{"id":6513,"date":"2014-09-17T21:10:33","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T11:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=6513"},"modified":"2014-10-10T23:34:26","modified_gmt":"2014-10-10T13:34:26","slug":"2-new-very-compact-high-image-quality-panasonic-cameras-for-travel-the-gm-5-and-lx-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/?p=6513","title":{"rendered":"2 new very compact, high image quality Panasonic cameras for travel &#8211; the GM-5 and LX-100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Panasonic have just announced 2 new cameras with Micro Four Thirds sized sensors which will be very attractive to those wanting a compact travel camera yet high image quality of a larger sensor.<\/p>\n<h2>The LX-100:<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wiki\/doku.php?id=photo:compact_large_sensor&amp;#panasonic_lx100\" target=\"_blank\">LX-100<\/a> is a <strong>fixed lens camera<\/strong> (you cannot change the lens) but with a useful 3 x zoom and good low light capabilities and a built in viewfinder, but perhaps most interesting of all, is it has <strong>incredible 4K video capability.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This would make a perfect companion for a Micro Four Thirds camera with a 75mm f\/1.8 lens!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specs at a glance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>16mp multi-aspect sensor giving 12.7mp actual at 4:3 aspect ratio<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>11 fps (6.5 fps in C-AF) with 1\/16,000th sec shutter<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>10.9-34mm (24-75mm equiv.) F1.7-2.8 ASPH Leica lens, close focus 3cm, 9 aperture blades, aperture dial and aspect ratio selector, focus mode selector, 43mm filter thread, but no OIS nor IBIS<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>much more <a title=\"photo:dof\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wiki\/doku.php?id=photo:dof\" target=\"_blank\">depth of field (DOF)<\/a> control than smaller sensor cameras such as the Canon G7 X, G1 X II or Sony RX100<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>DFD AF technology to give faster AF<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>XGA EVF<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>3\u201c 921k dot LCD but no touch<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div><strong>4K HD video<\/strong> (and 4K photo mode) at 30p, plus 1080 60p<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>electronic silent shutter mode<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>mechanical shutter is INSIDE the lens and thus allows flash sync at all mechanical shutter speeds!<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>bundled flash with support for wireless TTL flash<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>WiFi with NFC for smartphone control<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>393g, 115 x 66 x 55mm<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>$US899<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>The Panasonic GM-5:<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wiki\/doku.php?id=photo:panasonicgm5\" target=\"_blank\">Panasonic GM-5<\/a> is a true <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wiki\/doku.php?id=photo:microfourthirdscomparison\" target=\"_blank\">Micro Four Thirds camera<\/a> with interchangeable lenses and replaces the GM-1, and importantly adds a built-in electronic viewfinder.<\/p>\n<p>My main disappointment is the slow flash sync of only 1\/50th sec but for those using this camera, they probably will not be using flash much any way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Specs at a glance:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<div>16mp <a title=\"photo:microfourthirds\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wiki\/doku.php?id=photo:microfourthirds\">Micro Four Thirds system<\/a><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>magnesium alloy body<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>5.8fps burst<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>built-in 1,166K-dot EVF<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>hotshoe, bundled flash (GN 7m ISO 100), x-sync 1\/50th sec<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>shutter to 1\/16000th sec, plus Timed BULB to 60sec<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>fixed 921K dot LCD touch screen<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>240fps AF readout, face and eye detection AF<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>WiFi smartphone control but no NFC<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>1080 60p\/24p HD video up to 24mbps<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>focus peaking<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>new \u201cSnap Movie Mode\u201d &#8211; can record video for short period of time (2\/4\/6\/8 sec) as they shoot \u201cmoving photos\u201d<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Creative Control mode &#8211; 22 filters<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Time Lapse Shot<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Stop Motion Animation<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Clear Retouch<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>silent electronic shutter mode<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>level gauge<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>Highlight\/Shadow Control<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>battery life CIPA score 220<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>optional Hand Grip DMW-HGR1<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>211 g (0.47 lb \/ 7.44 oz)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>99 x 60 x 36 mm (3.9 x 2.36 x 1.42\u2033)<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>$US899 with G Vario 12-35mm f\/3.5-5.6 ASPH lens<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Panasonic have just announced 2 new cameras with Micro Four Thirds sized sensors which will be very attractive to those wanting a compact travel camera yet high image quality of a larger sensor. The LX-100: The LX-100 is a fixed lens camera (you cannot change the lens) but with a useful 3 x zoom and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,3],"tags":[18,241,15],"class_list":["post-6513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cameras","category-photography","tag-four-thirds-micro","tag-micro-four-thirds","tag-panasonic"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ayton.id.au\/wp02\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}