How the G90/95 should look (tried to design it).

When you start to try to design something of your own (well: more looking at competitors and what they bring to the table that might be nice), you start to think about some designs.

Like when it comes to the G9: why is the topplate so large. In the example below I took the Samsung NX1 topplate. Even smaller could be the X-H1 but the Samsung fitted better,

The dial at the right from the EVF is irtually identical to the one used on the GX8 topplate (the on that sits on top of the other). Nothing wrong with it, certainly if you want to keep the design small.

I now made the shutter also the on/off switch. The aperature dial sits below that on the front on the back (hardly visible) is the dial for shutterspeed for instance.

The dial left to the EVF now includes a panorama mode and 80 (MP should have been added below the 80) is the HiRes mode so you can set it there.

Trying to keep the size like the G7. It fits in 2D, does it fit in 3D and how much weight would it add?

If such a cam could be made with those specs and this size. to my mind it comes a lot closer to what people expect from a cameraseries which names start with "Micro". The size of the G9 and GH5 is there for a reason, but it is not for everybody. 1600-2000 euro/dollar isn't either.

The G9 now is at 1300 euro a sI mentioned before. This cam should be 800 euro/dollar or so if it has 2,3 MP EVF no toplcd nor joystick. If it would have 3,6 MP EVF, joystick and may be the toplcd a 1000 euro would be acceptable I think. I would personally drop any of these to keep the price at 900 euro/dollar max. I have however NO clue if I am being realistic here at all.

So 20 MP, G7 fromfactor, G9 battery and everything else just a bit better than G80 is right now (7,5 fps C-AF, 5axis 4 stops vs 3,5 etcetc). So it is not the speeddemon the G9 is and it probably does not need all the procesing power, hencecan be kept smaller (less heat) and cheaper. At least that is my theory

Certainly if Panasonic somehow could add good OSPDAF for stills and video, combined with their great DFD2, this cam would be mFTs equivalent of the Sony A7III.