This is the first image of the new Panasonic GX7 can be seen at Postimg and Tinypic. And the crazy thing is that French people can already preorder it at Fnac store (you have to go to a store and aks for it!). The camera will cost 999 Euro (body only) and have these specs:
– 18 Megapixel sensor (although the leaked document says it’s 16Megapixel, but I think they made a mistake).
– It has a Magnesium body and comes in full black or black-silver.
– It has an on sensor stabilization (first ever for Pana).
– Same video quality as the GH3
– Shutter speed up to 1/8000
– 5fps (4fps with continuous A)
– it can focus also in very dark conditions
– Tiltable 2,76 Million Dot EVF
– Tiltable 3 inch LCD (1,04 Million dots)
– Integrated WiFi and NFC
– Focus peaking
– Stereo Mic
– Shipment in September
– Body only price 1.000 Euro
– There will be two kit version. One with 14-42 and one with 20mm lens.
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Wow, NEX6/7 heavily inspired design anyone?
With that being said: Sony please take note of the tilting EVF
Interesting. This bodes well for the GH3 replacement – the rumored GH5. 🙂
Nice!
1000 euros? as much as a x-pro1 body? thanks, but no panny.
Well, to me it is better than an XPro1 body. Better focussing, faster shutterspeed, video uh..walks all over the Fuji, IBIS, much smaller most likely, much lighter most likely. But if you have a Fuji you should not buy this body (or switch because of it) vice versa. These two systems have their strenghts. Love the Fuji output.
But such a cam is worth 1000 euro to me. Easily.
Yeah you say that, I bet you will never get it on the launch date. If you really think it is not overpriced. BUIY IT! I will wait for it to be $300 like the gx1. The x100s fuji on the other hand I pay 1200$ on launch date.
Yeah, what’s up with these m4/3 cameras with viewfinders? They seem quite overpriced compared to what Sony and Fuji are offering.
Yeah, what’s up with these m4/3 cameras with viewfinders? They seem quite overpriced compared to what Sony and Fuji are offering.
I’d love this kind of evf and form factor on a future samsung nx body.
Go and get the ‘awesome’ Galaxy NX then.
At the level of specs, this is close to perfection.
If it doesn’t desappoint in the real world, well done Pana !
Looks like a clone of Ricoh GR and Fuji RX100. Not necessarily a bad thing 🙂
Looks nice to me except the low fps. Has anyone noticed that when you tilt the evf it looks like you can’t attach a normal flash. Or is it just me..
Beside the low fps everything else looks good. Still, $1000 for body us cutting it close. I hope it performs very well.
ONLY 1 DIAL!!!!!!!????
Blasphemy.
So much for an upgrade.
Then be at peaceand buy it. Because it has two dials. One on the rightcorner top and one below it in the body…
My God I’m in love lol. This looks like what I think a camera should be and it has almost everything I need! My only concerns are:
1.The price (of course), since there are many other cheaper cameras out there with very likely equal or better image quality (I just saw an NEX6 for $650 and the GH3s/EM5s are starting to show up for under a grand!)
2. 4fps is too slow for me, I guess I shouldn’t expect this to be very useful for sports, for the expected price I would like it to be at least 6fps.
3. The dynamic range and noise, if it has a sensor based on the gh2 was bad
I like it as i am a gx1 owner. Next step might be detouchable viewfinder-like this but detouchable. If it shares sensor from gh3 I am all in as soon as the price drops like 20 percent down…
My God I’m in love lol. This looks like what I think a camera should be and it has almost everything I need! My only concerns are:
1.The price (of course), since there are many other cheaper cameras out there with very likely equal or better image quality (I just saw an NEX6 for $650 and the GH3s/EM5s are starting to show up for under a grand!)
2. 4fps is too slow for me, I guess I shouldn’t expect this to be very useful for sports, but for the expected price I would like it to be at least 6fps.
3. The dynamic range and noise; if it has a sensor based on the gh2 I hope it does better, though the G6 results look promising for this.
That’s about it, the ibis is only 2 axis but hey better than nothing and combined with ilis it might be as good as the Olympus 5 axis, focus peaking (thank god), GH3’s video codec settings (yes please!) and a small magnesium body are wonderful but not worth a grand to me; if I can get this for $800 I’ll be happy!
Aren’t they affraid this will cannibalize the GH3? Same sensor, (perhaps better) EVF, IBIS, much smaller and lighter…
Aren’t they affraid this will cannibalize the GH3? Same sensor, (perhaps better) EVF, IBIS, much smaller and lighter…
I dont think so. For handling GH3 is much better ergonomics… In my opinion
I don’t think Panasonic is going to be afraid of the GX7 encroaching on the GH3, because there is a rumored LUMIX GH5 coming out this year. 😉
Why would they?
You can buy a GH3 body for $1100. If the usual 1 Euro = 1 dollar camera conversion rate holds true the GX7 is going to be $1000. I do not think Panasonic is going to care which expensive camera body you buy from them.
While the cannibalization argument makes some sense for Nikon, Canon, Sony and other companies with proprietary lens mounts m43 is different. There are two companies that want to sell you their cameras. The camera the GX7 is going to steal the most sales from is the Olympus OMD and Panasonic is not going to have a problem with that.
Less so than canibalising on the EP5.
Wow at least 200 if not 300 more expensive than what would be welocomed