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Panasonic G6 camera
introduction
the G6 was announced in April 2013 and improves upon the very popular
Panasonic G5 camera by adding:
better 16mp sensor (same as
Panasonic GH-2 camera but improved image quality although no native multi-aspect ratio)
faster AF
7fps burst rate instead of 5fps (w/o AF)
5fps burst instead of 3.8fps with AF tracking
3x faster EVF, OLED type
1040K LCD screen instead of 920K screen
2 new scene options - 'Cute Desert' and 'Sweet Child's Face'
iAuto able to automatically select one of 9 scene modes to suit the scene
'Clear Retouch' touch gesture-based heal tool
ability to touch objects in a photo and erase them with a content-aware fill (a ‘gesture based heal tool’)
NFC-simplified Wi-Fi connection for connecting to smartphones to control the camera
focus peaking
timelapse video mode
Progressive AVCHD 2.0 or MP4, 1080/60p/50p at 28Mbps
24p 24Mbps video and full manual control
25p 20Mbps MP4
BUT lacks the stand-out high bitrates and ALL-I options of the GH3
Zoom rocker switch near the shutter release
40fps burst mode (and rumours of a 4K / 8MP burst mode at 20fps)
specs
16mp sensor (same as the
Panasonic GH-2 camera but better image quality although no native multi-aspect ratio), ISO 160-25,600
3“ 1.04m dot fully articulated capacatative touch screen LCD
1.44m dot OLED EVF (3x more responive than the G5 EVF) with eye sensor
1080/60p/60i/30p/24p HD AVCHD video plus 60p/30p MP4 video, up tp 28Mbps quality, both with full manual control
3.5mm ext. mic socket
5fps with AF tracking, 7fps w/o AF
23 scene modes including new 'Cute Desert' and 'Sweet Child's Face'
iAuto can automatically detect which scene mode to use
'Clear Retouch' touch gesture-based heal tool
NFC-simplified Wi-Fi connection for connecting to smartphones to control the camera
generous hand grip
1/4000th sec shutter, x-sync 1/160th sec
popup flash plus hotshoe but ? no remote TTL flash
compared to the GH series
the GH series of
Micro Four Thirds system are the current top models made by Panasonic and are differentiated from this G6 by:
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highest HD video capabilities with highest movie quality
top panel switch controls that make it easier to select:
focus mode: S-AF, C-AF or MF
drive/self-timer: single, burst, self-timer
largest buffer and thus fastest burst rate
more powerful built-in flash
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higher price
issues
reviews
photo/panasonicg6.txt · Last modified: 2013/07/16 00:41 by gary1