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Lumix DMC-GX8: 20.3 megapixel, 4K shooting compact system camera
lens camera market is now CSC; it’s one of the fastest growing segments.” Further selling points of the GX8 include a new 20.3 megapixel Four Thirds format CMOS sensor, coupled with 49-area AF, dual image stabilisation via both body and lens, plus massive 2,360K-dot resolution tilting eye level electronic viewfinder, ‘free-angle’ 1040K-dot OLED touch screen and in-camera Raw processing. “This is a completely new camera compared to the GX7,” Mark adds. “Able to function down to -4EV, there is almost the ability to shoot in the dark. In fact our picture quality is the highest we’ve been able to achieve this year. There are two key target segments: passionate photographers
Lumix DMC-FZ330: Again 4K video, plus broad 25-600mm focal range
– who engage on web forums and intensively read photographic magazines – and enthusiastic hobbyists – who may be taking photographs as part of another hobby, such as a love of landscapes or wildlife, and like to go into shops and talk to experts.” GX8 aside, the brand also announced development of a compatible 25mm f/1.7 lens and a 100-400mm f/4.0-6.3 Leica branded telephoto zoom. We were also given a preview of its new ‘Post Focus’ function, as it sounds allowing an image to be re-focused post shoot. This will be added via firmware update to the brand’s latest models late 2015 or early 2016. A second new camera was also
announced by Panasonic in the 12.1-megapixel DMC-FZ330 DSC; pitched as a continuation of the FZ200. “We are targeting mid range, step up and higher level users,” explains Product Manager Filipe Sa Nogueira. On the new model the LCD is a touch screen, the build is splash and dust proof, there is 4K-video and a 25-600mm Leica f/2.8 lens. “We now have four compact cameras with 4K technology in our range,” underlines Filipe. Other features of the FZ330 include Raw data development, a new Venus engine, multiple panorama shooting, EVF with eye sensor and 1040K dot resolution monitor. SRP is £499. www.panasonic.co.uk
Sample shot using built-in effects filter on the GX8
Panasonic pro photographer ambassador Ross Grieve - shot on a pre-production GX8 - displays its weather proofed capabilities on a rainy day in Brighton
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