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Panasonic GX85 /GX80 Lumix camera
see also:
introduction
- announced in late 2016
- 4K video Micro Four Thirds system mirrorless camera with interchangeable lenses
- known as GX80 in some countries and GX85 in others
specs
- 16mp sensor and no optical low-pass filter which gives more detail but risks moire with fabrics, etc
- 4EV 5 axis in body image stabiliser (with Dual IS when used with Panasonic OIS lenses and also works in video mode)
- weathersealed
- fixed 2.76M-dot 16:9 electronic viewfinder with 0.7x magnification
- hotshoe and built-in mini-flash (GN4.2m at ISO 100)
- flash sync 1/160th sec
- 49-point CDAF fast AF with Panasonic's DFD AF technology
- DFD is only with Panasonic Micro Four Thirds lenses and gives 0.07 seconds AF lock
- AF tracking 200% better than with the GX7
- as with the GX7 and GX8, AF works down to -4EV light conditions - now that is low light!
- Starlight AF mode to AF on stars!
- Focus peaking, Pinpoint AF
- Face/Eye Detection AF that automatically detects the face and left or right eye of your subject but not the closest eye as with Olympus
- 49-Area/Custom Multi mode, which lets you freely select a custom group of AF areas
- new Focus Bracketing mode
- 4K Post Focus option allows user to select focus point after shot taken - probably not useful
- in camera Panoramic stitching
- new Aperture Bracketing feature, in which a series of images are captured with varying depth of field (DOF)
- GX8's Clear Retouch
- 4K Photo mode 8mp 30fps jpegs from 4K video
- 4K-based Light Composition mode, which continuously captures a 4K video stream, but only records new brighter pixels into a single final composition shots - similar effect as Olympus Live Composite mode but only 4K jpegs not full RAW
- expanded in-camera panorama options - also has an 8176 x 960 or 1280 x 7680 resolution wider angle panorama mode
- tilting rear 1.04Mdot LCD touch screen as with GX7
- improved shutter mechanism reduces shutter shock by 90% while being even quieter
- 22 Creative Control filter modes - now also available in PASM and video shooting modes
- 6fps burst (10fps burst with electronic shutter but AF on 1st shot only)
- mechanical shutter only to 1/4000th sec but electronic shutter goes to 1/16,000th sec
- video:
- 4K 24/30p MP4 100Mbps video
- unlimited duration for the NTSC-region model - starts new file when file hits 4Gb size
- new 4K Live Cropping feature
- 1080HD 30p 20Mbps MP4, 60p 28Mbps MP4 / AVCHD, 30p 28Mbps AVCHD
- stereo microphone ports on top of the camera
- BUT NO external microphone jack or headphone jack.
- one SD card slot: SDHC and SDXC types, and UHS-I types are supported (UHS Speed Class 3 required for 4K recording)
- WiFi but no NFC, gives smartphone remote control and image sharing
- 426g
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photo/panasonicgx85.txt · Last modified: 2017/06/04 11:49 by gary1