The latest and greatest Panasonic Micro Four Thirds camera has arrived at our CineD office – the LUMIX GH6. Curious to see how it fares? Keep on reading to find out how it compares in terms of image quality to previous LUMIX MFT cameras including the original GH1… Please have a look at our other articles covering the specs of the new GH6 – in short, this camera is very impressive on paper: internal 5.7K ProRes HQ recording (finally!!) using V-Log, a new dynamic range boost mode combining a high and low gain (ISO2000 and ISO800) into one image plus several other new key features. Wow! Looking back at the very successful LUMIX GH line, each and every release was a milestone in the camera landscape. As some of you might know from previous posts of mine, my large sensor camera journey started in 2009 with the Panasonic LUMIX GH1 camera, having owned several 3 chip camcorders before. 13 years ago I was totally stunned what the GH1 camera had to offer: it was small, had a great image quality and I was able to adapt virtually any lens using adapters. The first 50$ Canon 50mm f1.4 lens that I bought was offering super shallow depth of field on the GH1 and made me feel like a pro back then ;-) Fast forward to 2022 I sometimes find myself ranting why this or that feature of a new camera is missing – I’m certainly spoiled by recent camera technology. Time...
Published By: CineD - Tuesday, 22 February, 2022