic to use same front dial as Olympus as it is the best dial shape. Small size and pretty much copied E-M1 design makes it good B-body if wanted to have a 4K video.
If you are talking explicitly about the dial, you can find that on the GX7. The positioning may be inspired by the E-M1, though.
No IBIS information leaflet?
Panasonic doesn’t use sensor stabilization.
Don’t mind him. He’s just trying to find defects in all Panasonic cameras regardless of how good they are.
Except when they do – GX7
4k generates quite a lot of heat so they need a good heatsink. IBIS can’t be implemented on this camera. Panasonic rely on their lens OIS for stabilisation.
Who says IBIS needs to be on when recording 4k? They can disable it. I think there are some Sony cameras a few years back that did the same with video recording. Better than leaving the feature out entirely.
Relax, it’s not even officially announced yet. I’m sure it probably has IBIS.
It surely won’t.
We would know by now, believe me. This is an almost complete leak, no way this leaflet would leave out IBIS as a feature.
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No word on shutter sync yet? I Sure hope it is GX7 speed and not G6.
(Flash sync)
No 5-axis IBIS. I’ll pass.
Which camera/cameras do you already have?
My two cameras right now: OM-D E-M1, OM-D E-M5 II. I can’t go back to cameras without 5-axis IBIS. That would be a downgrade for me.
Then why are you interested on this camera?
Nope.
Nope?
So you already have the latest Oly (E-M5 MkII) and you are already looking for a new camera?
So a flagship DSLR would be a downgrade for you?
Seems like this does everything the GH4 does for half the price. What has the GH4 got over this?
Weather sealing for certain will be lacking.
Plus I suspect there will be a bunch of “surprises” for us, such as: lack of headphone jack, not PAL/NTSC switchable, or short 4K limit recording (all examples of the G6 vs GH3 or LX100 vs GH4). Hopefully I’m wrong…. and the G7 will have all this!
– Much more advanced video features
– weather sealed magnesium alloy body
– likely newer sensor
– longer battery life
– 200.000 shots shutter life
– faster continuous shooting with AF (12 fps AF-S / 7 fps AF-C)
– Constant Preview
– 1/8000s Shutter speed
– 1/250 flash synch
– OLED display
These look really exciting. I especially enjoy those pictures of kids in action. It seems that with the implementation of DFD, Panasonic m43 cameras can finally capture action or sports shots in a much more confident way unmatched by any other mirrorless manufacturer like Sony or Fuji. And it is a real good thing that the DFD technology is trickled down to basic models such as G7, which makes the so-called premium models from other manufacturers look pretty bad. And then of course there’s 4k, which can be found in a majority of Panasonic bodies but unfortunately is still a rarity and luxury for others. I guess not every player in the market can access to those technologies.
And I also wonder how long some manufacturers can survive on fanboyism, gimmicky designs and one-trick-pony features. I guess if some mirrorless player eventually goes out of business due to poor financial health, lack of innovation and probably stigma associated with past frauds, it would be really unfair to the consumers and the small ‘technical’ staff of that company.
You are talking as if most cameras are useless toys … basically any ILC you can buy today is more than capable. Tracking AF has historically been a problem for mirrorless and we are just now entering a phase were step by step all cameras will get better tracking. If you don’t like incremental updates, you don’t have to buy, easy as that.
Agreed – I abandoned tracking completely in the E-M10 and had on the E-M1 until v3 firmware when it actually became very good (on par with all my Canon’s bar the 5D3)
To all those saying Panasonic deosn’t do IBIS, I take it you forgot the GX7
http://www.panasonic.com/uk/consumer/cameras-camcorders/lumix-g-compact-system-cameras/dmc-gx7.html
But you also shouldn’t forget that Panasonic hasn’t done IBIS since the GX7 (GH4, GM1, GM5, GF7, G7?). So it’s imo even open if the GX8 will get IBIS.
Yeah, I must admit it doesn’t make sense – unless they found it started to hit their lens market share.
I did notice on this one that they said Contrast AFDFD only work with Panasonic lenses (presumably a firmware restriction) so perhaps with that they could re-introduce it but given the images I don’t think they will.
A real shame as an Oly user I could have been drawn to this.
Other reasons might include:
– they hoped the GX7 would sell better, and it didn’t. So IBIS wasn’t a big enough incentive
– Pana is video-centered, and IBIS that doesn’t work for video is not good enough (that’s why it’s not in the GH4)
– it adds cost and complexity, and is not as effective, so they left it out in the consumer models
I can still see it in the GX8, as it is a photography centered camera. I also assume Pana is working on making it work with video. Good for cinema / apapted lenses.
I think there is some truth to the theory that the GH4, when recording 4K, requires a relatively heavy heatsink to keep the circuitry cool, and that makes IBIS hard to implement. But I know too little about the camera’s insides to say for sure.
They haven’t done IBIS since, I’m thinking it will be a GX-specific feature (for some reason I can’t quite place, but it will be odd to see a GX8 without it – am i right?) or maybe it was just an experiment. In any case, we’ve always wondered why it isn’t built in to the GH4. But I’m guessing something to do with how it affects the price of the product (GH4 is expensive enough already) and how it may damage sales of their OIS lenses.