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The Pana G5 is looking good - Guest - 07-18-2012
Some nice improvements: new (multi-aspect?) sensor, electronic shutter, high-res display etc., etc. The G5 may well be my next MFT cam.
The Pana G5 is looking good - frank - 07-18-2012
Here is the review at ephotozine: http://www.ephotozine.com/article/panasonic-lumix-dmc-g5-dslm-review-19689
The Pana G5 is looking good - Guest - 07-18-2012
It seems dpreview provided initially wrong data concerning the sensor, which indicated that the G5 would feature a multi-aspect sensor. Unfortunately, Pana decided to cripple the G5 in this regard.
The Pana G5 is looking good - Sylvain - 07-18-2012
Nice feature set at a sensible price. Very convincing. Could be a nice second body for me too ! Not first as I'm obviously hooked on olympus controls & IBIS <img src='http://forum.photozone.de/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/wink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' />Have you found details about the electronic shutter mode?
Wondering if the touch screen has gone capacitive... The resistive touch screens of previous models was quite annoying to use.
Every new day looks better for MFT :-)
Coming up : the rumoured canon on july 23
The Pana G5 is looking good - Brightcolours - 07-19-2012
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It seems dpreview provided initially wrong data concerning the sensor, which indicated that the G5 would feature a multi-aspect sensor. Unfortunately, Pana decided to cripple the G5 in this regard.
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Not sure why they only put the multi aspect sensors only in the GH series... maybe it is a problem fabricating them (they obviously are bigger than the other sensors Pana produces?). And of course, the heavy price permium they (can) ask for the GH series would fall away when the G-series got the same sensor size.
Indeed, it would be nice to have the GH-series-sized sensors in the compacts too.
The Pana G5 is looking good - Guest - 07-20-2012
It´s all about the ideas of Pana about what kind of market segments they want. The G5 and the GH2 sensors are of identical size, some believe that the G5 sensor is in fact the GH2 sensor with the multi-aspect functionality simply being disabled. I think they would be more competitive with a different approach, in which the GH series would provide the best they can do for video and stills, while the G series would represent the best for stills. As it stands, every cam below their flagship model (the GH series) is crippled in an increasingly irritating fashion.