Panasonic simply introduced the followup to its well-liked Lumix GH6 vlogging digicam, the GH7. This Micro 4 Thirds mirrorless digicam comes simply two years after the discharge of the GH6, which is fairly fast within the videography world. The GH5 was launched 5 full years earlier than the GH6.
The 25.2-megapixel BSI CMOS sensor is probably going the identical because the one on the photo-centric Lumix LG9 II introduced earlier this 12 months. It additionally affords improved autofocus efficiency, which has been a much-requested characteristic, because of section detection auto-focus (PDAF). There’s additionally a newly added real-time auto-focus recognition algorithm to be used on airplanes and trains.
The GH7 is designed for video, and it seems prefer it delivers in that regard. It now helps inner ProRes RAW recording at as much as 5.7K 30p together with ProRes as earlier than, and may shoot 5.8K 60p 10-bit H.265 video. It might deal with 4K at as much as 120fps or Full HD at 240fps. It is geared up with each SD UHS II and CFexpress card slots, with the latter required for ProRes and ProRes RAW recording.
On prime of ProRes RAW for video, it helps 32-bit float audio recording. Panasonic says the float recording “eliminates the necessity to alter sound recording ranges throughout taking pictures,” although it does require a separate XLR adapter. The picture stabilization expertise has additionally gotten a lift, which incorporates perspective distortion correction for movies.
We don’t know the way heavy it’ll be and the GH6 was definitely on the heftier facet. The battery lifetime of the earlier mannequin was additionally pretty brief, maxing out at 400 nonetheless pictures and round an hour of steady 4K taking pictures. This digicam ought to be capable to shoot for lengthy durations of time, nonetheless, as Panasonic has added a cooling fan for warmth dissipation. It’s additionally splash resistant, mud resistant and freeze resistant all the way down to 14 levels Fahrenheit.
The GH7 helps native Digicam to Cloud integration by way of Adobe’s Body.io, which mechanically uploads pictures and movies to the cloud. All in all, this seems like a worthy replace to the road. Panasonic’s newest and best vlogging digicam might be obtainable in July for $2,200. By the way, this is similar worth that the GH6 launched at again in 2022.