Panasonic DMC-GH3
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Overview | |
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Type | Micro Four Thirds System |
Lens | |
Lens | Micro Four Thirds System mount |
Sensor/Medium | |
Sensor | 17.3 x 13.0 mm Live MOS |
Maximum resolution | 4608 x 3456 (15.93 megapixels) |
ASA/ISO range | ISO 200–12800, extendable to 125-25600 |
Storage | SD, SDHC, SDXC |
Focusing | |
Focus modes | Automatic or Manual |
Exposure/Metering | |
Exposure modes | Manual, Program, Shutter Priority, Aperture Priority, User settings |
Exposure metering | Intelligent Multiple |
Flash | |
Flash | Built-in pop up |
Flash bracketing | ±2EV EV in ⅓ EV steps |
Shutter | |
Shutter | Focal-plane shutter |
Shutter speed range | 1/4000 ~ 60 and Bulb (up to 2 minutes) |
Viewfinder | |
Viewfinder | EVF color display, 100% field of view, 0.67x (35 mm equiv), 1.34x magnification, with 1744 kDots equivalent; OLED or articulated multi-angle 3.0 inch color OLED with touch control (614 kDots equivalent) |
Image Processing | |
Custom WB | Auto / Color temperature setting / Manual measurement |
General | |
Battery | Li-ion Battery Pack |
The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH3 is a digital mirrorless interchangeable lens camera (MILC) manufactured by Panasonic. It is the successor to the Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 and was announced in September 2012 at photokina. It was available from November 2012. It is the first MILC that can record videos with a bit rate of up to 72 megabits per second. That is significantly higher than the specification of AVCHD 2.0 of up to 28 megabits per second, which was released in July 2011 and is used for similar cameras and camcorders.
The successor of Panasonic GH3 is Panasonic GH4 with capability to take 4K video, with MSRP about $1,700, but the optional external video/audio unit, the Lumix DMW-YAGH, costs $2,000.
The camera body is made of a magnesium alloy and has a swivelable touch screen, an electronic viewfinder with diopter correction, an internal flash light and a hot shoe. Due to the short flange focal distance of about 20 millimeters for the Micro Four Thirds system, almost all lenses with an appropriate image circle can be mounted to the body with a lens adapter. The normal focal length is at about 25 millimetres.
In all still and movie modes as well as with the monitor or the electronic viewfinder, the GH3 works in live view mode. It can be operated in manual focus mode with software magnification or with a versatile contrast-detection auto focus system, including face detection and object tracking. This applies to steady shots as well as to movie takes. Due to the optional electronic shutter the camera can take images without any acoustic noise.