photo:panasonicgx7
Panasonic GX7 camera
introduction
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looks to have almost everything an enthusiast photographer could want in such a compact camera, although it will be a little pricey but much cheaper than the
Olympus OM-D E-M1
the main annoyances are:
the protruding EVF is not as good as the latest in the
Olympus OM-D E-M1, but at least it has a built in EVF!
sensor based IS does not work in movie mode
sensor based IS does not work with lenses with optical IS - if you turn OIS off, you don't get the option of turning sensor based IS on.
sensor based IS not as effective as the Olympus 5-axis system
no autoISO in manual exposure mode
no weatherproofing
specs
16mp sensor with 10% improved colour saturation and light sensitivity and 25% improved signal-noise ratio
ISO 200-25,600 (ISO 125 in extended mode)
-4 EV AF capability
4.2fps burst with AF
9fps with single AF
40fps in electronic shutter mode
22 creative filters
HDR
panoramic mode
new Monochrome Filter (Ye/Or/R/G) PhotoStyle for more expressive monochrome photography
compact magnesium body with in-camera image stabilisation (a 1st for Panasonic)
built-in tiltable 2.3M dot field sequential LCD EVF with 0.7x magnification but rather short 17.5mm eyepoint which may be an issue for those wearing glasses
3“ tiltable LCD touch screen
front and rear control dials
+/- 5EV exp. compensation
240fps AF-control interface with lens
3 level focus peaking
improved Pinpoint AF allows users to set magnification from 3x to 10x enlargement in 0.1x steps
PIP focusing allows up to 10x zoom to assist MF
One-shot AF can be used in MF mode just by pressing the AF lock button
1080/60p/50p/24p HD video
shutter speed to 1/8000th sec
1/320th flash sync
pop-up flash plus hot shoe
WiFi plus NFC for control by smartphone
impressive silent electronic shutter mode
eye detection sensor sensitivity adjustment
nice MF/AF switch
4 rear Fn buttons
402g 122.6 x 70.7 high x 43.3mm deep
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reviews
Steve Huff's hands-on review
photo/panasonicgx7.txt · Last modified: 2013/11/07 21:32 by gary1