Panasonic Lumix GF5 looks identical to its forerunner, offers similar specifications for $100 more (hands-on)

Panasonic today declared a new electronic similar zoom capability lens program electronic camera, the LUMIX DMC-GF5, which connects Panasonic's award-winning LUMIX G Sequence of electronic cams, which are recommended for their great picture excellent with little and light and portable body system and contacts. The LUMIX GF5 functions a newly developed 12.1-megapixel Stay MOS indicator and remodeled Venus Website, helping to ensure true-to-life pictures through remarkable quality, picture making and shade imitation. Even in low-light situations and at a maximum 12800 great ISO stage of sensitivity, the LUMIX GF5 produces gorgeous pics and vids. The disturbance decrease program includes a combination 3DNR (3D Noise Reduction) and MNR (Multi-process Noise Reduction) allowing for both shiny places and eye shadows to be consistently duplicated with minimal disturbance in great stage of sensitivity picture documenting.

Sporting a sophisticated and stylish design, the LUMIX GF5 functions a light and portable, light and portable body system with built-in flash. A silicon grip creates it much simpler for customers to perfectly hold the electronic camera in one hand. Submission with Micro Four Thirds conventional, a variety of similar contacts is offered to grow photo encounter even more greatly at advanced stage of picture excellent.

"Panasonic desires the LUMIX GF5 to please picture fanatics and flourishing expert photographers that are looking for the next step from the traditional point-and-shoot electronic camera," said Captain christopher Grain, Senior Product Manager, Image resolution, Panasonic Consumer Marketing Company of North America. "The digital camera's host of firing alternatives creates electronic photography even more creative, yet easy for customers of any stage of encounter. The powerful Venus Website and indicator allows the electronic camera to achieve remarkable picture excellent in a variety of firing conditions."

The LUMIX GF5, like all electronic cams in the LUMIX G Sequence, switches into Comparison AF (Auto Focus), so concentrating is handled by the picture indicator. Compared with the Phase difference program AF, Comparison AF features greater reliability, especially when firing with a shiny zoom capability lens with little F value. To further advance the Comparison AF, the GF5 features full-area concentrating, creating it possible to set concentrate on any factor in the field of perspective.

Featuring an super high-speed Lighting Rate AF, the LUMIX GF5 can concentrate in approximately 0.09*1 seconds creating it possible to catch even quick topics clearly. Combined with Contact AF management and high-speed rush firing at four frames per second in complete quality, it has never been simpler to catch fast-moving things clearly. Furthermore, Determine AF allows for even more accurate concentrate by further enhancing the concentrate place, assisting, for example, to set concentrate immediately on the student of an eye.

The LUMIX GF5's huge, 3.0-inch 920,000-dot high-precision touch display and Graphic Person User interface (GUI) provide customers with ease of use and simple operation. The touch-control program immediately allows customers to set concentrate on a topic just by in contact with the display and customers can even release the shutter to take pictures immediately from the touchscreen technology. Once a individual hair onto a topic by a little, the electronic camera will track the topic with the AF monitoring function, even if the topic goes. Contact Zoom is also available when the LUMIX Energy Zoom Lens H-PS14042 zoom capability lens or H-PS45175 is installed.

Creative Control Function has been improved from the LUMIX DMC-GF3 by increasing narrow alternatives available on the LUMIX GF5 from six alternatives to 14, adding Soft Focus*2, Powerful Grayscale, Impressive Art, One Point Color, Cross Procedure and Star Filter, moreover to the conventional Verbal, Vintage, High Key, Sepia, Hi Powerful, Small Effect*3 and recently introduced Low Key and Toy Impact ways. With the new GUI selection tab, switching narrow results is smooth. A review of narrow results can be seen on the huge LCD display via Stay View mode and the electronic camera naturally suggests filters depending on the landscape that the electronic camera finds in iA (Intelligent Auto) or iA Plus mode.

For beginner customers of similar zoom capability lens program electronic cams, the GF5 functions a new Scene Guide offering 23 taste pictures shot by electronic photography lovers. Users can select the picture nearest the situation that they are firing and optimal factors for firing the landscape will be set automatically*4. Furthermore, procedures, technical advice and recommended similar zoom capability lens alternatives for the landscape can be shown to allow customers to better understand and learn electronic photography.

In inclusion to firing still electronic photography, the LUMIX GF5 can also history 1920x1080 60i* full-High Definition movie clips in AVCHD structure which performs exceptionally well in both pressure performance and interface with AV equipment for play-back. Along with practical full-time AF, the Contact AF in movie clips also lets the individual enjoy professional-like discerning concentrating which allows the concentrate to be changed while firing movie. The LUMIX GF5 functions a devoted movie history button on the top of our body system so customers can immediately start documenting movie clips while firing pictures without having to make setting improvements. Along with full-HD movie features, the LUMIX GF5 also functions high-quality sound, registered with Dolby® Digital Stereo Designer. Videos can be registered in MP4 structure for play-back on a PC or other portable technology without having to convert the files.

Additional functions of the LUMIX GF5 include:

• iA mode to immediately stimulate a variety of technologies to enhance pictures without changing configurations whenever conditions change, including AF Tracking, Brilliant D-range Control, Brilliant Scene Selector, Face Acknowledgement and Brilliant ISO Control.

• iA Plus mode allows customers to adjust defocusing place in the background, exposure compensation and bright balance for more flexible management.

• A devoted indicator that immediately decides firing position, creating it possible to tell whether pictures was taken flat in a trench or top to bottom no matter what zoom capability lens was used.

• The GUI interface allows customers to select an picture and set it as background for the selection display.

The LUMIX DMC-GF5 will be available in black, bright and red later this year in the following kit options: Body with 14-42mm conventional zoom capability zoom lens will have a suggested list price (SRP) of $599; body system with 14-42mm power zoom capability zoom lens will have an SRP of $749.