DPReview.com is closing April 10th - Find out more

GH2 $175 worth getting?

Started Jan 7, 2018 | Discussions thread
pannumon Veteran Member • Posts: 4,130
Low ISO performance vs 12Mp models

jalywol wrote:

Second, the low light performance of the GH2 is terrible. The sensor in the EPM2 was a big advance over the high ISO output of the GH2.

And considering low ISO performance, the lowest ISO on GH2 is 160, whereas older 12Mp sensors have lowest ISO of 100. When shooting at the lowest ISO, in terms of noise and dynamic range, there is almost no benefit from the 1st generation 16Mp sensor compared to the older 12Mp sensors. (It was earlier corrected that the sensor is 16Mp instead of 12MP. But in fact it's an oversized 18.3Mp sensor with max resolution of 15.9MP in 4:3 aspect ratio and useful 13.9Mp in 16:9).

 pannumon's gear list:pannumon's gear list
Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM1 Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM5 Panasonic Lumix DMC-G7 +21 more
Keyboard shortcuts:
FForum PPrevious NNext WNext unread UUpvote SSubscribe RReply QQuote BBookmark MMy threads
Color scheme? Blue / Yellow