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GH3 rumors topic
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  • driftwooddriftwood

    Pretty damn close to it @mpgxsvcd That'll be my birthday if it did :-)

  • mpgxsvcdmpgxsvcd

    Just a little trivia to wet your appetite.

    The G1 was announced on Monday Sep 12, 2008. PhotoKina started Tuesday September 23(Tuesday) that year.

    http://www.dpreview.com/products/panasonic/slrs/panasonic_dmcg1

    The GF1 was announced on September 2, 2009 but there was no PhotoKina that year.

    http://www.dpreview.com/products/panasonic/slrs/panasonic_dmcgf1

    The GH2 was announced on Monday Sep 21, 2010. PhotoKina started that day(Tuesday September 21 2010).

    http://www.dpreview.com/products/panasonic/slrs/panasonic_dmcgh2

    I think we will see the GH3 announced on Monday 9-17-2012 because Photokina starts on 9-18-2012(Tuesday). I think they will announce it one day early to get a jump on some of the other manufactures.

    I don't think they will announce it the Tuesday before that because that is September 11th and that just isn't a great day to say look at our fun new product.

    Maybe on Wednesday 9-12-2012?

    I bought both the GF1 and GH2 the first day they were available in the US. For the GF1 that was the first week of October and for the GH2 it was the first week of December.

    I think the GH3 will be available in the US around Thanksgiving.

    These are just guesses. What do you think?

  • mpgxsvcdmpgxsvcd

    @duartix

    If the shutter speeds are long enough or if the subject is moving merging them won't work.

  • DrDaveDrDave

    Is it just a coincidence, market trends, corporate competition or something more that both new sensors from Olly and Panasonic are touting the wider dynamic range?

  • duartixduartix

    @Vitaliy_Kiselev I believe the DR cravers are those that can't light up a landscape. You can always say ETTR but then you loose any shadows that are left...

    Some rumors are speaking about an electronic first curtain shutter, which I applaud! My extreme telephoto shots are always blurred below 1/100s no matter what solid tripod I use :( . Can you see a good technical reason against using an extended DR mode that does two silent exposures (with the electronic shutter) and merges them while still in RAW?

  • driftwooddriftwood

    G5 has NO playback thru HDMI whilst in Live view/Record modes making it impossible to record/monitor to HDMI. Lets hope the GH3 will have this.

  • thougts2ukthougts2uk

    how will it compare with the Black Magic, the C300 and the new Sony A99 can't wait to find out!

  • mpgxsvcdmpgxsvcd

    @Jizzyjones

    The G5 has some new color modes that are more like smooth on steroids. Those modes have a much flatter response than anything on the GH2. Hopefully, the GH3 will have those modes as well as having a fantastic new sensor.

  • JizzyjonesJizzyjones

    So, 72mbit i-frame codec, 1080p50/60, better build/weather sealing body, 12800iso (probably useable at 6400), battery grip, most likely improved dr/latitude in shadows, better screen/EVF and maybe dual SD-card slots. Heard nothing on profiles/colour improvements as of yet.

  • danyyyeldanyyyel

    That is true. It does help a lot smaller production when you have to balance against sunlight because the only viable solution is high wattage HMI light. But we will see a lot of over reliance on DR without lighting (shaping) as we see with high Iso shoot.

    Black magic where not stupid to put a good DP as the first to show footage of the BMC. Be prepared to see an onslaught of ugly footage from it once it is widely available. But one thing is that with the wider DR, even the more amateur will be able to achieve at least Ok result even not knowing how they did it because the camera will be more forgiving on the exposure.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    @danyyyel

    Saddest thing with DR is that somehow it makes many people think that it is now good idea to not use lighting.

  • danyyyeldanyyyel

    WOW, if that is true, it would be very exciting. I am all for dynamic range because it is the missing element from the total film look. Getting 2 to 3 stop DR in a gh3 would put it very very near to the more pro cameras like the F3 and above, looking at the Zacuto test. A $ 1000 body gh3 and a $ 3000 BMC would really be very very good for the indie camera world.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Saddest thing here will be seeing guys who fail to understand physics and will look for 4 stops DR increase :-)

    Btw, main idea of BMCC camera sensor design is to reduce sensor and ADC noise as much as possible (hence, good cooling and use of double ADC, as early raw research show, producing 12bits by mapping 16bits double ADC output)

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Panasonic GH3 has a new 16 megapixel sensor. It is not the same of the Panasonic G5! Panasonic defined this as a “Wide Dynamic Range” sensor. Dynamic range increase looks like to be more in the shadows than in the highlights. ISO goes up to 12.800.

    The GH3 has intraframe 72 Mbps mode

    Via: http://www.43rumors.com/ft5-panasonic-gh3-with-new-16-megapixel-wide-dynamic-range-sensor-12-800-iso-and-72mbits-in-video/

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    For me the most important thing is having the GH3 of the right color: pink of course

    Yes. If Panasonic won't make camera in my favourite color it'll be inexcusable.

  • hedroxhedrox

    @disneytoy where did you read it?

  • LongJohnSilverLongJohnSilver

    For me the most important thing is having the GH3 of the right color: pink of course.

  • disneytoydisneytoy

    I just read the GH-3 will have 24 megapixels. No removable LCD like I hoped.

  • PixCanFlyPixCanFly

    Whatever it is, just make sure Gh3 has the same battery, same size and same price like the Gh2 and I'm a happy man.

  • danyyyeldanyyyel

    If the Nikon D600 is released at less than $ 2000 even to a $ 1600 as strongly rumored it will put a big big pressure on the apsc and even m43 cameras prices. So the gh3 body and other olympus camera won't be able to be higher than $ 1000 at most, I believe.

  • Vitaliy_KiselevVitaliy_Kiselev

    Anyway, up until dealers and press will get details we won't get good rumors.

  • John_FarragutJohn_Farragut

    One would think there will be a $2000-$2500 GH3X and a regular $1200 GH3. With the GH3X replacing the AF100. Nah, probably not, because these are two seperate divisions. However, it would not seem so strange, because of the 5D MarkIII and also BMCC. It would be Panasonic just jumping to where it's all going, with a low end "cinema" type camera. This would not compete with ENG-style camera's and camcorders.

  • bozfxbozfx

    Hey @Kholi , it has been a while! :-)

    The higher bit-rate is a good thing, if true. It means that Panny is truly kicking things up a notch with the GH3. Now if they can give us better lowlight and a bit more dynamic range, I will be truly happy. Better colorscience & flatter image control (ala Canon's picture styles) would be icing on the cake!

  • DrDaveDrDave

    Replacement percentage: if the IQ looks ten percent better all round, including some gains in aliasing and DR, I would buy it immediately. At five percent I would be inclined to wait and see, and enjoy the present excellent state of the hack on the GH2. What do other people think it would take to upgrade to a GH3, in terms of the difference in IQ?

  • kholikholi

    @boxfx

    y0 Boz, long time man.

    I tap people's phones and dig through trash a lot. Andrew's telling accurate info here, dunno who is source is but yeah. xD I'm sure there'll be a lot more info soon.

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