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When the GH3 came onto the market, there was no denying that Panasonic was deliberately targeting the pro market. The GH2’s consumer-like colorful smoothness gave way to a magnesium body that was larger, more ergonomic, and dressed like Darth Vader.
Their online marketing material included testimonials from professional photographers and filmmakers from around the world, giving further evidence to the notion that it was a professional device.
By and large, they succeeded and found their niche in the market as purveyors of the best (arguably only) true hybrid photography system.
Now, a year and a bit later, Panasonic is about to unleash the GH3’s successor It’s called the GH… wait for it… 4!
Externally, save for a new mode dial, the GH4 is practically identical to it’s predecessor battery such as panasonic VW-VBS10 Battery, panasonic VW-VBS20 Battery, panasonic VW-VBS20E Battery, panasonic PV-BP88 Battery, panasonic NV-M8000 Battery, panasonic NV-M1000 Battery, panasonic LC-S2312 Battery, panasonic DMW-BCG10 Battery, panasonic DMW-BCG10E Battery, panasonic Lumix DMC-TZ10 Battery, panasonic DMW-BCF10 Battery, panasonic DMW-BCF10E Battery. Internally, however, it’s a different beast with a brand new 16MP CMOS sensor and a fancily named ‘Venus 9 Engine’ to crunch the lite into pixels that shooters can see on the 23.6MP EVF or 3-inch,1.04MP OLED adjustable display. It also has something Panny calls DFD or ‘Depth From Defocus,’ which is essentially black magic that allows it to focus really really really fast (0.07s). Its ISO sensitivity is way over 9000 (25600 to be specific), it can fire off 12 shots per second, has /8000 seconds max shutter speed, and can tether to your smart devices via Wi-Fi and NFC.
It also does video. A lot of video. In ways that has never been done before on an interchangeable lens camera. It does 2 flavors of 4k in either MP4 or MOV wrappers. 4096x2160 at 24p, as well as 3840x2160 at 23.97p to 30p - all at a bitrate of 100mbps. Okay, it’s an Interframe codec, but all things considered that’s still better than anything else that the target market can afford.
In addition to the 4k, it can capture a massive selection of HD from 2 to 96p (using it’s nifty VFR variable frame rate feature as well as the standard framerates ranging from 23.97 to 60p). All of this in bitrates ranging from 12 to 100mbps on interframe compression. Not enough? No worries! There is a staggering 200mbps ALL-I option up to 50p, too.
And all that is before you attach the add-on pro dock which allows for external uncompressed recording. Nice, nice.
Great specs are all well and good, but how about reality?