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Panasonic’s G5 and LX7 Seem to Be Exactly What All the Rumors Said They Would Be

Chris Gampat
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07/18/2012
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Last Updated on 07/18/2012 by Felix Esser

43Rumors received loads and loads of leaks on the G5 and apparently, it had leaked before from other technology sites. But today, it and various other items have been made official by Panasonic. Leading the pack is the G5: which succeeds the previous G3 that was raved about by forum lurkers for its amazing image quality and solidly designed body.

But there seems to be more though: Panasonic also announced their LX-5 successor, the LX-7. Most prominently, the new camera sports an f1.4 lens. All the tech specs you care about are after the jump.

Panasonic G5

– 16.05 MP Live MOS Sensor

– Redesigned Venus Engine Image Processor

– 3.0″ Touch Screen LCD (vari-angle)

– Shooting HD video at 1080 60p

– Contrast AF

– Live View Finder with Eye Sensor and button to select to use the finder or the LCD screen

– Three custom function buttons

– Electronic Silent Shutter Mode

– 14 Adjustable In-camera Filters

– Stereo microphone

– Includes Lumix-G Vario 14-42mm Lens

Available in Black or Silver

 

Panasonic LX7

– 1/1.7″ 10.1MP MOS Sensor

– Venus Engine Image Processor

– Leica DC Vario-Summilux 24mm (widest) lens

– 3.8x Optical Zoom Lens (f1.4 to f2.3)

– 3.0″ 920K LCD

– Full HD 1080 Video Recording

– RAW and RAW+JPEG Recording Options

– Time Lapse Shot Function

Available in black and white

Panasonic FZ200

– 12.1 MP MOS Sensor

– LSI Venus Engine Image Processor

– 25-600mm constant f2.8 Leica Optical Zoom Lens

– 3.0″ Free Angle 460K-dot LCD Display

– 0.2″ Electronic View Finder w/ 100% FOV

– 12 fps Continuous Shooting

– RAW and RAW+JPEG Recording Option

– HD video at 60p

Panasonic also announced a 45-150mm f4-5.6 lens, LZ20, FZ60B and SZ5 targeted at the more entry level market.

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Chris Gampat is the Editor in Chief, Founder, and Publisher of the Phoblographer. He provides oversight to all of the daily tasks, including editorial, administrative, and advertising work. Chris's editorial work includes not only editing and scheduling articles but also writing them himself. He's the author of various product guides, educational pieces, product reviews, and interviews with photographers. He's fascinated by how photographers create, considering the fact that he's legally blind./ HIGHLIGHTS: Chris used to work in Men's lifestyle and tech. He's a veteran technology writer, editor, and reviewer with more than 15 years experience. He's also a Photographer that has had his share of bylines and viral projects like "Secret Order of the Slice." PAST BYLINES: Gear Patrol, PC Mag, Geek.com, Digital Photo Pro, Resource Magazine, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Finance, IGN, PDN, and others. EXPERIENCE: Chris Gampat began working in tech and art journalism both in 2008. He started at PCMag, Magnum Photos, and Geek.com. He founded the Phoblographer in 2009 after working at places like PDN and Photography Bay. He left his day job as the Social Media Content Developer at B&H Photo in the early 2010s. Since then, he's evolved as a publisher using AI ethically, coming up with ethical ways to bring in affiliate income, and preaching the word of diversity in the photo industry. His background and work has spread to non-profits like American Photographic Arts where he's done work to get photographers various benefits. His skills are in SEO, app development, content planning, ethics management, photography, Wordpress, and other things. EDUCATION: Chris graduated Magna Cum Laude from Adelphi University with a degree in Communications in Journalism in 2009. Since then, he's learned and adapted to various things in the fields of social media, SEO, app development, e-commerce development, HTML, etc. FAVORITE SUBJECT TO PHOTOGRAPH: Chris enjoys creating conceptual work that makes people stare at his photos. But he doesn't get to do much of this because of the high demand of photography content. / BEST PHOTOGRAPHY TIP: Don't do it in post-production when you can do it in-camera.
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