Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3
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| Type: | Digital mirrorless system camera (DSLM) |
| Lens : | Micro Four Thirds lenses |
| Lens connection : | Micro four thirds |
| Image sensor : | Live MOS |
| Sensor size: | Micro four thirds (17.3 mm × 13.0 mm) |
| Resolution : | 16 mega pixels |
| Image size: | 4608 pixels × 3456 pixels |
| Format factor : | 2 |
| Aspect ratio : | 4: 3 |
| File formats : | JPEG , RAW |
| Exposure index : | Basic setting: 200 to 12800, expandable from 125 to 25600 |
| Release delay : | 0.07 seconds |
| Viewfinder : | Electronic viewfinder (OLED) with 1.744 million pixels |
| Field of view : | 100% |
| Enlargement: | 0.67 times (effective) |
| Viewfinder display: | Live view with all camera parameters and menu settings |
| Screen : | Touch-sensitive color monitor (OLED) |
| Size: | 7.6 cm (3.0 ") |
| Resolution: | 614400 pixels |
| Operating modes: | Single image, series exposure, self-timer |
| Frame rate : | 6 frames per second (16 megapixels) 20 frames per second (4 megapixels) 60 frames per second (2 megapixels in all-intra video mode) |
| Number of continuous exposures: | 18 in raw data format ( 16 megapixels) 80 in JPEG format (4 megapixels) |
| Auto focus (AF) : | Contrast measurement with image sensor |
| AF points: | Point metering, up to 23 (evaluative metering), face detection |
| AF measuring range: | Any (to be set on the touchscreen or with menu control) |
| AF modes: | Single image, series shooting, subject tracking |
| Exposure metering : | 144 (evaluative metering), selective metering, center-weighted integral metering |
| Regulation: | Automatically or manually |
| Correction : | +/- 5 light values in 1/3 steps |
| Closure : | Mechanical focal plane shutter and electronic one via the sensor |
| Shutter speed : | 60 to 1/4000 s and long exposure up to 2 minutes |
| Flash control: | TTL |
| Lightning connection : | Standard ISO shoe and flash sync connection |
| Synchronization : | 1st or 2nd shutter curtain |
| Exposure compensation : | Manual: ± 2 steps in 1/3 steps |
| Color space : | sRGB , Adobe RGB |
| White balance : | Measured automatically, color temperature or manually |
| Storage media : | SDXC |
| Data interface : | USB 2.0 Hi-Speed and WLAN |
| Video interface: | Video output HDMI , PAL |
| Power supply: | Lithium-ion battery |
| Casing: | Magnesium alloy, dust and water resistant |
| Dimensions: | Approximately 133 mm × 93 mm × 82 mm |
| Weight: | Approx. 470 g (body only) |
| Additions: | Wired remote control, wireless remote control and data transfer via smartphone , tablet PC or computer , headphone connection, electronic spirit level |
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 is a digital, mirrorless system camera housing of the manufacturer-independent Micro-Four-Thirds-System . It is the successor to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 and was presented on September 17th, 2012 at the photokina . Sales started at the end of December 2012. It is the first mirrorless system camera that can record films at a data transfer rate of up to 72 megabits per second or 0.54 gigabytes per minute. This value clearly exceeds the maximum specification of AVCHD 2.0 of up to 28 megabits per second that has existed since July 2011 and is used for comparable cameras and camcorders . In 2014, the successor Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH4 was introduced, which can make video recordings in 4K mode and with up to 200 megabits per second.
technical features
The camera housing of a magnesium alloy is provided with a swiveling and folding, touch-sensitive screen , an electronic viewfinder with diopter adjustment , a built-in flash light and a flash shoe equipped. Contrary to the original intention of being able to make the camera housing and lenses small in the Micro Four Thirds system, the GH3 is the largest and heaviest production model of this system to date, which, however, has advantages in terms of handling.
In addition to the lenses with a Micro Four Thirds bayonet catch, almost all lenses with a sufficiently large image circle can be connected via lens adapters due to the small flange focal length of 20 millimeters . The normal focal length is around 25 millimeters.
The GH3 works exclusively in live view mode for both still and moving images with manual distance setting with a software magnifying glass or with a versatile autofocus system with contrast measurement that can also recognize faces and track motifs. With the help of the electronic shutter , still pictures can be recorded practically noiselessly.
The camera housing is supplied with a lithium-ion battery and can be expanded with an additional battery grip, which has a shutter release button for portrait photography.
In addition to the built-in stereo microphone , the GH3 also has a connection for external microphones for filming .
WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS
The camera can be controlled and read out by smartphones , tablet PCs or mobile and stationary computers via a WLAN connection . These devices can also record the geographic coordinates of the recording location and add them to the metadata of the recordings.
The camera images can also be transmitted directly to compatible monitors and televisions , even if not while the recording is in progress.
Use in film productions
The ability to record films with a very high data transfer rate in Full HD (1080 × 1920 pixels, 50 full frames per second for the European version, 60 full frames per second for the US version) in the H.264 standard (MOV (I P B ) up to 50 megabits per second), in the AVCHD 2.0 standard (up to 28 megabits per second) or with 25 full frames per second in the all-intra standard (with 72 megabits per second) and with powerful lenses, as well the connection for external microphones also makes the GH3 interesting for high-quality film productions. The videos can also be recorded in slow motion or fast motion and provided with an SMPTE timecode .
properties
Compared to the previous Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 model, the GH3 has the following changes:
- All- intra video mode with a data transfer rate of up to 72 megabits per second
- AVCHD with 60 full frames per second and a data rate of 28 megabits per second (compared to 30 full frames per second 24 megabits per second AVCHD)
- Touch- sensitive OLED monitor with capacitive sensors
- OLED viewfinder
- Waterproof and dustproof housing made of a magnesium alloy with additional controls
- Venus Engine 7
- Image sensor with modified optical low pass (with the same number of pixels )
- Wireless connections via WLAN
- Headphone output
- Continuous recording of six images per second, with reduced resolution (four megapixels in JPEG format) of up to twenty images per second
- Lowest adjustable exposure index ISO 200 instead of ISO 160
- HDR function
- Timecode , time lapse , slow motion and interval recording
- Flash sync connection
Awards
The GH3 has received a number of national and international awards:
- Chip Photo-Video : 1st place system cameras and 1st place films with system cameras
- Consumer Electronics Association (CES): Innovations Award in the Compact System Camera category
- DigitalCameraInfo: Best of the year and Editors' Choice
- Stiftung Warentest / test.de : Test winner 2/2013
- TIPA Awards: Best CSC Professional 2013
- EISA Award: European Photo-Video Camera of the 2013-2014
literature
- Frank Späth: Lumix GH3 System Photo School, Point of Sale Verlag; 1st edition (February 5, 2013), ISBN 978-3941761339
Web links
- Lumix GH3 - New DSLM top model with professional features , press release from Panasonic from September 17th, 2012
- www.lumix-forum.de Forum for Lumix photographers (in German)
- Test report Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 , digitalkamera.de, February 13, 2013, updated February 13, 2013
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Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 Hands-on Preview - Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 key features , dpreview, accessed online on September 17, 2012
- ↑ Lumix GH3 - New DSLM top model with professional features , press release from Panasonic Corporation from September 17, 2012
- ↑ AVCHD Format Co-Promoters started licensing the AVCHD Format Version 2.0 , AVCHD Information Website, accessed online September 17, 2012
- ↑ Panasonic Lumix GH4 mirrorless system camera presented - films 4K videos , chip.de, February 7, 2014, accessed on September 4, 2014
- ↑ Lens adapter for Micro Four Thirds cameras - countless lenses can be connected to the new cameras , golem.de from August 6, 2009, accessed online on September 17, 2012
- ↑ Adapter for Micro-Four-Thirds - The world of foreign lenses (PDF; 1.3 MB), Forum Four Thirds, accessed online on September 17, 2012
- ↑ DMC-GH3 - Lumix G DSLM interchangeable lens camera , www.panasonic.de, overview, accessed online on September 17, 2012
- ↑ Video from 1:23 'till 2:39' on the website Photokina 2012 - Trends of the photo exhibition of test.de , accessed online on September 25, 2012
- ↑ Simply Awesome Video Quality - High-definition recording of every frame - Full-HD Progressive , panasonic.com, accessed online on October 14, 2012
- ↑ New short film “Genesis” shot on pre-production Panasonic GH3 by Philip Bloom , accessed online September 25, 2012
- ↑ Notice for DMC-GH firmware update , panasonic.jp, accessed online on 15, 2013
- ↑ Panasonic Lumix GH3: New all-rounder for photos and videos , ColorFoto, accessed online on September 17, 2012
- ↑ Chip Foto-Video 1/2013, best list DSLRs
- ↑ Photo-Imaging Awards and Honors: CEA Announces Honorees for Best of Innovations Design and Engineering Awards , direporter.com, accessed online April 19, 2013
- ↑ Panasonic GH3 Review ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , digitalcamerainfo.com, accessed online April 19, 2013
- ↑ System camera: Panasonic right in front , test.de , February 21, 2013, accessed online on April 19, 2013
- ↑ test 3/2013, system cameras - favorites in focus, page 36 ff.
- ↑ Best CSC Professional: Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Technical Image Press Association (TIPA), accessed online May 7, 2013
- ↑ European Photo-Video Camera 2013-2014 - Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 ( Memento of the original from August 19, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA)
