The Panasonic Lumix GH6 is a massive upgrade over the now-legendary GH5. 5.7K/60P, 4K/120P and 100MP Handheld HiRes still are the headline features, but there's a lot more for Chris and Jordan to talk about. Find out if this will become the DPReview TV camera of choice!
i don't understand why someone would buy this camera? pretty hefty, kind of defeats the purpose of M43. just go and by a Nikon Z9. if i am trekking in Nepal it's the last thing i need is additional weight. yes, sometimes i will get on these small aircraft in remote parts of the world and all the Nat Geo guys have their D5's around their neck, while i am the only guy with a LX5. and i get stunning results. i may upgrade to a LX10?
Back in 2016 Panasonic released a free firmware update for the Lumix GX80/GX85: focus stacking (up to 999 images). Another firmware release in 2021 improved the autofocus performance of the GH5S and G9. I’m sure they will do something similar with the GH6 in order to stop the only feature that creates tons of discussions while bringing unmatched performance and advantages in many other aspects. Long life to MFT!
I’ve had the GH2, 4 and 5. None of them had reliable autofocus. It’s 2022 and Panasonic still haven’t given us reliable autofocus. Time to look elsewhere.
Sadly, it could just be the quality of the light, by the video was not as 'present' as that for the OM1,the blues were more cyan and the reds too saturated. Perhaps it takes more getting used to. Speaking as some one who does no video at all. I do like their work and often the selection of music is terrific, but more attention should be paid to fades and cross fades
I tend to agree. When Fuji went from 16 to 24 it was really noticeable (22.5% each direction). When you're already at 20 to 25, probably not so much (11.8%).
Is the AF really that bad? To me it looks perfectly usable. None of that jitter we normally see from a DFD AF system. Are we not at a point, were people just point fingers at anything not going 352 km/t (220mph) even if it can do 339 km/t (212mph)?
The moving towards the camera test ... a Sony A7iii does much better in video and photography. And new generations of cameras step that up further.
I mean - Jordan is happy that it finally can hold focus when he is sitting still and talking. That's not demanding ... in fact that's just NOT doing autofocus and mess things up ...
Kai showed it works for run and gun stuff. Maybe it's not top choice for greyhound race videographers but I wouldn't hesitate to use c-af for events and the sort of thing I do. Mind you, my older gen Lumix cameras have been alright at that too.
Imagine these 2 systems together with top notch autofocus. A Oly for foto and this one for video. Both using the same lenses. Would really make a great case for the system.
But for me it's a no. I don't want to fumble around with bad autofocus. I guess there are a lot of potential clients for them if they only delivered. Idiots.
Ah… filmed by the GH6 and Chris’s skin tones are once again looking hepatic while Jordan’s skin tones are looking too red. Nobody looks quite right. It seems to me Panasonic’s color science hasn’t improved much since the GH5.
D500 has better color. But for Halloween the Pana is a winner. Maybe Pana should team up with Hasselblad on the colors. They really could help with accurate color science.
It was probably shot in V-Log. You’re on your own for colour and the look in general then. Good luck with a new camera whose behaviour you don’t yet know.
Panasonic’s own colour profiles have evolved over the years to be sophisticated and rather beautiful.
I don't think anyone uses different color filter arrays with different transmission functions. It would be hard to understand how the only control for color could be controlled for but still produce different results?
There’s the rub… each manufacturer uses their own proprietary color filter arrays with significantly different spectral transmission properties. Run a search on DPR for “spectrograph” and you’ll see many different CFA’s measured.
Did it occurred to you that this is how their skin looks like. Look up DSLR video shooters review, compared side by side, the GH6 is miiiles better than the GH5.
its a shame about the auto focus , i guess its not that good considering you shot most of Chris in manual focus mode because his hair was sharp not his face ;-)
So glad for the m43 users who are into video, especially being able to punch in focus while recording. No phase detect AF will ultimately come back to bite them.
I guess I'm a pro, since I get paid well to shoot for my clients. Nevertheless, no one has to use manual focusing onCanon, Sony and now Nikon cameras when running gimbal shots, so Panasonic is the only major player with completely unreliable autofocus.
FYI: I have owned the GH4, GH5S, and currently own the S1H and S1 cameras, so I speak from the heart of someone that has spent a fair amount of their own money into this system.
An S2H without phase detect autofocus means I'll be forced to leave Panasonic's system for greener pastures.
I remember that movie and that scene in particular, but I haven't watched it since the 80s. Watching it again, with your comment for context, was hilarious!
The Nikon, Canon and Sony mob love to argue over the smallest issues. People crucified Nikon Z for bad AF, which was immensely better than anything m4/3 had. overall, M4/3s isn't even in the same league and will have an even harder time competing with all the mirrorless cameras coming out of R&D from the big players.
20 to 25 MP is the same resolution gain as 16 to 20, which, when it finally did come, was a welcome and visible improvement for most of us even though many had said it wouldn't be. And while I would agree that the more megapixels we already have, the less important are further improvements, these days 20 MP is decidedly low-res, when all other formats and most other systems have been having at least 24 MP as their standard resolution for years, with higher resolutions available for those who want or need them.
Perhaps G90 replacement too? It seems though that wildlife and sport will stay domain of Olympus and video of Panasonic.
I wish that sesonrs of the past like the 16mpx line already had phase detect, 10 FPS AF-C burst rate and Panasonic cams better auto Iso implementation. Would have been a killer body in something like G80.
Love the dedicated drive dial on Panasonics, what a paradox to have it on video oriented body and not on wildlife/sports oriented body like OM1. OM Digital should take a note. When it comes to control dials and levers layout I think Panasonic gets it most right nowadays. The focus mode lever is great too, especially in tandem with drive mode dial.
I thought the G90/95 update happened too quickly after the G80/85, hopefully this one doesn't err in the opposite way, those G bodies used to be their biggest sellers back in the day but the GH line might've overtaken them now... Having the G9 hanging around within $100-200 of the G95 certainly didn't help.
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